From Mail OnLine This is Smokey – the incredible chihuahua puppy who survived after a massive barbecue fork became lodged in his brain during a garden party. These remarkable x-rays show the 3in-long prongs embedded in the dog’s head after a bizarre mishap which saw a fork snap in half and fly through the air [...]

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From Mail OnLine With its ornamental lake, rolling parkland and impressive views  -  not to mention a ballroom complete with glittering chandeliers  -  Halswell House is one of the best examples of 17th-century graceful living in the country. And its owner, multi-millionaire former estate agent Grahame Bond, has lavished £2million on restoring the 17-bedroom Somerset [...]

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From Huffington Post British conductor Edward Downes, a longtime stalwart at the Royal Opera and maestro of the first-ever performance at Sydney’s iconic Opera House, has died with his wife at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland. He was 85. The couple’s children said Tuesday that Downes and his 74-year-old wife, Joan, died “peacefully and [...]

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From the AP SAN FRANCISCO – The son of a late San Francisco pornography mogul was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on suspicion of killing his former girlfriend and fleeing with their 1-year-old daughter. James Raphael Mitchell, the 27-year-old son of the late “Behind the Green Door” director Jim Mitchell, was being held on suspicion [...]

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Three people in Illinois where killed after an Amtrak train struck their vehicle. Authorities say the Amtrak train that was California bound, struck the vehicle shortly after 3:00 p.m. on Monday near Ottawa, which is about 80 miles from Chicago. Authorities identified two of the dead as Benjamin Rasmusen, 82, and Marilyn Rasmusen, 81, of [...]

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