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$#*! William Shatner says

Mike Pilewski — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:06:13 +0100

"My plan has always been to return to Broadway every 50 years," Canadian actor William Shatner said as he described the one-man, two-hour show that will explore his life and career. Shatner's World: We Just Live in It starts in New York on 14 February.

Storm of controversy

Mike Pilewski — Mon, 30 May 2011 16:25:44 +0200

A Canadian couple do not want anyone to know whether their youngest child, named Storm, is a boy or a girl. "I am saying to the world, 'Please, can you just let Storm discover for him/herself what (s)he wants to be?'" says the child's mother, Kathy Witterick.

Be honest about your weight

Mike Pilewski — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:14:08 +0200

It's important to be honest about your weight — and the US government has finally realized this. The Federal Transit Administration, which issues safety requirements for city buses, says the increasing size of many Americans is a potential safety problem.

The happiest man in America

Mike Pilewski — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:13:58 +0100

What's the secret to being happy? The New York Times and the Gallup polling organization say your chances are best if you belong to certain groups and make certain lifestyle choices. One man in the US combines the best such qualities. Find out who it is.

You never know what he'll do next

Mike Pilewski — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 09:23:04 +0100

Flavor Flav of Public Enemy has opened his own fried-chicken restaurant in Clinton, Iowa. Wearing a clock around his neck while cooking, the performer stood at the stove and explained the difference between his recipe and others.

What happened to Amelia Earhart?

Mike Pilewski — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:29:23 +0100

On the uninhabited Pacific atoll of Nikumaroro, researchers found a pocketknife, bottles made in New Jersey and part of a mirror from a woman's make-up kit. The group also found three small bones, which it says may have been Earhart's.

The world's most expensive book

Mike Pilewski — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:02:15 +0100

Sotheby's auction house in London is famous for selling many of the world's most expensive works of art. Now it has sold the world's most expensive published book. The connection? The book itself is a work of art.

Six questions for Eamonn Fitzgerald

Mike Pilewski — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:14:09 +0100

Eamonn Fitzgerald was content manager of Spotlight Online from 15 January 1999, when the site was first published, to 30 November 2010. We couldn't let him go without asking a few parting questions.

A day in bed thanks to William and Kate

Eamonn Fitzgerald — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:14:12 +0100

Britain has fewer public holidays than most European countries, but it has laws that allow the government to declare holidays to celebrate special occasions. Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer's wedding in 1981 was a public holiday.

Teen blogger to start teen magazine

Eamonn Fitzgerald — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:14:08 +0100

Tavi Gevinson describes herself as a "tiny 13-year-old nerd that sits inside all day wearing awkward jackets and pretty hats". Her Style Rookie blog has taken the fashion industry by storm and now she's getting ready to launch a teen magazine.