Inquiry into 999 'fat joke' claim
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An investigation begins into claims that paramedics joked about a woman being overweight just before she died.
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Government clampdown on VAT-free mobile phone racket HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers arrested 10 suspected multi-million pound "carousel" fraudsters last week in a nationwide swoop.â¦
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The federal Labor Party has seized on a new revelation about the children overboard story, saying it raises more questions about Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s credibility.
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Tycho:  The first part of this strip is from an actual conversation.  I'm pretty sure he was joking, though.
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Nutritionists have cast doubt on a study which suggested avoiding "bad" carbohydrates leads to weight-loss.
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QUESTION: I&#39;ve been trying to avoid artificial sweeteners, so I&#39;ve been buying regular soft drinks. Now I hear that they can lead to diabetes.
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A man who weighed about half a ton when he was admitted to a hospital was recovering Wednesday from obesity surgery. Doctors said he was ``doing very well,&#39;&#39; moving around and even cracking jokes.
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Comment is free: Jackie Ashley: The confusing messages coming out of the Tory and Lib Dem camps are playing straight into the prime minister's hands.
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Tycho:  Gabe keeps coming into the Goddamn office with his Goddamn tales of high adventure, telling me about how there's tokens or some shit in Burning Crusade now, or maybe tiers, and other words I had scoured from my consciousness.  He also says there is hot new five-man content, which initially sounded like pornography.  The comic is correct - I purchased it in a moment of weakness.  As I must often approach you, the cherished reader, to apologize for this or that indiscretion, it may be more appropriate to say that I have moments of strength which are suspended in cowardice and moral decay.
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'Out of date' skit binned Comic Relief organisers have canned a Question of Sport spoof featuring Celebrity Big Brother "contestant" Jade Goody.â¦
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An advert claiming teaching is "better than anti-ageing cream" is under investigation.
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An inquiry has been opened into the charitable status of a think-tank following complaints from the Tories.
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In an episode of "The Simpsons" titled "King-Size Homer," Homer deliberately gains even more weight in order to qualify for disability benefits. But when Homer tries in vain to make an emergency call from his home, he gets a recording: "The fingers you have used to dial, are too fat. To obtain a special dialing wand, please mash the keypad ...
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Claims of 'stretching or resizing' A composite image of Jean Charles de Menezes and Hussain Osman "was manipulated so as to mislead", it was claimed at the Old Bailey today. The composite was produced by the Metropolitan Police in evidence in order to illustrate similarities between the two men, and to show that police could have difficulties distinguishing the two.â¦
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The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. There should be an MS tax, no there shouldn&#39;t... (Score:2, Insightful). OK, colour me not
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By Financial Mail on Sunday, London  Feb. 4--Fraud detectives investigating computer group Torex are looking  at an alleged conspiracy to manipulate accounts to sell it at an inflated  value.
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Several government and public health experts on Tuesday responded to an internal CDC investigation that determined a widely quoted agency study on obesity that was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association inflated the number of deaths