19-Dec-2012 22:03

Blind busker: A subterranean story - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20700596

The casting choices that proved fans wrong - Yahoo! Movies UK :: http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/8-casting-outrage-comebacks-133846502.html

Power play keeps Romania in spotlight - FT.com - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/01fff1dc-4926-11e2-9225-00144feab49a.html

Bloomberg shows the way on gun control - FT.com - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fdc06492-4873-11e2-a1c0-00144feab49a.html

David Cameron meets Rebekah Brooks as party leaders mull Leveson proposals - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/18/david-cameron-rebekah-brooks-leveson

Is it the last Christmas post for a state-owned Royal Mail? | UK news | The ... - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/18/last-christmas-post-royal-mail

Killings hit anti-polio drive in Pakistan - FT.com - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/532a4054-49ac-11e2-a7b1-00144feab49a.html

Scientologist loses high court wedding battle - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/19/scientologist-loses-court-wedding-battle

Councils' spending power cut 1.7% - The Star :: http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/national/councils-spending-power-cut-1-7-1-5239880

Myleene Klass and Ella Henderson record a Christmas song together! Kind of ... - Mirror.co.uk :: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/myleene-klass-and-ella-henderson-record-1497354

Matt Cardle launches scathing attack on X Factor winner James Arthur - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2250628/Matt-Cardle-launches-scathing-attack-X-Factor-winner-James-Arthur.html?ito%3Dfeeds-newsxml

Why Did Apple Agree To Let Google Maps Back In The Tent? - Forbes :: http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2012/12/19/why-did-apple-agree-to-let-google-maps-back-in-the-tent/

Welsh retailers positive despite lacklustre CBI figures - Business News ... - WalesOnline :: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business-in-wales/business-news/2012/12/19/welsh-retailers-positive-despite-lacklustre-cbi-figures-91466-32463309/

Royal Lancaster Infirmary visiting ban amid norovirus outbreak - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-20790608

Mapping the Moon with gravity GRAIL hunt - The Economist :: http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21568701-nasas-latest-moon-mission-ends-two-bangs-grail-hunt?fsrc%3Drss%257Csct

Human intelligence Cleverer still - The Economist :: http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21568704-geniuses-are-getting-brighter-and-genius-levels-iq-girls-are-not-far?fsrc%3Drss%257Csct

The Post Most: EntertainmentMost-viewed stories,videos, and galleries in the ... - Washington Post (blog) :: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/tv-column/post/donald-trump-wins-5-million-in-legal-battle-against-contestant-who-called-miss-usa-pageant-rigged/2012/12/18/70c094dc-4949-11e2-b6f0-e851e741d196_blog.html

Hillsborough verdict quashed as new investigation launched - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9755066/Hillsborough-verdict-quashed-as-new-investigation-launched.html

BAE warns failure to agree Typhoon price with Saudi might hit profits - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/defence/9756647/BAE-warns-failure-to-agree-Typhoon-price-with-Saudi-might-hit-profits.html

Pirate Party Shuts Down Pirate Bay Proxy After Legal Threat - Huffington Post :: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/19/pirate-party-shuts-down-p_n_2331682.html

UBS never took enough interest in its own risks - FT.com - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a1514e48-486d-11e2-a6b3-00144feab49a.html

How police rank-and-file spied their chance to settle some political scores - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/how-police-rankandfile-spied-their-chance-to-settle-some-political-scores-8426205.html

Britain heads for the exit in Afghanistan - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/9755897/Britain-heads-for-the-exitin-Afghanistan.html

Russia's parliament approves measure to ban Americans from adopting Russian ... - New York Daily News :: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/russia-approves-u-s-adoption-ban-article-1.1223595

Pollard report: Former BBC Director-General George Entwistle ignored warnings ... - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/chaos-and-confusion-bbc-forced-to-replace-senior-news-executives-following-damning-report-into-its-complete-inability-to-deal-with-jimmy-savile-crisis-8425581.html

Lostprophets rocker Ian Watkins accused of plotting to rape a baby girl - Mirror.co.uk :: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/lostprophets-rocker-ian-watkins-accused-1497254

Tau Ceti, closest Sun-like star, revealed to have planet in habitable zone - Herald Sun :: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/tau-ceti-closest-sun-like-star-revealed-to-have-planet-in-habitable-zone/story-fndo48ca-1226540805051

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins charged with child sex offences - National Post :: http://arts.nationalpost.com/2012/12/19/lostprophets-singer-ian-watkins-charged-with-child-sex-offences/

UBS pays price for 'epic' Libor scandal - FT.com - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c8bd408-4945-11e2-b25b-00144feab49a.html

Carney's updated pay package raising eyebrows in UK - Globe and Mail :: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/carneys-updated-pay-package-raising-eyebrows-in-uk/article6555336/

Connecticut school shooting: Barack Obama says gun control reforms will take ... - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9756966/Connecticut-school-shooting-Barack-Obama-says-gun-control-reforms-will-take-courage.html