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Mustaf Jamma (also frequently written “Jama”), co-conspirator in the robbery which led to the murder of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky, may have fled the country “dressed as a Muslim woman”, says BBC.com. This, of course, renews pleas from some quarters that the full-length niqab veil traditionally …

More thrilling info on the silliest assassination in post-Cold War history: Apparently the very difficult-to-acquire (unless you’re an evil research scientist, like in the movies), and very easy-to-trace (why not drown the fellow in Smart Water™?) Polonium 210, used to kill ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, …

The Wise Men gave the baby Jesus gifts of frankincense, gold, and myrrh. What is myrrh? Eddie Izzard believed myrrh might have been an illicit rollable herb of the Roman Era. He was wrong, of course. Wasn’t he? And the Wise Men, as depicted in …

When secret agent James Bond is not busy neutralizing evil geniuses who live in really cool houses, he becomes sometimes concerned about the welfare of troubled children. Or at least his tux does. Or at least one of the prop tuxes that Daniel Craig wore …

A government official is interviewed about the villainous terrorist threat. In the background Christmas shoppers rush home with their treasures: “Deputy Minister, what do you think is behind this recent increase in terrorist bombings?” “Bad sportsmanship.” Sorry. Got a little off track there. We at …

It’s times like this that make it especially scary to be a black-out drinker. According to The Guardian, hundreds of customers who visited the Pine Bar at London’s Millenium Hotel on November 1 will be tested for exposure to radiation from the polonium-210 which killed …

Apparently we are all ready to accept airport-style security screening at London railway stations. Transport Secretary Douglas Alexander said we are ready. Or at least “extensive social research”, as he puts it – and who is to argue with “extensive social research”? – suggests that …

There is almost nothing more upsetting than a life-size wax replica of a person. Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum, famous since the 19th century for its Chamber of Horrors, now features a life-size wax figure of Christina Aguilera. The songstress’s exhibit also features a karaoke-style microphone …