Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the time has come to abandon Queen Elizabeth as head of state and become a republic.

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Jamaica ‘to break links with UK’

Frankenstein stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller jointly scoop the prize for best actor at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

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Frankenstein actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller compete against each other for best actor at this year’s Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

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Frankenstein actors vie for award

LOS ANGELES — Rocker Gene Simmons and his longtime girlfriend, actress Shannon Tweed, have tied the knot. Publicist Dawn Miller offered her congratulations to “the new married couple” on Facebook. Simmons and Tweed have been a couple for years. Their engagement announcement last month surprised many fans. Read full article > >

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Rocker Gene Simmons and longtime girlfriend Shannon Tweed marry

The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Peter Finn and Greg Miller discuss the domestic and international ramifications of the killing of Osama bin Laden. Read full article > >

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State attorneys general will accept nothing less than wholesale changes to the way the nation’s largest mortgage servicers treat troubled homeowners, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, who leads the coalition of 50 attorneys general, said in an interview .

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State attorneys general tackle mortgage servicing

Danny Boyle’s new stage version of Frankenstein, starring Sherlock’s Benedict Cumberbatch and Trainspotting’s Jonny Lee Miller gets a thumbs up in reviews.

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The Post asked experts what should happen in Egypt after Mubarak. Below are responses from Michele Dunne, John R. Bolton, Newt Gingrich, Shadi Hamid, Aaron David Miller, Salman Shaikh, and Dina Guirguis.

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After Mubarak, what’s next for Egypt?

James Miller argues that philosophers’ willingness to reflect on their own petty failings makes their lives more, not less, worth studying.

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Lives of the Philosophers, Warts and All

Joe Miller knows when it’s time to walk away: After a hand-count finds you behind, the state Supreme Court agrees, a federal judge refuses to second-guess the state, and your opponent is officially declared the winner. Miller, a Tea Party favorite who…

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Joe Miller Concedes in Alaska

Looks like Lisa Murkowski may be joining the 112th Congress on time after all: A judge in Alaska on Tuesday dismissed Senate challenger Joe Miller’s lawsuit, paving the way for Murkowski to be sworn in January 3. Federal Judge Ralph Beistline called…

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Judge Tosses Out Joe Miller’s Lawsuit

Republican Joe Miller said he won’t stand in the way of incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski being certified the winner of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, but he vowed to continue his legal fight over the state’s handling of the vote count.

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Miller Won’t Block Murkowski Senate Certification

Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller said late Sunday he is dropping his opposition to incumbent Lisa Murkowski being certified as winner in the Alaska Senate race, but will continue with a federal lawsuit.

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Miller drops Alaska Senate fight

Kenny Miller scores twice as Scottish Premier League leaders Rangers record a convincing win over Motherwell.

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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has a large collection of automobiles — 73 — in its collection. But with the mission of collecting and preserving the entire heritage of the United States inside of one building on the National Mall, the museum’s curators don’t have the room required to display all of these machines. A new project allows you to vote for the two items you want to see rolled out of storage and showcased. Even if you don’t vote or live near the museum, this unique week-long series of eight iconic artifacts will provide you with a quick history of the American automobile. This post was originally published on the National Museum of American History’s  “O Say Can You See?” blog . It is republished here with permission. It was written by Roger White, the museum’s associate curator in the division of work and industry. See more posts about the Smithsonian . Race to the Museum: Miller Race Car, 1929 Ever dream of being the only kid on the block with super powers? Harry Miller’s eight-cylinder, supercharged, front wheel drive race cars hit the tracks in the late 1920s, and the dozen demons were unlike anything the competition could offer. Light and fast, the Miller car in the collection of the National Museum of American History develops more than 230 horsepower. It was driven by Ralph Hepburn in the 1929 Indianapolis 500, and although he didn’t win, the same car later set speed records of 143 miles per hour in Europe. There were enough loopholes in American racing rules to permit such extravagant power, but that didn’t last long. “The Detroit car makers threatened to pull out of the Indy 500 because it was too expensive to compete with the hand-crafted ‘high tech’ of the exotic Harry Miller cars,” said National Museum of American History curator Bill Withuhn, who received the Miller car as a gift of Robert Rubin. “The track owner and Indy organizers changed the rules to outlaw superchargers and to change the size of engines permitted in Indy cars. End of Miller dominance; welcome back, Detroit sponsors.” Rubin’s gift includes a fund to keep the Miller race car in running order. Roger White is Associate Curator in the Division of Work and Industry at the National Museum of American History. More Race to the Museum posts : Race to the Museum: Oldsmobile Curved-Dash Runabout, 1903 Race to the Museum: Balzer Automobile, 1894 Race to the Museum: Long Steam Tricycle, About 1880 Race to the Museum: Voting Opens Dec. 21

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