The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will lead global celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens’s birth later.

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With the Maryland legislature set to reconvene next week, a plan to bring slots to Prince George’s County faces several obstacles, including division among local lawmakers and resistance from Maryland jurisdictions that already have casinos. Representatives of Penn National Gaming, which began a concerted push over the summer to put slots at Rosecroft Raceway, say they remain optimistic that a bill will pass once legislators realize the economic benefits for the county and state. Read full article > >

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It was Kate Middleton ’s year: The newly minted Duchess won the heart of both Prince William and the world, with her easy grace and shiny — so shiny! — hair. She was runner-up for Time Magazine’s Person of the year (“The Protester” won), and was recently named 2011’s best-mannered person (The worst? Kim Kardashian.) Her uterus even made our year-end list of what’s in and out , replacing her sister Pippa’s posterior as the royal body part fueling national speculation. Read full article > >

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LONDON — Britain’s Prince Philip left the hospital Tuesday, after undergoing treatment for a blocked coronary artery. Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s 90-year-old husband, spent four nights in the hospital recovering from a successful coronary stent procedure. He was taken to Papworth, a specialist heart hospital in Cambridge, on Friday after complaining of chest pains. Read full article > >

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LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II’s husband has undergone surgery for a blocked coronary artery, British royal officials said Friday. Buckingham Palace said Prince Philip, 90, was taken from Sandringham, the queen’s sprawling estate in rural Norfolk, to the cardiac unit at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge earlier Friday for “precautionary tests” after suffering chest pains. Read full article > >

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Britain's Prince Philip was taken to a hospital on Friday for “precautionary tests” after complaining of chest pains, a Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said.

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and his investment company said Monday they are investing a combined $300 million into Twitter, increasing the microblogging site’s cash cushion as its user base expands. Alwaleed’s joint investment with his Kingdom Holding Co. follows months of negotiations and will give them a “strategic stake” in Twitter, according to the Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based investment firm. It wasn’t clear how much of Twitter the prince will control. Read full article > >

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Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and his Kingdom Holding Co announce a $300m investment in social media site Twitter.

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Jack Johnson finally said he was sorry this past week. But it was too little — and way too late. The former Prince George’s county executive became famous/infamous (there’s almost no difference anymore, is there?) after being arrested more than a year ago for his lead role in a widespread political corruption case that saw Johnson bank $1 million in bribes. Read full article > >

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Hours after a man and woman were fatally shot in the parking lot of Arundel Mills mall in Hanover, the suspected assailant was killed Saturday morning in Prince George’s County in an exchange of gunfire that also left one Prince George’s police officer wounded, authorities said. James Edward Coleman, 22, of District Heights was shot by police after officers from Prince George’s and Anne Arundel counties arrived at the single-family home he shared with his parents on Rydal Road, police said. Read full article > >

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The Foreign Office has published details of weird requests made to British consular staff abroad in the last six months – including a request for the Prince of Wales’ shoe size.

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Not all of the jurors were ready to acquit when deliberations began in the corruption trial of Maryland state Sen. Ulysses Currie, according to two of the jurors. Some had been impressed with the prosecution’s evidence against the Prince George’s County Democrat. And at times, it got pretty heated in the jury room. Read full article > >

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The News of the World was engaged in covert surveillance on a huge scale – with targets including Prince William – BBC Newsnight has learned.

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Royal couple to move in 2013 with Prince Harry.

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