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’

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’

Jessica Simpson is expecting her first child, a fact she revealed after months of speculation by tweeting a photo of herself in a “mummy” costume. Now that the news is out, Simpson seems more than willing to share — and in some cases overshare — details about her pregnancy. As we did with fellow expecting famous person Beyonce , Celebritology presents Simpson’s five best quotes about her pregnancy thus far. Read full article > >

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Jessica Simpson’s five best quotes about pregnancy

Sister Mona Simpson pens eulogy.

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Steve Jobs’s Final Words: ‘Oh Wow’

Fox has renewed “The Simpsons” for two more seasons, ensuring that Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie will stick around long enough to celebrate their 25th anniversary in primetime. The network issued a press release late Friday that announced the animated series mainstay will continue for two additional seasons following the currrent one, bringing the total number of episodes to 559. Read full article > >

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About 8 p.m. Thursday, the students in Suite 208 of the Christa McAuliffe residence hall were getting ready for what should have been a fun night out at Bowie State University’s homecoming week comedy show. Alexis Simpson, a 19-year-old newcomer to the college, abruptly turned off the iPod playing in the suite. Everyone asked her to turn the music back on. “No,” she said, according to an account in court papers. Read full article > >

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Bowie State student accused of fatally stabbing roommate

State Representative David Simpson has sponsored what he calls an “antigroping” bill to ban airport screening searches that many feel have gone too far.

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Asked and Answered | David Simpson: Texan Defends Proposed Ban on ‘Intrusive’ Airport Searches

The BBC’s John Simpson profiles the life and reputation of Ratko Mladic.

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VIDEO: Life and reputation of Ratko Mladic

At Wednesday’s appropriation hearing on the National Endowment for the Arts, Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) questioned why the agency supported San Francisco mimes and an international accordion festival. A story by Erik Wasson in The Hill described the exchange. NEA chairman Rocco Landesman received some support from the subcommittee chairman Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) and Rep. Jose Serrano (D-N.Y.). Read full article > >

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Republican congressman questions NEA grants to mimes and accordion festival

This isn’t very reassuring. Retired Republican Sen. Alan Simpson, who sits on the president’s deficit commission, said Monday that Social Security was a “Ponzi scheme” that was never intended as a retirement program. “It was set up ’37 and ’38 to take…

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Ex-GOP Senator Slams Social Security

This isn’t very reassuring. Retired Republican Sen. Alan Simpson, who sits on the president’s deficit commission, said Monday that Social Security was a “Ponzi scheme” that was never intended as a retirement program. “It was set up ’37 and ’38 to take…

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Over the years, public opinion has been less than kind to Wallis Simpson, the American divorcee at the centre of the abdication crisis.

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A burka worn by BBC world affairs editor John Simpson and a bullet that grazed Kate Adie’s leg in Beirut are to go on display for the first time.

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John Simpson’s burka to go on show at war museum

D’oh, Homer Simpson is not so funny right now. Broadcasters in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany are reviewing episodes of the The Simpsons to cut nuclear jokes in the wake of Japan’s nuclear crisis. Homer’s ineptitude at the nuclear-power plant is…

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Actress Andrea Riseborough on her recent roles playing strong women including Margaret Thatcher and Wallis Simpson.

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VIDEO: Playing Thatcher and Wallis Simpson