The stamp duty holiday for first-time house buyers has ended, meaning they will join others in paying 1% tax on properties worth more than £125,000.

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Stamp duty holiday comes to end

President Obama will join the leaders of more than 50 countries in Seoul, South Korea, next week for a nuclear security summit.

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North Korea and Iran Will Dominate Nuclear Summit Meeting in Seoul

As the median price of first grade in private schools has gone up by 48 percent, parents at Horace Mann, Columbia Grammar and Trinity are braced to find out whether they will join families in the $40,000-a-year club.

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Scraping the $40,000 Ceiling at New York City Private Schools

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he will join thousands in taking an online computer coding course.

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New York mayor learning to code

David Hallberg, a principal dancer with American Ballet Theater, will join the Bolshoi Ballet of Moscow, the first American to do so.

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ArtsBeat: A Ballet First: An American to Join the Bolshoi

Texas Governor Rick Perry will join the race to become Republican presidential nominee in 2012, US media say, as rivals prepare for an Iowa debate.

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Rick Perry ‘to enter 2012 race’

Rumors have been circulating about who will join former American Idol judge Simon Cowell on X Factor, which is coming to America in September after becoming a British hit. Cowell has kept mum on the subject until recently, when he confirmed in an…

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Mariah Carey Joins X Factor

Ray Romano, James Spader, and Catherine Tate will join Will Arnett and Ricky Gervais as guest stars on Steve Carell’s last episode of The Office. They’ll appear as candidates to be office manager. So will one of them be Carell’s replacement? You can…

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Ray Romano Joins Office Finale

College basketball upstarts Virginia Commonwealth and Butler will join blue bloods Kentucky and Connecticut for Saturday’s NCAA Final Four at Houston’s 71,000-seat Reliant Stadium, which has been festooned for the event with a giant banner that proclaims, “The Road Ends Here!”

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Final Four spectacle in Houston traces its roots back to the ‘Game of the Century’

John McCain should be flattered. Four-time Academy Award nominee Ed Harris has been cast as John McCain in the upcoming HBO film Game Change, though the actor is 14 years the Arizona senator’s junior. Harris will join Julianne Moore, who has been cast…

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Ed Harris Cast as McCain in Game Change

Chris Tremlett will join England’s World Cup squad as a travelling reserve as cover for their injury-hit bowling attack.

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Tremlett named as England reserve

Singer and actor David Essex will join Albert Square this year, playing Eddie Moon, the charismatic father of Michael and uncle to Alfie.

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David Essex joining EastEnders cast

Taoiseach Brian Cowen will join Northern Ireland’s leaders at a meeting of the North-South Ministerial Council in Armagh.

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Cowen due at North-South meeting

Comedian Michael McIntyre and former Baywatch star David Hasselhoff will join Amanda Holden as judges on the new series of Britain’s Got Talent.

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Michael McIntyre to judge ITV Talent show

Fernando Alonso says he is “proud” of Ferrari despite losing the F1 title at the final race and predicts Mercedes will join Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull as contenders in 2011.

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Alonso predicts four-way F1 fight