Here is what happened when Lindsay Lohan finally arrived, 11 hours late, to her photo shoot on Bravo’s reality show ‘Double Exposure.’ Lindsay showed up close to midnight smoking a cigarette, cursing and making faces at the dirty stripper pole. “I literally need to think of myself as a wildlife photographer.. There’s almost a danger element to her presence,” said a photographer. “You never know what̵ ... Jump to full article >>

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American teenage girls may be more receptive to using alcohol and taking drugs than in years past, a new report says. Girls appear more inclined than ever to reach for drugs and booze to help them emotionally, according to a survey by the nonprofit Partnership for a Drug Free America. For example, the 2009 survey of high school students found 53 percent of girls agreeing with the notion that drugs “help you forget your troubles,” up from 48 ... Jump to full article >>

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Commercial broadcasters are set to benefit from paid-for product placement in television programmes under rules proposed by Ofcom, the communications industries regulator. Product placement will be allowed in films, TV series, entertainment shows and sports programmes, but not in children’s and news programmes, UK-produced current affairs, consumer affairs and religious programmes. There will be a ban on the product placement of tobacco, a ... Jump to full article >>

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Taxing the graduates; the woes of Wedgwood; a pension for him or her? Not for nothing is London still known as The Smoke. The bad old days of pea-soup smogs may be distant memories, but the modern version of air pollution is still very much a feature of capital life. And though it may not be so tangible, it’s almost as deadly. Indeed, the City of London has the dubious distinction of being one of the most polluted places in Europe, after mo ... Jump to full article >>

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Prison guards have been threatened with “the bash” when the ban on inmates smoking takes effect in a year, says the guards’ union. President Beven Hanlon says the ban will put guards and staff such as tutors who remain smokers in danger from prisoners. “Not just prisoners who get frustrated at smelling fresh smoke on you and just lash out, but because you are introducing an item that is suddenly a high-priority contraband ... Jump to full article >>

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More than two years after the start of a natural gas drilling boom, Pennsylvania is making public a complete list of the chemicals used to extract the gas from deep underground amid rising public fears of potential water contamination and increased scrutiny of the fast-growing industry. Compounds associated with neurological problems, cancer and other serious health effects are among the chemicals being used to drill the wells, although state an ... Jump to full article >>

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