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05.11.12
Nicki Minaj makes sure she doesn't nip out of her dress
NICKI Minaj reveals exactly why she has to wear nipple covers as she bends over and squeezes her breasts together during a gig. The rapper, who accidentally flashed her boobs on morning TV in America last year, has been making sure she doesn't make that mistake again by wearing the flesh-coloured patches over her assets while on tour in the UK.
And if this eye-popping snap is anything to go by, they seem to be coming in very handy.
The 29-year-old's nipple covers were clear to see as she leant forward and held her 34C breasts between her hands on stage in Manchester last night.
vicious.sid: Why doesn't she just buy a bigger dress?
05.11.12
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No shame MacShane
FORMER Europe minister Denis MacShane shows no hint of shame yesterday — despite being unmasked as an expenses cheat. The 64-year-old, forced to resign as a Labour MP, had a smug grin while out near his home in Rotherham, South Yorks.
A Parliamentary committee ruled he faked 19 invoices to get £12,900 of public cash.
vicious.sid: Of course he's all smiles, anyone who knows that they're above the law would be as smug as him. Don't worry, I'm sure he would have made sure that he has a few million stashed away so he can pay his electricity bill during his suspension! Nothing will ever change, sigh . . .
05.11.12
We’ll shoot you, New York looters warned
RESIDENTS of New York’s storm-battered Queens district threatened to take the law into their own hands yesterday — and shoot looters. The warnings emerged as much of the Manhattan skyline finally lit up again last night as electricity was turned back on after five days of power failures.
With no police on the streets to protect them, Queens locals armed themselves with guns, baseball bats and even bows and arrows.
Keone Singlehurst, 42, said: “It’s like the Wild West. I’ve got myself a bow and would definitely use it if I felt threatened.”
Danielle Harris, 34, added: “We’ve booby-trapped our door and keep a baseball bat.”
Some residents claimed criminals donned utility worker uniforms and knocked on doors of desperate residents in the middle of the night.
An estimated 81,000 homes in Queens are still without power and Long Island residents have been warned it could be the weekend before their supplies are restored.
Locals there put up signs warning looters to stay away.
vicious.sid: Good luck to them, I would do exactly the same. It's at times of disaster that you see true human nature. I can't even imagine in my wildest nightmares how anyone could take advantage of another human being during a disaster like this. I despair . . .
05.11.12
Grave with RiPad Leave videos to loved ones
A STONEMASON has created a gravestone featuring an iPad. The “iTomb” allows grieving relatives to post photos, videos and music at a loved one’s resting place.
The tablets, which cost up to £659, are secured into a £900 traditional York stone.
They are solar-powered and have a cover to protect them from weather and vandals. Ken Howe, 64, created the headstone in ten days for a charity and believes it could become a common sight.
Ken, of Waterfoot, Lancs, said: “People are asking for more creative headstones. With a bit of tinkering it could become a viable headstone very easily.”
vicious.sid: Like that'll stay in it's mounting for longer than ten minutes!!! The lowlife scum will be there seconds after the funeral.
05.11.12
I’m Notting the mood, Rhys
NOTTING Hill star Rhys Ifans moves in to give girlfriend Anna Friel a kiss, but appears to get the cold shoulder. The ex-Brookside actress, 36, turned the other cheek as Rhys, 45, puckered up at a party in London’s Charing Cross Hotel, near where Anna is performing in the play Uncle Vanya.
The pair have been almost inseparable since they started dating last year. That’s a real Brookie bond for Rhys.
vicious.sid: Be fair - I wouldn't kiss him with someone else's! I think it's about time he shaved his head instead of making his wispy bits stand up like that. Rhys, you are a baldy, face up to it! He's just a disgusting drunken, arrogant slob, I really can't see how anyone could even fancy him. Yuck.
05.11.12
It’s Rylan, the ladies’ man!
X FACTOR star Rylan Clark glosses over the fact he’s gay — to pose as a decorator having a raunchy brush with a near naked girl. The pair were daubed in luminous paint for the 2010 shoot when Rylan, in just jeans and braces, was an aspiring model.
The snapper said: “He was a complete natural when it came to setting up shots and posing.
“It was about as steamy a photo session as you could imagine.”
Now camp Rylan, 24, is busy keeping his hand in as a colourful character on the ITV show.
vicious.sid: It's a man . . . it's a man . . . it's a man . . . (She does look like she's unconscious!!).
05.11.12
Are poppies being made flimsy on purpose? Tory MP says British Legion is trying to boost sales after tribute flower 'explodes'
Worn by millions to support to those in the armed forces, the paper poppy is an iconic badge that many pin to their lapel.
But one Conservative MP has teased the Royal British Legion, who make the poppies, suggesting they are deliberately making them to fall apart - meaning people will buy more and boost profits.
Michael Fabricant, MP for Lichfield in Staffordshire, said his poppy had 'exploded' when the stalk popped out and hit the screen of his laptop.
He joked that the legion had hit upon a 'cunning plan' to make poppies self-destruct and prompting people to buy more poppies, before pronouncing it a 'damned good idea'.
The Royal British Legion, which provides support to serving members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their families, took the teasing with good humour, the Daily Telegraph reported.
A spokesman told the newspaper that the poppies were made to the 'highest standard', but added: 'After your suggestion, they may not be next year.'
vicious.sid: Only a politician would think of a(nother) way of conning the public. Even for a good cause!!!!!
05.11.12
Scarred for life after a fox tried to bite my face off
AN angler has been scarred for life after waking in his tent to find a fox with its jaws locked on his face. Married dad-of-three Andrew Thomas — who had been night fishing for carp — felt the animal’s fangs mauling his cheek.
The 41-year-old then squeezed the fox’s snout to stop it breathing and it ran off.
Andrew, a data technician, of Uckfield, East Sussex, said: “It was a scary way to wake up.
“I felt this clamp on the side of my face. I thought, ‘what the hell has latched on to me’.” Andrew went to hospital and was given 26 stitches to his wounded cheeks. He added: “I’m lucky I didn’t lose my eye.
“I’m just trying to come to terms with it. It was quite a horrific experience.
“I probably turned over or snored and spooked him.”
A Countryside Alliance spokesman said: “Foxes are opportunistic predators and in some situations it is understandable that they might see a sleeping angler as a potential food source.”
“Thankfully this sort of attack is very rare.”
vicious.sid: Hmmmmm. The fox was 'clamped on' to the side of his face - so it was one bite then. Why are there marks both side of his nose? Surely he would have said that it clamped on to his nose? Very strange story - those marks do not look like a bite to me. I just could not imagine a fox biting a full grown man like that at all. Is this a story for the missus?
05.11.12
Fans rage at Santos shirt swap
FURIOUS Arsenal fans and ex-players ripped into Andre Santos after he asked for Robin van Persie’s shirt at HALF-TIME! RVP had already scored against his old club before Santos’ shameful request. Former Gunner Ray Parlour blasted: “That’s a joke. I wouldn’t have that. At half-time? He should be concentrating on his game and he was having a nightmare.
“He can’t play in a back four as he gets caught out of position all the time.”
RVP put United ahead inside three minutes — his 10th goal since a £22million summer switch from Arsenal.
Patrice Evra added a second before Santi Cazorla’s late strike for the Gunners.
Fans took to Twitter to rage at Santos, signed for £5.6million from Fenerbahce last season.
TV presenter Piers Morgan wrote: “If Santos really asked for, and got #VanPursestrings’ shirt as they walked off at half-time, he should never play for Arsenal again.”
Former Middlesbrough striker Jan Aage Fjortoft added: “Arsenal give Van Persie a goal. Van Persie gives Santos a Manchester United shirt.”
Gunners fans were fuming with Santos — joking that it was the closest he got to Van Persie all day.
Gunners blogger @LeGrove wrote: “Santos taking Robin’s shirt at half time? Priorities... and jeez, how old are you?”
Others included @bkooory, who added: “How pathetic would a player have 2 be, asking 4 an opponents shirt at half-time.”
vicious.sid: I think that sums up the commitment of the Arsenal players. He probably thought it was full time and was looking forward to going down the pub.