How great is the automated lacing system?
Ask me to choose my favourite US TV advertising invention? You can’t get more stupid than the automated lacing system As anyone who has ever lost, I don’t know, three hours in front of one of those TV channels in the US devoted solely to infomercials knows, Americans are no slouches when it comes to advertising inventions one had heretofore never thought needed inventing. To pick my favourite …
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Paris Hilton charged with illegal drug possession
Hotel heiress Paris Hilton was charged with felony cocaine possession but denied the drugs found in the purse she carried were hers, US media reported.
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