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Over the years, the Banks in the UK have repeatedly screwed their customers in one way or another. Despite making record profts, their main aim was to get more out of you for offering less in services.

A mother who weighs a massive 273 kg is planning to almost double her size to become the world's fattest woman.

The producer of the war story "The Hurt Locker" was not be allowed to attend the Academy Awards because of e-mails he sent urging academy members to vote for his movie. Oscar overseers reported to the main body before Sunday’s event. But Nicolas Chartier did receive an Oscar for "The Hurt Locker" which won best picture, best directing, best flm editing, best sound editing, best sound mixing and best writing. Six winning categories in all were awarded.

With the fick of Sidney Crosby's wrist, Canada found Olympic redemption. From the pall of a luger's death, from a series of embarrassing glitches, from a frst half so disappointing that Canadian Olympic offcials prematurely conceded the medals race, from the men's hockey team losing to the upstart Americans in a preliminary game.