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A touch-up job from the past has much to teach us about bringing our history up to date, says Lisa Jardine in her Point of View column.

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MTV reality show Jersey Shore is the latest example of Italian-Americans being stereotyped on television. Why?

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Sports presenter Clare Balding makes an official complaint to the Press Complaints Commission over an article which mocked her sexuality.

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The Magazine’s weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions – plus the Weekly Bonus Question.

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The intelligence on Iraq’s weapons threat was “not very substantial”, former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott says.

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US economic growth slowed between April and June, with GDP growing by an annualised rate of 2.4%, the US Commerce Department says.

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Plans to reform A-levels could put students off maths and lead to university department closures, an academic body warns.

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Newsbeat’s had an exclusive look at new training being given to UK soldiers at the Royal School of Artillery in Wiltshire.

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Owners of mobile phones are being asked to test the security of their network to see if enough is being done to stop eavesdropping.

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Calcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows.

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The right of women to choose whether they have home births is being questioned by a leading medical journal.

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Arizona says it will appeal against a federal court’s decision to block parts of an anti-immigration law hours before it came into effect.

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A Sussex vicar is found guilty of carrying out hundreds of sham marriages over four years to bypass immigration law.

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A couple who murdered a three-year-old boy in their care, inflicting more than 70 injuries on him, are jailed for life.

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The UK Independence Party wins its court battle against having to pay back all of a £367,697 “impermissible donation”.

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