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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Rebel Wilson awarded A$4.5m in magazine defamation case

(BBC)
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The Australian actor Rebel Wilson = Liar? Ha, not true. Star won libel case.
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Disney | ABC TV

Apple launches $999 iPhone X in bid to regain innovation lead

(Reuters)

iPhone X = Phoenix?
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Hope Hicks named White House Communications Director

(BBC)
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Oh, he picks ~ Hope Hicks
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Monday, September 11, 2017

How Hillary Clinton recovered after Donald Trump loss

(The New Zealand Herald)
Pantsuit Rainbow!

This strange 'alternative nostril breathing' therapy = Er, she's venting her bitter antipathy at gorilla 'n tsar
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Andy Baumgartner

Kilauea erupts on Hawaii's big Island

(Yahoo!)

The Kilauea volcano = On cue I leak hot lava
Anagram: Pinchas Aronas

Sunday, September 10, 2017

Former British PM to be investigated over paedophile claims

(The New Zealand Herald)
Sir Edward Heath plaque

Sir Edward Heath appeared to lie = A weird paedophile hated arrest
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Matt Brown

"No white lights or angels" THIS is what happens when you die

(The Daily Express)
God's words recite!

No white lights or angels = Oh, insight's eternal glow
Anagram: Robert Jordan
Image: Seth Drum

Sloane Stephens cruises to US Open victory

(Euro News)
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Victorious tennis player Sloane Stephens = Creative shots in US Open. Style's nonpareil.

The victorious American tennis player Sloane Stephens = Many creative, celestial shots earn her points in US Open
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Mayweather hands Weston plumber $15,000 tickets to his fight against McGregor

(Weston Mercury)
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Floyd Mayweather = Wealthy Day For Me
Anagram: Viv Moore

There's now a fourth chocolate flavor: Ruby Chocolate

(Inside Manila)

Now there is 'ruby chocolate' = Cute color? Bah! Heresy! I won't!
Anagram: Julian Lofts

Graydon Carter Stepping Down as Vanity Fair Editor

(Variety)
Graydon Carter 2012 Shankbone

The Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter is retiring = I'd fire a dignitary striving to try another career
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: David Shankbone

Friday, September 8, 2017

Irma devastates Turks and Caicos

(UPI)
Hurricane Irma Forecast

Irma devastates Turks and Caicos = Smack! Destruction area said vast
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Cayobo

Michigan Beer Chair dispenses beer from Upper Peninsula

(UPI)

Michigan Beer Chair = Aha! Bring me ice, Rich
Anagram: Russ Atkinson

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Irma Tears A Path Of Destruction Through Parts Of The Caribbean

(WGBH)
NASA Sees Irma Strengthen to a Category 5 Hurricane

Irma tears a path of destruction through parts of the Caribbean = After Barbados, nightmare threat of catastrophic pour in the US
Anagram: Dharam
Image: NASA

Mother of two, 70, kills her daughters in double murder suicide

(Daily Mail)
Murder

Brenda Williamon = Rein ill, bad woman!
Anagram: Pinchas Aronas
Image: AJ Cann

Monday, September 4, 2017

Startup behind ridiculed $400 juicer shuts down

(CNN)
RIP Juicero, the $400 venture-backed juice machine

Juicero shuts down = Chorus: "Just die now."
Anagram: Rosie Perera

Sunday, September 3, 2017

There is NO life after death: Scientist insists afterlife is IMPOSSIBLE

(The Daily Express)
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There is NO life after death = To die here, free, that's final
Anagram: Robert Jordan
Image: Thomas Meier

Friday, September 1, 2017

Tropical Cyclone 10 heads for Britain: Atlantic SUPERSTORM to spark UK 'monsoon' next week, by Nathan Rao

(The Daily Express)

Tropical Cyclone Ten heads for Britain = Typical Rao on nth incredible forecast
Anagram: Robert Jordan

Thursday, August 31, 2017

Novartis' CAR-T gene therapy, the first approved by FDA, to cost $475,000

(MarketWatch)
Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases, (NITD), NIBR Singapore

The so called 'living drug' Tisagenlecleucel (aka Kymriah™ by Novartis) is a new CAR-T cell therapy = Docs say pricy gene-altering will violently attack, avert, and might cure harsh B-cell leukaemias
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Novartis AG

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Hurricane Harvey: Donald Trump says 'Texas can handle anything' as dams overflow, Houston deluged

(The Daily Telegraph)
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US Donald President Trump says "Texas can handle anything" = "My last pretty stupid, carnal and nude sex shenanigans. Doh!"
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: thetortmaster