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The bust, which shows the Bard with moustache and goatee, was believed to have been installed several years after his death in 1616, meaning it was likely not an accurate likeness.But now expert Professor Lena Cowen Orlin has said it was 'highly likely' that Shakespeare commissioned the monument, which could have been modelled from life by a sculptor who knew him.How Shakespeare really looked has been a matter of debate because of uncertainty around the reliability of existing portraits of him.Along with the effigy, the only work which definitively depicts him is the engraving which appears on the title page...

Defendants Alleged to Have Rigged Police Chief Exam, Misappropriated City’s Confidential Information Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Acting Under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, and David Sundberg, Special Agent-in-Charge, New Haven Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced the arrest of ARMANDO J. PEREZ, the Chief of Police of the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut (the “City”), and DAVID DUNN, the City’s acting personnel director, for defrauding the City by rigging the 2018 police chief examination, mandated by the City’s Charter, to ensure PEREZ would be selected for the position. ...

Osama bin Laden’s distaste for western culture grew when he visited the UK as a teenager, newly released documents have revealed....“We went every Sunday to visit Shakespeare’s house," bin Laden wrote of his travels to the UK as a teenager. "I was not impressed and I saw that they were a society different from ours and that they were a morally loose society.” He added: “I got the impression that they were a loose people, and my age didn’t allow me to form a complete picture of life there.”

The Tradition: Geoffrey of Monmouth and other medieval Arthurian writers tell us that Arthur was taken to the Isle of Avalon to be healed of his wounds after the Battle of Camlann. Later tradition assumed that he died and was buried there and identified the place as Glastonbury in Somerset. The Theory & Discovery: Blackett & Wilson claim that one of the two figures who went to make up "King Arthur" is to be identified with the Emperor Magnus Maximus's son, King Anwn of South Wales. This man, who occasionally may have spelt his name Arthun, they identify with both...

SNIPPET: "Muslim convert Richard Dart declared “judging is only for Allah” and refused to stand in the dock as he was jailed for six years for terrorism yesterday." SNIPPET: "Mr Justice Simon said the three held “radical Islamist beliefs” and showed they were “committed to acts of terrorism”. Dart, 30, of Ealing, west London, was jailed for six years; Mahmood, 22, from Northolt, west London for nine years and nine months, and Alom, 26, of Stratford, east London, for four years and six months." SNIPPET: "Dart and Alom travelled to Pakistan to try to get terrorist training, and took advice...

White Muslim convert Richard Dart and a former police community support officer were among six people arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack in Britain.Richard Dart, who was radicalised by the cleric Anjem Choudary, was held following police raids in east and west London. A former PCSO and two of his brothers, who were living just over a mile from the Olympic site in Stratford, were also among those detained during the police and MI5 operation to prevent a suspected terror assault. One of the brothers was Tasered by officers. Counter-terrorism police had first searched their home last November. The...

NOTE The following text is a quote: www.west-midlands.police.uk/latest-news/press-release.asp?id=2915 Birmingham man sentenced to three years for terrorism offences 12 December 2011 Updated: 13 December 2011 A bookshop owner from Birmingham has been sentenced to three years in prison for possessing and distributing terrorist publications, following a nine-week trial at Kingston Crown Court. A jury yesterday (Monday 12) found the 32-year-old Ahmed Faraz guilty of seven counts of dissemination of terrorist publications and four counts of possession of information likely to be of use to a person committing or preparing for an act of terrorism. Seven other similar charges will lie on...

Times Square Is Evacuated in Bomb Scare The scene at Times Square on Saturday night after police found a suspicious package inside a Pathfinder on West 45th Street. RAY RIVERA and KARIN HENRY May 1, 2010 A bomb in Times Square led to the evacuation of thousands of tourists and theatergoers from the area on a warm and busy Saturday evening, the police said. There was no explosion. “It appears to be a car bomb left in a Pathfinder between Seventh and Eighth,” said Deputy Commissioner Paul J. Browne, the Police Department’s chief spokesman. The device, he said, contained “explosive...

<p>After a long hiatus because of a boating accident in which her fiance drowned, Loreena McKinnett is finally back with a just released CD, 'An Ancient Muse'.</p> <p>You can see streaming video footage of “Caravanserai” (from 'An Ancient Muse') performed live at the Alhambra in Granada, Spain (September 2006). It’s an exciting taste of the PBS Great Performances live concert TV special to come in March 2007, 'Nights from the Alhambra'.</p>

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. - A high school principal announced his resignation Monday after coming under fire over a November drug sweep in which police with guns drawn ordered students to the floor. "I realized it is in the best interest of Stratford High School and of my students for me to make a change," George McCrackin said in a statement. School officials asked Goose Creek police to come into the school Nov. 5 after receiving reports of marijuana sales on campus. Police said dogs sniffed drug residue on 12 book bags but found no drugs. No one was arrested. The...

Stratford Hall hit by stock slumpStratford Hall Plantation is counting on a $6 million fund-raising effort to help repair financial damage caused by stock-market declines.Stratford's endowment shrank from $29 million in 1999 to about $16 million this year. The resulting loss of investment income has caused reductions in staff and programs at the historic home of the Lee family in Westmoreland County.The new fund-raising campaign has already raised $3 million that will be used to meet Stratford's operating expenses in the next three years, said Elizabeth Dunn, director of development and public relations."I'm astonished how quickly we've mobilized the community...

(Stratford-AP Sept. 11, 2002 7:00 AM) _ Some Stratford High School students will begin anti-hate training. The sessions are a reaction to a picture that appeared on the high school's yearbook cover last year. Two students were accused of making a Nazi-like salute in the picture. The school will team with the Anti-Defamation League to conduct the sessions. The school is also beginning a program called "Respect Me" aimed at cultural diversity. Stafford High School principal Daniel Hatch says he wants the programs to be long-term, not just a lecture that's forgotten. The school will pick 30 students to participate...

QUESTION: Just to follow up, yesterday there were several Venezuelan high-level government officials here in Washington. They met several high-level officers of the US Government. Also, four of the alleged snipers who were identified by Stratford and other people arrived in Washington yesterday afternoon at Reagan National Airport. They were met by the Venezuelan chargé d'affaires. My question is, who are they going to meet? MR. REEKER: I have no idea. I am unaware of to whom you are referring. If you want to share that information, I can check into it with the Bureau. I am not aware of...