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The US website published a string of texts that purportedly were exchanged between David Geithner and a former gay porn star turned escort.

Irish Navy vessels the LÉ Eithne and LÉ James Joyce were welcomed into Cork Harbour earlier today; Graham Dwyer’s girlfriend said today that she is pulling back from the relationship; and cannabis could help heal fractured bones. Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com round-up.

The US gossip website Gawker has come in for considerable criticism after publishing an article that effectively ’outed’ the Chief Financial Officer of US publishing giant, Conde Nast.

 

Anyone who has ever tried Hershey’s chocolate knows that there is no contest between it and our beloved Cadbury’s.

Holiday sales are such bullshit, right?

30,000 little packages of poop are making their way through American post to happy customers.

The shock implosion of Sonic Youth gave Lee Ranaldo the chance to go out on his own, writes Ed Power

Toronto mayor Rob Ford will undergo 40 days of chemotherapy to treat a rare and difficult-to-beat cancer that forced him to do what months of scandals over drug and alcohol abuse could not — drop his bid for re-election.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s doctor says the politician has cancer.

The recent leak of nude photos of Hollywood actresses is the work of ‘grubbly little misogynists’ who placed a higher value on the images as they were in the public arena without the women’s consent, says Suzanne Harrington

Ailing Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s dramatic decision to drop his re-election bid opened a new chapter in the saga, as his tough-talking but less magnetic brother runs in his place and brings his own storied past into the scandal-laden campaign.

Quentin Tarantino's lawsuit against Gawker has been dismissed.

The web is becoming an increasingly bitter and dangerous place, especially if you are a beautiful young thing, or a scorned ex, says Louise O’Neill

It's Monday evening, it's pitch dark outside and it cheered us up. Good dog, Meatball.

New court documents suggest troubled Toronto mayor Rob Ford may have offered $5,000 and a car to suspected drug dealers in exchange for a video that appears to show him smoking crack cocaine.

Toronto mayor Rob Ford apologised for being “hammered” in public and acknowledged the need to curb his drinking, but the mayor of Canada’s largest city didn’t address allegations of drug use and said he will remain in his job despite mounting pressure to resign.

Can you spot all these horror references?

Toronto’s troubled mayor said a purported video of him smoking crack cocaine did not exist and vowed to seek re-election next year.

A video purportedly of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack has caused an uproar in Canada. Mr Ford yesterday called the allegations “ridiculous”.

Linda Hogan was sickened by Hulk Hogan's sex tape.

Former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan sued a disc jockey, his ex-wife and a gossip website after a sex tape involving Hogan and the woman was posted online.

A Spanish woman who made headlines worldwide for her botched attempt to restore a 20th-century painting of Jesus Christ says she has hired lawyers and wants royalties from the fees church owners are charging visitors, according to the daily Spanish-language newspaper El Correo.

SCANDAL-SCARRED Anthony Weiner is clinging to his perch in US Congress despite new efforts to pry him away and a pair of developments that might inspire others in his position to give up the fight: A newly released X-rated photo that Weiner purportedly took of himself has turned up on the internet, and his wife of less than a year, Huma Abedin, is pregnant.

A married US congressman has resigned after reports that he sent a shirtless photo of himself flexing his muscles to a woman he met on Craigslist.

A COUPLE have said they are leaving the decision about whether they should get an abortion up to an online poll posted on a website showing ultrasounds of their healthy, 16-week-old foetus dubbed “Wiggles”.

GOOGLE is tightening its privacy leash on employees in an effort to ensure they don’t intrude on people while the internet search leader collects and stores information about its users.

EARLY yesterday, Americans were delighted to find out that while they were sleeping, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had come to an end.