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A cassette tape of a "drunk" John Lennon recording a cover version of a Rock 'n' Roll song sells at auction in Los Angeles for $30,000 (£20,200).
A look at what's making the headlines in Wednesday's morning newspapers.
Saudi Arabia should end systematic discrimination against its minority Ismaili Shia community, a human rights group says.
The ECB has come a long way since being founded ten years ago and is in better shape for challenges ahead.
The Bard's history plays are being performed in their entirety by the RSC. How accurate are they?
Paintings from 1751 depicting drunkenness are recreated in a campaign against binge drinking.
Rising US band Paramore talk about their fanatical crowds, their Grammy nomination and their Christian beliefs.
Some 20 million people tried to register to see Led Zeppelin soon after they announced their reunion, promoters say.
A painting on display in Rome revives the scandal of Pope Alexander VI and his youthful mistress, Giulia Farnese.
Scottish-born singer Sandi Thom talks to the BBC News website about her upcoming tour, the internet and serving chips to Coldplay.
Canadian stand-up veteran Phil Nichol is made this year's winner of the Edinburgh Festival's top comedy awards.
Who are the five acts shortlisted for the 2006 if.comeddies, Edinburgh's leading comedy awards?
Abuse of anabolic steroids by weight trainers is highest in south Wales' former mining communities, research shows.
The odds of winning the EuroMillions lottery are 76 million to one. So why are so many of us buying tickets? Sean Coughlan reports.
The Libertine, the movie starring Johnny Depp, owes its opening to the Isle of Man, its writer says.
The Libertine and Mrs Henderson Presents dominate nominations at the British Independent Film Awards.
An obsession with healthy eating could be dangerous, doctors have warned. So what's it like suffering from orthorexia?
TV standards campaigners urge the BBC to drop a broadcast of hit stage musical Jerry Springer - The Opera.
Some of the best pictures sent in by BBC News website users
In a survey of 3,000 people, the actor Johnny Depp has been voted the epitome of "cool". Not bad for a former teen star whose first film role ended in his being eaten by a bed.
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