Cheryl Cole, for the second straight year, has been named the Sexiest Woman Alive by FHM.

That wasn't enough for Ashley, apparently, as he reportedly pulled a Tiger Woods with five different women.

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An unconventional image dramatically symbolized the grandeur of the British Empire. On a bright morning in early 1910, the funeral cortege for the late Edward VII made its way from Westminster through the streets of central London.

With huge crowds lining the route, a procession of international dignitaries followed behind the coffin, some on horseback, some in carriages. Their number included princes and presidents, emperors and elected leaders. But in front of all of them walked a small dog, his leash held by a kilted Highland soldier. This was Edward’s beloved fox terrier, who bore the appropriately imperial name of Caesar.

At the funeral of Edward VII, the New York Times reported: ‘The varied and gorgeous uniforms of the royal personages gathered from the ends of earth glittered in the summer sun.’ In reality, however, it was a world and Empire on which the sun was setting very quickly.

The Biblical Noah’s Ark has been found in Mount Ararat, Turkey according to a Chinese-Turkish evangelical exploration team. They said they are 99.99 percent sure that this is the Noah’s Ark set to ride the flood that swept the entire world 4,800 years ago.

The exploration team is claiming that the Noah’s Ark found fits the description in the Bible – it has the exact length noted in the bible which is 300 Egyptian cubit or 515 feet. Also, they have analysed the wood they have found in the interior and it has been carbon-dated to 48,000 years ago – the same time of the Noah’s Ark.

Paul Zimansky, a historian and an archaeologist at Stony Brook University, specializes in studying the region around Mount Ararat. He said that Mount Ararat, also called Mount Urartu, is believed to be the resting zone of the Noah’s Ark.

The Go Live 1000 will feature a 500MHz ARM 11 CPU, 4GB of storage, 128MB of RAM, and a new user interface based on the open-source WebKit browser engine.

With TomTom's IQ Routes tech, the device will review past traffic patterns to plan routes. TomTom's HD Traffic system will analyze and show traffic flows and jams to continually determine the fastest route, the company said. The device will be able to download updates and new services remotely via an integrated modem.

Today’s grilling of Goldman Sachs Group by the U.S. Senate is likely to be the main event for traders around the world. That could temporarily ease tensions in Europe’s wobbly bond markets, where fears of full-blown contagion from Greece’s debt problems are growing.

Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein will tell the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that his firm didn’t consistently bet against the residential housing market or bet against clients. Earlier this month, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shocked markets by alleging that Goldman and trader Fabrice Tourre committed fraud by selling a mortgage-related security without telling investors that a hedge-fund betting against the deal had helped create it.

It’s a sure bet that traders in the City, London’s financial district, will be breaking out the popcorn and turning on the TVs when the Senate hearing commences around 10 a.m. Washington, DC-time. The schadenfreude is almost palpable; many of Goldman’s long-time rivals probably feel like the firm hasn’t stumbled during this financial crisis as much as it should have.

Teenage Socceroos sensation Tommy Oar is confident he's making a move to Europe at the perfect time to further his promising career.

The 18-year-old World Cup hopeful, who impressed on debut for Australia against Indonesia last month, will link up with Dutch club FC Utrecht next season on a five-year deal.

Oar will be accompanied by former Brisbane Roar teammates Michael Zullo and Adam Sarota, who were each signed for three seasons in a package deal with the A-League club.

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