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Margaret Thatcher 'wanted to teach Sarah Palin to speak proper English' and help the Mama Grizzly improve her 'raw political talent'

Though former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher stayed out of the public eye for much of her final years, but that doesn't mean that she didn't stay involved in current affairs. Republican pundit Ann Coulter revealed today that the 'Iron Lady' wanted to help teach Sarah Palin how to properly speak English because she was reportedly aghast at how her like-minded American politician was portraying herself. 'One thing that I know, because I know people who know her, is when Sarah Palin first burst on the scene, she wanted to have a meeting with Palin, because she saw raw political talent, but wanted to teach Sarah Palin to do what she did,' Coulter said on a radio show on Monday. Proper: Baroness Thatcher reportedly wanted to help Sarah Palin improve her public image, starting with language lessons Thatcher 'wanted to teach Palin to speak proper English' 'I just know it from friends of hers — to teach (Palin) to speak proper English.'

Did he lose a bet? Mr Bunny at White House Easter Egg Roll rumored to be top Democrat Lon Johnson in disguise

Rumors have been spreading round Washington DC political circles for days about the real identity of Mr Bunny at the White House Easter Egg Roll on April 1. Then, on Monday, Washington Post reporter Al Kamen stated that he'd heard from a 'knowledgeable source' that the man inside the rabbit suit was leading Democrat Lon Johnson. Johnson became Chairperson of the Michigan Democratic Party in February and he is married to Julianna Smoot, a major Democratic fundraiser, former White House social secretary and Obama 2012 deputy campaign manager. Scroll down for video Star of the show: Mr Bunny upstages President Obama at this year's White House Easter Egg Roll. But who was in the rabbit costume? Mystery solved? It's now rumored that the man playing the Easter bunny this year was leading Michigan Democrat Lon Johnson (right). Johnson became Chairperson of the Michigan Democratic Party in February According to the Washington Post, Johnson 'didn’t reply to s

J.C. Penney fires embattled CEO Ron Johnson after a year and a half on the job and replaces him with former company CEO of seven years

This time last year he said J.C. Penney would 'operate like a start-up’ as he announced that the retailer was laying off 900 employees with 600 of them from the company’s corporate headquarters in Plano, Texas. Now Ron Johnson, Penney’s chief executive of 17 months, is on his way out due to weak sales and a murky business strategy. The struggling retailer’s board of directors announced on Monday that Johnson, who successfully spearheaded Apple’s retail strategy between 2000 and 2011, would be replaced by Myron E. Ullman III, who had served as J.C. Penney’s CEO for seven years before Johnson came on board. In and out: J.C. Penney fired its embattled chief executive Ron Johnson on Monday and replaced him with Myron E. Ullman III, who had served as the retailer's CEO for seven years before Johnson joined the company in 2011 Quick turnover: Ullman has rejoined the company effective immediately Since Johnson arrived at the company in late 2011, J.C. Penney has struggled wi

'Cookie Monster' arrested after he 'pushed a child to the ground in Times Square when his mother refused to give him a tip'

Police arrested a man dressed as the Cookie Monster in Times Square on Sunday after he allegedly shoved a two-year-old boy when his mom refused to give him a tip. Queens resident Osvaldo Quiroz-Lopez, 33, was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child after the mother told police he became aggressive when she took a picture of him with her son. Quiroz-Lopez was arraigned Monday on charges including aggressive begging. He didn't enter a plea. Osvaldo Quiroz-Lopez, 33, was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child after the mother told police he became aggressive when she took a picture of him with her son The Connecticut mother said he demanded $2 and started pushing her boy when she refused to pay. He then began to verbally assault the woman, swearing at her and calling her son names, according to the New York Post. It was then that he pushed the child to the ground. The two-year-old was not injured. Quiroz-Lopez has no prior arrests. Hi

Tennessee boy, 4, accidentally kills wife of sheriff's deputy as he shows off his gun to a relative

A 4-year-old boy grabbed a loaded gun at a family cookout and accidentally shot and killed the wife of a Tennessee sheriff's deputy, authorities say. Josephine G. Fanning, 48, died Saturday at her home about 7 miles south of Lebanon, according to the local sheriff's office. Investigators say Wilson County Deputy Daniel Fanning was showing his weapons to a relative in a bedroom of his Lebanon home on Saturday when the toddler came in and picked up a gun off the bed. Tragic: Josephine G. Fanning, 48, was accidentally shot and killed by a 4-year-old during a cookout at her home in Tennessee Sheriff Robert Bryan said the weapon discharged, hitting Josephine Fanning. She was pronounced dead at the scene. ‘Within seconds this small 4-year-old comes into the room, unbeknownst to the officer, and just picked up the gun and shot her,’ Bryan said. ‘Danny Fanning is going to have to live with it. Our prayers, our thoughts go out to him and the child.’ The child is not related to

Adult films 'downloaded in Vatican City': Porn files 'shared in headquarters of Catholic Church'

Porn has been downloaded and shared in Vatican City, the headquarters of the Catholic Church, it has today been claimed. A list of so called torrent files to have been shared in the tiny city-state within Rome, which houses around 800 people, including the Pope, has been uncovered. And it reportedly includes female and transsexual porn. Porn has been downloaded and shared in Vatican City, the headquarters of the Catholic Church, it has today been claimed Torrenting is a form of file sharing, which has become popular with fans of illegal downloads because it is harder for authorities to crack down on. The X rated activity was uncovered by website Torrent Freak, the New York Post reports. The blog, which is dedicated to filesharing news, unearthed the download history from an IP address inside the Pope's city of residence. It is not clear to whom it belongs. It said while download levels in Vatican City were very low because of its small size, a number of films and TV programm

The first ever 'murder confession' by MEME? Reddit user is reported to the FBI after he 'admits killing his sister's abusive meth-addict boyfriend with his own drugs' using a picture of a bear

A Reddit user has been reported to the FBI after he used a popular cuddly bear meme to seemingly confess to murdering his sister's abusive boyfriend. The user, named Naratto, posted a thread with the title 'Finally have the guts to say it' to Reddit's AdviceAnimals subforum late on Saturday night. The thread linked to the meme known as Confession Bear, and Naratto's startling admission, which read: 'My sister had an abusive meth addict boyfriend. I killed him with his own drugs while he was unconscious and they ruled it as an overdose.' The meme is usually reserved for innocuous confessions so, within minutes, stunned Reddit users began commenting on the photo, asking if the disclosure was true and if so when it happened. Heavy: The user, named Naratto, posted a thread to the meme, pictured, with the title 'Finally have the guts to say it' late on Saturday night Naratto responded just once to the stream of comments, which by Monday night had reac

The gritty 1970s photographs that capture New York when it was a city in decline as crime soared and hundreds of thousands of its inhabitants fled to the suburbs

The 1970s are considered a low point for New York City. More than 820,00 people fled the crime and an unreliable transit system over the course of the decade, moving to the suburbs the suburbs. The city went nearly bankrupt as Wall Street sputtered under the economic stagnation of the era. Down time: The economy in New York City sputtered to a halt in the 1970s, leaving tens of thousands without work. These men were seen napping on a stoop on 30th Street in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood Down time: This man waits for nothing in particular as he drinks a beer in the Bowery in Manhattan Down and out: This man was seen sleeping in the middle of the median with his old dog in the Bowery Photographer Leland Bobbe captured the gritty, sometimes desperate nature of the men who women who populated New York in the 1970s. Pimps and prostitutes populated Times Square. Drug dealers worked openly. Buildings went vacant and became home to squatters as they became dilapidat

Sweet art! The amazing artist who can sculpt your face in a lollipop just by sucking on it - and the likeness is uncanny

When you look at a lollipop you don't expect to see your face staring back at you. But one Singapore-based street artist is rising to fame for doing just that - carving the facial features of passersby into the delicious sweets. The unnamed man, who can be found in the city's Chinatown, is able to create the spectacularly detailed mini-sculptures using just his mouth. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Wow: A Singapore-based street artist is rising to fame for carving the facial features of passersby into lollipops, pictured Street art: The unnamed man can be found in the city's Chinatown Tourists and locals alike can watch as the artist licks and chews the lollipops to create three-dimensional portraits of them. A video, which grabbed the attention of Designtaxi.com, shows the remarkable talent at work, although some believe the man's unique talent may be too good to be true. In the footage, his subject explains to the camera: 'Supposedly this man molds stuff in a

Having a whale of a time: The baby humpback which appears to levitate in incredible snap

With a grace which belies her already incredible size a baby whale flies through the air hovering parallel to the water in this incredible wildlife snap. The stunning moment was frozen in time by photographer Jon Cornforth off the coast of Tonga. The baby humpback - which was already 16ft long - breached out of the water in front of the wildlife lover as he swam in the ocean. With a grace which belies her already incredible size a baby whale flies through the air hovering parallel to the water in this incredible wildlife snap The stunning moment was frozen in time by wildlife photographer Jon Cornforth The baby humpback whale, which was already 16ft long, breached out of the water, in front of the photographer as he swam in the ocean He spent 90 minutes in the water with the friendly mother whale and her baby - coming within feet of the gentle giants. Mr Cornforth, from Seattle, USA, said: 'The baby whale looks almost like it is levitating out of the water. 'It