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Brooklyn trio We Are Augustines' debut album sounds like it's been pieced together with spare parts from various other big indie-rock bands.

A year or so ago I bought some lovely skewers with a pig design on from my favourite cookshop in Paris, E Dehillerin in the Rue Coquillière. I've actually only just started using them but they look great, in a twee sort of way. This recipe involves most bits of the pig but you can really use whatever cuts and offal you fancy. It's also a great way to use rare breed pork from farms where you have to buy a quarter of a beast. Richard Vaughan at Huntsham Farm in Herefordshire does exactly that with his Middle White pork and Longhorn beef.

The News Matrix: Thursday 24 March 2011

The world’s tallest tower swing ride, which sends those foolhardy enough to get on-board a whopping 400 feet up in the air, was officially opened on Saturday at the Six Flags Over Texas amusement park in Arlington.

Soldier Surprises Daughter At High School GraduationVIDEO: Fallen Navy SEAL Tribute Mass. Vet to Spend Memorial Day Remembering His Military Pilot Wife

Graduates in Tornado-Raked Oklahoma Town Vow to StayNOAA Predicts Active Atlantic Hurricane Season

Labor unions that have solidly backed President Obama are splitting with him over ObamaCare -- with one calling for “repeal or complete reform” of the president’s signature health-care law.

President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed.

Los Angeles became the first major city in the world to synchronize all of its nearly 4,400 stop lights

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday that they must stamp out the “scourge” of sexual assault in the military.

Thousands run final mile of Boston Marathon

Ohio doctor accused of raping pregnant woman, injecting her with heroin

Honduras' gangs announce truce to reduce violence

Toddler disappears from Minnesota campground

Arias trial juror calls life or death decision unfair

Tesla fights bill that could ban automaker in NC

Authorities search for Iowa teen amid rain, wind

Report: Collapsed bridge had gouges, damage in 2012- Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse- Mo. highway buckles after rail cars hit overpass

Libertarians eager to move beyond mere ideological victories are making progress in a long-term effort to migrate to one state to concentrate efforts and reshape communities based on their ideals of less government and individualism.