US militaryShipyard worker who set fire to nuclear submarine sentenced to 17 years in jail25-year-old Casey Fury pleaded guilty to setting fire to US military submarine USS Miami because he wanted to go homeCasey Fury, of Portsmouth, N.H., a former shipyard worker accused of setting a fire May 23, 2012 that caused about $450 million in damage to the nuclear submarine USS Miami Photograph: Uncredited/APA shipyard worker who set fire to rags aboard a nuclear submarine because he wanted to go home was sentenced to 17 years in jail on Friday for the blaze that transformed the vessel into a fiery furnace, injured seven people and caused $450m in damage. Read More...
The 10 best Vikings Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email As a new British Museum exhibition opens, here's our pick of the horned-helmet brigade – both real and fictionalIs there a Viking that you think should have made the list? Leave your comment below and you could feature in next week's alternative list Michael Hogan
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Still from Clueless, classic “teen” movie based on Jane Austen’s novel Emma
Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/PARAMOUNT Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/PARAMOUNTStill from Clueless, classic “teen” movie based on Jane Austen’s novel Emma
Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/PARAMOUNT Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/PARAMOUNTChildren's booksChildren's booksTop 10 myths about teenagersWhy are teenagers portrayed in such a clichéd way? Stewart Ross, author of Revenge of the Zeds, explores some particularly crass misunderstandings
Ever since I became one myself, I’ve been uneasy about the clichéd way teenagers (aka young adults) are portrayed. Read More...