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Good Day for Barcelona, as Inaki Urdangarin paid the city more than pounds 2,000 for 19 overdue traffic and parking tickets, fines and taxes after complaints from a group calling itself the "Anti-Corruption Commission" that city officials were overlooking his debts. Mr Urdangarin is due to marry Princess Cristina of Spain next month.

Bad Day for Nursery Rhymes, as Nellie Gindlesperger retired at the age of 85 after 25 years of playing the "old woman who lived in a shoe" in front of a massive green boot at the Story Book Forest at Idelwild Park near Pittsburgh. Her departure is tinged with considerable regret: "They aren't teaching the youngsters nursery rhymes today," she said. "Our fairy tales are going to be lost."

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