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Geoffrey Macnab reviews American Hustle, also starring Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper
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Michelle Nijhuis' daughter insists (s)he is, and she learnt a valuable lesson on gender in books
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America's 'virgin births'? One in 200 mothers 'became pregnant without having sex'
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Iain Duncan Smith leaves Commons food banks debate early
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Children evacuated from swimming pool after prosthetic leg mistaken for paedophile
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