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New Orleans This article is more than 8 months oldUS Catholic cleric backed out of $1m settlement with sexual abuse victimThis article is more than 8 months oldVirgil Wheeler, who died in April, verbally agreed deal but made U-turn after learning he would have to register as sex offender A US Roman Catholic cleric who admitted in criminal court to sexually abusing a child before his ordination backed out of a seven-figure settlement agreement with his victim after learning he would have to register as a sex offender, the Guardian has confirmed.

Black Lives Matter movement This article is more than 8 years oldBlack Lives Matter activist refutes allegations that he lied about his raceThis article is more than 8 years oldShaun King confirms he is biracial and was born to a white mother and a black father, after weeks of assertions to the contrary from rightwing writers Shaun King, a prominent Black Lives Matter activist, has responded to weeks of allegations that he had lied about his racial background with an article confirming he is biracial and was born to a white mother and a black father he does not know.

ExperienceLife and styleA customer asked me to make a replica out of her cat’s fur when it died. She took the knitted cat to bed and slept well for the first time since her loss I was born in the former Soviet Union, where my mother taught me to knit when I was very young. It was a skill every Russian woman had when I was growing up, because clothes were in short supply.

The ObserverFifty Shades of Grey This article is more than 11 years oldFinally, I get the sex in Fifty Shades of GreyThis article is more than 11 years oldVictoria CorenEL James's erotic novel may be turning women on, but it's got nothing to do with the fleshSo, I've been away for a month. And I've spent it trying to read Fifty Shades Of Grey. On the plane to America, one person in three had a copy.

12 Years A Slave This article is more than 10 years oldItalian posters for 12 Years a Slave herald Brad Pitt over Chiwetel EjioforThis article is more than 10 years oldLionsgate withdraws 'rogue' publicity that promotes film's white co-stars over black lead EjioforHollywood studio Lionsgate is embroiled in an embarrassing row over Italian posters for the Oscar-tipped race drama 12 Years a Slave which herald the small role of Brad Pitt ahead of the film's main star Chiwetel Ejiofor.

RelationshipsThey’ve been labelled heartless or deluded, but an increasing number of people don’t conform to the concepts of true love and marriage. Though that doesn’t always mean not having sexTo some, the thought of not feeling romance may initially seem a little strange. But, for Juliette Arnold, a 19-year-old French psychology student, it is completely natural. She is part of a growing number of people who identify as “aromantic”. Aromantics define themselves as not feeling any or few romantic inclinations towards other people.

OpinionPornography This article is more than 10 years oldPornography is not the only culprit behind the rise of labiaplastyThis article is more than 10 years oldDaisy BuchananYoung women need to learn that there is no such thing as the ideal labia – no matter what they see on the internetIt seems that body consciousness among young women has taken its most darkly worrying turn yet. Gynaecologists warned this week that cosmetic labial reduction requests have increased dramatically over the past five years, a trend driven partly by the images in pornography.

David Carradine This article is more than 14 years oldDavid Carradine's family want FBI to investigate Bangkok deathThis article is more than 14 years oldLawyer says family does not believe Kung Fu and Kill Bill actor committed suicideThe family of the American actor David Carradine have asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to help investigate his death after his body was found in a hotel cupboard in Bangkok. Carradine's family do not believe he committed suicide and are troubled by conflicting accounts about the circumstances of his death, Mark Geragos, a lawyer for Carradine's brother Keith, told CNN's Larry King last night.

FilmObituaryFaith Brook obituaryActor of poise and beauty who enjoyed a rich and productive career on both sides of the AtlanticFaith Brook, who has died aged 90, was an actor of remarkable elegance, poise and beauty. She was the daughter of Clive Brook, a pillar of the so-called Hollywood Raj, the British acting community that settled in Los Angeles in the 1930s. He appeared opposite Marlene Dietrich in Shanghai Express. Even if she was never a star on the scale of her father, Faith enjoyed a rich and productive career in theatre, film and television on both sides of the Atlantic.