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Cars

A stretched Audi R8 is set to become the world’s fastest limousine.

Limo Broker in the U.K. recently announced plans to build the world’s first Audi R8 V10 stretch limousine.

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Gaming Success Stories

A lucky lottery ticket holder based in the UK has won nearly £41 million after Friday’s EuroMillions draw.

Operators of the UK National Lottery, Camelot, said the winner scooped the EuroMillions rollover jackpot of £40,627,241 in Friday night’s draw, but is yet to come forward to claim the prize.

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Sportspeople

Chelsea have completed the signing of Gary Cahill from Bolton Wanderers for a fee of around £7 million.

According to the BBC, the 26-year-old centre-half passed a medical last Saturday, before attending Chelsea’s 1-0 Premier League win over Sunderland at Stamford Bridge.

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Gadgets

You could easily be excused for thinking you’re in a scene from Minority Report with the recent invention of a window that doubles as a computer monitor.

Samsung has created the remarkable Transparent Smart Window — a window that works as a computer monitor too.

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Lifestyle

Luxury jeweller Fabergé is hosting the world’s largest Easter egg hunt next month in London.

The event, called The Fabergé Big Egg Hunt, will feature 200 giant and uniquely crafted, strategically placed eggs with Fabergé’s signature egg design, scattered throughout London.

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Sportspeople

Italian Serie A club Inter Milan have made a €25 million euro bid for Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez, but reports claim the offer is unlikely to meet City’s valuation for the Argentine striker.

“Our offer is 25m euros – now it depends on them whether they accept,” said Inter president Massimo Moratti after their 1-0 win over AC Milan, according to the BBC.

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Fashion

A collection of jewellery owned by the late Dame Elizabeth Taylor fetched $116 million at a New York auction last month.

The collection of 80 items had been estimated to fetch about $20 million, but sold for more than double the record for a single collection.

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Cars

Porsche only revealed their new 911 Cabriolet at the 2012 Detroit Motor Show earlier this week, but the carmaker has already unveiled another convertible: the new 2012 Porsche Boxster.

Porsche has described the 2012 Porsche Boxster as faster, lighter, cleaner, more economical, and better looking than its predecessor, and said it will be officially revealed at the Geneva Motor Show in March, before going on sale in the UK on 28 April 2012.

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Gaming Success Stories

A Silicon Valley financial analyst revealed himself as the winner of a massive $208 million lottery jackpot prize on Friday at New York’s Long Island.

Daniel Bruckner, from San Jose in California, said he had to repeatedly check his winning ticket before realising he had won the jackpot.

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Dining

Astronomer Ian Hutcheon has produced a red wine that boasts a 4.5 billion-year vintage.

The one-of-a-kind Cabernet Sauvignon, created in Chile, has been aged with a meteorite that was formed during the birth of the solar system and is aptly named Meteorito.

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