Pouring hot porridge on hot affair

October 12th, 2009 LONDON - An American man has won the 'golden spurtle' after he emerged victorious in the world porridge-making championship in the Scottish Highlands on Sunday. Matthew Cox, who travelled all the way from Milwaukie in Oregon for the contest, impressed judges in Carrbridge, Strathspey, with his version of the traditional oatmeal dish.

August 21st, 2009 BRISBANE - A Brisbane magistrate's court was told today that the father of an Indian Australian woman, who was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend in 2003, had an affair with his niece. According to the Courier Mail, Vijay Singh had an affair with his niece and videotaped her and other women naked in his office, the court was told.

August 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has said that he will move the mother of his love child into his North Carolina neighborhood so he can help raise their 18-month-old baby. According to the National Enquirer, which was the first to crack the story on Edwards affair with campaign aide Rielle Hunter, the former candidate's wife, Elizabeth Edwards, who is stricken with cancer, was furious when her husband told her of his parenting plans.

August 5th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A love affair is suspected to be behind an acid attack that left 15 people injured in an Orissa village, police said Wednesday. The incident occurred in Dangapal village of Dhenkanal district Tuesday night.

August 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - C. David Heymann, three-time-nominee for the Pulitzer Prize, has penned an explosive tome examining the love affair of Bobby Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy.

July 30th, 2009 RAMPUR - A love affair has triggered communal tension in this Uttar Pradesh town that also saw violence after an angry mob attacked a police station and damaged public property. A boy and a girl, who were in love for sometime, had gone missing, prompting allegations that the girl has been kidnapped, police said Thursday.

July 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A woman was suggested by a marriage counsellor to have an extramarital affair to mend her relationship with her estranged husband. The depressed woman said she heeded to the advice of the "expert" in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, reports The China Daily.

July 25th, 2009 LONDON - A UK employment tribunal has been told that a dentist, who forced his nurse to quit after their nine-year affair was discovered by his wife, had offered to pay her 100,000 pounds to leave her hubby. Tariq Drabu, had showered Paula Jackson, 45, with cash and expensive jewellery during their affair, and he offered her the huge amount if she would resign and walk out on her husband.

July 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 16-year-old Chinese girl, who had a five-year love affair with her stepfather, accused him of rape after he brought home another woman. The girl called up the cops crying her stepfather had raped her, reports the China Daily.

June 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who rose through the Republican ranks over the past decade, from congressman to governor to potential 2012 presidential candidate, has tearfully admitted having an affair with an Argentine pen pal, diminishing his future GOP chances. Sanford, after pulling off a bizarre vanishing act this week, reappeared on Wednesday to admit that he was having an affair that involved secret visits with his mistress in Argentina.

June 17th, 2009 TEHRAN - A public admission by Republican Senator John Ensign-that he had an extramarital affair with a member of his campaign staff-was prompted by a blackmail threat, Fox News claimed. "Last year, I had an affair.

June 17th, 2009 NOIDA - A 34-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her husband here Wednesday as he suspected her of having an affair with another man, police said. The incident occurred around 4 a.m.

June 11th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A love affair proved fatal for a 20-year-old Dalit man in Uttar Pradesh, police said Wednesday. According to police, Bhim Sen was beaten to death allegedly by the family members of the girl with whom he was in love for the last several months.

May 24th, 2009 LONDON - After more than 45 years, a former White House intern is breaking her silence to reveal the details of her 17-month affair with President John F Kennedy. Mimi Beardsley Alford, now 66, a retired New York church administrator, maintained the secret about her relationship with the womanising president until a new Kennedy biography was published in 2003.

April 1st, 2009 HONG KONG - A clerk at a law firm has been sentenced to four months in jail after blackmailing a colleague over nude pictures taken during their sexual affair, a media report said Wednesday. Shek Wing-hung, 38, was found guilty of blackmail and criminal extortion after his victim paid 200,000 Hong Kong dollars ($25,600) to prevent the pictures being made public, the Standard said.