In Brief: Evil Knievel finally rests in peace

Motorcycle daredevil Evil Knievel is to be buried under a gravestone he had made 33 years ago in case his most famous stunt - leaping across the Snake River Canyon in Idaho - ended in disaster... Irish rockstars U2 - lauded worldwide for their global poverty campaigning - are embroiled in a row with Dublin environmentalists over a 32-storey tower designed by Norman Foster which will be the highest building in Ireland... A council meeting in Rotherham had to be delayed an hour so that civic leaders could meet Dolly Parton, who has chosen the south Yorkshire town to promote her children's literacy campaign... Athlete Christine Ohuruogu, who served a year's suspension from the sport after missing three drugs tests, has been shortlisted for the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year award on December 9. Others include Paula Radcliffe, Joe Calzaghe, Lewis Hamilton and Jonny Wilkinson... Bookies are backing X Factor contestant and opera singer Rhydian Roberts 4-11 to take the Christmas number one single with a cover version of Mariah Carey's When You Believe...  Acting Lib Dem leader Vince Cable, fast making a name for himself as the House of Commons chief wit, is also a keen amateur ballroom dancer. He wants to take part in BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing: it's "a real ambition, a serious ambition" not just to appear, but to win...

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