Mr Sullivan cleverly uses the rat as a way of burrowing into New York's hidden history and forgotten men, such as Kit Burns, a rat-pit impresario, who ran the city's most popular entertainment in the mid-1800s until cornered by crusading animal-rights activists.

ECONOMIST: Rats

Both PCs were then set to visit a hundred randomly selected websites that were known to host malware such as the Blackhole exploit kit, as well as Flash, Java and PDF exploits, redirects or download link to malware, and other malicious content.

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As many pupils return to school this week, parents are under pressure to buy their children new uniforms or extra clothes, such as trainers or sports kit.

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