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Cause of death: Anna Nicole Smith’s autopsy concluded there was no foul play involved and that she died of a drug overdose while having a viral flu. Most of the nine drugs were prescription, including a powerful sedative. The combined toxicity of the sleeping medication, chloral hydrate, and the other drugs including anti-anxiety Valium, Klonopin, and Ativan, doesn’t paint a happy picture of her last days. Contributing causes cited were viral flu and an abscess that had developed on her buttock as a result of injections. Full autopsy makes for macabre, but fascinating reading — and especially sad are the details of her numerous tattoos.

Outsourcing – everybody’s doing it: Poorer customers of Britain’s biggest bank, HSBC, will have their queries answered by call centres in India, Manila or Kuala Lumpur — while calls from more wealthy customers will be dealt with in the UK.

Giant Jacko: Michael Jackson is thinking about building a 50-foot robotic replica of himself for Las Vegas to launch a new regular show in the city. The giant Jacko would be visible from incoming flights as it stalked the desert shooting laser beams, the firm behind the design told the New York Daily News. The weirdest part is a source says Paul McCartney was considering investing…