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Hacked E-Mails Fuel Global Warming Debate
Threat Level (subscribe) | 20/11/2009 | Sciences
An online debate over global warming science has broken out after an unknown hacker broke into the e-mail server at a prominent, British climate-research center, stole more than a thousand e-mails about global warming research and posted them online. Global warming skeptics are seizing on portions of the messages as evidence that scientists are colluding and [...] -
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Mote-Beam Scenario At New Statesman
Harry's Place (subscribe) | 20/11/2009 | International
The New Statesman has published a footling story with a rather exciting headline: Exclusive: easyJet grounds in-flight magazine after Holocaust gaffe What sort of terrible ‘gaffe’ could this be? Hold onto your hats! Apparently, easyjet published “a tasteless fashion shoot at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin”. Shock horror! In a statement to the New Statesman, the airline [...] -
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Lily Allen: It's Ok To Sell My Counterfeit CDs, Just Don't Give My Music For Free
Techdirt (subscribe) | yesterday | General
Dark Helmet alerts us to the news that our good friend Lily Allen is back in the news discussing file sharing again . Tragically, it does not appear that she's used her "time off" to better understand copyright issues very much. Unlike nearly everyone else who complains about copyright infringement, she's apparently "all for" infringing on her copyrights, just so long as you pay someone -- even if... -
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Did Rihanna say she looks for a guy who is well endowed and good in bed?
Cele|bitchy (subscribe) | 20/11/2009 | General
Rihanna is quoted as telling German Magazine Bravo that she’s looking for a guy who’s well hung. She supposedly said “He has to be good in bed and the size matters. You know what I mean'” She also allegedly went on about how she sizes a guy up by checking out his package first. It [...] -
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"Democrats Clinch Vote on Health Debate."
Althouse (subscribe) | yesterday | Health
In case you want to talk about it. I'll just be over here in a corner curled up in a little ball. -
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LibDems In the Clear Over £2.4 Million Donation
Iain Dale's Diary (subscribe) | 20/11/2009 | Politics
I may be in Tunbridge Wells today but I am sure I can hear the sound of champagne corks popping in Cowley Street, Westminster. The Electoral Commission has just announced that the £2.4 million donation by convicted fraudster Michael Brown's Fifth Avenue Partners was permissible and that no action will be taken against the LibDems. This despite the fact that the company was clearly not trading in any...
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Good bye, Sir Hugh
TalkCarswell.com (subscribe) | 20/11/2009 | Politics
Sir Hugh Orde, top quangocrat at APCO, hints that he'd quit if the Conservatives go ahead with plans to democratise control over local policing. Off you go, Sir Hugh. As Sir Hugh must surely know, the Conservative plan would not mean politicising operational policing matters. They would not see police officers taking orders from politicians on day-to-day policing. Indeed, our plans would enshrine... -
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Vince Cable interviewed in Total Politics
Liberal England (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
Iain Dale: So you don't do what Ming Campbell used to do every morning when he was shaving and think: "God, I wish I'd stood against Charles Kennedy?" Vince Cable: No, absolutely not, I genuinely don't. I quite enjoyed the 'acting leader' period, and did quite well, but I've got a very full role. Read the whole thing in Total Politics . -
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon: Dangerous and Morally Empty
In Entertainment (subscribe) | 20/11/2009 | UK
According to recent reports from telegraph.co.uk, the Vatican has had a few words to say about the new vampire franchise movie “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.” And it appears that they have condemned it as ‘dangerous and morally empty.’ The movie “New Moon,” which opens in cinemas in Britain today, is the long-awaited sequel of the [...] -
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If you have a foreign name, any link with Africa or have any questions - don't bother...
Duncan Borrowman (subscribe) | 20/11/2009 | Politics
Racism is alive and kicking in Orpington Conservatives, as revealed in a couple of emails sent on the Bromley Council email system to their local councillors and constituency chairman in the early hours of this morning, and leaked to me today. The emails, from Orpington councillor Peter Hobbins, who had eyes on being the Tory Mayoral London Mayoral candidate and who used to be bag carrier to -
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Robert Sturdy accuses EU of “a classic fudge” over top two new jobs
Ellee Seymour (subscribe) | 20/11/2009 | International
My Eastern Region MEP Robert Sturdy has accused the EU of “a classic fudge” over the appointment of its first president and foreign minister, the two top jobs in Europe. The Belgian Prime Minister, Herman Van Rompuy, is the first president elected by European leaders under the Lisbon Treaty, while Baroness Ashton, former Trade Commissioner, [...] -
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I’m A Celebrity: Peter Andre ‘Buys’ House To ‘Win Back’ Katie Price
Anorak News (subscribe) | 20/11/2009 | Celebrity
Peter Andre wants Katie Price back? Now read on... - see all discussions
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Safety check for flood area bridges
Metro.co.uk (subscribe) | 2 hours ago | UK Politics
An urgent investigation into the safety of all 1,800 bridges in Cumbria is under way after the heaviest rainfall since records began swept several away and claimed the life of a policeman. -
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Poll boost for U.K.'s Brown as Tories' lead slashed
Reuters UK (subscribe) | 6 hours ago | UK Politics
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Labour Party has slashed the main opposition Conservative Party's opinion poll lead to six points, giving the government its best showing in almost a year as voter confidence in the economy recovers. -
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Flu jab warning as new strain emerges
News Scotsman (subscribe) | 5 hours ago | Health-Fitness
DOCTORS urged people at risk of contracting swine flu to get vaccinated against the virus after five people were diagnosed with a strain resistant to Tamiflu. -
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Healthcare bill passes first U.S. Senate test
Reuters UK (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | International
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sweeping healthcare overhaul narrowly cleared its first hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Saturday, with Democrats casting 60 party-line votes to open debate on the biggest healthcare changes in decades. -
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Archbishop and Pope meet for cordial talks
Christian Today (subscribe) | yesterday | UK
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Bank loses appeal over wheelchair access case
Jailhouselawyer's Blog (subscribe) | yesterday | Health-Fitness
Bank loses appeal over wheelchair access case The Royal Bank of Scotland has lost its appeal over a ruling that it failed to cater for the wheelchair access needs of a disabled teenager who was awarded £6,500 damages. David Allen, 18, who has muscular dystrophy, took legal action after the bank failed to install wheelchair access at the Church Street branch in Sheffield, close to where he is studying...
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Life sought for Amanda Knox in Italy murder case
STLtoday.com (subscribe) | 3 hours ago | International
PERUGIA, Italy — Prosecutors on Saturday requested life in prison for an American student and her ex-boyfriend accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate during a drug-fueled sex game — charges the U.S. woman dismissed as “pure fantasy.” In their closing arguments, the prosecutors said Amanda Knox and Italian Raffaele Sollecito should be convicted on charges of murder and sexual violence... -
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Fearful pirate-held pair in TV plea
Metro.co.uk (subscribe) | yesterday | International
The British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates have spoken on camera for the first time to warn that their captors are "losing patience" and could kill them within a week. -
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Over 300,000 homes standing empty
Channel 4 (subscribe) | yesterday | UK
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Hackers Leak E-mails, Stoke Climate Debate
US News (subscribe) | yesterday | Science
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Irish fans protest at French embassy for replay
Reuters UK (subscribe) | yesterday | Sport
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Up to 200 Irish fans protested at the French embassy in Dublin on Saturday to demand a replay of Wednesday's controversial World Cup playoff. -
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R4i SDHC Card Adaptor for Dsi/DS
beyondall | yesterday | High-Tech
R4i SDHC Card Adaptor for Dsi/DS R4i SDHC Card Adaptor for Dsi/DS R4i SDHC Card Adaptor for Dsi is the latest flash card for DSi which supports larger capacity and speed microSD and allows you to benefit from all the following features, watch movies, play music, browse pictures, read E-Books and more R4i SDHC Features: Same size as an original DSi game cartridge. Built-in PassMe (NO need for any boot - see all breaking news












