Cyber crime unit saves UK economy £140m in six months

3rd October 2011 A Metropolitan police unit claims to have saved the economy more than £140m in the past six months and is on course to exceed its four-year "harm reduction" target, the force said on Sunday....

Machine That Can Smell Cancer Developed

Machine That Can Smell Cancer Developed by British Scientists For some years scientists were perplexed by how dogs seemed to be able to sniff out patients with cancer. Ancient Chinese and Greek physicians knew...

Banned books celebration promotes freedom of expression

"By Cynthia Henry Inquirer Staff Writer Friday will feature some unusual story times at local libraries, when passages from...

Cool on Britannia

With Tim Henman gone, and Andy Murry the new hope, I think if there is to be "Henmania" style support for Murry, they had best relocate Wimbledon to Edinburgh."Cool on Britannia ...

Hipster traveling tips from The Strokes, Sonic Youth, the Stars and more

Oddly, a slew of indie bands have contributed material to a new travel guide. I'm guessing it will probably garner the usual ruckus from the indie sellout police, but I bet it'd be interesting. Who wouldn't want to know where Thurston Moore changes his dollars into...

'What kind of Role Model Is a Robot?'

As the dream of robotic revolution is becoming increasingly real, people are starting to question the role of robots in today's society. Of course robots would be a lot of help to people who doesn't like a pair of hand ah?A robotics professor has warned that a new breed of...

Team news for Leeds v Carlisle Play Off Semi Final

Leeds v Carlisle (Mon)" Leeds v Carlisle (Mon) LEAGUE ONE PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL FIRST LEGVenue: Elland Road Date: Monday, 12 May Kick-off: 1945 BST Coverage: Live scores on BBC Sport...

International Screenwriters's Festival 2008

The 3rd edition of the International Screenwriters’ Festival, 1st-3rd July, 2008, at Cheltenham, UK, is all geared up for hosting screenwriters from all over the world, according to London-based India EU...

Eddie the Eagle to land in Calgary again

 I'll never forget Eddie the Eagle at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.  He was in the ski jumping competition, and he was absolutely terrified every time he had to go down the chute.  It was...

Dentists smile as Lacoste lose crocodile dispute

 Good to see the corporate fat guys get turned over by the little men some times!"A Gloucestershire dental practice has come out smiling after defeating fashion chain Lacoste in a dispute over a crocodile...

Boy finds baby tooth in his sausage

I don't really know what to say about this one other than the obvious question: why is it a BABY tooth??? Where is the rest of the child? I'm scared."A boy bit into a Tesco sausage - and found a tooth...

Honours to reward 'unsung heroes'

"Reforms to the honours system will make it easier to reward volunteers and "unsung heroes", Gordon Brown has said. The Prime Minister, who has written a book,  Britain's Everyday Heroes: The Making of the...

Man makes Taj Mahal replica from matchsticks

A UK man who builds scale replicas of buildings, buses, and pubs has just completed his latest and greatest project: a replica of the Taj Mahal. And he made it for his wife, of course (go ahead, say "aww"). "Mr...

Teenager snubs the BBC's £8.5 million offer for his news website

Teenage media mogul Nick Coates is so confident he will one day be as successful as Rupert Murdoch that he snubbed an offer of £8.5 million pounds from the BBC for his youth news website.

Every Copy Of The *Winds* Message Mysteriously Vanished

The Roosevelt administration knew through reading the Japanese naval traffic, that all Japanese merchant vessels were to return to their home waters by December 7, 1941. They also knew a lot more than just this.

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