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Louis Braille's 200th birthday celebrated January 4

January 4 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille; the Frenchman who developed the series of six dots that helps thousands of blind people around the world do everyday things such as read and...

created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Max Mosley just one of many Brits that enjoy S&M

The story Max Mosley's S&M orgy has been dominating the tabloid press in the UK and beyond. Here The Sun runs a background story on S&M and it's prevalence in the UK. The law in the UK doesn't allow for...

created by Paul Conneally | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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'Earliest known recording of sound' discovered

Thomas Edison may not have been the first to record fat beats. "For more than a century, since he captured the spoken words “Mary had a little lamb” on a sheet of tinfoil, Thomas Edison has been considered the...

created by Rob Peters | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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10 years for drunk-driver who “took out treehugger”

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10 years for drunk-driver who “took out treehugger”

Melissa is a cold hearted hag. Hope she has fun in jail."A drunk-driver who killed a cyclist has been sentenced to ten years in prison in the US, after the judge heard a recorded jail conversation in which she...

created by mpress | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Frenchman takes IMF helm with promise of reform

""Historically we have been used to thinking of Washington being the blockage, but right now the blockage is in fact in Europe," said Domenico Lombardi, president of the Oxford Institute for Economic Policy, which aims to bridge the gap between academic and policymakers. With...

created by uusjio | 4 years ago
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French runner dies in Morocco's Sand Marathon

One of the most fierce running competitions in the world -- the Marathon des Sables or Marathon of the Sands in Morocco has claimed a life of a 49 year-old French runner. Bernard Juke was found in his tent by his...