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Big Brother database recording all our calls, texts and e-mails will 'ruin Br...

There will be no more privacy then... " Plans for a massive database snooping on the entire population were condemned yesterday as a ‘step too far for the British way of life’. In an Orwellian move, the Home Office is proposing to detail every phone call, e-mail,...

Jogging not a knee-killer, study says

This is great news indeed--if it's true. One problem with the findings, as the article mentions, is that the two studies only looked at runners, a group which likely excludes people predisposed to knee problems....

Machu Picchu ruin 'found earlier'

The lost city of the Incas, Machu Picchu, was apparently discovered more than 40 years earlier than previously thought, according to historians. The site is believed to have been ransacked by a German...

Gambler loses £2m bookies claim

Not surprising, but an interesting legal case. At what point is a gambling operator liable to the same degree that a bartender is?"A compulsive gambler has lost his bid at the High Court to force bookmaker William...

Fears over ''historic green'' .

Keeping the countryside in green open spaces, beautiful views where village life should be treated the same way as historic homes and preserved for life... Village open spaces are rapidly diminishing from the prey...

7 dire money mistakes

"Leo Tolstoy famously wrote in "Anna Karenina," a novel that culminates in an equally famous suicide, that "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." When families are unhappy because of their finances, however, they've typically chosen one...

Aztec pyramid found in Mexico could rewrite history

""Being the daughter of a Precolumbian Art Restorer and growing up surrounded by pre-columbian pieces, I find this aspect of my culture fascinating. This story brings back so many beautiful memories. My ancestors...

Mystery Hacker out to ruin Facebook? Or is bm_tnoo7@hotmail.com a victim of r...

The CQ Extra has launched an online investigation to determine if a Facebook user with an email address of \n bm_tnoo7@hotmail.com This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it is a computer hacker or the victim of...

Mystery Hacker out to ruin Facebook? Or is bm_tnoo7@hotmail.com a victim of r...

The CQ Extra has launched an online investigation to determine if a Facebook user with an email address of \n bm_tnoo7@hotmail.com This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it is a computer hacker or the victim of...

When Herbal Remedies Can Ruin Your Health

"We've all heard about herbal supplements that have worked for someone we know. People swear by them: echinacea for a cold, ginkgo biloba for memory or the peppermint in the salve your aunt believes can ease chest congestion. Over the past decade, use of herbal supplements...

Don't ruin Harry Potter, you bunch of wraiths!

You can't keep Potter spoilers down anymore than you can keep Harry, Ron and Hermione in the Gryffindor common room when a mysterious doing is afoot. But good on Rowling and the Leaky Cauldron folks for trying--it...

Wild Camels Driven 'mad' Due to the Drought in Australia

"Feral camels in the country are becoming desperate due to the shortage of water in drought-ridden Australia. Camels “mad with thirst” had recently rampaged through the Western Desert community of Warakurna,...

Google maps "airbrushes history" of Hurricane Katrina

People using Google Maps' satellite imagery as an accurate window into their world now have good reason to doubt what they're seeing--recently it was revealed that the imagery of New Orleans currently reflects the...

Duel Carriageway may Ruin Battlefield

UPDATE 23rd February 2007 ''There certainly is a need, rather a necessity to build a duel carriageway ring road around Northampton town center. At the moment you have only one road to travel from one side to another. Even this one road is a problem, look at the number of...

Pre-Columbian ruin discovered in Peru

"Muscutt said the ruin, located in the cloud-forested eastern slope of the Andes, is believed to belong to the ancient Chachapoya, a civilization that flourished in the upper Amazon between the ninth and 15th centuries. Muscutt made the announcement this month during the...

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