Archive for December, 2009
Woman dies after crashing into icy pond as New Year Freeze death toll hits seven
The latest death came as two avalanche victims were revealed to be teachers and forecasters warned the millions of Britons preparing to celebrate the New Year to take care because temperatures will once again dip below zero tonight. Continue Reading
Kosovan gunman kills ex-wife then four people at Finland mall where she worked before committing suicide
Four people – three men and a women – were killed in the attack, which began at about 8.30am this morning. When police searched a flat linked to the man, they found a body believed to be his ex-wife. Continue Reading
Champagne is good for your heart, study suggests — but only in moderation
Research from the UK suggests that two glasses of champagne a day may be good for your heart and circulation. The researchers have found that drinking champagne wine daily in moderate amounts causes improvements in the way blood vessels function. Continue Reading
Xbox 360 Natal Half-Life 2 Video Leaked?
Is the following clip of someone ostensibly playing Valve’s Half Life 2 on an Xbox 360 with their arms and fingers a glimpse of things to come from Microsoft’s Project Natal? Continue Reading
A heart-rending hard luck story and an impulsive act of kindness: Would you take in a stranger at Christmas?
Barbara Nash was left distressed after the ’soldier who fought in Afghanistan’ she took in at Christmas turned out to be a conman wanted by the police. Continue Reading
It’s back home to Mother: Year of recession forces half a million adults aged 35 to 44 to return to live with parents
In total there are nearly two million men and women living in Britain who have been forced to go back home. Continue Reading
It’s back home to Mother: Year of recession forces half a million adults aged 35 to 44 to return to live with parents
In total there are nearly two million men and women living in Britain who have been forced to go back home. Continue Reading
Bloodbath father was a woman-hating stalker who torched his ex-wife’s car
A close family friend has lifted the lid on Andy Copland’s violent past and said he was so enraged when his relationship with ex-wife Christine ended that he threatened to kill her. Continue Reading
Bloodbath father was a woman-hating stalker who torched his ex-wife’s car
A close family friend has lifted the lid on Andy Copland’s violent past and said he was so enraged when his relationship with ex-wife Christine ended that he threatened to kill her. Continue Reading
British hostage Peter Moore released ALIVE in Baghdad after ‘unspeakable’ two-and-a-half years
Foreign Secretary David Miliband confirmed that computer programmer Peter Moore has been handed over to British authorities in Baghdad. Moore, 36, was seized along with his four British bodyguards at the finance ministry in Baghdad on May 29, 2007. It is not clear how his release was secured. Continue Reading
Now Maisie’s mother loses fight for life after ex-lover shoots her and daughter in custody bloodbath
Embittered Andrew Copland, 56, who had a history of violence, shot dead four-year-old Maisie and mortally wounded her mother Julie Harrison, 40, within minutes of them arriving for a Christmas access visit. He then killed himself. Continue Reading
Rapid flu testing
Researchers have developed a rapid, automated system to differentiate strains of influenza. Continue Reading
Amazon: Kindle is most gifted item ever
Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader hit a watershed moment on Christmas Day, when, for the first time ever, customers purchased more Kindle books than physical books. The company also claims the Kindle is the most gifted item in Amazon’s history. These two facts were part of the online retailer’s recently announced holiday sales activity. Continue Reading
One mother’s devastating revenge on the 52-year-old paedophile who groomed her child on Facebook
What would you do if YOUR child was being groomed on Facebook by a 52-year-old paedophile posing as a young boy? Deborah Carver took drastic action. Continue Reading
Father shoots dead daughter, 4, maims ex-lover then kills himself as Christmas custody battle ends in bloodbath
Police officers tried desperately to save the severely injured child but were unable to and she died in their arms at the house in Aldershot. Continue Reading
In his own words: What ‘lonely bomber’ wrote about his family, sex … and his love of Liverpool FC
Internet messages purportedly written by alleged bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab suggest a fervently religious and lonely young man who fantasised about becoming a Muslim holy warrior. Continue Reading
E-book piracy: the publishing industry’s next epic saga?
As e-readers such as the Amazon Kindle continue to rise, so follows the publishing industry’s worst nightmare: e-book piracy. For years e-book piracy was the exclusive province of the determined few willing to ferret out mostly nerdy textbook titles from the Internet’s dark alleys and read them on their PC. But publishers say that the problem is ballooning as e-readers grow in popularity and the appetite for mainstream e-books grows. Continue Reading
Susan Penhaligon: How botched Botox transformed me from the ‘British Bardot’ to looking like an extra from Planet Of The Apes
Unlike many women of her generation, the Seventies star had felt that she looked pretty good as she approached her 60th year. Continue Reading
£11bn VAT rise shambles: High Street chaos with just three days to go before sales tax goes back up
Shoppers face a New Year sales nightmare as retailers dither over when to reimpose the full rate of VAT. Drivers, drinkers and shoppers will suffer an £11billion ‘VAT shock’. Continue Reading
Pictured: The charred remains of jet bomber’s underwear in which he hid explosives to blow up plane
These are the first pictures of the explosives sewn into the underwear of Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab as he tried to blow up a transatlantic flight. Continue Reading
First molars provide insight into evolution of great apes, humans
Scientists have gained new insights into the timing of molar emergence and its relation to growth and reproduction in apes. “We can use the same techniques to calculate ages at first molar emergence from the fossils of early hominids that just happened to die while their first molars were erupting,” researchers report. Continue Reading
OLPC plans super-thin, super-cheap tablet
The nonprofit group One Laptop Per Child wants to produce a touchscreen tablet computer by 2012 that will cost less than US$100. OLPC released its device roadmap this week, which includes two upgrades to the original XO computer, as well as lofty plans for a new 8.5in by 11in tablet device called the XO-3. Continue Reading
Mum’s empty chair at the Christmas table: Pam Rhodes on becoming an orphan in middle age
Last week, Songs Of Praise presenter Pam Rhodes faced Christmas without her mother. Here she describes the anguish of becoming an orphan in middle age. Continue Reading
Why some continue to eat when full: Researchers find clues
New research in mice suggest that ghrelin might also work in the brain to make some people keep eating “pleasurable” foods when they’re already full. Continue Reading
Escaped criminal taunts police on Facebook as he enjoys Christmas on the run
Craig ‘Lazie’ Lynch posted a photo of himself holding a roast turkey on Christmas Day and a message saying ‘If any of you was doubtin’ my freedom – here’s proof.’ Continue Reading
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