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Come on you Aussies :P And for any non-cricket fans out there, the ashes is a 2-yearly test series between England and Australia, and England want revenge for the 2007 series down in Oz.

Shocked gamekeeper runs for his life from three ton hippo By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:37 PM on 23rd August 2009 Comments (0) Add to My Stories If there's one thing a hippo doesn't like it's being interrupted while having lunch. This gamekeeper in Uganda runs for his life after disturbing a hungry beast having its favourite meal of grass. He fled as the angry three-ton beast - which can outrun a man - charged at him. Look out! The hippo turns on the gamekeeper after being disturbed while eating grass The keeper, armed only with a walkie-talkie at the Murchison Falls National Park, somehow managed to escape on this occasion.…

Lockerbie: Now it's payback time... America boycotts British goods as anger grows over release of bomber By James Chapman, Sean Poulter and Ian Drury Last updated at 2:30 AM on 24th August 2009 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Britain was warned last night it faces ' payback time' from the U.S. over the release of the Lockerbie bomber. The alert came as American consumers were urged to boycott British and Scottish exports and holiday in Ireland instead of the UK. The special relationship was under strain over new allegations linking UK trade interests with the freeing of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi on compassionate grounds - he …

Cooking on the Central Line... map shows hot spots on London Underground unfit even for transporting cattle By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 7:25 PM on 24th August 2009 Comments (4) Add to My Stories A map which reveals the hottest spots on London's underground system has been revealed to commuters. The map of zones 1 and 2 shows temperatures over above 35C have been recorded in some areas - making the trains officially unfit for transporting cattle. The Central line had some of the worst spots, while the Bakerloo line also felt the heat when the map was compiled. Baking: Passengers attempt to stay cool on a hot train. The new…

This problem is going my nuts in, whenever I think I have sorted it out, it lays in wait for a couple hours before randomly deciding to crash, when I'm doing something important like editing a document, looking at files in iTunes, looking at the internet, chatting on MSN or even when the computer is 'idle'. It's just annoying. Any computer experts out there who might know any reasons for the crashes (apart from Vista being a toaster)?

CCTV helps solve just ONE crime per 1,000 as officers fail to use film as evidence By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 6:10 PM on 24th August 2009 Comments (26) Add to My Stories Just one crime is solved a year by every 1,000 CCTV cameras in Britain's largest force area, it was claimed today. A senior Scotland Yard officer warned police must do more to head off a crisis in public confidence over the use of surveillance cameras. Detective Chief Inspector Mick Neville said officers should up their game when it comes to making captured images count against crooks. A raider brandishes what appears to be a gun at staff in a branch of Er…

Hi I have a reaserch assignment for a class and I need to find information from 9 different sources (by the end of the semester, but 3 each month) about Human Cloning. We're having a debate and I have to defend Human Cloning. Please if you know any good magazines, newspapers or any other publication where I can find scientific articles for this it y would be really appreciated. *And any article about genetic modification would be awesome too. I have a homework for this week about it

Where's Wally? Looking for a spare spot of beach By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 8:46 AM on 24th August 2009 Comments (2) Add to My Stories It's almost a case of spot the sand. A record 340,000 people descended on Bournemouth beach yesterday hoping to catch the last day of sun before the return of the dark clouds and rain which have marked most of the summer. A record 340,000 people descended on Bournemouth beach yesterday The scene could be straight out of Where's Wally?, the children's book where readers have to pick out the title character called Wally from huge crowd scenes. In fact, you might like to see if you can…

British tourist trapped in French town hall after mistaking 'Hotel de Ville' for place to stay By Peter Allen Last updated at 4:30 PM on 23rd August 2009 Comments (2) Add to My Stories An English woman spent a night locked in a French town hall after thinking a ‘Hotel de Ville’ was a place you could pay for a room for the night. The disastrous linguistic mistake happened in the Alsace town of Dannemarie, on the border with Germany, at the weekend. The woman - an unnamed university graduate in her 30s - arrived late on Friday night telling locals that she wanted somewhere to stay. Oops: A British woman looking for a place to stay ende…

Right-hand man, gentleman's agreement and whiter than white: PC quangos ban common phrases to avoid causing offence By James Slack, Home Affairs Editor Last updated at 2:19 AM on 24th August 2009 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Nonsense: Matthew Elliott said 'Most people assumed that this sort of PC madness went out in the 1980s.' Right-hand man, gentleman's agreement and whiter than white are the latest phrases to fall foul of the political correctness lobby. Government quangos have issued fresh lists of phrases they are seeking to ban to avoid causing offence. Staff at the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission have been advised t…

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The public and diplomatic outrage over the release of the Lockerbie bomber is increasing the already intense pressure on Alex Salmond's SNP Administration. Former Scottish First Minister Jack McConnell has expressed the shame the SNP's decision has done to Scotland. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6807289.ece So has Scotland's name been dragged through the mud. As a Scot myself I am certainly angry and embarrassed for what the Scottish Government has done.

Don't get the hump, I'm just taking a photo... Diver snaps 50ft humpback whale By Eddie Wrenn Last updated at 7:26 AM on 20th August 2009 Comments (60) Add to My Stories Try as you might, you're unlikely to get a holiday snap quite like this one. . . In the deep blue waters of the South Pacific, cameraman Marco Queral gets up close and personal with a humpback whale. The experienced diver even seems to be hitching a lift on the flipper of the 50ft female. Queral, 42, who has spent 17 years taking such remarkable pictures, said: 'Whales are extremely intelligent. Just like humans, they have their own mind and come with strong personalit…

How many trillions have been wasted by the government taken from Social Security....And we want them to run our Health Care now? Can any NHS supporter name me two major government programs that aren't doing bad? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090823/ap_on_go_ot/us_social_security_smaller_checks

HAHAHA Obama please do it! Its going to be funny when it fails and people realize what a mess you and the government is. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a9fjicD6YGqk

Another glorious gaffe as the Duke of Edinburgh remarks 'You didn't design your beard very well, did you...' By Christopher Leake and Helen Dowd, Mail on Sunday Reporter Last updated at 4:10 AM on 23rd August 2009 Comments (41) Add to My Stories Prince Philip has never been shy about expressing his opinions on a huge range of subjects – often with cringe-making results. But now he appears to have put his foot in it again, over his views on goatee beards. At a recent Buckingham Palace garden party, the gaffe-prone Royal was chatting to a guest and struck up conversation by asking what he did for a living. Royal opinion: The Duke of …

I can't believe it's real butter: Workers find 3,000-year-old barrel of butter in Irish peat bog By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 4:45 PM on 22nd August 2009 Comments (2) Add to My Stories An oak barrel full of butter, estimated to be roughly 3,000 years, old has been found in a peat bog in County Kildare in Ireland. The amazing discovery was found by peat workers John Fitzharris and Martin Lane who noticed a white streak in the bog. When they knelt down to examine it, they saw it was a barrel, or trunk, full of butter. It was largely in tact and had a lid. 'Amazing discovery': The barrel and lid weigh almost 35kgs It had a …

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U.S. church sparks fury by voting to allow sexually active gay and lesbian ministers By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 12:43 PM on 22nd August 2009 Comments (2) Add to My Stories America's largest Lutheran church has voted to lift a ban that prohibited sexually active gay and lesbian people from serving as ministers. Under the new policy, individual Evangelical Lutheran Church in America congregations will be allowed to hire homosexuals in committed relationships as clergy. Until now, gays and lesbians had to remain celibate to serve as clergy. The change passed with the support of 68 per cent of about 1,000 delegates at the ELCA's…

It 'aint over til the fat lady... falls into the orchestra pit. Opera singer hurt after embarrassing accident at Glyndebourne By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 11:07 AM on 22nd August 2009 Comments (3) Add to My Stories An award-winning opera singer was taken to hospital after falling into the orchestra pit during a performance at the Glyndebourne Festival. The performance of Dvorak’s Rusalka was almost cancelled after lead soprano Ana Maria Martinez got caught in the stage scenery, wobbled for a few moments as she tried to keep her balance but then plunged backwards into the string section. Members of the orchestra and two medics th…

Is she really a HE? Women's 800m gold medal favourite takes gender test hours before World Championship race By Stewart Maclean Last updated at 6:12 PM on 19th August 2009 Comments (52) Add to My Stories Enlarge Doubt: South Africa's Caster Semenya on Monday. She is today facing claims that she is actually a man The gold medal favourite in tonight's women's 800m World Athletics Championships race is today facing claims that she is really a man. South African Caster Semenya, 18, is set to race in tonight's final in Berlin after sailing through a semi-final on Monday in her first major international sporting competition. She will…

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iP1GlMCOzYSi8kbAUY1lLDdqc4vAD9A763HO0 Fantastic news! Now they can actually get started on treating addiction rather than attacking the addicts.

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'Blink and you'll miss it': World record firework display fails after all 110,000 go off at once By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:05 PM on 21st August 2009 Comments (37) Add to My Stories An explosive world record attempt came under fire today as a barge carrying fireworks appeared to blow up and burst into flames. Around 175,000 people turned up for Roar on the Shore to see 110,000 fireworks set off in under 60 seconds from the barge between Bournemouth and Boscombe piers in Dorset last night. But instead of rockets shooting to the skies, the event was over in about six seconds as the metal barge appeared to explode, with flames sprea…