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Comissioners will be elected to hold the police to account, not run local police forces Police commissioner elections report low turnout The first police and crime commissioners have been elected, as concerns are raised about low turnout in parts of England and Wales. Numerous areas have confirmed turnouts ranging from 13-20%. Elections expert Professor John Curtice said it could be the worst turnout ever but Downing Street said people needed time to get used to the idea of PCCs. So far, Tories have won in Wiltshire and Dyfed-Powys, and Labour candidates in Northumbria and Merseyside. Police and crime commisoners will have powers to hire and fire chief consta…

Batman: The Dark Knight, starring the late Heath Ledger as The Joker, is the second most pirated film Verizon to choke pirates' browsing speeds US net firm Verizon has declared war on illegal downloaders, or pirates, who use technologies such as BitTorrent to steal copyrighted material. Verizon has said it will first warn repeat offenders by email and voicemail. Then it will restrict or "throttle" their internet connection speeds. Time Warner Cable, another US internet service provider (ISP) pledging to tackle piracy, says it will use pop-up warnings to deter repeat offenders. After that it will restrict subscribers' web browsing activities by redirecting them…

Illegal downloaders are likely to be monitored "within hours" BitTorrent study finds most file-sharers are monitored Anyone using file-sharing service BitTorrent to download the latest film or music release is likely to be monitored, UK-based researchers suggest. A Birmingham University study indicates that an illegal file-sharer downloading popular content would be logged by a monitoring firm within three hours. The team said it was "surprised" by the scale of the monitoring. Copyright holders could use the data to crack down on illegal downloads. The three-year research was carried out by a team of computer scientists who developed software that acted like a…

Gulf Oil Rig Explodes Off Louisiana's Coast AP/The Huffington Post | Posted: 11/16/2012 12:48 pm EST Updated: 11/16/2012 1:05 pm EST An oil rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana on Friday morning. The oil-gas production platform, located south of Grand Isle, is owned by Black Elk Energy. A spokesman for the company confirmed to KHOU.com that the rig fire left two workers dead and sent four to a hospital. Two more are currently missing. The spokesman did not know if any oil had spilled. Addressing the oil rig fire, the Coast Guard told WWLTV that the fire may have started if some oil was let loose when workers were cutting a pipe. Associated Pres…

Data traffic will grind to a halt unless more capacity is added to mobile networks Data jam threat to UK mobile networks Steps need to be taken now to head off a looming "capacity crunch" on the UK's mobile networks, says regulator Ofcom. As more people use broadband-connected smartphones and tablets, the amount of data Britons consume on the move each month has hit 20 million gigabytes. The main reason for the data explosion is users' love of video, TV and films while on the move. Without swift action, mobile networks will gradually grind to a halt, warned the agency. If current trends play out, said Ofcom, demand for mobile data would grow by 80 times by 203…

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpnIw_oi4KA]Massive M5 26-vehicle crash (Friday 4th November 2011) - YouTube[/ame] 'More than 10' dead in M5 crash It is feared more than 10 people have died in a 27-vehicle crash on the M5 near Taunton, Somerset. More than 40 people were injured in the crash, near junction 25 northbound at about 20:30 GMT on Friday, which police said led to a "massive fireball". The cause of the crash is not yet clear but there had been heavy rain in the area earlier and there was patchy fog. Avon and Somerset Police have released a helpline number for people concerned about relatives: 0800 092 0410. The Highways Agency said the st…

Halo 4 release date confirmed Microsoft confirms the latest instalment in the popular first-person shooter will be out on 6 November.

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A resident of New Jersey heeds Governor Chris Christie's plea not to be complacent US braces for Hurricane Sandy The East Coast of America is preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, which is predicted to make landfall on Monday night, in the run-up to Halloween. Its sustained winds of 75mph (120km/h) are set to intensify as it merges with a wintry storm from the western US. The hurricane, which has claimed the lives of dozens of people in the Caribbean, is also forcing presidential candidates to adjust schedules and cancel events. President Barack Obama has held a conference call with emergency chiefs to discuss preparations for the storm, which cou…

George Entwistle said his position was untenable after a day of humiliation in which he admitted knowing nothing of a Newsnight investigation which led to Lord McAlpine being falsely named as a child abuser - and nothing of it unravelling. He has lasted just 54 days in the job. Mr Entwistle’s decision plunges the BBC into its deepest-ever crisis and leaves it leaderless at a time of mounting questions over its journalism. The director-general was dealt the final blow when Lord Patten was directly challenged to issue a vote of confidence earlier tonight - and refused. Mr Entwistle, 50, had to accept responsibility for blunder after blunder which culminated in …

Megaupload following Pirate Bay to great big server in the sky Megaupload has ascended to the heavens. The file-sharing giant is moving away from traditional, physical servers to The Cloud. Whether that means the FBI and RIAA will attempt some sort of foolhardy air raid is yet to be seen. The move itself comes on the heels of a similar announcement from The Pirate Bay. Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom — “lovable” rapscallion and thorn in the recording industry’s side — has given the new service the name “Mega” (I wonder how they thought of that one). Mega is described as a “unique tool that will solve the liability problems faced by cloud storage services,” according t…

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Bradley Wiggins: Tour de France winner breaks ribs in road crash Britain's Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins has suffered broken ribs after being knocked off his bike. Olympic champion Wiggins also injured a wrist in the collision with a vehicle close to a petrol station near his home in Lancashire on Wednesday evening. The 32-year-old Team Sky rider was kept in hospital overnight for observation. A Lancashire police spokeswoman confirmed to BBC Sport: "Bradley has suffered broken ribs but the driver of the vehicle is not injured." The police were unable to confirm how many ribs Wiggins had broken but added that they would be speaking to the driver of …

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Bill Tarmey, Coronation Street star, dies aged 71 Actor Bill Tarmey, who played Jack Duckworth in ITV soap Coronation Street, has died. Tarmey, 71, left the soap in 2010, after more than 30 years on the show. His family confirmed to ITV that he died in Tenerife on Friday morning, asking for "privacy as they grieve for a wonderful husband, father and brother". A statement from Coronation Street said the cast, crew and production team were "devastated" to learn of his death. It continued: "Our thoughts and prayers are with Bill's wife and soulmate Ali and their family at this very sad time." A life-long heavy smoker, Tarmey suffered a minor heart attack followin…

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyComHFm4wE]Oxgangs Fireworks Explosive Finale 2012 - YouTube[/ame] Oxgangs 2012 - Fireworks display goes with a bang Organisers have apologised after a firework display went wrong in Edinburgh. A rocket at the Pentland Community Centre display misfired and ricocheted into the remaining fireworks, setting them all off at the same time. The community council said it was a freak accident but it would be reviewing safety procedures. A girl suffered a burn to the side of her face and was taken to Edinburgh's Royal Hospital for Sick Children. However, no-one was seriously injured in the incident at Oxgangs Brae. Footage of the …

Wild Dogs Kill 2-Year-Old Boy At Pittsburgh Zoo By KEVIN BEGOS 11/05/12 09:06 AM ET EST PITTSBURGH — A mother's attempt to give her 2-year-old son a better view of wild African dogs turned into a fatal tragedy after the boy fell into the exhibit and was attacked by a pack of the animals as relatives and bystanders looked on. The mother had picked the child up and put him on top of a railing at the edge of a viewing deck at the Pittsburgh Zoo late Sunday morning, Lt. Kevin Kraus of the Pittsburgh police said. "Almost immediately after that he lost his balance, fell down off the railing into the pit, and he was immediately attacked by 11 dogs," Kraus…

I have a blackberry curve, I had it password locked/protected. One of my friends keeps guessing and says "what will happen after all the attempts are taken?" So I say "I dunno, it'll lock?" -assuming it would. Then after typing every Coldplay-included word in, the screen goes white and says wiping. I've got all my pictures, songs and videos and some contacts. However I've lost all BBM (blackberry messenger) contacts, some phone contacts, all notes and calendar reminders -_- Does anyone know how I can get those back? P.S. I keep reading about back-up stuff, but to be honest I don't know what that is and so haven't done it. Thanks

Felix Baumgartner is about to jump from the edge of space today! Live-stream: http://www.youtube.com/user/redbull <iframe width="620" height="515" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MrIxH6DToXQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> OR [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrIxH6DToXQ]Red Bull Stratos - freefall from the edge of space - YouTube[/ame]

North Korea Ryugyong 'Hotel of Doom' may open next year The 105-storey hotel which dominates the skyline of the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, may open next year, 26 years after construction began. The pyramid-shaped building has become known as the "Hotel of Doom". The chief executive of the Kempinski group, which will manage the Ryugyong hotel, said only 150 rooms on the top floors would be used as a hotel. Reto Wittwer said shops, restaurants and offices would eventually open on the lower levels. Construction on the building began in 1987. It is the 47th tallest building in the world, at 330m (1,100ft), and has the fifth greatest number of floors, 105. It w…

4G will arrive in UK by summer 2013 after mobile networks deal 4G will arrive in UK by summer 2013 after mobile networks deal The UK will have nationwide 4G services running on multiple networks by the end of next summer – six months earlier than originally proposed – under a deal sealed in a meeting between the networks and culture secretary Maria Miller on Tuesday night. The agreement will shorten the headstart won by EE, the largest network company and parent of Orange and T-Mobile, which intends to launch the country's first 4G service later this month. So-called "fourth generation" mobile technology allows much faster internet connections for phones than …

A deal setting out terms for a Scottish independence referendum has been signed by Prime Minister David Cameron and First Minister Alex Salmond. The agreement, struck in Edinburgh, has paved the way for a vote in autumn 2014, with a single Yes/No question on Scotland leaving the UK. It will also allow 16 and 17-year-olds to take part in the ballot. The SNP secured a mandate to hold the referendum after its landslide Scottish election win last year. The UK government, which has responsibility over constitutional issues, will grant limited powers to the Scottish Parliament to hold a legal referendum, under a mechanism called Section 30. The deal will also com…

Trick-or-treat children given cocaine in Oldham Children were handed packets of cocaine instead of sweets on a Halloween trick-or-treating trip, Greater Manchester Police have said. A group of children going house to house trick or treating in Oldham were handed packets of cocaine instead of sweets on Halloween, Greater Manchester Police have said. Snap bags containing the class A drug were found among sweets in the children's possession after they had visited a house in Mendip Close, Royton, yesterday. They had been handed to the primary-school aged children as they visited houses taking part in traditional Halloween fun. When they returned home they emptied th…

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Canada earthquake spawns Hawaii tsunami alert A 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit the west coast of Canada has sparked a tsunami warning for Hawaii, thousands of miles to the west. Emergency sirens sounded late on Saturday to alert residents around the islands that make up Hawaii. Wave heights of three to six feet were predicted in some areas, as "urgent action" was advised to protect lives. There were no immediate reports of damage on the Canadian coast following the earthquake. Tsunami alerts that were issued for coastal areas of Alaska and British Columbia were swiftly downgraded. The quake hit 125 miles (200km) south-west of the Canadian mining tow…