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• A Black Day for Badgers, Or a Field Day for Farmers?

  

  The beast in question. Photocredit: Janey M http://www.flickr.com/photos/janey_m/4806463832/sizes/z/in/photostream/ Badger culling will be allowed in England... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Rupert Murdoch Eats Humble Pie, Sustains Foam Pie Attack at Select Committee...

  

  The Murdoch father-and-son team stuck to a tight game-plan at the culture select committee hearing. Did it work? Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Debt Crisis Looms: Eurozone at Germany’s Mercy

  

  Hermany van Rompuy, President of the EU (right) Photocredit: Πρωθυπουργός της... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Murdoch Nearly Gets Pie to Face, Wife Punches Attacker

  

  Sound like pie. Photo credit: World Economics Forum Rupert Murdoch’s testimony at the phone hacking inquiry on Tuesday was paused after a pie-wielding... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hacks Hacked: Anonymous-affiliated LulzSec Target The Sun in ‘Murdoch Meltdown...

  

  LulzSec's hoax Murdoch death story News International websites came under sustained attack on Monday night after ‘hacktivist’ collective Lulz Security... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Stephenson, Yates Resignations Over Phone Hacking Leave London’s Met Police...

  

  Is the London's Met Police Service in crisis? Photo credit: www.flickr.com/photos/jonathanbeard/ The resignation of Met Assistant Commissioner John Yates, hot o... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• No End in Sight in Debt Ceiling Debate, Despite Claims of ‘progress’

  

  Despite the doomsday scenarios and despite claims that they're "making progress", Congress and the White House seem no closer to an agreement on the debt... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Murdochs and Brooks Set for Fierce Culture Select Committee Grilling Over Phone...

  

  A fortnight ago, Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks were the three most powerful figures in British media. Today, they face questions over the... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Dog Bites Shark, Lives to Tell Tale

  

  Foreground: Sharks. Background: One very brave dog. In a dog versus shark match-up, smart money would be on the shark. In this video from Australia, however,... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HUMOR, PETS

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Blows Away Box Office Records and...

  

  Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 smashes box office records and stupefies crowds. Will this be an Oscar year? Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• US Recognition of Libyan Opposition Draws Fire

  

  Russia, others displeased with emerging US-TNC rapport Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Get Naked and Show Your Boobs for Putin’s Presidency

  

  Young women across Russia are reportedly joining Putin's Army - and tearing their clothes off in support of his unannounced presidential bid. Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Eat Your Heart out James Bond: Flying Car Cleared for Take-off

  

  Terrafuglia Transition. Photo credit: Terrafuglia In news which will delight all teen boys and excite commuters sick of sitting in grid-locked traffic,... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 CULTURE, CURRENT, GADGETS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• As News Corp Share Prices Nose-dive, How Much Longer Can Rupert Murdoch Stay at...

  

  Rupert Murdoch. Photo credit: David_Shankbone As shares in Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation continue to nosedive, financial commentators are wondering how... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hackgate: The Movie Spoof Trailer Goes Viral

  

  At last ... something hacking-related that is a little less serious. Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 CULTURE, CURRENT, HUMOR, SOCIETY, VIRAL

• Phone Hacking Storm Gathers Pace: Rebekah Brooks Arrested, Paul Stephenson...

  

  Lynne Featherstone MP and the Met Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson at the PC Blakelock Memorial, Muswell Hill, October 2010. Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Right Hand Giveth, the Left Hand Taketh Away

  

  One in six adults in Britain is functionally illiterate. The government wants to throw more money at the problem - while slashing the budgets of the one outlet... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 CULTURE, FAMILY, SCHOOLING, SOCIETY

• Canyon Country, from the Spectacular Amangiri Hotel

  

  One of the Amangiri's gorgeous loungers. It’s hard to find more beautiful scenery anywhere than the national parks of Utah and Arizona. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2011 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY