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• Fat Cat Pay: Business Secretary Vince Cable Announces Reforms to Curb Executive...

  

  Executive pay: Money to burn? Photo credit: lesum via Flickr Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced plans to curb corporate excess, taking aim at so-calle... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Viral Video: Slovakian Violist Plays Annoying Nokia Ringtone Back to His Audience

  

  A viola being played. Photo credit: Toolmantim When Slovakian violist Lukas Kmit performance was interrupted by a member of the audience’s mobile phone... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• House of Lords Derails Benefits Cap but Coalition Government Says Defeat Will...

  

  Benefits cap for workless families: Cruel or fair? Photo credit: Alan Denney via Flickr The coalition government’s benefit cap plans have suffered a setback... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Has Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger Lost His Grip?

  

  Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, in happier times. Photo credit: Ronnie Macdonald Arsenal’s 2-1 home loss to Manchester United on January 22 means the gunners hav... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 SPORTS

• Can Thorstein Heins, BlackBerry-maker RIM’s New Leader, Turn Around the Firm’s...

  

  A BlackBerry. Photo credit: Enrique Dans Blackberry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has announced that its co-chief executives Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• EU Plans Embargo on Iranian Oil as US Aircraft Carrier Sails Through Strait of...

  

  The USS Abraham Lincoln: Could the US withstand the Revolutionary Guard's "swarming" tactics? Photo credit: Official US Navy photo Headlines claiming that... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Manchester City’s Mario Balotelli: Magnificent and Malicious

  

  Mario Balotelli (45) heads toward goal in a Manchester City versus Fulham FC game. Photo credit: ZawTowers Manchester City maintained their three-point lead ove... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Joe Paterno, Winningest Penn State Football Coach Stained by Sex Abuse Scandal,...

  

  Former Penn State head coach Joe Paterno has died, just three months after being fired for his role in the explosive sex abuse scandal that rocked the Big Ten... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 CURRENT, FOOTBALL, SOCIETY, SPORTS

• Mild Winter Weather Could Push up Fruit Costs but Heating Bills Are Down

  

  Britain's warmest winter on record isn't good news for everyone - and snow may still be on the way. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, HOME, SOCIETY, WEATHER

• Costa Concordia Captain Becomes Hate Figure

  

  Blasted by the media after allegedly abandoning ship Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Welfare Reform: Duncan Smith’s Proposed £26,000 Benefit Cap Comes Under Fire

  

  Iain Duncan Smith wants a £26,000 benefit cap on workless families. The public largely support such a cap. But there's plenty of opposition to coalition... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Newt Gingrich’s South Carolina Win Over Mitt Romney Sends Shockwaves Through...

  

  Newt Gingrich: Winning big in South Carolina. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore Newt Gingrich has won a resounding victory over frontrunner Mitt Romney in the South... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Birdsong: BBC’s Adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ Book is a (sexy) Triumph

  

  Eddie Redmayne stars in Birdsong. Photo credit: BBC The BBC’s long-gestating adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ beloved novel Birdsong has taken twenty years to... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Kodak Files for Bankruptcy After Failing in Digital Market

  

  Kodak declared bankruptcy; its famous color film, Kodachrome, was discontinued in 2009. Photo credit: Aging Accozzaglia, http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, ECONOMICS, SOCIETY

• ‘Best Company to Work For’ Google Shares Down After Massive Revenues Fall Short...

  

  Shares in tech giant Google plummeted after record earnings fail to live up to expectations; even so, it's still the "best company to work for". Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2012 BUSINESS, CURRENT, SOCIETY, TECH

• Severed Head and Body Parts Found in LA – Anyone Want a Picture?

  

  The Hollywood sign, close to where the head was found. Photo credit: Laughing Squid, http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid A dog walker who found a... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• A Leveson Question for Paul Dacre

  There are many things the Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Mail Paul Dacre no doubt wants to say to the Leveson Inquiry when he appears before it on February 6th an... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Crooner-in-chief? Obama Sings Al Green – and the People Are into It

  

  Obama gives the State of the Union address on January 25, 2011. Photo credit: White House photo Pete Souza Is there anything he can’t do? (Don’t answer that. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2012 CURRENT, HUMOR, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Megaupload Shut Down; Anonymous Targets Government and Entertainment Websites...

  

  Members of Anonymous. Photocredit: Liryon http://www.flickr.com/photos/liryon/2441482349/sizes/m/in/photostream/ After the US government closed down the... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY, TECH

• News International Pays out to Jude Law and Other Phone Hacking Victims;...

  

  News International has settled with over thirty 'victims' of phone hacking. But there's more to come. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY