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3-D Printing Gun: Dangers and Benefits of the Technology (+Videos)
Defense Distributed calls itself a “wiki weapon project.” On May 4, its founder, Cody Wilson, successfully fired a gun made of plastic parts produced by a 3-D printer purchased on eBay. Wilson intends...
View ArticlePaul Shane Dies: British Actor Was 72
Paul Shane dies: Shane was famous for starring in a BBC sitcom, “Hi-de-Hi!” in the ’80s. His agent told BBC that he died surrounded by close family on May 16 from an illness. He had heart surgery...
View ArticleCourt Acquits Pistorius Brother of Murder in S. Africa
The brother of South African running star Oscar Pistorius was acquitted for the killing of a motorcyclist. Carl Pistorius, 28, was not negligent in the death of Marietjie Barnard in March 2008,...
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London Attack: Account of Extraordinary Courage
The man butchered to death on the streets of London on Wednesday was in the military, it has emerged, together with accounts of the extraordinary courage of a woman who tried to talk down the...
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Britain Scrambles Jets to Stop Plane, Arrest Men
Britain scrambles jets: Jets were sent up to escort a passenger plane that was traveling from Pakistan to the United Kingdom, and divert it to a nearby airport in Stansted. Two men were taken into...
View ArticleTiger Kills Zoo Worker at UK Animal Park
A tiger has killed a zoo worker at a British animal park near Dalton-in-Furness on Friday, it was reported. Sarah McClay, 24, suffered head and neck injuries after the tiger attacked her, reported the...
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Matt Smith ‘Doctor Who:’ Smith Leaving Popular Show
Matt Smith “Doctor Who:” Matt Smith, who plays the Time Lord on the BBC show, is leaving the popular British show. Smith said in a statement relayed by BBC that “‘Doctor Who’ has been the most...
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Czech Quintuplets: Woman Gives Birth to 4 Boys, 1 Girl
A woman in the Czech Republic recently gave birth to the country’s first set of quintuplets, it was reported. Alexandra Kinova, 23, had one girl and four boys via a caesarean section last Friday,...
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Saudi Prince Throws $19.5M Disneyland Party: Reports
Fahd Al-Saud celebrated his college graduation with a world tour of Disneyland locations, including a three-day private party at Paris Disneyland May 22–24. The party in Paris cost about $19.5 million...
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German WWII Bomber Recovered off UK Coast
German WWII bomber: The delicate operation of lifting a Dornier 17—the last remaining example of its kind—from its watery bed on June 10 was a success. The German WWII bomber plane emerged from the...
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Discovering a Viking Hoard: A Day in the Life of a Metal Detectorist
Metal detecting enthusiast Derek McLennan’s recent discovery of Viking-age artefacts at a site in Dumfries and Galloway is both spectacular and impressive. Not only did he uncover a hoard of Viking-age...
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BBC iPlayer App Is Now Available on Xbox One
Earlier today, the BBC Sport app finally launched on Windows Phone – and now, the BBC has even more love to share with users of Microsoft’s products. The BBC iPlayer app is now available on the Xbox...
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News Corp and the Future of Public Service Media
I’ve been teaching students in Hong Kong about the relationship between politics and the media, and wanted to illustrate the sometimes problematic relationship between media and power. So I showed them...
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Watch: The Dramatic Moment a BBC Meteorologist Faints on Live TV
A BBC meteorologist passed out on live television. Rachel Mackley began giving the weather report when she started stumbling backwards. The 33-year-old mother-of-one said: “I’m so sorry, I’m going to...
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Fake Video of ‘American’ Shooting a Quran Traced to Russian Propaganda Agency
An investigative report from the BBC exposed a Russian disinformation attempt that could have been straight out of the Cold War. In September 2015, a video appeared online showing a man dressed like a...
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There’s a BBC in China and It is Not Happy Being Called a Copycat
Until it was recently outed, China had its very own BBC News. Business Broadcast of China, a Chinese news outlet headquartered in Hefei, Anhui Province, used to have a website with a red page header...
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BBC Correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes Expelled From North Korea, Along...
Reporting ahead of a Workers’s Party Congress ruling, BBC correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, producer Maria Byrne, and cameraman Matthew Goddard were expelled from North Korea on May 6 after being...
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Tom Hanks Reveals Childhood Struggles and How His Wife Helped Him Overcome Them
Tom Hanks’s childhood was no laughing matter. In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s “Desert Island Discs,” Hanks revealed that he experienced a childhood that was filled with loneliness—a feeling that...
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The BBC Once Interviewed the Wrong Guy, and It’s Comedy Gold
It’s been 10 years since a man was interviewed by the BBC and was probably one of the very first clips that went “viral.” MORE:Man Turns the Tables on Facebook Scammer from the PhilippinesThis Man’s...
View ArticleAustralia’s Kim Tucci Discusses Challenges of Having Quintuplets
The Australian mother who had a “1 in 55 million” pregnancy speaks out about her incredible experience. Kimberly Tucci gave birth to quintuplets—four girls and one boy—on Jan. 28, 2016. Conceived...
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