A South Seattle man who police say threw a bucket containing feces, urine and vomit at a woman was arrested Wednesday night for investigation of assault — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Archaeologists say they have discovered Britain’s oldest house at a Stone Age site in northern England, and have compared its historical significance to Stonehenge, the country’s most famous ancient monument — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Internet service provider TPG has accidentally revealed the email addresses of hundreds of its business customers in a billing email sent out today — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Senate candidate for Family First Wendy Francis today stood by comments she made then deleted on social networking website Twitter, on which she compared legitimising gay marriage to “legalising child abuse” — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Many Muslims, growing up in devout households, are taught that dogs are dirty and scary. So could Sarfraz Manzoor learn to love Cookie the bulldog? — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Thames Water is issuing a report that an estimated 1,000 tonnes of putrid fat has been flushed down London’s toilets, leading to an epic clog in the sewers beneath Leicester Square — via redwolf.newsvine.com
THE MAIN adoption agency for infants in Sydney, Anglicare, has written to state MPs urging them to vote against a bill that would allow same-sex couples to adopt when it is debated in Parliament later this month — via redwolf.newsvine.com
THEY were supposed to have vanished from Scotland’s landscape 400 years ago after being hunted to extinction for their precious pelts.
However, now evidence has come to light that beavers may have been gnawing their way around parts of the country in large numbers for years — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Saying that it unfairly targets gay men and women, a federal judge in San Francisco struck down California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage on Wednesday, handing supporters of such unions a temporary victory in a legal battle that seems all but certain to be settled by …
Trove is a new discovery experience focused on Australia and Australians. It supplements what search engines provide. If you are researching in the fields of the social sciences, literature, local or family history, or need inspiration for your school assignment, then this is the tool for you.
For example if researching images relating to Edmund Barton, our first Prime Minister, results will include descriptions such as people, book, manuscript, map and newspaper articles. A researcher searching for information on Nellie Melba will be presented with a range of results including biographies, pictures, music, newspapers, books etc.
This is a list of Twitter accounts that appear to be maintained by the agencies of Australian governments. The list is not actively screened for whether these accounts are still live or how actively they Tweet. I also cannot verify that all of these accounts are official. If you are aware of any additional government twitter accounts, or that any on the current list that are not official, please provide feedback via this page — via eGov AU
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has pledged to tear through the statute book
to restore civil liberties after taking up his seat next to David Cameron in the House of Commons for the first time. In his first major speech since becoming the coalition Government’s champion of political reform, Mr Clegg will wage war on Labour’s “obsessive law-making” accusing the previous government of turning ordinary people into criminals by creating thousands of “pointless” criminal offences. He also offered the public a say in which should be repealed
A leading Russian politician has accused a prominent Moscow businessman of running an international spam and online pharmacy operation while serving as an anti-spam adviser to the Russian government. Russian investigators now say they plan to create a special task force to look into the allegations
A man who wrote a terrorists’ handbook using information from an al-Qaeda training manual has pleaded guilty to offences under the Terrorism Act. Terrance Brown, 46, from Portsmouth, compiled CDs which included instructions about how to build bombs. The discs, called the Anarchist’s Cookbook, were sold for $35 (£23). This particular cookbook
differs then from William Powell’s 1971 book by a similar title, though (confusingly enough) the linked Wikipedia article implies that the father-and-son pair arrested possessed a copy of the Powell book as well; its text may well have been among the materials that Brown distributed — via Slashdot
Authorities in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh are planning to set up an outsourcing unit in a jail. The unit will employ 200 educated convicts who will handle back office operations like data entry, and process and transmit information. The project will begin at Charlapally Central Jail, near the state capital Hyderabad, in the next four months
Conservative leader David Cameron has become the UK’s new prime minister after the resignation of Gordon Brown. Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg will be his deputy after they agreed to the UK’s first coalition government in 70 years. Mr Cameron, who at 43 is the youngest PM in nearly 200 years, vowed to set aside party differences and govern in the national interest
This Advanced Google Maps Distance Calculator is the successor to the Google Maps Distance Calculator. By request by many visitors, this version will allow people to save and reload their routes when they revisit
Following pressure from the US Government, Canada is preparing to ram through a revamped copyright bill that will have disastrous consequences for consumers. The Government is hereby ignoring the public consultation held last year, where many Canadians spoke out against harsher copyright legislation
Arab nations are leading an historic
charge to make the world wide web live up to its name. Net regulator ICANN has switched on a system that allows full web addresses that contain no Latin characters. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are the first countries to have so-called country codes
written in Arabic scripts. The move is the first step to allow web addresses in many scripts including Chinese, Thai and Tamil
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