The crisis engulfing Rupert Murdoch’s global media empire dramatically worsened last night when it was claimed that private investigators working for The Sun and The Sunday Times targeted the former prime minister Gordon Brown.
In another extraordinary day in the phone-hacking scandal, News International’s denials that illicit news-gathering techniques stretched beyond the News of the World came under strain in the face of well-sourced claims that two of its other best-selling titles were also involved in serious wrongdoing — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Regional pay TV operator Austar says it has reached an agreement with Foxtel and Liberty over their $2.5 billion takeover offer.
Foxtel and Liberty are offering Austar shareholders $1.52 per share in cash, which is a 54 per cent premium to Austar’s trading price of less than $1 before takeover speculation started — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A former patient who sought help from the Christian counseling clinic owned by GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann and her husband, Marcus, told ABC News he was advised that prayer could rid him of his homosexual urges and he could eventually be re-oriented
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[One counselor’s] path for my therapy would be to read the Bible, pray to God that I would no longer be gay,
said Andrew Ramirez, who was 17-years-old at the time he sought help from Bachmann & Associates in suburban Minneapolis in 2004. And God would forgive me if I were straight
This watch follows in the footsteps of the popular Oris Great Barrier Reef Limited Edition watch from 2010, and while it does not have the 1,000 meter water resistance rating of the Great Barrier Reef, the Oris Maldives edition is unique in its own right with a titanium case, crown guard, and a ceramic-inlayed bezel that has a neat brushed
finish on it. Limited to 2000 pieces, the Oris Maldives Limited Edition dive watch price is $2,450 on rubber strap and $2,650 on a metal bracelet — via Perpetuelle.com Watch Blog
eBay has installed a 100 KW solar array on its data centre in Denver. That’s not enough power to run a data centre, but Tom Price, eBay’s Global Data Centre Services manager, said the system, which was completed last November, is delivering benefits.
The solar array is taking up approximately 18,000 square feet of the 21,000-square-foot data centre roof. In an interview, Price outlined the project.
How is the power being used? The power runs non-critical loads, meaning it is being used to supply office space power. This includes equipment such as the desktops used by the data centre’s 35 employees. The office power is segregated from the data centre loads — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Under the banner of the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, the big Hollywood studios are flexing their muscles down-under. If the latest rhetoric is to be believed, the country’s ISPs have less than 48 hours to commit to talks on a graduated response system to tackle illicit downloads. Failure to comply, they warn, will result in yet more legal action of the type being suffered by iiNet — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A man in the US state of Colorado has died after shooting himself in the head during a game of Russian roulette, police said.
Anthony Martin, 21, and other men were drinking and playing with a gun before the incident, Pueblo Police Sgt Eric Bravo told the Pueblo Chieftain.
Mr Martin died at the scene early on Sunday — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Some estate agents are prepared to flout critical laws that are designed to protect tenants from abuse, a BBC London investigation has found.
One rental manager was secretly filmed explaining he could harass problematic tenants by changing locks, calling them all day and lying to the police that they were running a brothel.
The housing charity Shelter and the National Association of Estate Agents have condemned the shocking
practices uncovered by the undercover investigation and are calling for tougher regulation — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A sculpture looted from a London church during the Blitz is to be returned to its former home.
The bust of Dr Peter Turner, an eminent physician and botanist, was taken from St Olave’s in the City of London on 17 April 1941 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued a warning about the latest generation of oral contraceptive pill.
The British Medical Journal recently published two reports warning that women on the fourth generation pill are more likely to develop life-threatening blood clots.
The studies looked at pills containing drospirenone, marketed in Australia as Yasmin and Yaz — via redwolf.newsvine.com
I am a bit of a chocoholic, so I was intrigued by this positively healthy chocolate bean brownie recipe, which turned out to be fantastic! I added in a banana, and my toddler and I downed a few slices in a minute flat. Next time I’m going to add some chocolate chips for extra decadence — via CRAFT
Hi, my name is Brandon and… umm… some kid in a banana suit just tackled my mascot.
That’s the call that came in to Strongville, Ohio police and fire when a banana attacked a gorilla outside of a Verizon store — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Photographer Jon Schwartz was kayaking in La Jolla when he saw a red frothing ball of squid on the surface — via Boing Boing
It looks like brown is a trending color in the custom motorcycle world. First the Wrenchmonkees CX500, and now this latest bike, Cíclope
, from Spain’s Café Racer Dreams. CRD #5 is a 1980 Honda CB750—a KZ model—and the glossy brown-and-black color scheme works brilliantly — via Bike EXIF
Many of Scott Rothstein’s possessions were sold at auction on 23 January 2010 — including the aforementioned Franck Muller wall clock. However, Rothstein’s previously seized watch collection (250+ luxury watches, many worth tens of thousands of dollars apiece) has been held by the United States Treasury Department — until now. This Wednesday, July 13, 2011, Rothstein’s watches will be sold to the highest bidder at auction — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Snails are able to survive intact after being eaten by birds, according to scientists.
Japanese white-eyes on the island of Hahajima, Japan feast on tiny land snails.
Researchers found that 15% of the snails eaten survived digestion and were found alive in the birds’ droppings.
This evidence suggests that bird predation could be a key factor in how snail populations spread
Food giant Nestle has taken a big step towards expanding its operations in China, one of the world’s biggest consumer markets.
It has agreed to buy a 60% stake in the Chinese sweets and snack maker, Hsu Fu Chi International, for $1.7bn (£1bn) — via redwolf.newsvine.com
If you’ve always wanted to play angry birds in real life, just get a sling shot and then crochet some birds and pigs like Flickr user deadcraft did — via Neatorama
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