George Entwistle, the director-general of the BBC, stepped down from the post on Saturday after a news program falsely accused a politician of child abuse. Entwistle’s resignation makes him the shortest-lived head of the BBC in the corporation’s history. He lasted less than two months at the top.
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Paul Craig Roberts Infowars.com Unless I am being spoofed, several hundred readers wrote me in as their selection for President. I am honored. Some asked if I were elected by write-ins and not instantly assassinated, who would I appoint?
Alice Marcondes Inter Press Service Brazilian scientists are attempting to clone animals in danger of extinction, like the jaguar and maned wolf, although the potential impact on the conservation of these threatened species is still not clear.
By Brad Reed Who says you can’t use your iPhone like a laptop? Per the Telegraph, a computer science student in the United Kingdom has used the iPhone’s built-in accelerometer to measure vibrations that are then programmed to correspond with keys on a “virtual keyboard.”
By Bruce Walker LifeSiteNews reported on November 1 that Elizabeth Bauer, a 32-year-old woman who had been born in Costa Rico and was adopted by Amy and William Bauer 20 years ago and brought to America
Prof Cox, who hosts the show with comedian Dara O’Briain, said he had hoped to point the Jodrell Bank telescope at the planet Threapleton Holmes B after it was discovered live on air last year and listen for signs of life.
By Bob Yirk Microsoft Corporation has applied for a patent on new technology that would use a Kinect-like device to count and even perhaps identify people as they watch streamed content. Its purpose would be to allow content providers to restrict the number of people viewing content, or the number of times certain individuals could watch a particular video stream.
Adan Salazar Infowars.com Residents of New Jersey, whose homes were ravaged by superstorm Sandy and are now having to endure yet another wintery storm, are revealing through first-hand accounts that camps FEMA is providing are more like prisons.
Two Canberra scientists believe they have made a major breakthrough in how to best produce hydrogen which can be used as a clean and renewable energy source.
By Ocean Robbins California could have been the first state in the nation to mandate the labeling of genetically engineered foods. We would have joined more than 60 countries where consumers have the right to know if their food has been genetically modified. But the prospect of Proposition 37 terrified the junk food and pesticide companies that want to keep us in the dark about what we eat.
Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com Reports are already coming in that gun sales are booming after the re-election of Barack Obama, with gun manufacturers seeing their stocks soar as the Obama administration moves to ramp up gun control efforts via the United Nations.
A long catastrophic drought led to the collapse of Maya culture, a new study said Thursday, confirming a controversial hypothesis linking its demise to climate change.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday described re-elected US President Barack Obama as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” and said he expected his government to continue attacking the anti-secrecy website.
By Joanna Cabot From the inimitable Michael Giest comes the news that the controversial Bill C-11 (aka the copyright reform bill), took effect in Canada this week.
By Matt Ferner The Rocky Mountain High just got a whole lot higher. On Tuesday night, Amendment 64 — the measure seeking the legalization of marijuana for recreational use by adults — was passed by Colorado voters, making Colorado and Washington State the first states to end marijuana prohibition in the United States.
By Paul Sperry If your organization has a policy or practice that doesn’t benefit minorities equally, watch out: The Obama administration could sue you for racial discrimination under a dubious legal theory that many argue is unconstitutional.
By Michael Kelley Two men on opposite sides of one of the biggest scandals in sports history share an air of secrecy granted by their work for the FBI.
By David S. F. Portree A recent Space.com story on post-election Obama Administration plans for NASA has generated a great deal of excitement. Other news outlets – for example, the Russian news service RIA Novosti and ABC in the U.S. – have picked it up and spread it widely.