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BBC Police in the US have reopened an inquiry into the death of film star Natalie Wood, who drowned in 1981. Los Angeles police said they had received new information relating to the case, but have not given details. Wood was found dead during a boat trip off the coast of California...

BBC Australia has agreed to host a full US Marine task force in the coming years, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced at a news conference with US President Barack Obama in Canberra. She said about 250 US Marines would arrive next year, eventually being built up to 2,500 personnel...

BBC An international study has linked an industrial solvent to Parkinson's disease. Researchers found a six-fold increase in the risk of developing Parkinson's in individuals exposed in the workplace to trichloroethylene (TCE). Although many uses for TCE have been banned around the...

BBC Egypt has closed the Great Pyramid outside Cairo after rumours that groups would try to hold special rituals on 11 November at 11:11 (09:11 GMT). The rumours sparked an internet campaign to stop any ceremonies. However the head of Egypt's antiquities authority said the pyramid had...

Will Monroe see its first flutters of snow tomorrow? It's in the weather forecast, though they assure us it won't stick LOL. Freezing temps tonight - take care on the roads. :)

BBC Mississippi residents have rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to define a fertilized human egg as a person. The measure would have conferred rights on an embryo from the moment of conception, effectively outlawing abortion, even in rape or incest cases. More than 55%...

BBC Russia: Israeli threat of strikes on Iran 'a mistake' Military action against Iran would be a "very serious mistake fraught with unpredictable consequences", Russia's foreign minister has warned. Sergei Lavrov said diplomacy, not missile strikes, was the only way to solve the...

Absurd, bizarre, irresponsible decision IMO, and granted legal aid too :mad: BBC Court awards £17,000 to detained illegal immigrant An illegal immigrant has been awarded £17,360 at the High Court for being wrongly imprisoned. Joseph Mjemer, who arrived in the UK as a...

BBC Scientists are monitoring the birth of a monster iceberg in West Antarctica. A rift has formed in the shelf of floating ice in front of the Pine Island Glacier (PIG). The surface crack in the PIG runs for almost 30km (20 miles), is 60m (200ft) deep and is growing every day. US...

BBC Four elderly men from the US state of Georgia have appeared in court charged with plotting to murder officials using explosives and the lethal toxin ricin. Court documents say the group scoped out federal buildings and asked a contact to produce ricin. The FBI used a confidential...

Warning - very distressing PCRM | Dalmatian Named Queenie Dies in Unlawful Experiments at Wayne State Queenie and many other dogs have endured traumatic heart-failure experiments at Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich. These experiments violate the Animal Welfare Act, argues a...

BBC The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse in Sirte: "I have spoken to the man who says that he captured him... he said he found him hiding in a hole in the centre" Commanders for Libya's transitional authorities say they have captured ousted leader Col Muammar Gaddafi. Unconfirmed reports say Col...

BBC When it comes to vitamins, it appears you could have too much of a good thing, say researchers who report a link between their use and higher death rates among older women. Experts have suspected for some time that supplements may only be beneficial if a person is deficient in a...

BBC The governor of California, Jerry Brown, has signed into law legislation allowing illegal immigrants to receive state aid to attend college. Supporters of the California Dream Act, as it is called, say it will benefit the state economically. However, critics argue that it condones...

:eek: Ingenious Flipper Bridge Melds Left-Side Drivers With Right-Side Drivers | Fast Company

BBC The previously unpublished first novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will finally be available to buy from Monday. Entitled The Narrative of John Smith, the novel - written between 1883 and 1884 - comprises the reflections of a man confined to his room by gout. Conan Doyle sent it to a...

BBC Women in Saudi Arabia are to be given the right to vote and run in municipal elections, the Gulf Kingdom's King Abdullah has announced. He said they would also have the right to be appointed to the consultative Shura Council. The news will be welcomed by activists who have long...

BBC Bullfighting fans in Catalonia will see the last fights before a ban on the age-old tradition comes into effect in Spain's north-eastern region. About 20,000 spectators are expected to fill Barcelona's Monumental arena, where top matadors will be performing. Catalonia's lawmakers...

BBC A Canadian man who is being sued by his estranged mother for financial support is trying to have the case thrown out. Ken Anderson, 47, says his parents left him when he was a teenager in the western province of British Columbia, according to Canadian media reports. Shirley...

BBC Speed-of-light experiments give baffling result at Cern Puzzling results from Cern, home of the Large Hadron Collider, have confounded physicists because subatomic particles seem to have beaten the speed of light. Neutrinos sent through the ground from Cern toward the Gran Sasso...