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Sky News Dec 23 A powerboat enthusiast has been selected to pilot the legendary record-breaking Bluebird K7 which crashed and sank more than 40 years ago Cumbrian computer analyst Ted Walsh said it was "a great honour" to be chosen and added he would do his best to pay tribute to Donald...

BBC News Dec 23 The Central Bank of West African States has blocked Laurent Gbagbo's access to Ivory Coast's funds and has recognised Alassane Ouattara as president. The bank says only appointed members of Ivory Coast's "legitimate government" will have access to the deposits there. The...

BBC News Dec 23 Toyota has paid $10m to the family of four people killed in a runaway Lexus car in 2009. The amount, agreed in September but kept confidential, was released by a lawyer for the dealership that lent the Lexus to the family. Toyota, which did not admit or deny liability in...

BBC News Dec 23 The US has denounced North Korea for threatening a "sacred war" against the South, whose military has been holding live-fire drills near the border. The state department's Philip Crowley told the BBC there was no justification for Pyongyang's "belligerent words". In a...

BBC News Dec 23 A prototype solar device has been unveiled which mimics plant life, turning the Sun's energy into fuel. The machine uses the Sun's rays and a metal oxide called ceria to break down carbon dioxide or water into fuels which can be stored and transported. Conventional...

BBC News Dec 23 The US is to make millions of acres of public land eligible for wilderness protection, officials have said. The order reverses former President George W Bush's policy forbidding the government from doing so. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Thursday said the new policy...

BBC News Dec 23 The Obama administration has said it will regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants amid opposition from industry and Republicans in Congress. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it would regulate emissions from fossil fuel power plants by 2011 and...

BBC News Dec 23 Microsoft has issued a warning about a serious vulnerability in all versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) browser. If exploited by a booby-trapped webpage the bug would allow attackers to take control of an unprotected computer. Code to exploit the bug has already been...

BBC News Dec 23 British singer Susan Boyle has missed out on a second consecutive US Christmas number one album after her second record was knocked off the top of the Billboard chart by Taylor Swift. Swift's Speak Now returned to the top of the countdown after selling 5,000 more copies...

BBC News Dec 23 US consumer spending rose modestly in November for the fifth consecutive month, reinforcing the view of a solid if pedestrian economic recovery. Spending rose 0.4% against the previous month, the Commerce Department said, roughly in line with analysts' forecasts. Consumer...

BBC news Dec 23 North Korea is ready for a "sacred war of justice" using a nuclear deterrent, its armed forces minister has said. Kim Yong-chun accused South Korea of making preparations for war by holding live-fire exercises near the border. The drills are one of the largest in South...

Sky News Dec 22 A new artificial cornea has allowed a blind man to see for the first time in 10 years Norman Simpson badly damaged the front of his one good eye in an accident. Corneal transplants from donor eyes failed and doctors said there was nothing more they could do. But the...

BBC News Dec 22 Environmental campaigners in the US have lost a battle to have the polar bear listed as an "endangered" species. The US department of the interior has upheld a decision to classify the bear as "threatened" - a status that gives them less protection under the law. The...

BBC News 22 December 2010 Last updated at 20:09 ET A huge storm system has dumped record amounts of rain on southern California and prompted concern that the poor weather could spread across the US. Streets flooded, residents were evacuated and authorities were on alert for landslides in...

BBC News Dec 22 The US Senate has passed a bill to fund healthcare for workers involved in rescue and clean-up efforts after the 9/11 attacks on New York City. The bill, expected to pass in the House later on Wednesday, would also compensate survivors of the attacks. Republicans who had...

Answers are below - no cheating :D:D 1. What is the biggest selling Christmas single of all time? 2. What was Scrooge’s first name? 3. What carol contains the line “O tidings of comfort and joy”? 4. Name the three reindeer whose names begin with a “D”? 5. In what city did Miracle on...

Santa Claus is a woman because …. Christmas is a big, organized, warm, fuzzy, nurturing social deal. Majority of men don’t even think about selecting gifts until Christmas Eve. Once at the mall, they always seem surprised to find only Ronco products, socket wrench sets, and mood...

Or is it ..... always keep your eye on the sleepy hunter :D

Sky News Dec 22 A zebra crossing (Pedestrian crossing)in London that became a Mecca for Beatles fans after it featured on one of their album covers has been given "listed" status. Thousands of people, including other bands, have recreated the photograph of the Fab Four walking across Abbey...