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Broadband speed gets laser boost 9 Sep 2010
A kind of "auto-tune for data" developed by a European team may help increase the capacities of long-haul fibre optic cables.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Colorado fire destroys homes 9 Sep 2010
A forest fire in the US state of Colorado has destroyed at least 136 homes, according to officials.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Morrisons to test online shopping 9 Sep 2010
The UK's fourth biggest grocer, Morrisons, says it hopes to trial online shopping and convenience stores next year.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Exeter city election polls open 9 Sep 2010
Voters in Exeter are electing 13 councillors to bring the city council back to its full complement after the new government denied it unitary status.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Erdogan raps rivals ahead of poll 9 Sep 2010
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticises the tactics of his opponents, in a BBC interview ahead of Sunday's constitutional referendum.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Woman pulled from house fire 9 Sep 2010
Firefighters revive a woman found slumped in her living room after she was overcome by smoke in her north Belfast home.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Spending cuts 'to hit north harder' 9 Sep 2010
Industrial towns in the north east of England may be least able to cope with deep cuts in public spending, BBC-commissioned research suggests.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
China abortion activist 'freed' 9 Sep 2010
A blind activist jailed after revealing right abuses under China's one-child policy has been freed after a four-year prison term, a rights group says.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Crumlin alert device was 'viable' 9 Sep 2010
The police say a device left close to a primary school in Crumlin, County Antrim was "viable".Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Pakistan roadside bomb kills nine 9 Sep 2010
A roadside bomb kills nine people and injures at least four in Pakistan's Kurram tribal region on the Afghan border, reports say.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Plaid will 'change not manage' 9 Sep 2010
Plaid Cymru's conference opens with a pledge to transform, not simply manage, Wales.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Rural Wales waits for funding axe 9 Sep 2010
Some of the largest conservation bodies in Wales fear they will have to find massive savings following the UK Government spending review.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Merlin series takes 'darker tone' 9 Sep 2010
Newsbeat visits the cast of Merlin on location in a soggy Puzzlewood and speaks to the actors who play Merlin and Morgana.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Business basics: Interest rates 9 Sep 2010
The BBC's Declan Curry looks at why interest rates matterBlinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Plus size debut at NY Fashion Week 9 Sep 2010
For the first time at New York Fashion Week there will be a runway show featuring plus size models.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Vocational courses to face review 9 Sep 2010
Education Secretary Michael Gove is to announce an independent review of vocational qualifications for students aged 14 to 19 in England.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Newspaper review 9 Sep 2010
Sympathy for grieving PMBlinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Modelling the future 9 Sep 2010
What will London's skyline look like in 2030?Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Fees rise 'best' for universities 8 Sep 2010
Vice chancellors are expected to be told raising student tuition fees is the best way to ensure future finding for higher education.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Brilliant Federer beats Soderling 8 Sep 2010
Five-time champion Roger Federer produces a stunning display to beat Robin Soderling and reach the semi-finals of the US Open.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Mexico crime 'like an insurgency' 8 Sep 2010
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Mexican drug violence is looking increasingly like an insurgency, a comment strongly rejected by Mexico.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Colorado fire destroys 136 homes 8 Sep 2010
A forest fire in the US state of Colorado has destroyed at least 136 homes, officials say.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Honduras massacre 'gang rivalry' 8 Sep 2010
A mass shooting in a shoe factory in Honduras is blamed on rival street gangs linked to Mexican drug cartels.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Mexico rejects drug 'insurgency' analogy 8 Sep 2010
Mexico has rejected remarks from the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, that drug-related violence in Mexico increasingly has the hallmarks of an insurgency.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Empty shops highlighting 'divide' 8 Sep 2010
The number of shops closing in Britain is slowing but a north-south divide has emerged, a survey by retail analysts the Local Data Company suggests.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Rig firms hit back at BP report 8 Sep 2010
Contractors who worked for BP on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon oil rig criticise the company's report into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Dr Dre or The Cure? Study into music on prescription 8 Sep 2010
Patients could be prescribed music tailored to their needs as a result of new university research.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Nutrient clue to common birth defect 8 Sep 2010
Scientists begin a study to determine if an everyday vitamin supplement could help prevent a common birth defect.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Boundary move 'gives Tories hope' 8 Sep 2010
Boundary changes for the next Scottish Parliament elections suggest a possible boost to the Conservatives, according to experts.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Low pay and squalor 8 Sep 2010
The plight of Commonwealth Games workers in DelhiBlinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Shot boy's family still suffering 8 Sep 2010
Police use the anniversary of the killing of Manchester schoolboy Jessie James to once again appeal for help to catch his killer.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Off the dial 8 Sep 2010
What happened to Mercury, as in Mercury music prize?Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Planes in 'near-miss' over London 8 Sep 2010
A business jet and a passenger plane carrying 232 people came close to a mid-air collision over London in July, a report reveals.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Shoppers turning to card payments 8 Sep 2010
The number of cash machines in the UK has fallen and withdrawals have dropped as shoppers turn to cards, figures show.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Child detention 'harm' documented 8 Sep 2010
A medical charity says it has documented for the first time the effects of immigration detention on children facing removal from the UK.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Google revamps search system 8 Sep 2010
The search giant launches a system with web links appearing as soon as characters are typed into the query box.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Piers Morgan to replace CNN host Larry King 8 Sep 2010
Former newspaper editor and Britain's Got Talent judge Piers will replace US TV presenter Larry King on the US network CNN, it is announced.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Capello confirms 2012 quit date 8 Sep 2010
England coach Fabio Capello confirms he will stand down from the role after Euro 2012.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Taliban chief says victory close 8 Sep 2010
Taliban leader Mullah Omar says his fighters are on the verge of victory in Afghanistan and the Nato-led campaign has been "a complete failure".Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Vitamin B 'puts off Alzheimer's' 8 Sep 2010
A new study suggests high doses of B vitamins may halve the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing some of the warning signs of Alzheimer's disease.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Lion lunges at Las Vegas trainer 8 Sep 2010
A lion lunged at a trainer as stunned onlookers watched in horror, at Las Vegas's MGM Grand Hotel and Casino.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Google unveils 'instant' searches 8 Sep 2010
Google speeds up its internet search engine by launching a new product, Google Instant, that displays results as soon as users type in queries.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Vitamin B 'puts off Alzheimer's' 8 Sep 2010
High doses of B vitamins may slow the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing warning signs of Alzheimer's disease, a study says.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
US economic growth 'decelerating' 8 Sep 2010
US economic growth showed "widespread signs of deceleration" in August, says the Federal Reserve's Beige Book.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Merkel defends Danish cartoonist 8 Sep 2010
German Chancellor Angela Merkel defends the Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose drawings of the Prophet Muhammad caused outrage in 2006.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Obama defiant on tax cut stance 8 Sep 2010
President Obama defends his opposition to extending Bush-era tax cuts for wealthier people and criticises what he calls Republican obstruction.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Goldman Sachs fined £20m by FSA 8 Sep 2010
Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs is fined £20m by the UK's financial watchdog, the BBC learns.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Houllier named Aston Villa boss 8 Sep 2010
Former Liverpool and Lyon boss Gerard Houllier is named the new manager of Aston Villa.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Hague: Axing embassies 'unlikely' 8 Sep 2010
Closing dozens of small embassies to save money would be a "false economy" as they do not cost much, says William Hague.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Dino clue to 'earliest feathers' 8 Sep 2010
Palaeontologists uncover a new dinosaur with what may be the earliest evidence of feathers.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Second Iraqi TV presenter killed 8 Sep 2010
Gunmen in Iraq have killed an Iraqi TV journalist - the second in as many days - while four other people were killed in two attacks in the capital Baghdad.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
'No guarantees' over Moray bases 8 Sep 2010
The Scottish Secretary says he can give "no guarantees" about the future of two Scottish RAF bases.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Ferrari escape further punishment 8 Sep 2010
Ferrari have avoided further punishment for using banned team orders, a Formula 1 disciplinary hearing in Paris has ruled.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Higgins cleared of fixing claims 8 Sep 2010
John Higgins is cleared of all match-fixing allegations but admits bringing snooker into disrepute, resulting in a £75,000 fine and a ban until November.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
One in four gives fake net names 8 Sep 2010
A survey shows a majority of web users have suffered cybercrime, but many respondents were themselves less than honest.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
MPs to probe Cameron-Clegg deal 8 Sep 2010
MPs are to examine how the coalition was formed after the election and issues arising from the negotiations between the two parties.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Outbreak probe at industry sites 8 Sep 2010
There are now 12 cases linked to a Legionnaires' outbreak, as health officials focus on south Wales industrial sites in the search for the cause.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Nigeria replaces security leaders 8 Sep 2010
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed new military and police chiefs ahead of planned January presidential election.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
'Racism missed' at attack school 8 Sep 2010
A school where a boy was attacked with a hammer failed to recognise a series of racist incidents prior to the assault, a serious case review finds.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
UN seeks to placate Rwanda leader 8 Sep 2010
The UN's secretary general urges Rwanda not to withdraw its peacekeepers from Sudan over a leaked report saying its troops may have committed genocide.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
'No decisions' over World Service 8 Sep 2010
No decisions have been taken about possible funding cuts to the BBC World Service, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt says.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Cable's plan to cut science funds 8 Sep 2010
Business Secretary Vince Cable has unveiled plans for a squeeze on public funding for scientific research.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
FIA rejects new team applications 8 Sep 2010
Formula 1's governing body turns down all the entries from teams hoping to fill the vacant 13th slot in 2011, with former champion Jacques Villeneuve among those to miss out.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Inquiry to hear from HIV victims 8 Sep 2010
The injury into contaminated NHS blood products in the 1980s will hear from the victims who contracted HIV and Hepatitis.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Is it bad taste to have a 'shortest man' record? 8 Sep 2010
The world has a new shortest man - a 27in-tall person from Colombia. but is the title itself in poor taste?Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
PMQs: Clegg faces questions on phone hacking 8 Sep 2010
Standing in for David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has insisted it is for the police to decide how to proceed over the News of the World phone hacking row.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Vodafone to pay India $2.6bn tax 8 Sep 2010
An Indian court tells Vodafone it has to pay $2.6bn in tax for its takeover of Hutchison Telecom's Indian phone assets.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Outreach outrage? 8 Sep 2010
The US church threatening to burn Korans on 9/11Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Castro criticises Iranian leader 8 Sep 2010
Cuba's Fidel Castro criticises Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for what he called his anti-Semitic attitudes.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Papal tours 8 Sep 2010
The UK visits of Benedict XVI and John Paul II comparedBlinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
UK moviegoers Exorcised by horror 8 Sep 2010
Horror movie The Last Exorcism debuts at the top of the UK and Ireland box office, taking £1.1m in its opening weekend.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
All for one 8 Sep 2010
Did the Blitz really make British people tougher?Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Clan 'behind Philippine massacre' 8 Sep 2010
The first witness in the trial of a powerful clan accused of the Philippines' worst political massacre says the family plotted the killings over dinner.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
The xx step into the spotlight 7 Sep 2010
The xx express surprise at their Mercury Prize win and singer-songwiter Conor J O'Brien gives the stand-out performance of the ceremony.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Two-tier university warning given 7 Sep 2010
Vice-chancellors warn that the traditional university experience could become the preserve of an elite.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
More obesity ops 'will save cash' 7 Sep 2010
Millions of pounds are lost in England by the failure of the NHS to provide more obesity operations, a study says.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Beware the 'don't know' brigade 7 Sep 2010
In his regular column, Michael Blastland looks at why the people ignored by surveys could be those with the strongest opinions.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Secrets of good dancing uncovered 7 Sep 2010
Scientists carry out the first rigorous analysis of dance moves that make men attractive to women.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
Iran stands firm on stoning case 7 Sep 2010
Foreign powers should stop interfering in the case of an Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning, Iran's foreign ministry says.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati
The blackmarket in cutting agents 7 Sep 2010
Street cocaine has long been diluted, but now the cutting agents themselves have spawned a black market.Blinklist | Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | Ma.gnolia | Newsvine | Spurl | Technorati