What It's Like To Spend 20 Years On Death Row
Nick Yarris was jailed for rape and murder in Pennsylvania only to be cleared after DNA evidence was retested in 2004. In total he spent 8,057 days behind bars.In June 1982 I was given a three-day...
View ArticleFour Amputee Serviceman Are Rowing Across The Atlantic Ocean
Barely 18 months ago Cayle Royce was fighting for his life after being blown up by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.He lost both legs and most of his left hand and spent months undergoing painful...
View Article10 Ways To Make Your Computer Faster
Many people will be planning on upgrading their laptop or PC this Christmas, but here are 10 ways of avoiding a costly new purchase1) Uninstall unused programsNew PCs come with a whole load of programs...
View ArticleScience: No, Boys And Girls Cannot Be 'Just Friends'
Boys and girls as young as 11 struggle to be "just friends" because they are subject to sexual teasing from their classmates, led by a societal pressure to "couple up", according to an in-depth...
View ArticleTaking Photos May Harm Our Ability To Make Memories [STUDY]
Taking a picture for posterity at a birthday, wedding or concert may harm our ability to remember the event fully, researchers believe in a phenomenon known as 'photo-taking impairment effect'Taking...
View ArticleThe Top 25 Locations To Check In On Facebook
Sporting arenas, theme parks and tourist attractions have dominated an annual list of destinations where Facebook users have checked in most frequentlyThe social networking site unveiled the 25 most...
View ArticleRoyal Protection Officers Ate The Queen's Nuts, And She's Furious
The Queen was “furious” after royal protection officers helped themselves to Bombay mix and nuts left out for her around Buckingham Palace, a court heard today.Palace officials sent a memo to royal...
View ArticleNelson Mandela Ranked 356th Most Important Person In History By New Computer...
Nelson Mandela, mourned by millions globally this week, is only rated as the 356th most important person in history by a new internet based programme which ranks the most important 2,000 people of all...
View Article'Mythical' French Wine Sells for $2,440 A Glass
A French collector has bought a case of 12 bottles of 'mythical’ 1947 Cheval Blanc for €131,000 in one of highest value sales in French auction house historyA case of 1947 Cheval Blanc wine has been...
View ArticleScientists Have Made Old Mice Young Again
The fountain of youth may have been discovered after scientists found they could reverse the aging process in mammals.Harvard researchers managed to turn the clock back for mice by helping their...
View ArticleMikhail Khodorkovsky's Son Speaks Of Meeting His Father After A Decade Of...
The son of the pardoned Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky told yesterday of the tearful moment when he was reunited with his father, ending a decade-long separation that has defined his adult...
View ArticleHow To Cure A Hangover
Q: Is there really such a thing as a hangover 'cure’ or is it all nonsense? If there is any 'science’ to it, what do you recommend?— Pete Waters, by emailA: The concept of a hangover cure is generally...
View ArticleChinese Billionaire And French Winemaker Die In Helicopter Crash While...
France has stepped up its search for the two missing businessmen and their interpreter after the body of the Chinese billionaire's son is pulled from wreckageA massive search continued for the bodies...
View ArticleGoogle And Apple Are Gearing Up For The Voice-Activated Smartphone Battle
Smartphones will be talking to their users and the tech giants Google and Apple are determined to have the edgeGoogle has predicted its dominant web search engine will mean it will beat Apple in the...
View ArticleCredit In China Has Grown From $9 Trillion To $24 Trillion Since 2008
One-week borrowing costs tumble as China calms nerves but fears grow that small scale tweaks will not contain credit crunchShort-term rates plummeted in China after the central bank injected fresh...
View ArticleGoogle And Apple Are Racing To Build Smart Dashboards
Google and Apple are both working on competing technologies that would bring apps, navigation and music together into smart dashboards for cars based on their own mobile operating systemsGoogle and...
View ArticleREPORT: The CIA Secretly Held Syrian Militants Responsible For The 1988...
Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan regime was publicly blamed by the US for the attackThe CIA secretly held Syrian militants, rather than Libya, responsible for the Lockerbie bombing, according to newly...
View ArticleThieves In Europe Are Using USB Sticks To Clean Out ATMs
A gang of thieves targeted cash machines belonging to an unnamed European bank by uploading malicious software that would spit out banknotes on commandCriminals targeted a string of cash machines by...
View ArticleGoogle Shuts Down Bump After Buying It For At Least $30 Million
Bump application, which lets smartphone users easily share data by gently knocking knuckles while holding devices, was bought by Google just four months agoGoogle is to shut down smartphone...
View ArticleHow To Detox Your Body For The New Year
Feeling bloated and unfit after the Christmas season? Nutritionist Dale Pinnock says swift and efficient detoxing is easier than you may thinkIt's the New Year, which means it's time for the flood...
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