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Chigago Tribune, 21.12.08 18:34 UTC

Mom says son stole Christmas gifts

LAKELAND, Fla. - An 18-year-old central Florida man is in jail after his mother called the sheriff's office and accused him of stealing his sister's Christmas gifts. A sheriff's report says Joseph ...

Times Online World News, 20.12.08 00:05 UTC

Mills & Boon's steamy passage to India to woo authors

Prepare to be romanced as never before: the women of India the land that brought you the Kama Sutra and countless Bollywood depictions of all-conquering love are being wooed to write for Mills & ...

USA Today, 18.12.08 22:30 UTC

Egyptian student gets 15 years in Fla. terror case

TAMPA (AP) — An Egyptian student attending a Florida university was sentenced to 15 years in prison Thursday for making a YouTube video showing would-be terrorists how to turn a remote-control toy into a bomb detonator.

BusinessWeek, 16.12.08 06:33 UTC

The Big Promise of Cloud Computing

The startup Decho shows the potential of blending cloud computing with powerful mobile computing devices

NPR, 13.12.08 14:31 UTC

Laptops May Change The Way Rural Peru Learns

by Larry Abramson First in a two-part series Weekend Edition Saturday, December 13, 2008 ยท In Peru, there are 10,000 one- and two-room schools and thousands of children who live in homes without ...

Belfast Telegraph, 10.12.08 12:32 UTC

Forth River gets creative to scoop prize

A group of students from a north Belfast school have won a substantial prize in the regional final of a competition aimed at inspiring young people to embrace innovation and creativity. Forth River ...

Los Angeles Times, 07.12.08 04:31 UTC

Spying on pacifists, environmentalists and nuns

An undercover Maryland State Police trooper infiltrated nonviolent groups and labeled dozens of people as terrorists.

Times Online Technology, 05.12.08 10:31 UTC

Giant step for teddies as Britain rejoins space race

Britain’s space programme may have been in the doldrums since the disappearance of the Mars probe Beagle 2 , but we are back in the race thanks to some soft-toy astronauts. Four teddy bears ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 03.12.08 21:34 UTC

Police think activist was stuck in elevator before plunge, friend says

(12-03) 12:41 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco police suspect that pro-Israel activist Daniel Kliman was stuck in an elevator between floors, pried open the doors and then fell nearly seven stories ...

BBC World News, 03.12.08 09:33 UTC

Philippine rebels ambush soldiers

The military in the Philippines says communist rebels have ambushed an army vehicle, killing five soldiers and wounding two others.