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10 Jun 2009 18:49

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Offbeat: A supergenius on the same level as Stephen Hawking wants a nana

  • 160 the I.Q. of of 2-year-old Brit Karina Oakley source
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08 Jun 2009 09:27

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World: Gordon Brown feels the lack of love in Euro Parliament results

  • 3rd The Labour Party’s ranking in the election, their worst showing in a century
  • two Number of seats won by the ultra-right anti-immigration British National Party source
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05 Jun 2009 10:13

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World: Gordon Brown is dreaming of ways to make himself look better

Everyone’s favorite British PM under fire is shaking up his cabinet in an attempt to get past his sucky week. Good luck, brah. source
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02 Jun 2009 23:02

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Tech, U.S.: Get ready for the Guantanamo video game that will piss you off

  • The British company behind this game claims to have gotten lots of hate mail for this game, where a Guantanamo detainee rebels and starts killing his captors. Noooo, really? We have no clue why “Rendition: Guantanamo” would split public opinion so passionately. source
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08 May 2009 16:28

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Offbeat: A bra retailer says they “boobed” on cup-size-based pricing

  • It’s true that our fantastic quality larger bras cost more money to make, and we felt it was right to reflect this in the prices we charged. Well, we were wrong.
  • British retailer Marks & Spencer • In an ad that ran in U.K. newspapers on Friday. The retailer was the subject of an online campaign to get them to change their variable pricing ways. Now only if we can convince Apple to heed the advice of this when it comes to online music. • source
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30 Apr 2009 09:36

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Offbeat, World: This is the best worst quote in the history of ever

  • I’m not saying Susan Boyle caused swine flu. I’m just saying that nobody had swine flu, she sang on TV, people got swine flu.
  • British parliament member Sion Simon • Who said this quote on Twitter, by the way. It’s like three of the biggest news trends came together in a single moment to elicit a laugh from some and horror from others. May we venture to say he regrets saying this? • source
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21 Apr 2009 10:29

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Culture, World: Police are investigating that crazy “Slumdog” child sale claim

  • “News of the World” is probably full of it, but might as well check. Indian police are investigating claims by the British rag that Rafiq Qureshi, father of “Slumdog Millionaire” child star Rubina Ali, tried selling his child for a big payday, a claim he understandably denies. We wish we could just ignore their claims out of hand, but they were right about the Michael Phelps thing. source
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12 Apr 2009 11:18

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Culture, World: Never doubt the singing abilities of middle-aged British ladies

This 47-year-old woman wowed the audiences of “Britain’s Got Talent” recently. source
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03 Apr 2009 01:45

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Tech, World: Google Streetview pisses off a quiet British villiage

“Don’t you dare come in here and take pictures of our affluent villa!” Some rich people ran them out of town, apparently. source
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01 Apr 2009 22:33

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Biz, World: The key chant by G20 protesters as they trashed RBS

  • These streets, our streets! These banks, our banks!
  • Mob of protesters • As they were ganking a Royal Bank of Scotland location in London during the G20 summit and drawing attention from media sources all over the world. That’s one way to make yourself heard, guys. Wait a second? Isn’t Barack Obama in town? Holy crap! • source
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