Police apprehend Dougherty Gang in Colorado

August 11, 2011

Three siblings wanted by the authorities for bank robbery and attempting to murder a police officer were arrested in Colorado yesterday, ending a nationwide manhunt. Colorado State Police said that the two brothers and their sister, branded the Dougherty Gang, finally fell into the hands of the law after a 100mph ...

Google is not threatening to leave China

January 18, 2010

In a post on its official blog page internet search engine giant Google has scotched rumours that it has decided to pull out of China. Instead Google have announced that they intend to talk to the Chinese government about issues such as relaxing the restrictions it puts on internet searches. ...

Shark attack traumatizes tourists

January 14, 2010

Tourists and residents in Cape Town, South Africa have been relating stories of how they watched as a swimmer was eaten by a large shark. One resident even logged onto his Twitter account to tell readers how he had just seen what looked like a person get eaten by a ...

Johnson & Johnson heiress found dead

January 6, 2010

The body of 30-year-old socialite and heiress to the Johnson & Johnson empire has been found at her home in Los Angeles. Police have said that they cannot confirm exactly how long ago Casey Johnson died but some speculate that it could have been a number of days. Sara Faden ...

Brittany Murphy dies of suspected heart attack

December 21, 2009

Hollywood actress Brittany Murphy has died after what was probably a heart attack. The thirty-two-year-old was allegedly discovered unconscious in the shower by her mother at the home of her husband, Simon Monjack. Paramedics were called to the scene and immediately started to administer CPR. She was taken by ambulance ...

Simon Cowell slams campaign to keep X Factor off the Christmas number one spot

December 11, 2009

X Factor boss Simon Cowell has hit out at a campaign designed to prevent the winner of the show securing the number one spot in the Christmas charts. He called the campaign to get Rage Against The Machine's song Killing In The Name into the top spot both cynical as ...

Internet safety strategy aimed at children

December 9, 2009

The U.K. Council for Child Internet Safety has been officially unveiled. The campaign has been launched as a way of providing the country's children with information on how best to protect themselves when using the internet. The councils mantra 'Zip It, Block It, Flag it' is reminiscent of The Green ...

Gordon Brown’s son to blame for wife’s mysterious Tweet

December 2, 2009

The Prime Minister's wife has explained to followers of her Tweets that a recent message sent out consisting of a jumble of random letters was down to one of her sons playing around with the keyboard on her computer. The strange message received by Twitter users caused many to speculate ...

Celebrities join the hunt for missing Londoner

November 26, 2009

Celebrities David Mitchell and Claudia Winkleman have joined an appeal for information about missing Londoner John Regan. The thirty-year-old went missing at around midnight on November 18th and nothing has been heard from him since. Mitchell and Winkleman have been using Facebook and Twitter to publicise Regan's disappearance in the ...

New iPhone application offensive to women

October 14, 2009

PepsiCo has come under fire for a new application its drinks brand Amp has released for the iPhone. Amp Up Before You Score is an application designed to help men who are looking to score with women get coaching on how to do so depending on what type of woman ...

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