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Rupert Murdoch gleeful at BBC debacle in Britain
LONDON (AP) — Few seem to be enjoying the management meltdown at the venerable BBC more than Rupert Murdoch, the News Corp. chief whose rival British newspapers have been caught up in their own lengthy, embarrassing and expensive phone-hacking...Tags: Abusive Behavior, The New York Times, News of the World, Media Industry, Jimmy Savile
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Activist girl's dad vows she'll return to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The father of a 15-year-old Pakistani activist girl who was shot and wounded by a Taliban gunman vowed Thursday that she would return home after finishing medical treatment abroad despite new insurgent threats against her. Since...
Tags: United Kingdom, Elizabeth II, Pakistan, Islamabad (Pakistan), Hospitals and Clinics
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Welsh restaurant sorry for serving booze to child
LONDON (AP) — A restaurant chain has apologized for accidentally serving alcohol to a toddler in Wales, calling it a case of human error. The BBC reported that 2-year-old Sonny Rees was taken to a hospital emergency room after drinking whiskey at...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics
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TV show claims UK TV host Savile abused children
LONDON (AP) — For decades, Jimmy Savile was a fixture on British television — an eccentric, aggressively jocular host of children's shows and a tireless charity fundraiser. When he died last year at 84 — by then knighted as Sir Jimmy...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Television, Social Issues, Documentary (genre), Sexual Assault
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BBC journalist shares newsmaking at Elkhart's Career Center
ELKHART – A BBC journalist made a special trip from England to Elkhart to talk about his work with students at the Career Center. Richard Greenaway is from Bristol, England and got to know people in Bristol, Indiana a few years ago. He says he fell...
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TV series follows electric car on 16,000-mile trip
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — An eight-part BBC series that begins airing Saturday follows an electric car on its 16,000-mile trip from Alaska to Argentina. In "Racing Green," filmmaker Claudio van Planta follows postgraduate engineering students...Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Television, Entertainment, Alaska, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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Palace nixes 3D TV broadcast of UK royal wedding
LONDON (AP) — Palace authorities say Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding will not be filmed in 3D because of the space needed for the format's cameras and relatively small demand. Some British broadcasters had hoped to use the technology...Tags: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Marriage, Anglicanism, Family, Charles, Prince of Wales
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BBC 'sorry' for anti-Mexican remarks on 'Top Gear'
LONDON (AP) — The BBC has apologized to Mexico's ambassador for remarks on its "Top Gear" program that described Mexicans as lazy. The BBC wrote to Ambassador Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza on Thursday, saying that national stereotyping is part of...Tags: United Kingdom, Diplomacy, Mexico, Politics
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'Orphan Black': Join a live chat with Tatiana Maslany today
Join actress Tatiana Maslany at 10 a.m. PDT today for a live video chat about Maslany's multiple turns in BBC America's sci-fi thriller TV series "Orphan Black." In the first-year show, Maslany plays Sarah, a hard-luck case wanting to reunite with her...
Tags: Celebrities, Gold Standard Incorporated, House of Cards (tv program), Matthew Rhys, Corey Stoll
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Tennis-Nadal seeded fifth at Wimbledon
ReutersLONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal could face world number one Novak Djokovic, defending champion Roger Federer or home favourite Andy Murray as early as the Wimbledon quarter-finals after being announced as fifth seed for the tournament on Wednesday....Tags: Tennis, French Open, Roger Federer, Wimbledon Championships, Serena Williams
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Mezzo-soprano Cathy Berberian is due for a rediscovery
"Berberian Sound Studio" — the creepily offbeat new British independent film in which Toby Jones plays a timorous sound-effects specialist working on a '70s Italian horror flick — takes its title and inspiration from the late American mezzo-...Tags: Entertainment, Berberian Sound Studio (movie), Milan (Italy), Toby Jones, Heart Attack
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Nadal seeded a dangerous fifth for Wimbledon
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal could face world number one Novak Djokovic, defending champion Roger Federer or home favourite Andy Murray as early as the Wimbledon quarter-finals after he was seeded fifth for the grasscourt major on Wednesday. Friday's...Tags: Marin Cilic, French Open, Roger Federer, U.S. Open (tennis), Wimbledon Championships
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