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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: Sexual Misconduct, United Kingdom, Jimmy Savile, News of the World, Sex Crimes
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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: Head Injuries, Pakistan, United Kingdom, Islamabad (Pakistan), Elizabeth II
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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: Social Issues, Sexual Misconduct, United Kingdom, Charles, Prince of Wales, The Pennsylvania State University
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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: Alaska, Argentina, Hybrid Vehicles, Science and Technology, 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: Anglicanism, United Kingdom, Charles, Prince of Wales, Marriage, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
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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: Mexico, Politics, United Kingdom, Diplomacy
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