Murdoch Eyes This Guy Called Boris Johnson to Rule England
London Mayor Boris Johnson may be literally dangling on a zip line at the moment, but at least he has the rumored support of Rupert Murdoch to become Britain's next prime minister.
That said, The Guardian points out that the number of official Jedi Knights has actually decreased in the last decade.
London Mayor Boris Johnson may be literally dangling on a zip line at the moment, but at least he has the rumored support of Rupert Murdoch to become Britain's next prime minister.
Google has admitted to having Street View data it said it had deleted in France, following its admission last Friday of having kept information from the United Kingdom, too.
Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld, who fought for France in World War II as an epically awesome secret agent with the British, died this spring at 88. Drawing from two recent obituaries, one in today's New York Times and the other in The Telegraph, we bring you highlights from the life of one of the world's most fascinating men.
Andy Samberg is the latest young, urban hip-type person to fall prey to a virulent new strain of anglophilia currently sweeping the nation. Have you noticed it?
This evening, Venus will slide into alignment with the orbits of the Earth and the Sun. This will not happen again until the year 2117, when we will all be dead.
The first tangible international consequences of the Syrian massacre in Houla are beginning materialize.
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A dead body was found on the grounds of Queen Elizabeth's Sandringham estate recently, and it has just been declared a murder. This is like something out of the movies! In fact, it should be a movie. But what kind exactly? Here are five ideas.
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