He would be an elder statesman now, a lion in winter, an American hero perhaps impatient with the fuss being made over his birthday. At 83, he’d likely still have his wits and his voice. Surely, if he were able, he would continue to preach, to pray — and to dream. Read full article > >

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Martin Luther King and the dream that came true

He would be an elder statesman now, a lion in winter, an American hero perhaps impatient with the fuss being made over his birthday. At 83, he’d likely still have his wits and his voice. Surely, if he were able, he would continue to preach, to pray — and to dream. Read full article > >

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Martin Luther King and the dream that came true

. I have a hero-loving blind nephew who has a vocarious appetite for CDs and other audio product. I now know what to get him for his birthday. Marvel has just announced that its superhero Daredevil — aka the blind Hells Kitchen attorney Matt Murdock — is coming to fans in audio form. Read full article > >

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Marvel launches DAREDEVIL audiobook with visually impaired fans in mind

Entertainer Bruce Forsyth says he is “very proud” after being knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

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Stagecoach founder Brian Souter is knighted and a host of other Scots are recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

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Knighthood for transport tycoon

A former EastEnders actress who became an anti-crime campaigner, a sweet firm boss and a veteran dinner lady are among those from England recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

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Knife crime campaigner honoured

A former Ofsted chief, a universities leader and head teachers are among education figures honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

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Ex-Ofsted chief Woodhead knighted

IVF pioneer and Nobel prize winner Robert Edwards is among several leading health specialists to be knighted in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours.

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Test-tube baby pioneer knighted

Actor Colin Firth, already enjoying an Oscar-winning year after playing King George VI, is made a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

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CBE for King’s Speech star Firth

Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook and golfer Lee Westwood are recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list while racehorse trainer Henry Cecil is knighted.

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Cricketers honoured by the Queen

Bank of England governor Mervyn King and Stagecoach transport boss Brian Souter are among the figures from the City and business recognised on the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

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A man is stabbed to death on his birthday in west London by robbers who made off with £12.

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Man murdered on birthday for £12

A German teenager who forgot to make the invite for her birthday private on Facebook wound up with quite the surprise: 1,500 people turned up. That’s fewer than the 15,000 people who responded, but was still enough to force the girl to flee her own…

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1,500 Turn Up for Facebook Party

People in Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan are celebrating the birthday of the Buddha today. It is a public holiday in Hong Kong. This year will be the Buddha’s 2,633rd birthday. Those celebrating in China and Taiwan often bathe statues of the baby Buddha…

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Happy Birthday, Buddha!

When Madeline Murphy Rabb of Chicago arrived in Egypt on January 25 with the group Grannies on Safari and her sister, she did not plan to spend her birthday trip witnessing that country’s uprising against its longtime leader, Hosni Murabak. But for the arts consultant and longtime civil rights activist, being in Egypt during the uprising is a birthday gift she will not soon forget, she said by phone from a hotel in Luxor, Egypt on Sunday, read more

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American Tourist in Egypt Sees Parallels Between Egyptian Uprising, US Civil Rights Movement