Posts Tagged ‘the-site’

VIDEO: Luxury cars seized at Megaupload mansion

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Four people from the Megaupload file-sharing website have been detained in New Zealand, after an extradition request from the United States, which has closed down the site on grounds of piracy.

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VIDEO: Luxury cars seized at Megaupload mansion

VIDEO: Luxury cars seized at Megaupload mansion

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Four people from the Megaupload file-sharing website have been detained in New Zealand, after an extradition request from the United States, which has closed down the site on grounds of piracy.

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VIDEO: Luxury cars seized at Megaupload mansion

YouTube Slam begins video battles

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

Google’s video site is pitching video clips against each other in contests. Analysts say it should help the site deal with rival services.

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YouTube Slam begins video battles

Christmas Mass held in Bethlehem

Saturday, December 24th, 2011

Thousands flock to Bethlehem for Christmas celebrations, culminating in Midnight Mass at the site where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born.

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Large blaze close to M8 motorway

Monday, November 28th, 2011

Residents living near the site of a huge fire in Glasgow city centre are allowed back into their homes.

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Arrests Made at Wall St. Protest in Nashville

Friday, October 28th, 2011

Authorities in Tennessee made about 30 arrests early Friday at the site where a few dozen Wall Street protesters have been encamped for about three weeks in Nashville, protesters said.

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Arrests Made at Wall St. Protest in Nashville

Nuclear site finds ‘minor’ leak

Saturday, October 8th, 2011

Radioactive material has leaked at the site of the former Dounreay nuclear power station in Caithness.

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Nuclear site finds ‘minor’ leak

Deadly Fungus Hits Joplin

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Haven’t they been through enough? A rare and lethal fungus has been discovered in eight people in Joplin, Missouri, the site of last month’s devastating tornado. At least three of those eight confirmed cases have resulted in death. The fungus, known as…

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Deadly Fungus Hits Joplin

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Haven’t they been through enough? A rare and lethal fungus has been discovered in eight people in Joplin, Missouri, the site of last month’s devastating tornado. At least three of those eight confirmed cases have resulted in death. The fungus, known as…

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The Met Plans to Occupy the Whitney’s Uptown Site

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

A plan calls for the Metropolitan Museum to showcase its modern holdings at the site for at least eight years.

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The Met Plans to Occupy the Whitney’s Uptown Site

Thousands Gather on Eve of John Paul II’s Beatification

Saturday, April 30th, 2011

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered for a vigil Saturday night at the Circus Maximus, the site of an ancient Roman stadium, on the even of Pope John Paul II’s beatification. During the vigil, a nun gave a testimonial saying her Parkinson’s disease…

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Thousands Gather on Eve of John Paul II’s Beatification

Match.com to Screen for Sex Offenders

Monday, April 18th, 2011

This seems like something they should have already been doing. Match.com has announced plans to start screening its users to see if they have a history of being sex offenders. A customer recently brought a lawsuit against the site, claiming she was…

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Match.com to Screen for Sex Offenders

VIDEO: Dig to solve mystery of Shakespeare home

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Archaeologists hope to solve a mystery over the site of William Shakespeare’s last home.

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VIDEO: Workmen unearth Bedlam mass grave

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

Archaeologists surveying the ground at Liverpool Street station in preparation for Crossrail tunnelling have unearthed hundreds of skeletons on the site of a historic mental health hospital.

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VIDEO: Workmen unearth Bedlam mass grave

Taking a Radar Gun to a Crash Site, and Finding Buses on Good Behavior

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

About half the buses clocked by radar near the site of a crash that killed 15 people exceeded the speed limit, most by only a few miles per hour.

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Taking a Radar Gun to a Crash Site, and Finding Buses on Good Behavior