Aaargh! Ladies of English town misunderstand intent of pirate night
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A women’s group in southwest England had an embarrassing encounter at a recent meeting when members misinterpreted the idea behind a visiting speaker’s talk about pirates.
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Liver kept ‘alive’ outside body in medical first
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LONDON - A donated human liver has been kept alive, warm and functioning outside a human being on a newly-developed machine and then successfully transplanted into patients in a medical world first.
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Duchess Kate tells crowd: I can feel baby kicking
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Sporting a chocolate coat and an adorable baby bump, Duchess Kate visited the seaport of Grimsby in Lincolnshire, England on Tuesday and charmed everyone she met. She also got put on the spot about the issue of royal succession.
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‘Batman’ drops off suspect at police station, vanishes into night
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LONDON - A mystery man dressed as Batman demonstrated the same crime-fighting skills as the caped crusader when he handed over a suspect wanted for burglary in Britain.
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‘Fraud on a massive scale’: Europe’s horse meat scandal keeps on growing
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LONDON — When officials in Ireland made a routine check on a few hamburgers, what they found made them nervous: One burger was actually nearly one-third horse.
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For two weeks the medieval cloisters of Lalock Abbey, which was featured in two Harry Potter films, will be bathed in dazzling colors to highlight their architectural treasures as part of the installation “Into the Light” by Britain’s National Trust. According to the BBC, the abbey’s “cloisters and side rooms were transformed into the classrooms at Hogwarts School while the location was also used for Harry’s discovery of the Mirror of Erised.” The installation opens to the public on Jan. 12.
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More than three-quarters of British people thought the London Olympics did “a valuable job in cheering up a country in hard times,” according to a new survey.
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From bugs to blackouts, from Sandy to Syria, see the images that readers chose as their favorite pictures from the past year.
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LONDON — A radio station is to pay at least $525,000 to a memorial fund in the name of a nurse found dead after two DJs duped her into putting them through to Duchess Kate’s hospital ward where she was being treated for an extreme form of morning sickness.
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Severe flood warnings were issued as already sodden parts of southwest England were soaked by rain and battered by strong winds. Emergency services warned lives were at risk.
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A Green Shield Bug walks on flowers in a garden in Brixton on Oct. 10, in London, England. Many UK insects are struggling after a particularly wet and cold summer according to the wildlife charity ‘The Buglife Conservation.’
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Buckingham Palace is illuminated pink for Breast Cancer Campaign’s ‘Turn London Landmarks Pink’ for breast cancer awareness month, Oct. 1.
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Updated at 11:24 a.m. ET: LONDON — Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has been taken to a Scottish hospital as “a precautionary measure,” Buckingham Palace said Wednesday.
The 91-year-old Duke of Edinburgh was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary by car, the palace confirmed with NBC News. It did not give details of his condition Wednesday.
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Natalie got an earful (of whoopee cushion) today.
Jony Ive redesigns the NBC News logo.
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