Australian TV network sprung fabricating live crosses by rival
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Australian TV network sprung fabricating live crosses by rival

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 Australia’s Nine Network has issued an apology after the rival Seven Network caught Nine News fabricating live crosses to the search site for murdered schoolboy Daniel Morcombe. The network issued a statement after Saturday and Sunday’s Nine News bulletins in Brisbane, which featured presenter Eva Milic crossing “live” to the site […]

Child killed by family dog
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Child killed by family dog

April 12, 2005 In what authorities call a terrible tragedy, a four-year-old boy was killed Sunday afternoon by the family dog. The Orange County, Virginia USA boy was playing in his back yard while their dog, a Rottweiler–German Shepherd mix, was chained to a stake. The parents of the boy were home when the mauling […]

TECA celebrates 60-year anniversary with Taipei Audio Video Fair
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TECA celebrates 60-year anniversary with Taipei Audio Video Fair

Saturday, November 10, 2007 The 28th Taipei Audio Video Fair (TAVF), organized by the Taipei Electrical Commercial Association (TECA), featured not only some innovative domestic market exhibition ideas, but also offered a pavilion entitled the “Global Audio and Video History Corridor”, to showcase the audio and video industry’s world-wide history. Wikinews reporter Rico Shen attended […]

Bootleg Movies: Are Free Movie Downloads Legal Or Illegal?

More On This Topic: Play Blackjack By Peter Nisbet Many people used to download bootleg movies in the days when free movie downloads were legal: or is it still legal? Nobody really knows. What we do know is that it is not illegal to use P2P file sharing software, but that it is illegal to […]

Telephone network access on iPhone unlocked by teen
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Telephone network access on iPhone unlocked by teen

Friday, August 24, 2007 George Hotz, 17, confirmed on Friday that he has cracked the lock that joins the Apple iPhone to AT&T‘s wireless network and was using it on T-Mobile‘s network—the only other major U.S. carrier compatible with iPhone technology. This crack opens up the phone, which is only being sold in the U.S., […]

‘Criminal in a police uniform’ given eleven years jail for role in English drugs gang
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‘Criminal in a police uniform’ given eleven years jail for role in English drugs gang

Thursday, November 18, 2010 Liverpool Crown Court jailed an ex-policeman who led a double life as a senior figure in a Preston, England drugs gang. Salim Razaq, described by his Assistant Chief Constable Andy Cooke of Lancashire Constabulary as “nothing short of a criminal in a police uniform”, received eleven-and-a-half years imprisonment on Tuesday after […]

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