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The Bank spent almost £8,000 on 756 bottles of wine and champagne in 2013, up from £4,126 in 2012 Bank of England's champagne bill doubles - Telegraph bankers

“Marginalized groups” are tokens, not beneficiaries, of elite self-regard. Dr. Victor Davis Hanson’s quietly chilling article, “Two Californias,” ought to be read by every American who is concerned about where this country is headed. California is leading the way, but what is happening...

You can’t figure out what’s going on with status updates from the IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG) without deconstructing the spin and the 2013 update is no exception. Here’s my travel guide, with a map, to the good news. I’ve finally had a chance to go through all of the details...

brought to you by Clayton County, Georgia from Fark CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. -- For the fifth time in 11 days, a metro Atlanta school was locked down because of weapons or toy guns. On Friday, it happened at Pointe South Elementary in Clayton County. School officials said three students were...

A smart contact lens is in the offing that could give its wearer infrared 'night vision'.According to researchers from University of Michigan, by placing graphene inside the lens, they can build a sensor capable of capturing infrared light. A prototype is already here. Smaller than a...

Former CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson, who resigned from the network earlier this month, has wasted no time in her pursuit of the truth with the launch of her new website. The website, featuring the tagline “Untouchable Subjects. Fearless Reporting,” is designed to educate visitors about...

Sounds very ominous...anyway... It’s the Koch brothers. By Steven Mufson and Juliet Eilperin You might expect the biggest lease owner in Canada's oil sands, or tar sands, to be one of the international oil giants, like Exxon Mobil or Royal Dutch Shell. But that isn't the...

Dachau: Color Photos by Adolf Hitler’s Personal Photographer, 1950 | LIFE.com

Two White House officials voiced their support of natural gas this week, Politico reports. John Podesta, an Obama adviser and former president of Center for American Progress, said at a meeting with reporters:If you oppose all fossil fuels and you want to turn that switch off tomorrow, that...

In a hard fought election campaign, voters in the city of Tigard appear to have narrowly enacted another barrier to light rail expansion in suburban Portland. The Washington County Elections Division reported that with 100 percent of precincts counted, Charter Amendment 34-210 had...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — A $2.3 million federal stimulus project at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in St. Cloud is giving green energy initiatives a bad name. A 600-kilowatt wind turbine — some 245 foot tall — stands on the wintry VA grounds, frozen in time and temperature, essentially...

The Vatican Library has begun digitising its priceless collection of ancient manuscripts dating from the origins of the Church. The first stage of the project will cover some 3,000 handwritten documents over the next four years. The cost - more than $20m (£12m) - will be...

Portland Hotel Society audit reveals limos, cruises, luxury hotels Senior managers and board of the Downtown Eastside social agency resigned earlier this week The B.C. government has released details of a damning audit that shows a non-profit group that looks after some of Canada's...

Dude in rape case uses the "I'm really, really, ridiculously good-looking" defense A man charged with kidnapping, robbing and raping an Atlanta woman says the sex was consensual because he’s just so damn good looking. A previous trial resulted in a hung jury, where one juror believed...

Earth's continued habitability due to geologic cycles that act as climate control Scientists have shown how geologic process regulates the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Researchers have documented evidence suggesting that part of the reason that Earth has become neither...

This forces us to the conclusion that causality in cells is exercised downwardly from the phenotype to the genotype (for example, to initiate transcription or even modify the genomic sequence), exactly the reverse of the Genotype to Phenotype (G -> P) concept underpinning population...

(whilst um, skipping school...but hey, it's all good I guess) A trio of California high-school students scored big points for oft-maligned teens everywhere on Monday when they rushed into a burning house to rescue a 94-year-old woman and her elderly dog, heroically saving their lives...

Famous people now deceased. It's a Turkish site but just click thru the arrows to view the 24 pics: Ünlülerin ölmeden önceki son fotoğrafları / 1 - Foto Haber Galeri

The Big Rink They Call "Gitche Gumee" Canadian Coast Guard to send more icebreakers to clear frozen Great Lakes | CTV News

via Fark: Waiting in line for a pay phone, scantrons, drinking from lead laced garden hoses...kids these days don't know what they're missing We used to ride our bikes behind the bloody mosquito fogger on the bases. Yikes. Play with sharp pointy sticks, caps, wood-burning toys, indian...