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New Doc Shows the "Passion for Giving"

PBS Documentary Featuring Stars Such as Dan Aykroyd and Richard Branson Show How Easy One Can Give Altuism in all its forms is celebrated in the film "A Passion for Giving." (PBS) (CBS) This article was written by CBSNews.com's...

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My Experiences With Virgin Medias Appallingly Dreadful Service

Its time to RAAAAAGE again. This time about UK internet service provider, Virgin Ive been an optic-fibre broadband customer at home since the cables were laid in 1999. First it was Cable & Wireless,...

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Designing Change

How venture philanthropy fund Acumen uses design thinking to help solve real-world problems Travel northeast out of New Delhi, and long after the paved roads have given way to dirt, you'll reach Thathia, a tiny village in...

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UFO tractor beam behind Death Valley gliding rocks

NASA HQ, Roswell - (X-Files): "ET's building another Stonehenge right here in Death Valley," NASA boss and First Earth Battalion CEO General Albert Stubblebine III told reporters today. His comments follow intense UFO tractor...

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Martin Kelner: Fading names discover Price of fame

Hard cash, not increased 'profile', is what drives the likes of Joe Bugner and Jimmy White to share the jungle with celebrity orbs Roy Harper wrote a lovely elegiac song called When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease, lamenting...

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Jay-Z to models: Stay away

Jay-Z refused to be photographed with the Victoria's Secret models for fear of upsetting his wife, Beyoncé. The rap icon would not walk the red carpet or pose with the girls at Thursday's fashion show and after-party at M2,...

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Exclusive: Sailing legend Chay makes peace with Atalantic rowing pal after 43-year fall-out

Nov 22 2009 Fiona Young, Sunday Mail LEGENDARY sailors Sir Chay Blyth and John Ridgway have buried the hatchet after one of the longest-running feuds in British sport. The pair secretly met for lunch, more than 43 years on from...

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Sir Richard Branson bids for Camelot

Sir Richard Branson is understood to have made a bid to take a controlling stake in National Lottery operator Camelot in conjunction with the Dutch-owned People's Postcode Lottery. The Virgin boss submitted a first-round bid...

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Director explores passionate givers

Billed as a "witty and inspiring" documentary about the profound gesture of giving, writer-director Robin Baker Leacock's "A Passion for Giving" airs at 5 p.m. today on WITV. Leacock explores her Thanksgiving-themed subject via...

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InterCity dreaming is more than just nostalgia

The east coast line's fortunes have been revived since it passed from National Express to state ownership, raising hopes of a return to network integration last seen in the days of British Rail Lord Adonis , the transport...

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