A pair of grease monkeys are interrupted from their work as an alarm sounds. They look quizzically at each other before one asks: “What kind of idiot would try and steal a faulty Tardis” We’re on Gallifrey, the home planet of the Time Lords, and it is a very long time ago
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Billy T Award no laughing matter
Comedian Rose Matafeo had the last laugh in the New Zealand International Comedy Festival when she picked up the prestigious Billy T Award. Miss Matafeo, 21, featured in the Auckland City Harbour News earlier this month speaking about her rapid rise through the ranks of the Kiwi comedy circuit
Why a Ruling on Leaving Water in a Desert Is Troubling
Daniel Millis, a volunteer with the faith-based organization No More Deaths, was arrested in 2008 for littering.
Inside Turkey’s Young Art Scene
First it was China. Then India
Ivan the Not-So-Terrible
The hunt for a monster can warp the pursuers. The wanted man was one of the most loathsome creatures of modern times: “Ivan the Terrible,” who hacked at his naked victims with a sword as he herded them by the thousands into the gas chambers he operated at the Nazi death camp Treblinka.
Music: Debut in Florence
Aspiring opera singers in the U.S.
Behind the scenes at Yas Marina
Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi’s new state-of-the-art Formula One track, has many new features never seen on the F1 circuit.
Captor kept me on tether, Elizabeth Smart testifies
Elizabeth Smart was not afraid to face Brian Mitchell in her first testimony detailing her 2002 abduction. In fact, her father said, she wanted the man who allegedly kept her tethered to a tree in the Utah woods muzzled and forced to listen to her testimony.
Italy investigates mafia involvement in sunken ship
Italian authorities are investigating a sunken ship, possibly containing toxic waste, that may have been downed by the local mafia, a prosecutor told CNN on Wednesday.
Clijsters happy to be working mum role model
Kim Clijsters exclusively told CNN she is happy to provide an inspiration to working mothers everywhere after she sensationally won the U.S.