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Oxbridge Student Ski Strip Triggers Outrage

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:23:00 CST

Apparently students at America's Ivies aren't the only silver-spoon kids who get into trouble. Now a group of Cambridge and Oxford students are in hot water for stripping down on the slopes during a traditional high-profile ski outing. The raunchy behavior has hit the media, and an angry sponsor is...

Computer IDs the Most Boring Day Ever

Evann Gastaldo — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:57:05 CST

If you ever find yourself a bit bored, just be happy today isn't April 11, 1954. A Cambridge scientist developed a computer program to calculate the 20th century's most boring day, and that one takes the cake. The program, True Knowledge, was fed 300 million facts about people, places, business,...

Beer Summit Is Ho-Hum; Gates, Crowley to Talk Again

John Johnson — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:26:26 CDT

Turns out the president was right: the beer summit was pretty boring. In fact, it wasn't even the first time Skip Gates and Officer Crowley had gotten together after the arrest. "Even before we sat down for the beer, I learned that the two gentlemen spent some time together listening...

Boston Cop Suspended After Racial Slur on Gates

John Johnson — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:54:11 CDT

The fallout from the Henry Louis Gates arrest continues: A Boston cop has been suspended for referring to Gates as a "jungle monkey" in an email, the Globe reports. Officer Justin Barrett, 36, faces a disciplinary hearing next week and could be fired. He used the phrase while describing media...

Gates to Black People: 'Don't Step Onto That Porch!'

Harry Kimball — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:30:01 CDT

Henry Louis Gates is upset about his arrest, in which he sees wide implications and a potential "teachable moment." The Harvard professor talks it over with the Daily Beast in the person of Elizabeth Gates, who happens to be his daughter: On the police: "I’m glad that this lady called...

NYC Man Pleads Not Guilty in Harvard Shooting

Fri, 22 May 2009 17:38:47 CDT

A New York songwriter pleaded not guilty today to murder charges in the shooting at a Harvard dormitory of a man prosecutors say was there to sell drugs. Jabrai Jordan Copney, 20, whose girlfriend is a Harvard senior, traveled to the Cambridge, Mass., campus on Monday with two other men...

UK Charges Wen Jibao's Shoe-Tosser

Rob Quinn — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:13:15 CST

The Cambridge University protester who yesterday chucked a gray sneaker at the Chinese premier—and missed by a solid 3 feet—has been slapped with a public disorder charge for his trouble, reports the Telegraph. The 27-year-old will appear in British court next Tuesday. China voiced its continued ire over...

UK Protester Lobs Shoe at China's Wen

Nick McMaster — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:35:32 CST

A protester threw a shoe at China’s premier while he was giving a speech at Cambridge University in England today, the BBC reports. The young man shouted “how can the university prostrate itself with this dictator—how can you listen to the lies he’s telling?" before hurling a shoe at...

UK Mailman Maimed by Rottweilers

Ambreen Ali — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:29:01 CST

A British mailman suffered serious injuries when he was mauled by rottweilers while delivering Christmas cards yesterday, the Times of London reports. The two dogs ripped his arm, and bit his back and legs, until a passerby intervened, clubbing the canines with an iron bar and running over one with...