Topic: LEGO - on July 27, 2009 at 1:15:00 PM CEST
Top Gear star to build Lego house
Top Gear presenter James May is looking for volunteers to help him build a new house in Surrey - made entirely out of Lego bricks.
As part of his BBC series James May's Toy Stories, he plans to build a two-storey house in the middle of the Denbies Wine Estate, in Dorking.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on July 27, 2009 at 12:47:00 PM CEST
Is John Travolta cracking up?
There are dark mutterings that if he carries out private threats to leave the Church of Scientology, the organization will go public with embarrassing details of his private life, including, it is claimed, allegations of past homosexual relationships.
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Topic: MUSIK - on July 27, 2009 at 12:07:00 PM CEST
TV-Tipps: 40 Jahre Woodstock
Gestern abend feiert 3Sat 40 Jahre Woodstock (eigentlich ist das Hippie-Jubiläum erst am 15. August, aber egal). Um 21:45 Uhr läuft die Doku „Woodstock – Wie der Mythos entstand“, um 0:15 Uhr folgt dann der Directors Cut des Konzertfilms „Woodstock: Three Days of Peace & Music“.
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Topic: NAUTICAL - on July 27, 2009 at 12:05:00 PM CEST
An Economic Analysis of the Somali Pirate Business Model
The rough fishermen of the so-called Somali coast guard are unrepentant criminals, yes, but they're more than that. They're innovators. Where earlier sea bandits were satisfied to make off with a dinghy full of booty, pirates who prowl northeast Africa's Gulf of Aden hold captured ships for ransom. This strategy has been fabulously successful: The typical payoff today is 100 times what it was in 2005, and the number of attacks has skyrocketed.
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Topic: STRANGE - on July 27, 2009 at 12:01:00 PM CEST
Germans can now grab poolside chairs even earlier
Sunbed-stealing Germans are now grabbing their poolside recliners before they've even left home.
Travel giant Thomas Cook is offering holidaymakers from the country famous for taking prime spots the chance to reserve it in advance.
And Europe's second largest travel company has been swamped with requests.
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Topic: POLITIK - on July 27, 2009 at 11:58:00 AM CEST
Schmidt soll Dienstwagen-Einsatz im Urlaub erklären
Der in Spanien gestohlene Dienstwagen von Ulla Schmidt wird das Parlament beschäftigen. Der Chef des Haushaltsausschusses im Bundestag, Otto Fricke, will wissen: Wieso hat die Gesundheitsministerin den Wagen überhaupt mit in den Urlaub genommen?
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Topic: POLITIK - on July 27, 2009 at 11:58:00 AM CEST
German minister in stolen car row
The German health minister, Ulla Schmidt, has been criticised after her official car was stolen in Spain, where she was using it during her vacation.
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