News tagged with political murder
Killing Kings
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by a Cambridge University criminologist reveals just how dangerous it was to be a monarch in Europe before the modern era.
Jan 28, 2011 |
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Cold War-era mystery killings become online riddle
A brilliant, married Australian scientist about to depart for a job with Bell Laboratories in the United States is found dead by a river with the wife of a Communist colleague.
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Murdoch to pay Jude Law, 36 others for hacking
(AP) -- Rupert Murdoch's media empire apologized and agreed to cash payouts Thursday to 37 people - including a movie star, a soccer player, a top British politician and the son of a serial killer - who were ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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50 years later, S&T historian finds out what happened in Vegas
(PhysOrg.com) -- "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" may be the city's motto, but as Dr. Larry Gragg can testify, discovering what happened years ago in Las Vegas just takes some digging.
Dec 29, 2011 |
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Assisted suicide _ Canada revisits an old debate
(AP) -- Confined to a wheelchair, in constant pain and unable to bathe without help, a 63-year-old grandmother has forced the issue of assisted suicide into Canadian courts for the third time in two decades.
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Putting a face -- and a fingerprint -- to a name
Bill Conner runs a defense company whose customers are threatened by new forms of global attack every day.
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Exploring the science and nuance of facial perception
Professor Alexander Todorov showed the students in his freshman seminar a series of images of the same blurry face -- with the hint that it was a non-American political leader -- as it would appear from 200, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 01, 2011 |
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Computer scientist cracks mysterious 'Copiale Cipher'
The manuscript seems straight out of fiction: a strange handwritten message in abstract symbols and Roman letters meticulously covering 105 yellowing pages, hidden in the depths of an academic archive.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 25, 2011 |
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China police detain Internet users
Chinese police have begun to detain and punish people for spreading rumours online, the government said on Tuesday, as authorities intensify efforts to censor content on the Internet.
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Why we create monsters
Experts in various aspects of the macabre include several University at Buffalo faculty members who specialize in what many cultures find horrible and terrifying.
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Bombings, beheadings? Stats show a peaceful world
It seems as if violence is everywhere, but it's really on the run.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 22, 2011 |
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East Texas town unfairly branded as racist after 1998 hate crime, study finds
As the Sept. 21 execution date looms for a man convicted for his role in chaining and dragging a black man to his death, attention again will be focused on the small East Texas town of Jasper, vilified worldwide as racist ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2011 |
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