Fleet Street: Last journalists leave former home of national papers

Edit BBC News 05 Aug 2016
He says on his first ever day he walked into a smoke-filled newsroom to the sound of typewriters being bashed about ... His memories of the street in its heyday are of "watching lorries with large rolls of paper struggling to get down side-streets to printing presses and lots of pubs, filled with journalists and printers" ... editor of the Daily Mail....

Survey: Readers still prefer print books (Shanghai Municipal Government)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Aug 2016
The city's readers still prefer ... Nearly 60 percent of respondents said printed books provide the best reading experience, while only 16.5 percent preferred digital ... About half of the respondents said they spent between 15 to 60 minutes reading every day....

Taia to play with 26 stitches in face (NRL - National Rugby League Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Aug 2016
Inspired to deliver his best performance of the season against the competition front-runners, Taia played all 90 minutes and ran for 226 metres, made 23 tackles and had three tackle busts against the Sharks and said he will use the next couple of days to prepare to go again with a similar mindset on Sunday ... The addition of Jarryd Hayne to the Titans ......

The Hurricanes: 20th time lucky?

Edit Stuff 05 Aug 2016
I can still hear the sound of Jonah Lomu running down the field like a charging rhino ... The Lions will be a tough team to beat, Jeremy Brown reckons ... The Hurricane's form has mirrored that of Beauden Barrett ... Twenty years of "almost" leaves a mark and the Lions have their own history of adversity to draw upon ... Sign up to receive our new evening newsletter Two Minutes of Stuff - the news, but different....

Fireworks! Canada's 150th birthday will arrive with a bang this New Year's Eve

Edit Canada Dot Com 05 Aug 2016
According to a tender posted this week by the Department of Canadian Heritage, one will be a "pyromusical fireworks display" lasting 20 minutes or more, part of an as-yet unannounced Canada 150 kickoff event on Parliament Hill ... On Thursday, Joly presided over a ceremony on a scalding-hot plaza outside the Canadian Museum of History marking the start of the 150-day countdown to the official launch of the 2017 celebrations....

Harry Potter fans are furious at losing out on Cursed Child tickets... for the second time in one day

Edit Digital Spy 05 Aug 2016
Thursday was a tough day for legions of Harry Potter fans hoping to snap up Cursed Child tickets. Many spent all morning endlessly waiting (and then missing out entirely) on a fresh batch of tickets to the West End hit - and a second rush release went even worse ... (1/3) — Harry Potter Play (@HPPlayLDN) August 4, 2016 Due to the high volume of customers in the queue, not everyone will be able to purchase tickets tonight....

Govt nod for Tsundur victims memorial

Edit The Times of India 05 Aug 2016
The state government approved construction of a memorial for Dalit victims massacred 25 years ago by upper caste landlords at Tsundur village in Guntur district ... The foundation for the memorial (pylon) would be laid by prominent Dalit leaders on Saturday, exactly 25 years from the day of the massacre ... They sought funds and permission for the construction of the memorial....

Young NCOs from 1st Brigade named Fort Bliss' top medics

Edit Stars and Stripes 05 Aug 2016
The Fort Bliss competition crammed a series of mental and physical tests into three days and two nights in the vast Fort Bliss training area. Temperatures topped 100 degrees during the day ... The competition began with participants having to complete a series of warrior tasks and drills in under 15 minutes ... The final day finished up with the Army physical fitness test, doing sutures on a piece of meat and then calling for artillery fire....

Dunkirk Announcement Teaser: A First Look at the Christopher Nolan Film!

Edit Coming Soon 05 Aug 2016
Recent Oscar winner Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies), Kenneth Branagh (Valkyrie), Cillian Murphy (Inception), James D’Arcy (Cloud Atlas) and Tom Hardy (The Revenant) will be the more experienced members of what is said will be a largely young/unknown ensemble cast ... The large scale film will be shot on a combination of IMAX 65mm and 65mm large format film photography for maximum image quality and high impact immersion....

Oklahoma football: Fan Day information for Saturday

Edit The Oklahoman 05 Aug 2016
Meet The Sooners Day ... Sooner Junior Kids' autograph session will begin at 10 a.m., 30 minutes before the general public is allowed in ... Mayfield is undoubtedly the fan favorite, coming off a season where he won The Sporting News Player of the Year Award and finished fourth in Heisman Trophy voting ... Perine, barring injury, is almost assured of becoming the leading rusher in Sooners history this year....

Kentucky Route Zero Act IV Review

Edit Gamespot 05 Aug 2016
The very first image you see in Act IV of Kentucky Route Zero is a mammoth ... Almost effortlessly, it upholds the same captivating writing and storytelling of its predecessors ... You select dialogue and actions from a menu at certain points, but they dictate the flow of a conversation for its own sake rather than garnering good/evil points as you careen toward a moment of reckoning....

Marisa announces its 2Q16 Results (Marisa Lojas SA)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Aug 2016
Marisa announces consolidated EBITDA of R$60.7 million in 2Q16 ... AMAR3 BZ), announces today the results for the second quarter of 2016 (2Q16) ... Participants are requested to connect 15 minutes prior to the time set for the conference call ... The audio will be available 1 hour after the conference call, during the period of 7 days....

Saratoga Results Thursday August 4th, 2016

Edit Times Union 05 Aug 2016
Saratoga Results Thursday August 4th, 2016 1—$125,000, stakes, 4-year-olds & up, 21/16 miles, Hurdle A P Smithwick Memorial Steeplechase S Time ... Horse PP 1/43/8Strch Fin Odds Pick 3 (8-6-6) 3 correct paid $360.50; Consolation Pick 3 (8-6-1) 3 correct paid $9.60; Superfecta (6-8-5-4) paid $4,901.00; Trifecta (6-8-5) paid $1,121.00; Consolation Double (6-1) paid $3.90; Double (6-6) paid $158.50; Exacta (6-8) paid $399.50....
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