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alen writes "The FCC is now allowing cable companies to encrypt free OTA channels that they also rebroadcast over their networks. 'The days of plugging a TV into the wall and getting cable are coming to an end. After a lengthy review process, the FCC has granted cable operators permission to encrypt their most basic cable programming.' Soon the only way to receive free OTA channels via your cable company will involve renting yet another box or buying something like Boxee"

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Security forces on high alert after reported escape by 120 "common criminals' from a prison in the capital Tripoli.

USA har identifierat två nya läkemedel som kan ha infekterat patienter med hjärnhinneinflammation.

Does the direction water drains away down a plughole really change according to which side of the equator you are on? Fiona Foster put the Coriolis effect to the test.

Tourists may love them but many in Cape Town have had enough of its troublesome baboon population. So how Cape Town city council plans to deal with the baboons?

En 30-årig man blev i kväll knivstucken i bröstet på en restaurang i Göteborg, skriver gt.

coondoggie writes "This had to be one hell of a ride. The CIA today said it added a pretty cool item to its museum archives — the instruction card for officers being plucked off the ground by a contraption that would allow a person to be snatched off the ground by a flying aircraft without the plane actually landing."

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Underwear designed to jolt the buttocks with electricity may be able to prevent dangerous open wounds called pressure sores, claim researchers.