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Trio charged over player burglary

Three people are charged after the home of Liverpool footballer Lucas Leiva is burgled.

Council trio tighten grip on public data

Brent, Manchester and Surry embark on data clean-up initiatives

Cannabis farms trio sent to jail

Three Chinese men are jailed for a total of 10-and-a-half years for helping run cannabis farms in Tayside.

Nov. 7, 1932: Radio Enters the 25th Century

1932: Space adventurer Buck Rogers debuts on CBS radio. The science fiction show, eventually called Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, will delight loyal fans over a span of 15 years and inspire aficionados for decades more. Writer Phil Nowlan unveiled space swashbuckler Buck Rogers in a story called "Armageddon ? 2419," which was published in Amazing Stories magazine in August 1928. Nowlan collaborated with John F. Dille and Dick Calkins on a newspaper comic strip that started Jan. 7, 1929. The radio show, originally named The World in 2432, featured Buck, co-pilot Wilma Deering — a woman aviator or rocketeer was an advanced concept for the 1930s — and genius scientist Dr. Huer, fighting evildoers 500 years in the future. The trio relied on futuristic weapons like death rays, incendiary missiles, gamma bombs and a mechanical mole, among others. Sound effects made these all come across with dramatic impact. Buck's psychic destruction ray was really a Schick electric razor held at just the right distance from the microphone. The sound effects crew could also simulate anything from a regiment of marching robots to a scary rocket-ship crash. The show debuted the night before Franklin D. Roosevelt trounced incumbent President Herbert Hoover in the presidential election. It was an instant hit, in no small measure due to the premiums listeners could get by sending in cereal boxtops or other proofs of purchase. Gifts included a map of the planets, a cardboard space helmet and Big Little Books (3-5/8 inches by 4-1/2 inches) of Buck Rogers comics. The 15-minute serial ran Monday through Thursday evenings, from Nov. 7, 1932, to May 22, 1936, on CBS. It was revived as a thrice-weekly, 15-minute series on the Mutual Broadcasting System from April 5 to July 31, 1939, and then as a half-hour Saturday show on Mutual from May 18 to July 27, 1940. The show had its final radio incarnation Sept. 30, 1946, to March 28, 1947, as 15-minute episodes weekdays on Mutual. Sponsors over the years included Kellogg's, Cocomalt, Cream of Wheat and Popsicles, Fudgsicles and Creamsicles. Calkins was a writer on the show, along with Joe Cross, Albert G. Miller and producer-director Jack Johnstone. Over the years, four different actors played Buck and two did Wilma. Buck's popularity also inspired some other comic strips and radio and television shows, notably Flash Gordon and Tom Corbett Space Cadet. Buck also appeared in a 12-episode 1939 movie serial starring Buster Crabbe, a 1950-51 TV series and the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century television series that ran for 24 episodes in the 1979-80 season and another 13 in 1981. The newspaper comic strip ended its run in 1967. Source: Various

Hilary Duff Antique Shopping

Hilary Duff was spotted out in Hollywood on Wednesday afternoon with her mom, Susan, and an interior designer. The trio went to a number of home furnishing stores, including Lucca Antiques. If Hilary is going for a new decor theme for her home, I hope we get to see some photos!! var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(420,857,240658,"http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css")}catch(ex){}}() There [...]

Charlie on the M.T.A. in French

I'm Learning to Share was kind enough to share this delightful and gentle version of the Kingston Trio's 1959 hit folk song, M.T.A., by French singer Eileen Grayam. There's a dearth of information out there regarding 'Eileen Grayam' and The Storytellers, but one possible theory suggests that this Eileen could be the same American-born yé-yé girl Eileen who recorded in France in the 1960's and had a hit with her French-language version of Nancy Sinatra's 'These Boots Were Made For Walking' in 1966. 'Charlie on the M.T.A.' in French: Eileen Grayam - Le Metro de Boston b/w Michel Previously on Boing Boing: ? Nick Reynolds, RIP...

Manics album inspired by Richey

Welsh trio get to work on an album solely on lyrics left by missing member Richey Edwards.

Bots exploiting Microsoft's latest RPC flaw

Systems not yet patched for a recently announced flaw are vulnerable to a trio of malware that could enlist the compromised computer to attack sites in China.

Mark Rasch: The Boston Trio and the MBTA

The Boston Trio and the MBTA