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Is Prince Charles a vampire? The heir to the British Throne claims that he is related to Vlad the Impaler, the Romanian scoundrel who inspired Bram Stoker to write his novel, ′Dracula′. According to the Associated Press, Prince Charles says that genealogy shows that he is related to old Vlad. Could this explain why the prince has done work to protect the forests of Romania and to stop the construction of the Dracula Land theme park in the Transylvania region? Or is Prince Charles playing trick-or-treat early this year for Halloween?

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The Burlington Junior School in East Yorkshire, England is now known as the school that bans hand-raising. Instead, if they want a teacher′s attention, school children must give ′The Fonz′, a thumbs-up, to be called upon. Parents when asked about the new policy think it is ′just daft′ that pupils may no longer raise their hands. But teachers say the hand raising ban will lead to calmer classrooms. In a similar scenario, a teacher in America banned his students from saying ′God Bless You′ when somebody sneezes. The argument being that it was becoming too disruptive. Have schools and teachers gone off the deep end of reason and sanity?

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The SS Gairsoppa silver treasure is one of the largest precious metals finds in history. The British cargo ship was sunk by a German U-boat during World War 2. The British cargo ship carried 200 tons of silver, worth about $240 Million dollars at today′s prices. The Odyssey Marine Exploration found the vessel some 4,700 meters deep in the North Atlantic Ocean. They were awarded an exclusive salvage contract by the UK Ministry of Transport in 2010 to recover the cargo from the shipwreck. Technology including remotely operated vehicles (ROV), unmanned submarines, as well as side-scanning sonar examined the wreck site for some 2 months once the ship was located says company president Mark Gordon. Andrew Craig, who will head the recovery operation as senior project manager, says that it should take 3 months to completely remove all the silver. Under the contract agreement, Odyssey Marine will keep 80% of the recovered treasure, with the UK government getting the remainder.

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The London riots of 2011 have raged on for three nights now, forcing British Prime Minister David Cameron to recall Parliament and take additional steps to quell protesters. Especially now after the roits have spread to other UK cities, like Tottenham, Hackney and Birmingham. Concerns over how these riots may impact the 2012 London Olympics are being raised, based on the more recent student riots in London over tuition hikes. Many suspect that anarchist groups are taking advantage of the outrage over the police shooting of 29 year old Mark Duggan last Thursday, which initiated the latest round of UK riots.

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Social-Activist and comedian Jonnie Marbles attempted to throw a shaving foam pie at Rupert Murdoch, age 80, but his wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch, age 42, lept into action to defend her husband. The big show took place at the hearings in Parliament over the UK phone hacking scandal. News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch and his son, COO James Murdoch, appeared before the House of Commons Cultural Committee to testify and answer questions concerning phone hacks and police bribes committed by former employees of the News of the World newspaper. Even members of the committee complimented Wendi Deng for the right hook she landed on the Johnnie Marbles.

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Barack Obama once again embarrasses himself and the United States overseas. During a formal state dinner in Buckingham Palace, Obama toast Queen Elizabeth II, but instead of shutting his yap while the band played the national anthem, Obama just kept right on talking, as if he was saying anything important, anyway. If that were not bad enough, during a visit to Westminster Abbey, Obama signed the guest book and flubbed the date, “24 May 2008″. The guy doesn’t even know what year it is!

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The streets in London were packed as crowds gathered to watch the royal wedding of Kate Middleton to Prince William. Perhaps as many as two million people watched from jumbo-trons as another two billion people watched world wide the happy event. Princess Kate, or Katherine, has gone from being just a commoner to possibly being a future Queen of England. Her other fresh new titles include Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn and Baroness of Carrickfergus.

The royal wedding of Kate Middleton to Prince William was watched by some 2 billion people this morning. Image Credit: Anthony Stanley / WENN.com.

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Actually, make that “Fan.” One die-hard royalty fan set up a union-jack emblazoned camp Monday outside of Westminster Abby in preparation of the for Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding this Friday. Luckily for him, by now he’s been joined by a few others.

John Loughrey, a self-proclaimed “Royalist,” first set up camp Monday on the street outside of the Abbey to secure his spot for the nuptials. The 56-year-old said he was and is a “Super-Fan” of the late Princess Diana, William’s mother.
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