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  An Antarctic Expedition — For Scotch

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:04 PM ET

  label can be produced again. "I really hope we can get some back here. It's been laying there lonely and neglected. It should come back to Scotland where it was born," Whyte & Mackay master blender Richard Paterson told the London Telegraph. He's hopeful the taste has not changed i Read More

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  Blowin' in the Wind

  By Courtney Rubin | Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:08 PM ET

  four gigawatts (GW) of generating capacity from wind. That’s enough electricity to power 2.3 million homes — half of England, or the whole of Scotland. What’s more, it saves six million tons of coal a year — and puts the UK squarely on track to hit its green energy targets, whic Read More

  More like this in: Energy, London, England, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Green Energy, Wind Farms, Nuclear Power
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  No, They've Not Gone Nutty: Scotland Seeks Extreme Squirrelers

  By David Bois | Tue Oct 6, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  something that's on the vanguard of full-contact enviro-sport. But as the BBC reports, it's actually a public outreach program by the government in Scotland that seeks volunteer citizen wildlife assistants to head into the woods, way off the beaten paths, to gather and bring back informatio Read More

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  World's Worst Lovers

  By Courtney Rubin | Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:57 AM ET

  Fourth place went to the Dutch, who were deemed too dominating.The rest of the worst-10 list:6. Greece (too lovey-dovey)7. Wales (too selfish)8. Scotland (too loud)9. Turkey (too sweaty)10. Russia (too hairy)Spanish men lived up to the Latin Lothario stereotype, taking top bedroom honors. The Read More

  More like this in: Travel, Sex, Germany, Brazil, Hair, Russia, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Oktoberfest
• Come Together... On Abbey Road

  By Courtney Rubin | Sun Aug 9, 2009 9:34 AM ET

  around the world, watched in wonder, many of them wearing Beatles' memorabilia.Tony Bramwell, the band's former road manager, was there on the day Scottish photographer Iain Macmillan stood on a stepladder snapping photos while the quartet walked back and forth across the street."Other than Pau Read More

  More like this in: London, The Beatles, Memorabilia, World, Entertainment, Europe, Music
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  Desperate Measures

  By Courtney Rubin | Wed Aug 5, 2009 9:43 AM ET

  Spice’s way.The former London banker is so desperate -- and so keen -- to give up his 30-a-day cigarette habit that he's heading to an uninhabited Scottish island for a month."I'm a bit apprehensive now that the time is almost here about spending the month on the island by myself but I' Read More

  More like this in: London, Australia, The Telegraph, Solar Power, United Kingdom, Daily Telegraph, World, Life & Style, Europe, Culture, Health & Fitness
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  Tempest in a Pint Glass

  By Courtney Rubin | Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:28 PM ET

  problem.We are not making this up.The beer, called Tokyo*, has 18.2 percent alcohol per volume. Drinking a single 330 ml bottle, made by Scottish microbrewery BrewDog, is the equivalent of drinking 3 regular pints of lager. Put another way, one bottle is twice a person’s recommende Read More

  More like this in: Beer, Tokyo, British Isles, Cranberries, World, Life & Style, Europe, Food & Drink
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  Cute Babies Lower Crime

  By Courtney Rubin | Fri Jul 24, 2009 9:51 AM ET

  displayed."Deluging friends with photos of your child may now be considered community service.(Photo by Andrew Vargas courtesy Common Read More

  More like this in: Charity, Community Service, Elderly, Richard Wiseman, World, Europe
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  Attention Passengers: Is There a Mechanic On Board?

  By Courtney Rubin | Tue Jul 7, 2009 9:26 AM ET

  his services.On board British vacation package company Thomas Cook’s flight TCX9641 – which was leaving Menorca, Spain, to return to Glasgow, Scotland – passengers were told they’d have eight hours to kill while an engineer flew out from the UK to fix the plane.But then a passenge Read More

  More like this in: Spain, Air Travel, Glasgow, World, Social Responsibility, Travel, Europe, Giving, Volunteerism
• New software helps speech-impaired children feel better about themselves

  By Steve Tanner | Tue Jun 9, 2009 8:32 AM ET

  'How was school today?' aims to help speech-impaired children express themselves. The software, reported last week by BBC News, was designed by Scottish scientists and has been tested with students in Renfrewshire, Scotland. So far, so good, at least according to several of the student Read More

  More like this in: Children, Conversation, Technology, Tech Does Good, Cutting-edge