'Your chihuahua or your life,' says Aussie robber
Lebanon police chief issues unusual order to force
Tajikistan says no to beards, yes to galoshes for teachers
Researchers: Champagne's aroma comes from bubbles
WASHINGTON - Don Ho was right. It is the tiny bubbles. A team of researchers - in Europe not surprisingly - found that Champagne's bursting bubbles not only tickle the nose, they create a mist that wafts the aroma to the drinker.
China finds bird-like dinosaur with four wings
The global average temperature could rise by 4C (7.2F) as early as 2060, according to a new study by the UK Met Office.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/8279654.stm
US income gap widens as poor take hit in recession
Search for mom missing after Georgia flooding continues
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50 years later, Twilight Zone bridges time
A twitter tour of Western philosophy ç recommended
As the dust settles after London Fashion Week, scientists and designers are working on the fashion of the future, says Raymond Oliver.
Whether we use cars or public transport to get around, we are bombarded with signs telling us what we must and must not to. Some people have decided to fight back.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/6240537/Guerrilla-signs-15-funny-road-and-rail-notices.html
Sign Language special: toilet humour
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/6239659/Sign-Language-special-toilet-humour.html
Andy Williams, the veteran pop singer, has accused Barack Obama of "following Marxist theory" and "wanting the country to fail".
Ian Douglas joined the Telegraph in 1999 when the web was young and simple. Having done most other online jobs, he is now head of digital production. He writes about technology, science, the internet and beekeeping. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/iandouglas/100003679/in-technology-rumours-have-their-own-kind-of-truth/
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or SETI, is 50 years old this month. We look at 10 memorable events in the search for life on other planets.