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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Scotland

Scotland stories: 74 news summaries

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(Newser) - A spectacular royal tomb chock full of the personal belongings of a Bronze Age ruler has been discovered in Scotland, reports the Independent. The 4,000-year-old tomb, marked with engravings, lies at the center of a giant circle of 200 timber obelisks in Forteviot, which served as a capital of... More »

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Scotland • British royals • ruins • neolithic period • Bronze Age • archeologist

Scots' Delicacy May Actually Be...English

To kilt-wearers' horror, haggis was probably invented down south

Aug 3, 09 5:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alongside bagpipes, whiskey, and plaid kilts, there's naught so Scottish as haggis, the mash of sheep heart, liver, and lung disgusting to many and a delicacy to some. But recently a Scottish historian discovered the earliest ever reference to haggis—in an English cookbook. The idea that the ultimate Scottish... More »

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food • United Kingdom • Scotland • England • cuisine • Britain

 Global Warming 
 Shrinking Sheep 

Warmer winters make evolutionary drive to grow do a U-turn

Jul 3, 09 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Add it to the list of weird things blamed on climate change: smaller sheep. Scientists say Scotland's warmer winters explain why a wild herd on an uninhabited northern island are a full 5% smaller than they were in the '80s, the BBC reports. The theory says that only big sheep... More »

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climate change • evolution • Scotland • sheep • natural selection

 Madonna-Guy 
 Nude Painting 
 Sells, Finally 

Exact price is unknown

Jun 9, 09 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - After failing to sell at auction last month, a painting of Madonna in the buff with ex Guy Ritchie has found a buyer, the BBC reports. An anonymous collector paid more than the $24,000 reserve price demanded by a Scottish house. “We were very confident we would find... More »

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entertainment • Scotland • painting • Glasgow • Madonna • art auction • Guy Ritchie • Peter Howson

Boyle Feels 'Fantastic' With Kitty at Home

Post-rehab, singer promises 'nae crap', plans recording demos

Jun 7, 09 4:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Susan Boyle is chilling at home with her cat Pebbles after a high-profile stint in rehab, News of the World reports. "I want to take on the world,” she said. “From now on there's nae crap.” Boyle returned to Scotland at the urging of Simon Cowell,... More »

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entertainment • rehab • Simon Cowell • Scotland • exhaustion • Susan Boyle

(Newser) - Foul-mouthed songbird Susan Boyle not only had a few choice words about a judge on Britain's Got Talent, she also blew up at fans yesterday and lit into a British bobby who subsequently tried to calm her down, reports the Sun. London cops intervened when Boyle screamed at comments by... More »

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entertainment • police • Scotland • curse • singing • obscenity • Britain • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

Libya Seeks Transfer of Dying Lockerbie Bomber

Scotland has final say over inmate's fate

May 6, 09 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Libya is pressing the Scottish government to OK a transfer that would allow a terminally ill Lockerbie conspirator to die at home, the BBC reports. The prisoner, who was convicted in 2001 for his role in the 1988 Pan Am bombing, would have to drop an appeal that's currently being... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • Scotland • Libya • Lockerbie • Pan Am • Pan Am Flight 103 • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

 Scots Move to 
 Save Rare 
 Wildcats 

Experts warn that only 400 of the unique predators remain

May 5, 09 5:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scotland has launched a program to save the last of its rare Scottish wildcats, the BBC reports. Experts warn that fewer than 400 of the unique cats—endangered by persecution, habitat loss, and interbreeding with domestic cats—are believed to remain. Officials are seeking to raise awareness, encourage the neutering... More »

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endangered species • conservation • Scotland • wildlife • wildcat • cat

 Choir Rejected 
 Web Fave Boyle 

Local group turned her away days after reality show audition

Apr 20, 09 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Susan Boyle, the Britain’s Got Talent singing sensation, could probably join any choir she liked. But that wasn’t the case two months ago, when she was rejected by a local group. “We had no vacancies,” a rep tells the Mirror. “It was a shock when... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • Scotland • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

 Odd Duck Boyle Is 
 Talk of Her Tiny Town 

Small world rocked by YouTube popularity

Apr 20, 09 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone knows Susan Boyle in her Scottish village—she’s the odd loner who does killer karaoke at the local pub. Now, she’s the topic on everyone’s lips in the community of 5,000 where she’s lived in the same house all her life. And though the... More »

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entertainment • television • YouTube • Scotland • village • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent

(Newser) - Pop songs are handily beating out traditional hymns in England as the preferred soundtrack for the final goodbye, the Telegraph reports. A survey by a funeral-services company shows that 58% of funerals feature popular music as the top request, versus 35% for hymns; classical grabs just 7%. The top request?... More »

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music • classical music • Scotland • England • pop music • funeral • Leonard Cohen • burial • Frank Sinatra • AC/DC • Meat Loaf • hymn

Greenies Push Safe Froggy Sex With Hook-Up Pad

Frog Hotel to protect mating amphibians from predators

Mar 22, 09 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Frogs have a new reason to leap for joy: a hotel specially designed to allow them to mate in peace and safety, NPR reports. Scottish environmentalists opened the Frog Hotel two weeks ago to protect the amphibians from predators. Frogs “are slowly coming out of hibernation, and the first... More »

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environment • Scotland • frogs • Edinburgh • animal

Lost Contact Lens Delays Brown Speech

British PM, already blind in one eye, may be losing sight in other

Mar 10, 09 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown was forced to delay a speech to a Labour Party conference last week after he accidentally washed a contact lens down the sink, reports the Times of London. The British PM had no extra pair, and a staff worker had to detach the pipe beneath the sink to... More »

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United Kingdom • vision • Gordon Brown • Scotland • Labour • contact lenses • blindness

 Sunlight Offers 
 Ray of Hope in 
 Preventing MS 

Vitamin D deficiency triggers disease

Feb 5, 09 5:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Deadly multiple sclerosis, which slowly destroys the central nervous system, may be  prevented with healthy exposure to the sun or Vitamin D supplements, according to a new study. Fresh research at Oxford University shows a vitamin D deficiency triggers a gene variant that increases the risk of developing MS by... More »

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Scotland • multiple sclerosis • MS • World Health Organization • vitamin D • Orkney • Shetland

NEW RELEASE

Tonight Marks Reinvention
for Franz Ferdinand

Disco-charged album offers 'brand new start' for Scottish band

Jan 27, 09 11:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Franz Ferdinand’s third album, Tonight, is a “wholesale reinvention of their sound,” writes Andy Langer in Esquire. Establishing riffs rooted in bass rather than their trademark guitar sound, the quartet’s effort—out now—treads where few have dared, says Langer.  “The Achilles heel of... More »

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music • Scotland • pop music • Britain • music review • Franz Ferdinand

To Find the Killer Whale, Scientists Think Like One

Off of Scotland, team stakes out its prey

Jan 25, 09 5:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Killer whales spend most of their time tracking their prey, and so do the scientists who study them. Marine biologists at Scotland's St. Andrews University spent 3 months among the Shetland Islands in search of their cetacean quarry, and caught sight of whales only about 12 times. They explain to... More »

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Scotland • whales • marine biology • orca • killer whale

 World's Oddest 
 New Year Rituals 

Grapes, bonfires, effigies are some nations' traditions for a lucky 2009

Dec 29, 08 1:50 AM CST
(Newser) - While much of the world indulges in the traditional New Year's Eve fare of glittery balls and fireworks, other countries have more unusual ways of shepherding in the next year, reports Travel and Leisure. For example: 
  • Spain: Gobbling a grape for each clock stroke is considered a fruity
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Spain • Japan • Scotland • Brazil • Denmark • superstition • rituals • luck • New Year

Rap's Roots Found in, Uh, Scotland?

Scots' obscene verbal tradition gave birth to musical 'dueling': prof

Dec 28, 08 8:02 PM CST
(Newser) - While most don't associate rap with a bunch of white guys in skirts, a University of New Mexico professor traces the music’s roots back to the barrooms of medieval Scotland, the London Telegraph reports. “The Scots have a lengthy tradition of flyting—intense verbal jousting, often laced with... More »

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music • Scotland • history • slavery • rap music

British Cops Put Squeeze
on 'Distressing' Bagpiper

Man playing for cash on public street sees instrument confiscated for a week

Dec 22, 08 12:10 PM CST
(Newser) - A street musician was handcuffed, arrested and had his bagpipes confiscated for a week by police in southern England because his playing was causing “distress,” the Scottish Daily Record reports. Shaun Cartwright, an accomplished piper, says he’d enjoyed an exceptionally profitable session until the law arrived, and... More »

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police • Scotland • arrest • bagpipes • Dorset • Shaun Cartwright

 Families Remember 
 Lockerbie, 20 Years Later 

Convicted bomber still maintains innocence

Dec 21, 08 11:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Mourners on both sides of the pond are commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Lockerbie airliner bombing, CNN reports. Families and friends gathered today at Arlington National Cemetery and at New York’s Syracuse University, which lost 35 students in the Pan Am explosion over the Scottish town. Mourners in... More »

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terrorism • Scotland • Libya • bombing • Lockerbie • Pan Am

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