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Rodolfo 'Rudy' Alvarez Medrano, 45, a Texas death row inmate, is among a select group of about a dozen prisoners chosen for a groundbreaking program.

Longtime Slashdot reader Qbertino writes: Heise, a German IT news publisher, reports (English version via Google Translate) that the German state of Brandenburg is getting the world's tallest wind turbine, with an overall height of 300 meters (approximately 365 meters including rotor blades), designed to capture so-called third-level winds at higher altitudes. The article also includes a short 3D animation illustrating the construction and its size relative to standard modern wind turbines. The wind turbine uses a dual-framework base instead of a traditional closed tower to access stronger high-altitude winds, aiming to match offshore energy output while keeping onshore operating costs. According to Heise, the prototype could lead to the installation of up to 1,000 units across Germany -- fitting seamlessly between existing wind farms without needing extra land.

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Paul Chowles, 42, secretly took the cryptocurrency from the operator of the underground Internet marketplace following his arrest, in May 2017.

'So comfy, can be worn dressed up or down, and literally goes with anything'

The band performed in front of a crowd of 50,000 devoted fans while hundreds more  gathered outside the concert area near to 'Gallagher Hill' to catch a glimpse of the show from afar.

Oasis fans climbed the newly erected fence on "Gallagher hill" so they can catch a glimpse of Oasis from the Hill when they play at Heaton Park this evening.

Great British Menu star Andi Oliver has been revealed as the favourite replacement MasterChef host after the BBC sacked John Torode for 'using an extremely offesive racist term'.

The murderer of Tory MP Sir David Amess was described as a 'great person' by a police counter-terrorism official during a botched risk assessment before the killing.

An audit shows strikes by the BMA in 2023 and 2024 were raised in five Prevention of Future Death Reports issued by coroners.

Intel is laying off more than 5,000 employees across four states, according to updated Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filings. From a report: Most of the cuts are happening in California and Oregon. Intel more than doubled its layoff estimates for Santa Clara and Folsom to a total of 1,935 affected employees, according to California WARN filings. The cuts began taking place in Folsom on July 11, and in Santa Clara on July 15.

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American Idol music supervisor Robin Kaye and her husband moved into a mansion in an idyllic corner of Los Angeles 20 miles away from crime-ridden downtown.

George Keywood, from London, became pre-diabetic and was struggling to walk upstairs when he began taking the weight loss drug last year.

The news is likely to have horticulturalists up and down the country reaching not for the secateurs but for the smelling salts.

While this will be a moment of unbridled joy for the Liverpool and England legend, it also marks the formal coming together of two strikingly different families.

Marek Pukas, from Poland, ignited a fierce debate online after he revealing his experience of visiting a popular Italian holiday destination was overshadowed by 'chaos' and 'streets full of trash.' 

As pinch-me moments go, arriving on a secluded island in the South Pacific was utterly mesmerising.

When Steven Gerrard welcomed his first granddaughter this week, aged 45, he joined the ranks of celebrities who are have entered their grandparent era early in mid-life.

Piccadilly Station in Manchester was busy last week. Travellers hurried from trains to the taxi rank at nearby Fairfield Street, where minicab drivers wait night and day for fares.

Petrol station boss Sutha Selvarajah said his business in Hythe, Kent, is being 'plagued' by drivers 'forgetting' to have cash and leaving ID behind, which turns out to be fake.

Hollywood is currently in an era of age-defying 'undetectable' plastic surgery. However, one of Tinseltown's top plastic surgeons has warned that not everything is as it seems