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The medical examiner has ruled that the death of Daniel Kerrigan, the father of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, was a homicide, the Middlesex County district attorney's office said Tuesday. The skater's brother, Mark, was arraigned in January on assa…
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Game on! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are taking legal action against the British tabloid News of the World for its story last month that alleged the couple were working out details of a split. "The News of the World has failed to meet our clients'…
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Welcome to the open education Ning network! The openlearn project makes material taken from Open University courses available to all for free under a Creative Commons licence. Our home page is here.

On this page I discuss various issues we encounter around open educational resources, Creative Commons licences, web 2.0 technologies etc. More details on these can be found on our blog.

Really though I want to hear your thoughts on all of this! What are you doing in these areas? What are the issues you face? How might our and others' open educational resources be useful to you?

Blog Posts

Jeff Theders

Academy streamlines process for Oscar winners

This year's Oscar winners won't have to put up with delayed gratification.


Breaking with tradition, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences plans to attach the winners' engraved nameplates to their statuettes at the Governors Ball immediately after the ceremony, which will be broadcast live by ABC on March 7 from the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.


The Academy hands out unmarked Oscars to the winners onstage. In previous years, winners had to bring their trophies to the Acad

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Posted by Jeff Theders on February 10, 2010 at 7:32am

Omar Baker

Death of Nancy Kerrigan's father ruled a homicide

The medical examiner has ruled that the death of Daniel Kerrigan, the father of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, was a homicide, the Middlesex County district attorney's office said Tuesday.

The skater's brother, Mark, was arraigned in January on assault and battery charges in an incident involving his father, but the district attorney's office would not say if other charges might be filed against the younger Kerrigan in light of the medical examiner's finding.

Daniel Kerrigan, 70, died January 2… Continue

Posted by Omar Baker on February 9, 2010 at 11:13pm

Lin Isla

Tracking Your Taxes: Park Pork?

If you are hoping to visit the newest crown jewel in America's park system chosen by Congress, throw away the car keys and open up your wallet.
The 2,900 pristine acres of beachfront property were not cheap -- or
even in the United States.



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Posted by Lin Isla on February 9, 2010 at 8:27pm

Jeff Theders

Actor Gary Coleman pleads guilty in Utah court

Former child television star Gary Coleman pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor criminal mischief charge related to a domestic violence incident last April.


In a deal with the prosecutor, Coleman entered the plea in Santaquin Justice Court on his 42nd birthday.


Court clerk Jane Swan says the original charge of domestic violence assault was dropped. No details of the April 18 incident are detailed in court documents, but defense attorney Randy Kester told The Associated Press th

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Posted by Jeff Theders on February 9, 2010 at 7:56am

Omar Baker

Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt are suing tabloid over breakup story

Game on! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are taking legal action against the British tabloid News of the World for its story last month that alleged the couple were working out details of a split.

"The News of the World has failed to meet our clients' reasonable demands for a retraction of and apology for these false and intrusive allegations which have now been widely republished by mainstream news outlets," a lawyer working for the couple in London said in a statement. "We have advised them to b… Continue

Posted by Omar Baker on February 8, 2010 at 10:16pm

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