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"Wiki" Wins a place in Oxford English Dictionary

If you think "wiki" doesn't sound like English, you are right. But it's English now. This word born on the Pacific Island of Hawaii finally got an entry into the latest edition of the online Oxford English Dictionary along with 287 other new words.

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Man charged with Oxford St murder

A man is charged with the murder of a teenage boy who was stabbed to death on London's Oxford Street during the Boxing Day sales.

Oxford, Vatican team up to digitize ancient texts

Oxford University and the Vatican are teaming up to make 1.5 million pages of ancient texts available for free online over the next four years.

Ahmet Ertegun's widow donates $41M to Oxford for scholarships

The widow of record label founder Ahmet Ertegun, who helped boost the careers of music legends like Led Zeppelin, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and Eric Clapton, has donated nearly $41 million to Oxford University to fund humanities scholarships.

Oxford-Cambridge boat race stopped by swimmer

Cambridge won a dramatic edition of the famous Boat Race against Oxford on Saturday following a 31-minute mid-race postponement after a man jumped into the River Thames and swam between the crews.

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