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On the Call: News Corp. Deputy COO James Murdoch

News Corp. reiterated its goal to make $1 billion in profit from its international pay TV channels by 2015, and the company said during a conference call Wednesday that it's on track to get there. Full story

Shamed British bank bosses seek solace in science and cricket

LONDON (Reuters) - Say sorry, give back some of the money and become an adviser. Playing cricket and keeping a low profile also seem to help. Full story

‘Blade Runner’ emotional in court

   In a bail hearing on Tuesday, South African “Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius was charged with the premeditated murder of his girlfriend. NBC’s Rohi Kachroo discusses.

Hundreds of crickets get loose in university dorm

   Crickets that were supposed to be food for a pet bearded dragon trigger chaos in a University of New Hampshire dorm after hundreds of them escape an enclosure. WHDH’s Byron Barnett reports.

Sierra Leone hopes cricket can help heal war wounds

FREETOWN (Reuters) - It has no fence around it or any grass on its pitch but the Kingtom Oval cricket ground represents for many inhabitants of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown a reminder of happier times before the West African country's brutal civil war. Full story

Guess what dolphins and crickets have in common

Dolphins and crickets might have more in common than you think. A large group of insects that includes crickets and katydids is believed to share a hearing feature with toothed whales like dolphins, according to a new study. Full story

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  Al Roker gets crash course in cricket

With the help of NBC’s Ben Fogle, TODAY’s Al Roker gets a lesson in the history of the iconic British sport of cricket, and picks up a bat to take on Mean Mike, “the demon bowler.”

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