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Children power playground toys | | July 30 - Modern gaming techniques are taken to the playground as children compete to produce energy. Suzannah Butcher reports. |
Riff Stop Blaming Jaws! | | Jaws is accused of spawning the summer blockbuster which is weird, given that todays blockbusters have nothing in common with Jaws. |
Getting in a spin over parking | | July 31 - The difficulty of parallel parking will be a thing of the past, if the designers of a revolutionary new electric car have their way. The prototype vehicle, designed by Chinese, Taiwanese, and New Zealand engineers, has four separate electrically powered wheels, enabling effortless U-turns and sideways parking at the touch of a button. Jim Drury reports. |
Randy Travis leaves hospital | | Country singer Randy Travis left a Texas hospital and entered a physical therapy facility, his publicist said Wednesday. |
Apple pie warms Spain crisis | | In the midst of Spain's economic crisis, entrepreneur Burton Novak opened a shop to to make and sell American-style pies and cakes. Two years on the pie shop has created seven jobs, in a nation with soaring unemployment. |
Well The Limits of Cosmetic Surgery | | A new study, the first to try to quantify attractiveness after a face-lift, brow lift or eyelid surgery, found a tiny but insignificant increase in attractiveness. |
Manning leaks caused diplomatic 'horror and disbelief' testimony | | FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. diplomats reacted with "horror and disbelief" when WikiLeaks began publishing classified information in 2010, a U.S. State Department official testified on Thursday at the court-martial sentencing hearing for Bradley Manning, the soldier convicted of the leaks. |
The Consumer Concerns About Dementia Screening | | A push for early detection and treatment, even in the absence of cognitive symptoms, of the amyloid plaques that indicate a risk for Alzheimers and other dementias has some researchers worried. |
Shirtless Goes the City | | Is a heat wave enough of an excuse for a man to leave his shirt at home? For some New Yorkers, the answer was yes. |
AIG profit rises 17 percent, announces dividend | | Aug 1 (Reuters) - American International Group Inc reported a 17 percent rise in second-quarter profit, helped by strong performance in its insurance operations, and the company reinstated a... |
Obama speaks with Palestinians' Abbas, Israel's Netanyahu | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama spoke separately by phone on Thursday to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said, as the United States seeks to keep up the momentum for peace negotiations. |
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