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Online forums a 'mixed bag' for depressed youth | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Troubled kids can find helpful support on the Internet. They can also find encouragement to hurt themselves and avoid professional help, suggests a new look at past studies. |
Ivory Coast with one foot in Brazil | | Didier Drogba scored and Gervinho was influential throughout as the Ivory Coast beat Senegal 3-1 in the first leg of their African playoff. The winner of the tie advances to the World Cup next year. |
Rocker Lou Reed of Velvet Underground dies at 71 | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lou Reed, the pioneering musician who fronted influential rock band The Velvet Underground in the 1960s and won mainstream acclaim with solo songs "Walk on the Wild Side" and "Perfect Day", died on Sunday aged 71. |
Ted 'Shred' takes charge | | American Ted Ligety served notice he will be the man to beat in his favored giant slalom discipline with an emphatic victory in the season opener in Soelden Sunday. |
Teen births | | A 16-year-old girl pleads with her parents not to barter her into a marriage. |
Klitschko seeks presidency | | A Ukrainian boxer known as "Dr. Ironfist" announced Thursday he plans to run for the country's presidency in 2015, the state-run Ukrinform News Agency reported. |
Well Eat Your Broccoli | | Five ways to prepare broccoli, with cooking and without, to benefit from its many nutrients. |
Aussie America's Cup bid? | | Australian tycoon Bob Oatley turns from wine to water as he announces plans to build a team to challenge defending America's Cup champions Oracle Team USA. |
'Courage in Journalism' winners | | Security is an elusive thing for journalists, women in particular. Every year, the International Women's Media Foundation honors four women journalists for their courage in reporting the news and promoting the advancement of women in the news media. |
A Poet With Words Trapped Inside | | Ntozake Shange, suffering from the effects of two strokes and a neurological disorder, is unable to write or type, and even voice recognition software is working against her, auto-correcting her very personal style. |
Obama blames 'bad apple' insurers for canceled coverage | | BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that "bad apple" insurance companies, not his signature healthcare law, are to blame for hundreds of thousands of people losing their coverage in the past few weeks. |
'King of Good Times' on India's F1 future | | Vijay Mallya lives for Formula One. He runs his own team and is proud to have it race on home soil at this weekend's Indian Grand Prix -- but will it be the country's last chance in motorsport's elite division? |
Social change in Kenyan slums | | African Voices meets Aggrey Otieno, a human rights activist who tackles high rates of maternal mortality in his hometown. |
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