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Jason Collins, Openly Gay and Still Unsigned, Waits and Wonders

11.10.2013 16:40
LOS ANGELES — Since making the announcement last spring that he is a gay professional basketball player, Jason Collins has been widely praised, received much support and made many new friends. But with training camp for a new season under way, he has been waiting for a call from an N.B.A. team. Any...

Oceans face 'deadly trio' of threats, study says

11.10.2013 16:22
The world's oceans are under greater threat than previously believed from a "deadly trio" of global warming, declining oxygen levels and acidification, an international study said on Thursday. The oceans have continued to warm, pushing many commercial fish stocks towards the poles and raising the...

NASA's new moon probe settles into lunar orbit

11.10.2013 16:21
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Oct 7 - Politics may be keeping most of NASA's workers home, but that didn't stop the U.S. space agency's new moon probe from achieving lunar orbit, officials said on Monday. The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, or LADEE, blasted off on September 6 aboard a...

'Dark universe' beckons as research target after Higgs boson wins Nobel

11.10.2013 16:20
With the Higgs boson in the bag, the head of the CERN research center urged scientists on Tuesday to push on to unveil the "dark universe" - the hidden stuff that makes up 95 per cent of the cosmos and is still a mystery to earthbound researchers. Rolf Heuer spoke after the Nobel physics prize...

Is It Strange That Twitter Earns Nothing From Its Most Loyal Users?

11.10.2013 16:07
It’s off to the races for Twitter Inc., with the first draft of a registration for a long- awaited public offering filed and ready for the media feeding storm. The bottom line: Twitter is not making money. Does that matter? It depends on whether you think creating something great (yes, TMN is an...

Lower risk of breast cancer linked to omega-3 fatty acids in fish

11.10.2013 15:59
Consuming omega-3 fatty acids found in oily fish like salmon, tuna and sardines can lower the risk of developing breast cancer, according to a large-scale review of past studies published in the June 27 issue of the British Medical Journal. The study concluded that women who consume a high level of...

NI's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness reveals he once slept in the Queen's bed at Hillsborough Castle.

11.10.2013 15:22
Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness raised a few laughs - and perhaps just as many eyebrows - when he revealed he had slept in the Queen's bed at Hillsborough Castle. Mr McGuinness, a former IRA leader, told the story during an after dinner speech at the 18th century castle,...

Nearly 20 years after his death, a new Lowly Worm book by illustrator Richard Scarry is published.

27.09.2013 21:37
Nearly 20 years after the illustrator's death, a new Richard Scarry book has been published focusing on the long- running character of Lowly Worm. Illustrated by US author Richard Scarry, it was completed by his son Huck after he uncovered the sketches among his father's belongings, following his...

Slumdog Millionaire's Irrfan Khan says Bollywood is "unimaginative" and failing to reach international audiences:

27.09.2013 21:34
"I think the songs are being used unimaginatively," he told the BBC's Asian Network. "Earlier, in the 50s and 60s, we had our own unique language and the songs were used in a very imaginative way; songs were the strength of the film". "Now we have become complacent, the songs have become a...

NJ JUDGE: STATE MUST ALLOW GAYS TO MARRY

27.09.2013 21:31
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey judge has ruled that the state must allow same-sex couples to marry. Judge Mary Jacobson says now that the federal government recognizes gay marriages, not doing so in New Jersey would violate the state constitution. Her order says the marriages could begin Oct....
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