Sunday, 19 May 2013

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  • Social media can be a bittertweet experience for athletes

    06:21 | 19/5/13
    NOLA.com
    By many accounts, Wiggins is the best high school basketball player North America has produced since LeBron James, a prodigious jumping jack of all trades who's expected to be the No. more»

  • The UK has just had one lost decade, and is about to enter a second

    06:00 | 19/5/13
    Telegraph.co.uk
    That simple observation is at the heart of his warning about the decline lying in store for the world's advanced nations. more»

  • Picker Fritz eager to help hometown of Davenport

    06:00 | 19/5/13
    Danbury News Times
    On "American Pickers," Fritz and co-star Mike Wolfe are portrayed as a pair of pickers with a home base in LeClaire. more»

  • Is DirecTV Buying Hulu Soon?

    05:55 | 19/5/13
    Mashable
    Satellite TV provider DirecTV reportedly is considering buying streaming video service Hulu, which would strip away some or all ownership from Comcast Corporation, News Corporation and Walt Disney Company. more»

  • Out or up? City plans its boundaries

    05:54 | 19/5/13
    Otago Daily Times
    There would be no more development of greenfield (totally undeveloped) sites outside that area, beyond what is already under way; no more, or severely limited, rural-residential zoning; and the city's edge could be zoned residential only, ensuring a ... more»

  • Football - Parkinson celebrates promotion

    05:53 | 19/5/13
    Yahoo! Eurosport UK
    "But whatever budget and players we have, one thing Bradford City is now known for is that we have a group of players who give their all and we'll do that again next year. more»

  • Nigeria military declares 24-hour curfew in city

    05:53 | 19/5/13
    APA
    Baku-APA. Nigeria's military declared a 24-hour curfew Saturday on neighborhoods in a northeastern city that's the spiritual home of an Islamic extremist network as soldiers continued the government's emergency campaign in the region, with authorities ... more»

  • Mary Lambert, Singer Featured On Macklemore's 'Same Love,' Talks ...

    05:52 | 19/5/13
    Huffington Post
    The song went double platinum in Australia and rose to No. 89 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer notes. more»

  • Climate Warnings, Growing Louder

    05:49 | 19/5/13
    New York Times
    The news that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, the most important global warming gas, have hit 400 parts per million for the first time in millions of years increases the pressure on President Obama to deliver on his pledges to limit this ... more»

  • Bribery charges swirl around Uganda's oil sector

    05:48 | 19/5/13
    CTV News
    A new law gives the energy minister, a presidential appointee, the authority to issue and revoke oil contracts. Some say that, while it may have reduced officials' opportunities for corruption, the president's close involvement undermines the ... more»

  • Infinite Corpse: Crowd Sourcing New Media

    05:47 | 19/5/13
    ArtSlant
    Most of you are probably familiar with the Surrealist game “exquisite corpse,” where a composite drawing is created in sequence by a group of artists adhering to some predetermined set of rules (no peeking, for example, and, pick up where the last ... more»

  • Chemical emissions from wooden imports may damage health

    05:34 | 19/5/13
    New Zealand Herald
    Systems Furniture uses Fletcher Building's Laminex, which is accredited by the Green Building Council and Environmental Choice. more»

  • Gardening: Earthy autumnal delights

    05:32 | 19/5/13
    New Zealand Herald
    Organisms present in the soil, such as worms, springtails and microscopic fungi and bacteria, work together to break down and digest organic matter, gradually incorporating it into the top loamy layer of soil, making carbon and nutrients available to ... more»

  • Doctors seek help to mend broken hearts

    05:32 | 19/5/13
    New Zealand Herald
    The disease is most widespread in poorer communities, but not limited to them. Last month, the Herald on Sunday reported the case of 8-year-old Kyuss Burnell, who ... Labour Health spokeswoman Annette King slammed the campaign saying the money would be ... more»

  • Neighbors Give Cold Shoulder to 'Hugging Saint'

    05:30 | 19/5/13
    Newser
    The group already has an ashram and temple on the property, but they're not big enough to handle the crowds. Tents don't cut it anymore, either, so the gathering has been held in local hotels in recent years. The idea is to build a 15,000-foot ... more»
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