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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. |
Egypt's new national hero? | | For many Egyptians armed forces chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is a hero, despite allegations about his past. |
Facebook enables embedded posts | | Taking a cue from Twitter and services such as its own Instagram, Facebook on Wednesday began rolling out the ability for users to embed posts on their own blogs and websites. |
Phony rum kills seven in Cuba, dozens hospitalized | | HAVANA, July 31 (Reuters) - Seven Cubans have died and more than 40 have been hospitalized, eight in critical condition, after drinking wood alcohol, or industrial methanol, they thought was rum, the public health ministry said on Wednesday. |
Team rebuilding world's first website | | Twenty years ago, a team of researchers shared the Web with the world. Now they want to show a generation that grew up online what it was like in its earliest days. |
House passes Iran sanctions bill to slash oil exports | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives easily passed a bill on Wednesday to tighten sanctions on Iran, showing a strong message to Tehran over its disputed nuclear program days before President-elect Hassan Rouhani is sworn in. |
Legendary F1 partners to be reunited | | Japanese car manufacturer Honda is returning to Formula One in 2015 as an engine partner with British racing team McLaren, a deal which will renew one of the most successful partnerships in motorsport's elite class. |
The God of golf | | It was in the majestic surroundings of Muirfield that the original gold-plated superstar of golf secured his first major title. |
Virtuoso Ryu hits the high notes | | So Yeon Ryu was seven years old when she gave her first violin recital. She was in love with the instrument, but at age 12 she had to make a tough decision - music or golf. |
Largest shark expedition sets off | | The largest great white shark expedition in U.S. history is at sea off the coast of Massachusetts -- the same waters fictionally terrorized by the most infamous great white of them all in the film "Jaws." |
AEG tries to show star had secret addiction | | Michael Jackson "had a real monkey on his back" with a longtime drug addiction, his family kept it secret from the world and it led to his overdose death, a lawyer for AEG Live said. |
Pope 'Who am I to judge' gay clergy | | Pope Francis says he will not "judge" gays and lesbians -- including gay priests. Is the church now changing its approach to historically marginalized groups? |
Vanity Fair releases best dressed list | | July 31 - New mom Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, actress Kerry Washington, singers Justin Timberlake and Beyonce make Vanity Fair's best dressed list. Roselle Chen reports. |
U.N. says chemical weapons inspectors to visit three Syrian sites | | UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. inspectors will travel to Syria "as soon as possible" to investigate claims of chemical weapons use during the country's civil war after President Bashar al-Assad's government granted access to three sites, the United Nations said on Wednesday. |
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