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Rio's 'Big brother' tech | | Rio de Janeiro's state-of-the-art Operations Center is gathering real-time information on traffic jams and environmental emergencies around the clock. It's part of the mayor's vision to make the city safer and more sustainable. |
Opinion Al-Shabaab losing | | Ethan Bueno de Mesquita says the Somali rebel group's recent attacks on Kenya are a sign that it is losing. |
An Earth Year on Mars | | NASAs Curiosity rover is slowly making its way to Mount Sharp, a Martian mountain whose rocks could provide clues on whether the planet was ever habitable. |
Ashe U.S. sport's greatest black icon? | | Arthur Ashe was the first African American to win a tennis grand slam. It's a measure of his influence that 20 years after his death his legacy burns as brightly as ever. |
Fracking Here to stay? | | CNN's Richard Quest talks to Texas Gov. Rick Perry about the economic boom hydraulic fracturing has brought to his state. |
Prosecutors decline to charge man arrested in Dodgers fan stabbing | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco prosecutors on Friday declined to file charges against a 21-year-old Northern California man arrested in the stabbing death of a Los Angeles Dodgers fan during a fight after a baseball game, saying he may have acted in self-defense. |
Diageo's 'Arthur's Day' faces backlash in home of Guinness | | DUBLIN (Reuters) - The Irish are famous around the world for their convivial drinking culture and the cosy pubs that have been copied around the world - but it seems they do not want to be cajoled into an annual celebration of their best-known beer. |
Intesa CEO could be ousted next week sources | | MILAN (Reuters) - Enrico Cucchiani, the CEO of Italy's No.1 retail bank Intesa Sanpaolo , could be forced out next week after clashing with supervisory board chairman Giovanni Bazoli and the bank's... |
ND LBs Grace, Smith Face Comparisons With Te'o | | At first glance, Notre Dame linebackers Jaylon Smith and Jarrett Grace don't appear to have a lot in common other than being starters the 22nd-ranked Fighting Irish are counting on to help slow No. 14 Oklahoma's offense. |
Killer hornets claim at least 19 lives in China province | | At least 19 people have been stung to death by hornets -- which may include the world's largest hornet species Vespa mandarinia -- in China's central Shaanxi province in the last three months, according to the city government of Ankang, the apparent epicenter of a recent spate of fatalities and injuries. |
Why women 'owe' Billie Jean | | When the winner of the women's singles at the U.S. Open picks up her check for $2.6 million -- buck for buck the same as the men's champion -- she might well reflect that, if not for Billie Jean King's pioneering efforts, those riches might not exist. |
Phys Ed Why Runners Dont Get Knee Arthritis | | One of the most entrenched beliefs about running is that it can ruin knees by causing arthritis. But a new study finds that distance running is unlikely to contribute to the development of arthritis. |
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