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| Well Australians Are Getting Fatter | | | Australia may be known for its rugged outdoor lifestyles but recent statistics suggest a different reality. Australia and its equally outdoorsy neighbor, New Zealand, are now two of the fattest countries in the developed world. |
| Google bets on custom colors with first flagship Moto X phone | | | NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Motorola on Thursday unveiled its highly anticipated Moto X smartphone, which will be customizable with different colors for ATT customers and marks the cellphone maker's first flagship device since Google Inc bought the company in 2012. |
| Insight Science for hire - Trial over plastic exposes disclosure deficit | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - By 2012, Eastman Chemical seemed to be perfectly positioned when it came to producing plastic for drinking bottles. Concerns about a widely used chemical called bisphenol A (BPA) had become so great that Walmart stopped selling plastic baby bottles and children's sippy cups made with it and consumer groups were clamoring for regulators to ban it. Medical societies were warning that BPA's similarity to estrogens could disrupt the human hormone system and pose health risks, es |
| TV soaps avoid Egypt, Syria | | | Ramadan is a key time for the television soap industry. Traditionally, most TV shows are produced in Egypt and Syria. |
| Op-ed Al Qaeda down in Yemen | | | News of the death of an al Qaeda leader demonstrates the weakness of a Yemeni militant group that once was surging, writes Peter Bergen |
| Germany asks Bieber to pay monkey costs | | | German authorities have asked pop star Justin Bieber to hand over nearly $8,000 for the costs of caring for the capuchin monkey he left behind in Munich after bringing it on tour without the right paperwork. |
| Congo rebels face U.N. deadline | | | Rebels in an unstable part of the Democratic Republic of Congo have until Thursday afternoon to hand in their weapons to U.N. peacekeepers or risk being disarmed by force. |
| Mystery at Richard III burial site | | | First came the dramatic discovery of the long-lost remains of King Richard III. Now, there's the mystery of the coffin within the coffin. Archaeologists are puzzled. |
| NSA chief defends snooping, faces hecklers | | | The National Security Agency's controversial intelligence-gathering programs have prevented 54 terrorist attacks around the world, including 13 in the United States, according to Gen. Keith Alexander, NSA director. |
| Meyer, Ohio St Talk of the Big Ten on Season's Eve | | | Urban Meyer was hailed as a savior when he agreed to take over Ohio State in the wake of the tattoo scandal that sullied the program. That support became even more frenzied when he coached the Buckeyes to a 12-0 record in his first season. |
| Olympics Boycott calls over anti-gay laws | | | An international backlash against Russia's anti-gay propaganda law is gathering speed, from calls for a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia to gay bars in Los Angeles planning "vodka-dumping" protests. |
| Riff Stop Blaming Jaws! | | | Jaws is accused of spawning the summer blockbuster which is weird, given that todays blockbusters have nothing in common with Jaws. |
| Congo rebels face U.N. deadline | | | Rebels in an unstable part of the Democratic Republic of Congo have until Thursday afternoon to hand in their weapons to U.N. peacekeepers or risk being disarmed by force. |
| Texas jury rules ban on registering cloned horses violates law | | | DALLAS (Reuters) - A Texas jury has ruled that a horse association violated anti-monopoly laws by banning cloned animals from its prestigious registry, a decision that could encourage cloning and open the way for the animals to participate in lucrative horse races. |
| Senate Panel Presses N.S.A. on Phone Logs | | | Senators of both parties challenged the collection of records of domestic phone calls, as the latest leak provided new details on the way the agency monitors Web browsing around the world. |
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