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| European science satellite to tumble back to Earth | | | CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A European satellite that spent four years mapping Earth's gravity ran out of fuel on Monday and will plunge back into the atmosphere in about two weeks, officials said. |
| World's 15 top rivers for travelers | | | They irrigate our farms, they're an important means of transport, they're a source of eco-friendly power. But rivers are often best for their amazing travel experiences. |
| Why disc drives are an endangered species | | | Could the phrase "burn a disc" soon be interred in the computing graveyard, resting peacefully alongside 8-bit graphics and the chirping, buzzing hum of a dial-up modem? Some of the most influential computer makers in the world say yes. |
| UPDATE 4-Goldcorp delays Argentina project, warns on Mexico tax | | | VANCOUVER/TORONTO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Goldcorp Inc raised its cost estimate for building a gold mine at its Cerro Negro site in Argentina by up to a third on Thursday, and said production at the project, which is one of the company's three big mining developments, would be delayed. |
| What price golfing perfection? | | | Pitch up with your credit card and your clubs if you want to walk the fairways at 10 of the world's finest golf courses. |
| The cost of the war on rhinos | | | As organized crime syndicates take rhino poaching to brutal new levels, conservation parks are struggling to keep up. |
| F1 dieting drivers | | | How would you feel if your boss asked you to lose weight so you could carry on doing your job? |
| Playoffs Ronaldo vs. Zlatan | | | Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic will go head-to-head for a place at the 2014 World Cup after Portugal and Sweden were drawn together in the European qualification playoffs. |
| White House presses Senate to delay new Iran sanctions | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House hosted a meeting of aides to Senate committee leaders on Thursday seeking to persuade lawmakers to hold off on a package of tough new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, a senior Senate aide said. |
| Oceans face 'deadly trio' of threats, study says | | | OSLO (Reuters) - 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. |
| Cinema's African-American renaissance | | | This year's critically acclaimed films take audiences from places like slave plantations in the antebellum South, to packed Ebbets Field as Jackie Robinson steps up to bat, and to inner-city public housing on a scorching summer day. While set in various eras and depicting diverse stories, many of the films on the short list for the 2013 awards season show an emerging trend; Hollywood is making movies about the black experience in America. |
| Well Faces of Breast Cancer A Global Community | | | Whether you have breast cancer, love someone with breast cancer or worry about breast cancer, you are part of a global community of people whose lives have been touched by the disease. Well is asking readers to share their experiences as part of its Picture Your Life project. |
| Memorabilia from JFK assassination up for auction | | | BOSTON (Reuters) - Nearly 300 items related to U.S. President John F. Kennedy and to Kennedy's assassination, including a lock of the president's hair and Lee Harvey Oswald's wedding ring, were put... |
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