Los Angeles Times
Reader photos: Southern California Moments, Day 35
Riding into the sunset: Betto Rodrigues took this photograph of an old bus in Venice just as the sun was setting on Jan 8.
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Every day, we're featuring photos of Southern California submitted by readers. Share your photos on our Flickr page or reader submission gal...
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SI
Halak, Blues shut down Kings 1-0
ST. LOUIS (AP) A few days in the sun proved to be all St. Louis goalie Jaroslav Halak needed.
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Gizmodo
Haptic Weather Forecaster Lets You Feel Tomorrow's Temperature [Video]
The Sun? Clouds? Little wavy lines? These cryptic icons used by meteorologists only serve to confuse those of us wanting to know tomorrow's forecast. So Robb Godshaw created this easy-to-understand forecasting device that lets you feel what tomorrow's temperature will be. More »
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USA Today
Court-martial ordered for WikiLeaks soldier
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning will be court-martialed for allegedly passing classified files to WikiLeaks,The Baltimore Sun reports.
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Huffington Post
Super Bowl: Best TV Football Moments From 'Friday Night Lights' And More (VIDEO)
Though Super Bowl XLVI is sure to bring plenty of real-life drama and entertainment when the New England Patriots and the New York Giants go head-to-head on Sun., Feb. 5, TV's scripted football moments throughout the years have been equally captivating.From the heartfelt moments of "Friday Night Lights" to the hilariously absurd on "Family Guy" to the progressive storylines of "Dawson's Creek,"...
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omg
Pippa Middleton Gets New Boyfriend With Harry Potter Connection
Pippa Middleton is reportedly off the market. After splitting with ex-cricket player Alex Loudon last year, the sister of Dutchess Catherine, is back with her old Edinburgh University beau, George Percy, according to Britain's The Sun newspaper.
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BoingBoing
Here Comes The Sun: the lost solo guitar
[Video Link] "In this video we see Sir George Martin, Giles Martin (his son), and Dhani Harrison listening to the mix of “Here Comes The Sun.” Suddenly Dhani opens the channel with the “lost solo guitar.” And now, with the master track in the background, you can hear how it sounds in music." (Via Cynical-C)
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Reuters
Miami named most miserable U.S. city
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warm sun, white beaches, and million-dollar mansions notwithstanding, Miami has captured the dubious distinction of being the most miserable city in the United States, according to a new poll.
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Goal.com
Bericht: Kehrt Jose Mourinho im Sommer zum FC Chelsea zurück?
Wie das englische Blatt The Sun berichtet, verkündete der exzentrische Portugiese: „Ich werde Chelsea trainieren“.
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siliconindia
10 Most Beautiful Roads of the World
“Roads Go Ever On, over rock and under tree, by caves where never sun has shone, by streams that never find the sea. Under cloud and under star†beautifully quoted by J.R.R Tolkien
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DieZeit
Fußball: Madrid: Mourinho denkt über Chelsea-Comeback nach
Madrid (SID) - Trainer José Mourinho vom spanischen Fußball-Rekordmeister Real Madrid plant möglicherweise seine Rückkehr nach England. Nach einem Bericht der englischen Boulevardzeitung The Sun will...
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perez hilton
Man In Obama Mask Robs McDonald's!
WTF?!
A man robbed a McDonald's last Saturday in Florida in an Obama mask.
He held up the employees at gunpoint and forced all of them into the back office while instructing the manager to empty the cash registers and put the money in a bag he brought.
The police are still on the lookout for the masked [...]
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Sport Bild
Abschied von Real - Sun berichtet exklusiv: Mourinho im Sommer zurück zu Chelsea
Wie die Sun exklusiv berichtet, verlässt José Mourinho Real Madrid im Sommer, um wieder seinen Ex-Klub FC Chelsea zu trainieren.Foto: dpa
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amNY
What else is on? A viewer's guide to Super Bowl alternatives
Puppy Bowl VIII, Sun., 3 p.m. on Animal Planet: For the non-sports fan, the Puppy Bowl - which will be broadcast on repeat until 3 a.m. - boasts 20 adopted dogs frolicking around a 10-foot-by-19-foot "stadium" for two hours (or until they fall asleep). The halftime show features kittens.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Sun News: as Canadian as hockey and bureaucrats posing as new citizens
Network used phony citizenship ceremony in promo spot touting its nationalist credentials
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National Post
Kenney refuses to apologize for fake citizenship broadcast
A fake citizenship ceremony on Sun News was the result of “logistical problems,” Jason Kenney said Thursday in the House of Commons, amid much laughter
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The Sun
Sun editor: Public had right to know about RBS chief's affair
SUN'S Dominic Mohan tells Parliamentary committee 'public interest' in revealing affair of RBS' Fred Goodwin
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Les Echos
Beyond the Sun de Chris Isaak
La nostalgie « fifties » dans ce qu'elle a de meilleur : le chanteur-crooner revisite les classiques du label Sun -d'Elvis à Johnny Cash en passant par Jerry Lee Lewis et Carl Perkins. Chaud...
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Telegraph
Angelo Dundee's passing highlights end of a golden age
The sun is setting on boxing, and whatever the cliché claims, in this case it is darkest before the dusk.
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Barrons
Sunoco Shifts Strategy: Changes CEO, Raises Dividend
Sunoco (SUN) is trading 2% higher after hours after announcing that it will change its strategy, replacing its CEO, raising its dividend and buying back shares and debt. In addition, the company will focus on its logistics and retail business and exit manufacturing operations. CEO Lynn Elsenhans will be replaced by CFO Brian MacDonald. “Brian [...]
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Science Daily
New super-Earth 'best candidate to support liquid water and, perhaps, life as we know it'
Sientists have discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star. The star is a member of a triple star system and has a different makeup than our Sun, being relatively lacking in metallic elements. This discovery demonstrates that habitable planets could form in a greater variety of environments than previously believed.
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physorg
Stellar astrophysics explains the behavior of fast rotating neutron stars in binary systems
Pulsars are among the most exotic celestial bodies known. They have diameters of about 20 kilometres, but at the same time roughly the mass of our sun. A sugar-cube sized piece of its ultra-compact matter on the Earth would weigh hundreds of millions of tons. A sub-class of them, known as millisecond pulsars, spin up to several hundred times per second around their own axes. Previous studies re...
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Washington Post
Hall of Famer Gordie Howe is fighting mild dementia
Dementia is a disease Gordie Howe knows well.
Only three years ago, it killed his wife, Colleen. And now it’s affecting Howe, too.
According to an Associated Press report, Howe’s family has yet to seek a diagnosis, but signs of the disease are starting to emerge. Howe is experiencing short-term memory loss, difficulty speaking and some confusion after the sun sets, a condition called “sundownin...
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The Guardian
Leveson inquiry: Sun editor recalled for questioning on Page 3
Dominic Mohan's return follows evidence from women's groups who argued tabloids should ban 'sexualised images'Dominic Mohan, the editor of the Sun, will return to give further evidence to the Leveson inquiry next week – with News International expecting him to be asked questions about the tabloid's daily Page 3 pictures of topless models.The surprise recall of Mohan in part follows evidence giv...
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Times probed for email hacking
POLICE have launched a new investigation into the flagship The Times following earlier arrests at The Sun and the News of the World.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Kenney's office apologizes for new Canadians stunt on Sun News
Ceremony was requested by Immigration Minister Jason Kenneys office
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Kenney's office apologizes for new Canadians stunt on Sun News
Ceremony was requested by Immigration Minister Jason Kenneys office
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Kenney's office apologizes for new Canadians stunt on Sun News
Ceremony was requested by Immigration Minister Jason Kenneys office
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Scientific American
Thanks to Plants, We Will Never Find A Planet Like Earth
Astronomers are finding lots of exoplanets that are orbiting stars like the sun, significantly raising the odds that we will find a similar world. But if we do, the chance that the surface of that planet will look like ours is very small, thanks to an unlikely culprit: plants. [More]
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Wired
Sun on the Run: 4 Portable Solar Chargers Tested
Thanks to the ubiquity of USB connections on mobile devices, getting power from a portable solar charger is just as easy as plugging into the wall.
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Times of India
CIC orders disclosure of Sun Direct’s shareholding
The Central Information Commission on Tuesday directed the I&B ministry to make public information related to the details of shareholders of Sun Direct TV.
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Daily Mail
Israeli scientists breed 'Black Galaxy' tomato
To create the ‘Black Galaxy’ tomato, the breeders crossbred tomatoes with wild varieties. The dark colour comes from a pigment similar to one found in blueberries - and it gets darker in the sun.
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AllThingsDigital
Filing: Without Itanium Chip, HP Is "Strategically Screwed"
But in HP's view, Oracle sought to blow up its rival's Business Critical Server business and lure customers to its Sun servers.
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politico
Above the fold, Florida primary edition
A quick round of the best front pages circulating in the Sunshine State this morning, beginning with this gem out of Brevard County, one of eight counties to watch according to the Miami Herald.
"Newt Gingrich was mocked for giving a lunar-colony speech here last week," the Herald's Marc Caputo writes. "Filled with rocket-scientists and evangelical voters, it’s a solid Republican county."
Mean...
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Daily Mail
Winter sun in Agadir: Luxury pampering, stylish hang-outs and good old-fashioned fun
Agadir is a thriving holiday enclave but now it is looking to become more than just a package holiday destination. A new marina has injected some much-needed glamour and Riad Villa Blanche is drawing visitors who may previously have dismissed the resort as the Costa del Morocco, says Laura Mannering.
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China Daily
Marshall gets day in sun to lead AFC's win
While everyone was playing at half-speed and ready to extend their Hawaiian vacation, Brandon Marshall played as if it was his last game.
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Fortune
Video: Gruber, Ihnatko and Snell on Apple after Steve Jobs
One of the most fascinating panels on the Macworld stage during last week's Macworld | iWorld expo in San Francisco was a conversion about "The State of Apple" among Macworld editor Jason Snell, Daring Fireball's John Gruber and Chicago Sun Times columnist Andy Ihnatko.
We've excerpted the part that interested us most: 5:40 about what happens to Apple (AAPL) without Steve Job...
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Daily Mail
Nasa solves the mystery of Earth's 'missing energy' - it's all going into the sea, says space agency
An international team of satellite experts and oceanographers have solved one of Nasa's most baffling mysteries - where the energy from the sun was going.
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Los Angeles Times
Three brothers, 11-year-old boy killed in Fontana crash
Three brothers and an 11-year-old boy were killed in Fontana when a sport utility vehicle slammed into another car and wrapped around a light pole.
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Times LIVE
R15 000 suspended fine for North West speedster
A motorist was fined R15 000, suspended for five years, by the Brits Magistrate's Court on Monday for driving at 200km/h from Sun City to Pretoria, the North West public safety department said
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Krone
Zehn Tote bei Massencrash auf Autobahn in Florida
Bei einer Massenkarambolage auf einer sechsspurigen Autobahn im US-Staat Florida sind am Sonntag mindestens zehn Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Mindestens fünf Pkws und sechs Sattelschlepper waren an dem Unfall beteiligt, einige von ihnen gingen in Flammen auf. "Es sah aus wie das Ende der Welt", sagte Steven Camps, Augenzeuge der Tragödie, der Lokalzeitung "The Gainesville Sun".
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WSJ
Hawaii Says 'Aloha' to More Visitors
Hawaii has a reason to bask in the sun: Newly compiled figures show the number of visitors to the Aloha State rebounded in 2011 to its highest level since 2007.
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National Post
British police arrest News Corp. staff, officer in corruption probe
British police arrested four current and former staff of Rupert Murdoch's best-selling Sun tabloid plus a policeman on Saturday as part of an investigation into suspected payments by journalists to officers, police and the newspaper's publisher said
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Le Figaro
Le scandale des écoutes britanniques s'étend au Sun
Quatre journalistes du tabloïd de Rupert Murdoch et un policier ont été arrêtés samedi, soupçonnés de corruption.Articles en rapportLa candidature de Wade déclenche des violences au SénégalLa Ligue arabe suspend sa mission en SyrieGingrich réveille les Tea Party en FlorideSoupçons sur la présidentielle russeSyrie : l'insurrection armée se rapproche de Damas
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Hoy
Libertad bajo fianza para los detenidos por las escuchas ilegales
Los cuatro periodistas empleados y exempleados del tabloide 'The Sun' y el agente detenidos en relación con el caso de las escuchas ilegales del desaparecido periódico 'News Of The World' han sido puestos en libertad bajo fianza, según Scotland Yard.
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Irish Times
'Sun' journalists released on bail
Four current and formerSunjournalists and a Metropolitan Police officer arrested over alleged illegal police payments have been released on bail.
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Times of India
Phone hacking scandal: Arrested Sun journalists in bribery probe get bail
Police say four senior tabloid journalists and a policeman arrested on suspicion of bribery have been released on bail.
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BBC
VIDEO: Five bailed in police payment probe
Four former and current Sun journalists and a police officer arrested over alleged payments made to police by journalists have been released on bail.
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Daily Telegraph
Five arrested in UK tabloid probe
POLICE have arrested former and current employees from Britain's biggest selling newspaper, The Sun, over suspected payments to police.
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Hoy
Golpe a 'The Sun' por sobornos a policías
Cuatro periodistas del diario 'The Sun' y un policía permanecían detenidos ayer tras la información que pasó a Scotland Yard la empresa propietaria del periódico más vendido de lunes a sábado en Reino Unido, como parte de la investigación sobre el pago de dinero a agentes para que diesen información a sus reporteros.
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Reuters
UK police arrest Murdoch tabloid staff, raid offices
LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested four current and former staff of Rupert Murdoch's best-selling Sun tabloid plus a policeman on Saturday as part of an investigation into suspected payments by journalists to officers, police and the newspaper's publisher said.
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Telegraph
Sun executives arrested over illegal police payments
Sun newspaper executives who were closely associated with Rebekah Brooks arrested on suspicion of making illegal police payments.
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DerSpiegel
Korruptionsverdacht: Polizei nimmt vier britische Journalisten fest
Haben Journalisten der britischen Boulevardzeitung "The Sun" Polizisten geschmiert? Fünf Männer wurden am Samstag als Verdächtige festgenommen - darunter auch ein Gesetzeshüter.
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New York Times
5 Are Arrested in British Tabloid Scandal
Police searched the offices of the British tabloid, The Sun, after arresting an officer and four journalists with ties to the paper.
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The Nation
Police arrest Murdoch tabloid staff
LONDON - Police arrested four current and former staff of Rupert Murdoch's best-selling Sun tabloid and a policeman on Saturday in a probe into suspected payments by journalists to officers for information, police and the newspaper's publisher said.
Police also searched the London offices of Sun publisher News International in a corruption probe linked to a continuing investigation into phone ....
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Huffington Post
Vivian Norris: Here Comes the Sun: Tunisia to Energize Europe
When completed, TuNur is set to be the world's largest solar energy project. And with the menacing reality of climate change, renewable energy is no longer the choice of idealists, but a simple necessity.
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Le Point
Scandale des écoutes: quatre employés ou ex-employés du tabloïd The Sun arrêtés
News Corporation a annoncé que quatre "employés actuels et passés" du...
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Al Jazhera
UK police arrest four more Murdoch staffers
Current and former employees of Sun tabloid arrested in investigation into whether police were paid for information.
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Le Point
Grande Bretagne-scandale des écoutes : quatre employés du Sun arrêtés
News Corporation a annoncé que quatre "employés actuels et passés" du...
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NEWS.au.com
UK policeman, four tabloid staff arrested
DETECTIVES arrest a policeman, four staff from Britain's biggest selling newspaper, The Sun, over suspected payments to police.
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AP
British police arrest 5 in tabloid bribery probe
LONDON (AP) -- British police searched the offices of Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers Saturday after arresting a police officer and four current and former staff of his tabloid The Sun as part of an investigation into police bribery by journalists....
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Les Echos
Scandale des écoutes: des ex ou actuels employés du Sun et un policier arrêtés
[[354776]] LONDRES (AFP) : Quatre anciens ou actuels employés du journal le Sun et un policier ont été arrêtés samedi par Scotland Yard qui enquête sur des pots-de-vin à la police dans le cadre du scandale des écoutes, et les locaux du quotidien ont été fouillés, selon des sources...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Switch off the lights, here comes the sun
Transporting natural sunlight into the interior of buildings could one day make electric lighting a thing of the past
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National Geographic
Hottest Thing on Earth: X-rays Heat Metal to 3.6 Million Degrees
By zapping a scrap of metal with superpowerful x-rays, scientists created plasma that rivals the sun for heat.
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Mashable
Solar Storm Smacks the Earth — And We’ve Got Video
A massive wave of charged particles exploded from the sun and hit Earth earlier this week in what NASA calls “the most intense solar energetic…
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Times of India
NASA finds 11 new solar systems
NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has found 11 new planetary systems, including one with five planets all orbiting closer to their parent star than Mercury circles the Sun, scientists said on Thursday.
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taz
Album von Chinese Man: Grabräuber im Dienste des HipHop
Chinese Mans "Racing With The Sun" ist der Soundtrack eines imaginären Films mit fiktiven Charakteren wie Miss Chang oder Ugly Panda. mehr...
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Times LIVE
Kepler telescope team finds 11 new solar systems
Nasa’s planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has found 11 new planetary systems, including one with five planets all orbiting closer to their parent star than Mercury circles the Sun, scientists said on Thursday.
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Daily Mail
Mom arrested after leaving five-year-old son to gamble at casino
Xiao Xu Wu was charged on Wednesday with risk of injury to a minor after her son called 911 and said he was left alone at a Mohegan Sun Casino in New York.
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Hoy
Rebekah Brooks ha sido madre
El escándalo de las escuchas de 'News of the world' acabó con la prometedora carrera de Rebekah Brooks, la que fuera directora del diario dominical y de 'The Sun'. Pero esto no ha terminado con su vida. Ni mucho menos. Brooks y su marido acaban de anunciar que ha sido padres gracias a un vientre de alquiler. La pareja intentó tener un bebé durante cinco años.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Canadian insurers shares fall after UBS downgrade
Manulife, Sun Life both down 5% as Feds pledge to keep interest rates low prompts analyst action
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science blogs
Kommentar von Olli F. bei "Die größte Verschwörung aller Zeiten: In Wahrheit ist die Sonne kalt und dunkel!" (Astrodicticum Simplex) am 26.01.2012
Sehr passender Witz zum Thema ;-):
An Irishman wanted to go to the sun. His fellows questioned
him "But it's a fucking long way up there." He relied "Yeah,
but I'm gonna use the biggest fastest rocket..."
"But you'll need a strong rocket..." "Yeah, I'm gonna use
fucking nuklear power..."
"But what about fucking oxygen?" "Yeah, I'm gonna bring the
biggest fucking oxygen tank..."
"But what ab...
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science blogs
The weatherfolk who never were [Class M]
George Monbiot usually pays more attention to the climate than weather, but his recent interest in the latter should provide many hours of merriment, and not just in the UK;
This month, I questioned the credentials of the alternative weather forecasters used by the Daily Mail, the Express, the Telegraph and the Sun. I suggested that their qualifications were inadequate, their methods inscrutab...
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The Sun
BTCC boss: Sun MG is great news
TOURING car supremo Alan Gow has hailed the return of MG as "fantastic news"
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CNN
Online polling startup Wayin weighs in on election
Scott McNealy can barely conceal his enthusiasm as he sits down in the media room of his Silicon Valley mansion to watch the New Hampshire Republican presidential debate. But it is not the debate itself that has Sun Microsystems' longtime CEO literally on the edge of his seat -- in fact, his enormous television is actually on "mute." No, he is pumped because two of the six candidates on the scr...
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Times of India
Britain's debt reaches one trillion pounds
Britain's debt mountain has risen to one trillion pounds (over $1.5 trillion) for the first time, The Sun reported Wednesday.
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The Sun
Lana Del Rey: I've ended up good friends with lots of fans ...we got out to dinner
DOWN-TO-EARTH singer talks exclusively to The Sun about her rise to fame
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The Sun
Lana Del Rey: I've ended up good friends with lots of fans ...we got out to dinner
DOWN-TO-EARTH singer talks exclusively to The Sun about her rise to fame
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China Daily
Worshipping the sun
A sacrificial ceremony said to be held in ancient times is staged at the Jinsha Site Museum in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Jan 23, 2012.
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dlisted
Jodie Marsh Bravely Opens Up About Her Exploding Titty Trauma
This might come as a shock to you, but the finest rose in England wasn't totally sculpted by the hand of Mother Nature out of organic materials. The scalpel of a surgeon and a Hoover Dam's worth of silicone was used to elevate Jodie Marsh's beauty to goddess-like levels. But if Jodie could do it all over again, she'd keep her natural beauty intact and would never allow her chichis to be ...
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WSJ
Big Solar Storm Hits Earth
The largest solar storm in almost a decade swept across Earth on Tuesday, in a harbinger of fiercer outbursts from the Sun predicted for the year ahead.
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AP
Solar storm sparks dazzling northern lights
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A storm from the broiling sun turned the chilly northernmost skies of Earth into an ever-changing and awe-provoking art show of northern lights on Tuesday....
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The Nation
Strong solar storm to lash Earth today
OUR planet is being bombarded by high-energy particles unleashed by the strongest solar storm since 2005, scientists say.
The charged particles are mostly a concern for satellites - which they can disrupt - and astronauts. But they can also cause communication problems for aircraft travelling near the poles. The geomagnetic storm has been caused by a potent flare that erupted from the Sun at 04...
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The Nation
Strong solar storm to lash Earth today
OUR planet is being bombarded by high-energy particles unleashed by the strongest solar storm since 2005, scientists say.
The charged particles are mostly a concern for satellites - which they can disrupt - and astronauts. But they can also cause communication problems for aircraft travelling near the poles. The geomagnetic storm has been caused by a potent flare that erupted from the Sun at 04...
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The Nation
Strong solar storm to lash Earth today
OUR planet is being bombarded by high-energy particles unleashed by the strongest solar storm since 2005, scientists say.
The charged particles are mostly a concern for satellites - which they can disrupt - and astronauts. But they can also cause communication problems for aircraft travelling near the poles. The geomagnetic storm has been caused by a potent flare that erupted from the Sun at 04...
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Slashdot
Solar Eruption Triggers Strongest Radiation Storm
ForgedArtificer writes "A recent eruption on the sun will be exposing Earth to the strongest radiation storm seen since 2005. [The storm] will potentially disrupt communications and put high-flyers at risk of radiation exposure." Says Spaceweather.com: "On the NOAA scale of radiation storms, this one ranks S3, which means it could, e.g., cause isolated reboots of computers onboard Earth-orbitin...
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Telegraph
Solar flares: Earth hit by biggest space storm in almost seven years
A powerful solar flare has unleashed the biggest radiation storm in nearly seven years as the Sun bombards the Earth with huge amounts of energy.
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Times of India
Mind the gap
The sun, in all likelihood, rises in the east and sets in the west. Glory be to god(s) who is/are, may or may not be. Long live democracy! The Jaipur Literature Festival drew to a close on Tuesday. A certain individual did not make it to the event, following protests by certain groups representing certain people of a certain community who objected to certain portions of a certain book written ...
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Galleries getting smarter
AFTER visitors endured long queues in the hot sun two summers ago, galleries are getting smarter at planning blockbusters.
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BBC
Can shipping go green?
Can the power of the sun revolutionise sea travel?
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Irish Times
Nightmare in Melbourne sun for dismal Williams
TENNIS AUSTRALIAN OPEN:SERENA WILLIAMS could not get out of Melbourne Park quickly enough after losing 6-2, 6-3 in a mere hour and 22 minutes to the world number 56, Ekaterina Makarova, in the fourth round of the Australian Open.
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Goal.com
Mercado: Un goleador del Betis, con la pólvora mojada, apunta a Escocia
Según el Scottish Sun, Jorge Molina, que no suele ser titular en el equipo de Pepe Mel, podría fichar por el Celtic de Glasgow.
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Reuters
Sun hurls strong geomagnetic storm toward Earth
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The strongest geomagnetic storm in more than six years was forecast to hit Earth's magnetic field on Tuesday, and it could affect airline routes, power grids and satellites, the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Center said.
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Daily Mail
How THREE-QUARTERS of tweens are skipping sunscreen in bid for 'fashionable' tanned look
A shocking three quarters of pre-adolescent children are not wearing any suncream, despite warnings about skin cancer and associated risks of skin exposure to sun.
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Scientific American
Largest Solar Storm Since 2005 to Hit Earth Tuesday
Last night the sun unleashed a flash of radiation called a solar flare, along with a generous belch of ionized matter that is now racing toward Earth at thousands of kilometers a second. The solar storm front from the ionized blast, called a coronal mass ejection (CME), should arrive tomorrow morning, according to the National [...]
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Reuters
Weaker sun will not delay global warming
LONDON (Reuters) - A weaker sun over the next 90 years is not likely to significantly delay a rise in global temperature caused by greenhouse gases, a report said Monday.
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Telegraph
News International 'planning to launch Sunday edition of Sun in April', claims MP Tom Watson
Speculation that News International may introduce a Sunday edition of the Sun newspaper was rekindled today after Tom Watson MP cited a source saying the company was working towards an April launch.
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Daily Mail
1,400 jobs to go at fashion chain Bonmarche as fallout from Peacocks collapse continues
Sun European Partners' purchase of Bonmarche, which was part of the Peacocks Group, is expected to result in the closure of 160 stores.
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Daily Mail
Rihanna goes bra-less and makeup-free as she jets back from Hawaii
Rihanna was clearly still in holiday mode as she arrived in sunny Los Angeles after a long break in the island of Hawaii today. The singer flew into bustling LAX airport looking like she’d just stepped off a sun lounger, wearing nothing but an almost sheer black bandeau maxi dress.
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New York Times
In a Romney Believer, Private Equity’s Risks and Rewards
The merits of private equity firms like Marc J. Leder’s Sun Capital are the subject of renewed debate because of the presidential race.
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FOX
Massive Solar Flare May Spark Celestial Light Show
Powerful flare erupting from Sun and heading toward Earth could amp up northern lights display this weekendAstronomers Aim to Take First Picture of Black Hole
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USA Today
NASA: Sun uncorks blast at Earth
NASA satellites detected the Sun unleashing a moderate blast at Earth on Thursday. Expect Northern Lights on Saturday.
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TechCrunch
It’s Still Funny, But It Might Not Be A Joke: Jotly Arrives On Android
I'm beginning to think the team at Firespotter Labs are marketing geniuses. Prior to launching their new iPhone app Jotly (you know, as a joke), they released a hilarious video featuring a "fake" app by the same name. In the video, a guy goes around rating things like parking meters, hiding spots, ice cubes, and a beer in the alley that was left in the sun (F-, if you're curious). The video was...
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Wired
Infrared Image Shows Helix Nebula in Fresh Light
The nearby Helix nebula just received the piercing infrared gaze of a telescope in Chile, and the resulting image reveals cold gas normally hidden among warmer star-lit material.
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The Sun
Exposed: Chelsea shares secrets
EXCLUSIVE: THE SUN today exposes share dealings that raise serious questions for Chelsea FC and its fans
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USA Today
Report: U.K. troops allegedly abuse Afghan kids
The Sun newspaper reported the allegations, saying the soldiers filmed the children and showed the video to other servicemen.
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The Jerusalem Post
Pe’er parades into 2nd round with ease
Sela ousted early by Bellucci; Djokovic has fun in the sun, Stosur wilts, Serena advances.
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American Scientist
Smallest Exoplanets Found--Each Tinier Than Earth
Three new planets found outside our solar system are the smallest exoplanets yet discovered--each of them tinier than Earth, astronomers announced today. The tiny worlds are clustered around a red M-dwarf star called KOI-961 that is itself among the more diminutive stellar objects in the universe. The star is just a sixth as wide as our sun, or about 70 percent bigger than Jupiter...from Na...
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Reuters
Djokovic has fun in the sun, Stosur wilts
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Champion Novak Djokovic made a triumphant return to the venue that kick-started his remarkable 2011 as the former joker of the courts emphatically demonstrated he was not prepared to cede his Australian Open crown without a fight.
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Daily Mail
Thierry Henry apologises for swearing to Arsenal fan
Thierry Henry has issued an apology to Arsenal fans for his x-rated outburst at one of the club's fans. The Frenchman admitted to The Sun that he lost his temper after the Gunners' unexpected 3-2 defeat at Swansea.
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Reuters
UPDATE 1-UK retailer Peacocks faces administration
* Sun European Partners in talks to buy Bonmarche - source
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Goal.com
Transferts - Le Bayern et le Bayer sur Berbatov
Selon The Sun, le Bayern Munich aurait formulé une offre de 10 millions d'euros pour l'attaquant mancunien, Dimitar Berbatov. Le Bayer serait également intéressé.
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Reuters
Conquering the chilly workouts of winter
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The short days, the weak sun, and the warm beds of winter can wreak havoc on your fitness routine.
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SI
Don Banks: After long wait, Smith, 49ers get their day in the California sun
SAN FRANCISCO -- He could have left town and never looked back last offseason, but Alex Smith stayed home and stayed with it. He resolved to remain a 49er, and give it one last shot.
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AP
Skiers hit the halfpipe despite Burke's injury
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) -- The afternoon sun has cast a giant shadow across one wall of the imposing 22-foot superpipe at Park City Mountain Resort....
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Los Angeles Times
'Top Chef: Texas': Sarah turns wolverine mean
Sarah is turning as sour as week-old buttermilk left in the sun, as bitter as bolted radicchio, as unpleasant as rancid olive oil.
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The Jerusalem Post
Israeli scientist helps discover rare planets
American team that includes TA University astrophysicist discovers two distant planets, each of which revolves around a double sun.
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BBC
Is the sun setting on the Anglo-Indian community?
India's Anglo-Indian community 'under threat'
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CNN
Solar lamps replace toxic kerosene in poorest countries
When the sun goes down over large swathes of the developing world, the 1.3 billion people currently living without access to an electricity connection are plunged into darkness.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
LSU and Alabama fans go wild before BCS championship in New Orleans
As the sun started to set outside the Superdome, the streets filled with fans trying to score last-minute tickets for the big game
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circleID
How to Make DNS Green
The Dutch Internet registry SIDN has launched a unique program in partnership with CleanBits to identify what proportion of .nl domain names were hosted on a green or CO2-neutral basis. The results show a strong trend towards the 'greening' of the .nl internet zone. Nearly 30 per cent of .nl names were found to have green hosts. That is more than twice the percentage identified in a 2009 survey...
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TMZ
A-Rod & Torrie Wilson -- So Many Muscles, So Little Clothing
Fresh from vacationing with George Clooney, Stacy Keibler and Cindy Crawford in Mexico, Alex Rodriguez and his new girlfriend/wrestling diva Torrie Wilson continued soaking up the sun and showing off their lean, ripped physiques at his house in…
TMZA-Rod & Torrie Wilson -- So Many Muscles, So Little Clothing
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China Daily
A life devoted to the labs
Sun Wei said he has not left the lab, dormitory, canteen and sports ground at his company complex in Shanghai's Pudong district for more than a month.
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sueddeutsche
Silver Star/Sun Peaks: Vom Bett auf die Piste
"Double Black Diamond" - für Könner das Größte. Ansonsten ist dieser Schwierigkeitsgrad akut lebensgefährlich. Aber es gibt auch gemütlichere Abfahrten hier in Kanada, zwischen den gegensätzlichen Orten Silver Star und Sun Peaks.
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Irish Times
Sun 'less bullish' says MacKenzie
A former editor ofThe Suntoday said the newspaper is now “less bullish” than it was when he was in charge.
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FTD
Unternehmenssoftware: Sun Microsystems wird für Oracle zur Last
Nach der Übernahme des Serverherstellers klagen viele Oracle-Kunden über komplizierte Verträge. Die FTD hat mit Deutschlandchef Kunz darüber gesprochen.
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Daily Mail
Seven passengers injured as severe turbulence rocks superjet from London to Sydney
Many of the passengers on board the Qantas superjet were Britons heading for the sun in the Australian summer.
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People
Drew Barrymore Engaged to Will Kopelman
The couple just celebrated their one-year anniversary in Sun Valley
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Handelsblatt
Einzelhandelskette: Strauss Innovation hat neuen Eigentümer
Neuer Besitzer für den Mode- und Einrichtungsfilialist Strauss Innovation: Die US-Investmentfirma Sun Capital hat die Beteiligungen von EQT sowie die Minderheitsanteile der Familie Geringhoff gekauft.
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Washington Post
Gingrich flies to N.H., pledges new fight against Romney
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Newt Gingrich was the first presidential contender to leave Iowa behind Tuesday evening and head for the New Hampshire, a telling sign of how ready he was to forget his fourth-place finish in the Republican caucuses.
The former House speaker and his wife, Callista, boarded a rented Sun Country Airlines Boeing 737 about midnight, looking a little weary but with big smiles on t...
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FOXnews
From Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney to Derek Jeter and Minka Kelly: Who's the Hottest New Couple of 2012?
It looks like Lady Gaga has really gone gaga ... over hunky "Vampire Diaries" actor Taylor Kinney. Last week, The Sun published a photo of Gaga walking arm-in-arm with her new boyfriend in California.
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Le Figaro
Lewis Hamilton chanteur de R'n'B ?
Le quotidien britannique The Sun révèle aujourd'hui que Lewis Hamilton a enregistré plusieurs morceaux de R'n'B dans un studio de l'ouest londonien, habituellement fréquenté par des stars de la chanson, dont Robbie Williams et Kylie Minogue. Il faut dire qu'avec...
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Rolling Stone
Exclusive Download: Cursive's Catchy 'The Sun and Moon'
Click to listen to Cursive's 'The Sun and Moon' On February 21st Cursive will release their seventh full-length album I Am Gemini which is the musical tale of twin brothers Cassius and Pollock who were separated at birth Frontman Tim Kasher says that the album's lead track – the guitar-driven catchy "The...
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The New Yorker
Rosanna Warren: “Glaucoma.”
Garnet flashes in the wild turkey’s wattle
as late sun singes the far edge of the meadow.
Lacework birdcalls unravel little by little
into a frayed cat’s cradle for catching shadow.
Ceremonial as bishops in their jerking strut,
the turkeys process into the transept of white . . . (Subscription required.)
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Daily Telegraph
Sydney parties on New Year's Day
THOUSANDS spent their New Year's Day bathing in the sun soaking up warmer temperatures across beaches in NSW, while music fans went to Field Day.
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USA Today
Utah comes back, beats Georgia Tech in Sun Bowl
John White plowed into the end zone from 8 yards out to give Utah a 30-27 overtime victory against Georgia Tech in the Sun Bowl on Saturday.
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NZZ
Der glücklose Berufsrevolutionär
Auch die Chinesen verdienen Demokratie und Rechtsstaatlichkeit – Sun Yat-sens zeitgemässes Vermächtnis
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USA Today
Is the sun setting on A-Rod's career?
Spring training is still weeks away, but it's never too early to speculate on what kind of shape Alex Rodriguez will be in.
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news.com.au
Elle Macpherson still sizzles in the sun
ELLE Macpherson has steps out for a surf, and shows she still has all the physical hallmarks that earned her the nickname The Body.
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Entertainment Online
Bikini Shot of the Day: Kimora Lee Simmons & Djmon Hounsou Enjoy a St. Barts Christmas
Forget snow—Christmas is all about fun in the sun for fashion mogul and reality star Kimora Lee Simmons and her hubby Djimon Hounsou.
The couple of four years went the...
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Entertainment Online
Bikini Shot of the Day: Kimora Lee Simmons & Djmon Hounsou Enjoy a St. Barts Christmas
Forget snow—Christmas is all about fun in the sun for fashion mogul and reality star Kimora Lee Simmons and her hubby Djimon Hounsou.
The couple of four years went the...
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Technology Review
Intensifying the Sun
Jon Mapel, cofounder of Covalent Solar, explains how the solar-power company got its start and how its technology works.
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science blogs
Der Weihnachtsmann unter NORAD-Beobachtung [Geograffitico]
Was den US-Zeitungen der alljährlich veröffentlichte Briefwechsel zwischen Virginia und der längst eingestellten New York Sun ist, wird in meinem Blog dieser Artikel über den Weihnachtsmann und dem North American Aerospace Defense Command NORAD sein - getreu dem Motto "Alle Jahre wieder":
Angeblich durch einen Zufall wurde mehr als einem halben Jahrhundert das US-Luft- und Weltraum-V...
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Reuters
Stonehenge app offers virtual solstice tour
LONDON (Reuters) - For those who couldn't quite make it to Stonehenge to watch the sun rise on Thursday's winter solstice, a new app could offer some consolation by offering a virtual tour around the mysterious stones.
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MarketWatch
MarketWatch First Take: BP abandons solar quest
Sun power buckles before a weak economy, stiff competition from Asia
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BBC
VIDEO: First Earth-sized planets spotted
Astronomers in the US have detected the first Earth-sized planets, which are orbiting a star similar to our own Sun.
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BBC
First Earth-sized planets spotted
Astronomers in the US have detected the first Earth-sized planets, which are orbiting a star similar to our own Sun.
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Entertainment Online
Kate Middleton, Prinz William und Harry: glamouröser Salut an die Truppen
Kate Middleton sah auf einem Militär-Event total modern aus.
Sie hatte bei den "Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards", die im Imperial War Museum in London zu Ehren...
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Technology Review
Blog - Earth Must Have Another Moon, Say Astronomers
A study of the way our planet temporarily captures asteroids suggests that Earth should have at least one extra moon at any one time
Back in 2006, the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona noticed that a mysterious body had begun orbiting the Earth. This object had a spectrum that was remarkably similar to the titanium white paint used on Saturn V rocket stages and, indeed, a number of rocket s...
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Washington Post
Whistleblower’s brother says phone hacking, cell phone tracking was routine at The Sun
LONDON — Illegal voicemail interception and cell phone tracking was a matter of routine at both The Sun and the News of the World tabloids, the brother of a whistle blower at the center of Britain’s phone hacking scandal said Monday.
Stuart Hoare — the brother of the late journalist Sean Hoare — told an inquiry into British media ethics that both papers, published by Rupert Murdoch’s News Inter...
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AP
Journalist's brother: Hacking went on at The Sun
LONDON (AP) -- The brother of one of the whistleblowers at the center of Britain's phone hacking scandal says illegal practices also took place at The Sun newspaper....
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Reuters
UPDATE 1-UK's Jacques Vert agrees to Sun Capital's $64 mln bid
Dec 19 (Reuters) - Jacques Vert Plc agreed to
be taken over by U.S. private investment firm Sun Capital for
about 41.2 million pounds ($64 million) in cash, nearly a month
after the British fashion...
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Art Review
Status posted by Lauren Litwa Holden
Status posted by Lauren Litwa HoldenOpen Studio this Fri. Sat. Sun. noon to 5pm Wawa PA
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Nikkei
S Korean President To Visit Japan On Sat, Meet With Noda On Sun |
Nature
A gas cloud on its way towards the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Centre
Measurements of stellar orbits provide compelling evidence that the compact radio source Sagittarius A* at the Galactic Centre is a black hole four million times the mass of the Sun. With the exception of modest X-ray and infrared flares, Sgr A* is surprisingly faint, suggesting that the accretion rate and radiation efficiency near the event horizon are currently very low. Here we report the pr...
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WSJ
Sun Life Changes Strategy in U.S
Sun Life Financial will stop selling variable annuity and individual life products in the U.S., effectively ending the Canadian firm's individual life-insurance strategy south of the border.
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Irish Times
Summit Snippets
THE MORNING AFTERCommenting on the deal after a short night, an exhausted senior official remarked: “I’ve decided to simply be happy that the sun came up this morning.”
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The Nation
What really happened in the Russian elections
Moscow is unusually warm: the temperature refuses to dip below zero degrees Centigrade, the freezing point. Instead, it is wet and dark. The sun gets up late and goes to sleep early. To make matters worse, President Medvedev decided to keep Russia on daylight savings time throughout winter. To offset this stupid decision, Christmas illumination was turned on a month before the usual time, in or...
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Goal.com
Manchester a picco, attacco a Sir Alex: forse è ora della pensione..."Può un settantenne guidare ancora lo United?"
Dura critica dalle colonne del 'Sun'. Allenatore vecchio, gruppo allo sbando: quale futuro per la squadra inglese? Ieri la clamorosa eliminzione dalla Champions.
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Times LIVE
Mastering the nerves for MasterchefSA
Our cooler boxes, which ranged in size from modest 8 litre numbers to camping jamboree whoppers on trolleys, were our first fixation as we stood in line in the beating sun at the open audition for MasterChefSA in Johannesburg. on Saturday morning
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Irish Times
Another Earth? "Goldilocks" planet not too hot, not too cold
NOT TOO cold and not too hot. Scientists searching for Earth-like planets circling distant stars have finally found a “Goldilocks” planet – one that orbits its sun at a distance where the temperature is just right.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Scientists find two monstrous black holes
Its uncertain how these two gigantic holes - each 10 billion times the size of the sun - came to be
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Mail & Guardian
Scientists come across monstrous black holes
A team of astronomers have found the biggest black holes known to exist 300-million light years away -- each one 10-billion times the size of our sun.
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AP
Scientists find monster black holes, biggest yet
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Scientists have found the biggest black holes known to exist - each one 10 billion times the size of our sun....
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BBC
Harnessing desert sun to power Europe
Can desert sun provide Europe with clean energy?
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Mail & Guardian
Westwood lands back-to-back titles at Sun City
Former world number one Lee Westwood earned his second Nedbank Golf Challenge with a disciplined final round at the Gary Player Country Club.
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Irish Times
Westwood retains crown in Sun City |
FOCUS
Golf - Sun City: Kaymer bei Westwood-Sieg Achter
Der deutsche Golfstar Martin Kaymer war im Kampf um den Millionen-Jackpot beim Einladungsturnier in Sun City chancenlos und musste sich am Ende mit Platz acht begnügen.
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Daily Mail
LIVE: Nedbank Challenge final-round leaderboard
The Nedbank Challenge brings 12 of the world's top golfers to the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City this week and you can keep track of the scores right here.
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Zeit
Golf: Sun City: Kaymer pirscht sich an die Spitze heran
Sun City (Südafrika) (SID) - Im Rennen um den Millionenscheck von Sun City hat Deutschlands Golfstar Martin Kaymer bei Halbzeit noch alle Trümpfe in der Hand. Der 26-Jährige aus Mettmann spielte am z...
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New York Times
Westwood and Schwartzel Share Lead in Sun City
Defending champion Lee Westwood birdied the last hole to shoot a 4-under 68 and share the first-round lead with Masters winner Charl Schwartzel.
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FOCUS
Hotel-Flop der Woche - „Haustierfarm in Form von Ameisen und Kakerlaken"
Das Hotel "Sol Sun Beach" auf Teneriffa liegt direkt am Strand. Doch das tröstet einige Urlauber nicht über auseinanderbrechende Türen, marode Fenster, laute, dreckige Zimmer und Kakerlaken hinweg.
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Irish Times
Belfast's quarter and a half
‘WHEN THE sun is shining on the cobbles and the place is crowded, squint your eyes and you could almost be on the Ramblas in Barcelona,” says Stuart Bailie about Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter.
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Science News
FOR KIDS: A shock to the solar system
Scientists suspect a nearby exploding star ignited the formation of the sun and planets
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Telegraph
New sales record for West African artist
Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu's bronze sculpture (1956) of the Igbo sun god sold for £125,000.
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Washington Post
Wall Street, downsized: From largess to loss
John Brady, co-head of MF Global’s Chicago office, was having a vodka cocktail at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Fla., on the day his company reported its largest-ever quarterly loss.
“Wow, the sun just set,” Brady said to his wife and two colleagues attending a conference with him. “I hope it doesn’t set on MF Global.”
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The Nation
Stop wrinkles with a bee sting
BEING stung by a bee to make you look younger' It may not sound appealing, but the poison is being hailed as miracle anti-ageing treatment.
Scientists have discovered it can boost collagen - which gives skin its youthful elasticity and make it less susceptible to sun damage. Face masks…
Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story
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Telegraph
Price hikes top list of voters' concerns - poll
Rising prices are voters' main concern over the economy, a new poll shows today (SUN) as George Osborne prepares to deliver his autumn statement this week.
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Krone
Paris St. Germain bestätigt Gespräche mit David Beckham
David Beckham hat mit dem französischen Spitzenklub Paris St. Germain Gespräche über einen möglichen Umzug nach Frankreich geführt. Das bestätigte PSG-Sportdirektor Leonardo am Donnerstag der britischen Boulevardzeitung "The Sun". Mit seiner Erfahrung könne der 36-Jährige dem Team weiterhelfen, betonte der Brasilianer.
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Mail & Guardian
Gambians go marbles for Jammeh as president
Friend of Jermaine Jackson, mystic who 'cures' Aids and autocratic leader of winter sun destination, Yahya Jammeh expected to win again.
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Irish Times
Voters turn their backs on Democrats and Republicans
OPINION:IN 1951, Samuel Lubell invented the concept of the political solar system. At any moment, he wrote, there is a Sun Party (the majority party, which drives the agenda) and a Moon Party (the minority party, which shines by reflecting the solar rays).
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USA Today
James Murdoch resigns board of U.K. news publisher
Son of Rupert Murdoch has quit as director of firms that publish The Sun and The Times of London amid media empire's hacking scandal.
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New York Times
French Sun in the South Fuels a Festive Glow in Paris
The organizers of Christmas lighting on the Champs-Élysées have teamed up with a solar farm in southern France that they say will "offset" 100 percent of the electricity consumed.
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lesoir
James Murdoch se retire de plusieurs journaux britanniques
James Murdoch a démissionné de ses fonctions de directeur de plusieurs journaux britanniques de l’empire Murdoch, dont The Sun et The Times. ...lire la suite
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lesoir
19:21 James Murdoch se retire de plusieurs journaux britanniques
James Murdoch a quitté ses fonctions de directeur de News Group Newspapers, qui publie le tabloïd The Sun, le plus gros tirage au Royaume-Uni (2,8 millions d’exemplaires par jour)...lire la suite
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BBC
Murdoch quits Sun and Times board
James Murdoch resigns as a director of the companies that publish The Times, The Sunday Times and the Sun.
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Krone
Diebe aus 8.000 km Entfernung live per Webcam erwischt
Auf frischer Tat ertappt hat ein auf Mauritius urlaubender Australier mit Hilfe seines iPads zwei Einbrecher in seinem Haus in Melbourne. Die daraufhin alarmierte Polizei konnte die Männer noch am Tatort schnappen, sie sind inzwischen angeklagt, berichtete die Zeitung "Herald Sun" am Mittwoch.
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Rolling Stone
Love Part Two
When Tom DeLonge always the more emo half of Blink-182 launched Angels and Airwaves in 2005 he sacrificed all the small things for jumbo themes important-band bombast and Eighties-sounding synths The group’s fourth studio disc soars ever closer to the sun with defiant nonsense about bombs falling at dancing kids'...
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Gizmodo
Wird George Clooney Steve Jobs spielen?
Frische Gerüchte aus Hollywood: Angeblich sind George Clooney und Noah Wyle heiße Kandidaten für die Hauptrolle über das Leben des Apple-Gründers. Dies berichtete die englische "Sun". mehr...
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Focus fixed as gold price soars
GOLD is having its day in the sun and while many juniors scramble to cash in, Focus Minerals is pushing ahead with growth.
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WirtschaftsWoche
"Sun Drop" & Co.: Die teuersten Diamanten der Welt
Luxusgut, Spekulationsobjekt, Inbegriff der Dekadenz: Diamanten genießen einen zweifelhaften Ruhm. Der seltene gelbe "Sun Drop" kam jetzt für 8 Millionen Euro unter den Hammer. Doch es gibt noch wertvollere Steine.
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National Post
Head Trips: Goodbye suntan, hello sun salutation
Vacations used to be about sightseeing, partying and suntanning. But today’s health-conscious tourists are seeking less sunbathing and more sun salutation.
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Scientific American
Seeing the Big (and Small) Picture: Panoramic Tool Lets Users Observe Dynamic Imagery
For most of us, the sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening, and that is the extent of the change that we notice in its appearance. But our host star is no static, glowing orb, as solar physicists well know--it is a roiling, convecting, chaotic mess. [More]
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Times LIVE
'Sun Drop' diamond fetches record $10.9m at auction
A 110-carat yellow jewel called the Sun Drop Diamond, thought the biggest of its kind in the world, sold for a record 10 million Swiss francs ($10.9 million) at auction in Geneva, Sotheby's announced Tuesday.
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manager magazin
Größter gelber Diamant: "Sun Drop" erzielt Rekordpreis
Farbige Diamanten sind äußerst selten und erzielen auf Auktionen regelmäßig Höchstpreise. Der weltweit größte gelbe Diamant wechselte gestern Abend für rund acht Millionen Euro den Besitzer - so viel wurde noch nie für einen gelben Stein gezahlt.
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USA Today
Out-of-state retirement slows down
Boomers are not moving to Sun Belt states as much since the recession hit, which could be a sign of dreams dashed or deferred.
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La Voix du Nord
L´IMAGE DU JOUR - Hommage en Chine : « Madame Sun Yat-sen », aura désormais sa statue à Zhengzhou
Décédée en 1981, Soong Ching Ling, « Madame Sun Yat-sen », aura désormais sa statue monumentale (haute de 24 mètres) à Zhengzhou, capitale de la province chinoise du Henan. Elle occupa un certain nombre de fonctions officielles - en majorité honorifiques - et se consacra à l'enfance et au social. À la veille de sa mort, elle fut inscrite d'office au Parti communiste et nommée présidente honorai...
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USA Today
Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw will team up on tour
The two singers have been friends for years, and next year they'll tour as Brothers of the Sun starting June 2 in Tampa.
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Eurosport
Football - Pelé s'offre Rooney et Messi
Pelé égratigne Wayne Rooney mais aussi Lionel Messi dans un entretien au Sun. Le Brésilien balaye d'un revers de main toute comparaison avec l'Anglais et rappelle que l'Argentin ne s'est pas illustré en Coupe du monde, l'épreuve des "grands joueurs".
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National Post
Sun, sand and surf without leaving your retirement home
From his beach chair, Allan Elliott shields his eyes from the sunlight. The 81-year-old is wearing sunglasses, khaki shorts and grey socks with sandals
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New York Times
Auctions: Day in the Sun for Postwar and Contemporary Art
A Christie's auction in New York comforts the faithful in a time of economic dysfunction.
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euronews
Le plus gros des diamants jaunes aux enchères
C'est un des plus gros diamants jaunes à être mis aux enchères, sinon le plus gros. Il porte le nom de Sun drop, "goutte de soleil". Il pèse 110…
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Nature
Time is running out for the leap second
Abolition would see 'official' time unmoored from the Sun.
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China Daily
What's the buzz
O2 Sun bookstore has closed its outlets in Beijing and Xiamen, illustrating the predicament faced by physical bookstores. Do you have any suggestions for physical bookstores to survive in these tough times?
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exchnage4media
Ad Review: Birla Sun Life Insurance - leaving nothing to chance
Birla Sun Life Insurance’s new campaign asks people to take control of their dreams and not leave them to chance. Has the campaign achieved its objective? Find out…
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New York Times
Advertising: In Ads for Sun Valley Resort, the Softest of Sells
The online videos, which encourage visits to the Sun Valley Resort, shine a spotlight on a quality that is increasingly being celebrated in advertising campaigns: authenticity.
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Los Angeles Times
UCLA beats Arizona State for share of Pac-12 South lead
The Sun Devils miss a chance to win on a last-second field-goal try and the Bruins control their destiny with a 29-28 victory..The Sun Devils miss a chance to win on a last-second field-goal try and the Bruins control their destiny with a 29-28 victory..
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Rolling Stone
A Conversation with the Dalai Lama
The sun is shining on Tsuglakhang temple in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas and hundreds of Tibetans have gathered in the courtyard for a feast As Buddhist monks ladle out white rice and stewed vegetables horns blow and cymbals crash Such celebrations are common here — the monks often...
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China Daily
Change is in the air
Websites are challenging the monopoly of TV and film companies by making video shorts and movies themselves. Sun Li reports.
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Countries |
MIX |
| 1 | United States | 98.228 |
| 2 | India | 38.547 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 19.759 |
| 4 | Australia | 11.225 |
| 5 | Canada | 8.293 |
| 6 | Germany | 6.014 |
| 7 | Indonesia | 5.410 |
| 8 | Philipines | 4.010 |
| 9 | China | 2.090 |
| 10 | Korea South | 2.020 |
| 11 | South Africa | 1.690 |
| 12 | Romania | 1.508 |
| 13 | Japan | 1.150 |
| 14 | France | 1.030 |
| 15 | Poland | 1.010 |
| 16 | Brazil | 0.845 |
| 17 | Taiwan | 0.840 |
| 18 | Netherlands | 0.825 |
| 19 | Hong Kong | 0.820 |
| 20 | Singapore | 0.720 |
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Media |
MIX |
| 1 | CNN | 10.000 |
| 2 | CNN Editions (International) | 9.600 |
| 3 | Dainik Bhaskar | 7.000 |
| 4 | Dinakaran | 6.800 |
| 5 | Times Now | 5.400 |
| 6 | The Sun | 4.700 |
| 7 | Times of India | 3.000 |
| 8 | foxnews | 3.000 |
| 9 | IBN live | 2.500 |
| 10 | New York Times | 2.200 |
| 11 | Dailymail | 2.100 |
| 12 | USA Today | 2.000 |
| 13 | weather.com | 2.000 |
| 14 | News Australia | 2.000 |
| 15 | Australia Network News | 2.000 |
| 16 | Chicago Sun-Times | 1.900 |
| 17 | WALL STREET JOURNAL USA | 1.840 |
| 18 | newsoftheworld | 1.750 |
| 19 | timesonline | 1.750 |
| 20 | Cleveland Plain Dealer | 1.700 |
| More Media >> |
# |
Languages |
MIX |
| 1 | English | 171.031 |
| 2 | Tamil | 7.500 |
| 3 | Hindi | 7.350 |
| 4 | German | 7.087 |
| 5 | Indonesian | 5.410 |
| 6 | Chinese | 2.610 |
| 7 | French | 1.570 |
| 8 | Romanian | 1.508 |
| 9 | Spanish | 1.355 |
| 10 | Portuguese | 1.045 |
| 11 | Dutch | 1.025 |
| 12 | Polish | 1.010 |
| 13 | Malayalam | 0.800 |
| 14 | Finnish | 0.720 |
| 15 | Japanese | 0.635 |
| 16 | Italian | 0.600 |
| 17 | Norwegian | 0.549 |
| 18 | Swedish | 0.450 |
| 19 | Korean | 0.360 |
| 20 | Turkish | 0.300 |
| More Languages >> |
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