 | A Star Abroad Burns Out at Home
Wall Street Journal By ALASTAIR BARR Lionel Messi is probably the top sportsman in the world right now: unless you ask fans in Argentina where the soccer star was born and grew up in a town called Rosario, roughly 180... (photo: AP / Walter Bieri) | |
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 | McDonald's: the world's local restaurant
The Times Have you tried a Ranch Snack Wrap or a Little Italian yet? Or a Little Chorizo Melt? Or an Oriental Snack Wrap? If you have, you are not alone. These exotic-sounding delights are all part of the... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) | |
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 Rose expert David Austin helps return fragrance to mass-market roses
The News & Observer Don't call me a snob, but I don't want a dozen long-stemmed red roses for Valentine's Day. Flowers thrill me, but not the ubiquitous red roses. How did the American public get fixated on the red rose... (photo: WN / sweet) |
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 Ideas for a better home, better world
The News & Observer The word "green" has been part of our vocabulary for years. We know we need to reduce, reuse, recycle - but for most of us, there's a disconnect between what we know and what we really do. It's easy... (photo: WN / sweet) |
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 Children who watch television more likely to be overweight
The Examiner Sesame Street characters AP Photo/Kathy Willens... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba) |
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 Beverage industry douses tax on soft drinks
Houston Chronicle WASHINGTON - Employing a broad-based lobbying effort, the soft drink industry has smothered a plan to tax sugared beverages - a plan advocates said would have reduced... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) |
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![A Gerbil is a small mammal of the order Rodentia. Once known simply as "desert rats", the gerbil subfamily includes about 110 species of African, Indian, and Asian rodents, including sand rats and jirds, all of which are adapted to arid habitats. Most are primarily diurnal [1] (though some, including the common household pet, do exhibit crepuscular behavior), and almost all are omnivorous.](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/01/a2a77813b0ac7e.jpg) Britain's ITV Fined Over Killing a Rat on TV Show
ABC News February 8, 2010 SYDNEY/LONDON (Reuters Life!) - British broadcaster ITV pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and was fined by an Australian court on Monday after a rat was... (photo: Public Domain / Roo72) |
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 Leonardo DiCaprio and rats? ‘Shutter’ to think
Boston Herald Leonardo DiCaprio says he and co-star Mark Ruffalo had wind and rain machines pumping water on them - and live rats thrown on them! - while filming their new thriller... (photo: AP / Kevork Djansezian) |
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 SRK & I are family: KJo
The Times of India It is common knowledge that "My Name Is Khan" is going through a storm. However, in the midst of it all, Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar are standing by each other. The... (photo: WN/Bholanath Bhattaray) |
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 Russell Crowe shows his sensitive side as he comforts rugby star he reduced to tears
The Daily Mail Russell Crowe is an actor most well known for his tough exterior and short temper. But fans at an Australian rugby match yesterday saw a different side to the 45-year-old... (photo: AP Photo / Lucy Nicholson) |
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 Amitabh Bachchan to act in a Malayalam film
Deccan Herald Kochi, Feb 8 (PTI): Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan will star with Mohanlal in a Malayalam film based on the hijack of an Indian Airlines flight to Kandahar in... (photo: Creative Commons) |
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