Google changes its search formula to address piracy

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Google changes its search formula to address piracy

Google's new search formula penalizes sites that have drawn many copyright complaints.
By Alex Pham and Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times
August 11, 2012

Hoping to mollify its entertainment industry critics,Google Inc.is tweaking its search engine to penalize websites suspected of hosting pirated music, videos, games and other copyrighted content.

Spice Girls rehearse for Sunday's Olympic closing ceremony

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Spice Girls rehearse for Sunday's Olympic closing ceremony

11 August 2012 by Maria Saeed
KARACHI: The Spice Girls reunited yesterday to rehearse their routine for the Olympics closing ceremony. Their show will take place as the London 2012 Games come to an end on Sunday.
Victoria Beckham was in head-to-toe black to belt it out alongside her former bandmates Melanie

Taylor Swift Takes Romance with Conor Kennedy to Nashville

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Taylor Swift Takes Romance with Conor Kennedy to Nashville

By EVAN LAMBERT
UPDATED 08/10/2012
Taylor Swift's love story with Conor Kennedy is moving to her home turf.

On Thursday, Swift, 22, and Kennedy, 18, were spotted at Edley’s BBQ in Nasvhille, where she posed for pictures with fans.

"They were both very relaxed and casual and for the most part were left alone to enjoy their dinner with a friend," one fan writes of the couple.

Writes another: "All I know is that she seems so, so happy right now and when Taylor is happy, so am I!"

Another photo posted by a fan shows Swift dining with her parents and a young man with shaggy hair.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover: 5 surprising facts

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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover: 5 surprising facts

By Andrew Couts

NASA's car-sized Curiosity rover has successfully landed on Mars. And if all goes right, the historic mission could provide us with evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet. Unfortunately, for those of us without much patience, such revelations could take as much as two years before they are uncovered by the extraterrestrial robot. So to satisfy your Curiosity curiosity, here are five surprising facts about the Mars-going rover.

Daily aspirin cuts cancer death in seniors

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Daily aspirin cuts cancer death in seniors
Aug. 11, 2012
ATLANTA, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A study involving more than 100,000 predominantly elderly participants found daily aspirin use lowered cancer mortality, U.S. researchers say.

The study, published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, pooled results from existing randomized trials of daily aspirin for prevention of vascular events and found daily aspirin use was associated with an estimated 16

Robotic earthworm could be use for secret military missions

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Robotic earthworm could be use for secret military missions

The Petri Dish | Staff | Saturday, August 11, 2012

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University and Seoul National University are turning heads with their latest creation: A robotic earthworm. While some may call it the most detestable robotic-creation yet, others will call it an engineering marvel. The earthworm robot is described by researchers in the latest report from MIT News.

Usain Bolt goes for 3rd Olympic gold today

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Usain Bolt goes for 3rd Olympic gold today

Published: August 11, 2012
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON - Usain Bolt took a day off and let his teammates do the work. They gave Bolt a chance for another triple sweep.
The World's Fastest Man returns to Olympic Stadium on Saturday for the men's 4x100-meter relay final and his shot at taking home three gold medals in as many sprinting events at the London Games.
"We've got guys that have been running good and we've got Usain Bolt, who's going to run a fast

Oil demand slows as global economy falters

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Oil demand slows as global economy falters

Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:33pm IST
* Stockpiles building globally, offering supply cushion

* Big cut in oil demand forecasts, particularly for China

* Geopolitical tensions could provide floor to prices

* Iranian exports may start picking up after July plunge

By Christopher Johnson and Dmitry Zhdannikov

LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Oil demand will rise more slowly than expected in China, Europe and the United States next year as economic growth falters, pushing up stockpiles of fuel and offering some relief to consumers facing high prices.

New Mars rover photos reveal 'Earthlike' landscape

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New Mars rover photos reveal 'Earthlike' landscape

Published August 09, 2012
Space.com

Mars looks remarkably like the California desert in a new photo beamed home by NASA's Curiosity rover, researchers said.
In the new black-and-white image, Curiosity's Gale Crater landing site bears a striking resemblance to the desert landscape a hundred miles or so east of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., where the rover was built, scientists said.

Video: NASA test lander crashes, burns

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Video: NASA test lander crashes, burns

By James Dean, FLORIDA TODAY
2012/8/10
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An apparent hardware malfunction caused a prototype NASA lander to crash and explode seconds into a test flight Thursday at Kennedy Space Center, destroying the vehicle.
Around 12:40 p.m., the lander called Morpheus rose 10 feet from its pad near the center of the shuttle runway before it turned over, fell to the ground and burst into flames.
A dramatic, larger explosion followed about 12 seconds later, according to video of the event streamed live online and broadcast later in the afternoon on NASA TV.
KSC firefighters controlled the blaze. No one was injured.

Amy Winehouse's dad Mitch Winehouse urges fans to pray for her ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil's recovery after overdose

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Amy Winehouse's dad Mitch Winehouse urges fans to pray for her ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil's recovery after overdose
"Terrible news about Blake this morning. Remember Amy loved him. Let’s pray for his recovery," he tweeted.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2012

Mitch Winehouse urges fans to pray for the recovery of ex-husband Blake, who is now in coma. Amy Winehouse’s father Mitch Winehouse took to Twitter Thursday to urge fans to pray for the recovery of her bad-boy ex-husband, Blake Fielder Civil, who is in a coma following a drug and alcohol binge, according to MailOnline.com.

Weekend wedding buzz at Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's French estate

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Weekend wedding buzz at Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's French estate

Published August 10, 2012 The Sun By fox news
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have sparked fevered wedding speculation by hosting a family bash at their French home this weekend, The Sun reports.

Corn prices surge to record high

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August 10, 2012 1:49 pm

Corn prices surge to record high

By Jack Farchy in London and Gregory Meyer in New York
Corn futures surged to a new record high after the US government said that the drought ravaging the US farmbelt had destroyed a sixth of the country’s corn crop in just one month.
The US Department of Agriculture slashed its estimate for the US corn crop by 16.9 per cent from its previous estimate in July, to just 10.779bn bushels. The report sent benchmark corn futures up more than 3 per cent to an record peak of $8.4375 a bushel.

Cyber espionage virus targets Lebanese banks

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Cyber espionage virus targets Lebanese banks

Security experts have uncovered a new computer virus designed to steal information from banks in the Middle East and thought to be the fourth in a family of state-backed cyber attacks, built for espionage and sabotage.
By Christopher Williams, Technology Correpsondent10 Aug 2012
Named Gauss after an apparent reference to a German mathematician contained in its code, the virus has infected more that 2,500 computers, mainly in Lebanon, according to the Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab.
It is designed to spy on customers of the Lebanese banks BlomBank, ByblosBank and Credit Libanais, analysis showed. Citibank and PayPal customers have also been targeted, Kaspersky Lab

NJ mom sues over breast-feeding video-turned-porn

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NJ mom sues over breast-feeding video-turned-porn

By KATIE ZEZIMA
The Associated Press
WOOD RIDGE, N.J. — A New Jersey mother is suing an Iowa production company after an instructional breast-feeding video she appeared in was taken by a third party and used to create pornography.
A federal court judge ruled last week that MaryAnn Sahoury's lawsuit against the Meredith Corp. could proceed. In January 2010, Sahoury agreed to demonstrate breast-feeding techniques with her month-old daughter in a video for Parents TV, which broadcasts original videos on parenting. Sahoury, who had had trouble breast-feeding, wanted to help women who faced similar difficulties, she said.

'The Bourne Legacy': The Reviews Are In!

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Aug 10 2012

'The Bourne Legacy': The Reviews Are In!

Latest 'Bourne' film doesn't quite stack up to the first three in critics' eyes.
By Kevin P. Sullivan
Instead of moving the "Bourne" series forward, the creators of the fourth film, "The Bourne Legacy," have taken a step sideways to see what else was going on as Matt Damon's amnesiac secret agent hopped all over the globe.

This time, Jeremy Renner is in the lead role, and while he has all his memory intact, he's got some mental problems of his own that he needs to take care of.

Tell us: Did Lakers make a good deal for Howard?

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Tell us: Did Lakers make a good deal for Howard?

By Reid Cherner, USA TODAY
2012/8/10
Howard doesn't have to leave Los Angeles. Is that a great thing or a bad thing?

The superstar center was rehabbing his back in L.A. but now can look for housing after his trade to the Lakers.

NBA: Howard going to Lakers in blockbuster deal

So does he fit into a team with personalities like Kobe Bryant, Metta World Peace, Pau Gasol and now Steve Nash?

Obama/Romney negative ads going to new extremes

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Obama/Romney negative ads going to new extremes

August 10, 2012
By Nancy Cordes
(CBS News) WASHINGTON -- The presidential campaign ad season is already in high-gear.

The campaigns and political "super PACS" are flooding the airwaves, and critics on both sides say facts don't back up the charges made in the ads.

The claims in some of the ads have been so dubious, they're making some people in both parties uncomfortable.

Even President Obama and his presumptive Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, have condemned some of the ads -- but only the ones from the other side.

One such ad, from Priorities USA Action, a top outside group supporting Mr. Obama, features former Missouri steelworker Joe Soptic saying, "When Mitt Romney and Bain closed the plant, I lost my

Chinese Export Growth Tumbles

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Chinese Export Growth Tumbles

By BETTINA WASSENER
Published: August 10, 2012
HONG KONG — Signs that the Chinese economy is sputtering mounted Friday, in the form of dismally feeble trade data that fanned expectations that Beijing would soon step up its efforts to buttress growth before a key leadership transition this autumn.
China’s giant economy has emerged as a key driver of global growth, and hopes are high that rising affluence, urbanization and development will help mitigate the weakness of the European and U.S. economies.

The turmoil in Europe and the anemic pace of economic growth in the United States have, however,

Stressed Men Prefer Heavier Women: Study

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Stressed Men Prefer Heavier Women: Study

By DR. TIFFANY CHAO, ABC News Medical Unit
Aug. 9, 2012

Gentlemen may prefer blondes, but stressed men prefer heavier women -- at least according to a new study.

In this study, published Wednesday in the journal PLoS ONE, researchers at the University of Westminster in London subjected 41 men to a stress-inducing task. After this task, the researchers asked the men to rate the attractiveness of female bodies ranging from emaciated to obese.

May-Walsh get their perfect ending, a third gold medal

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May-Walsh get their perfect ending, a third gold medal

By Christine Brennan, USA TODAY


LONDON – Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh did the impossible Wednesday at the beach volleyball venue. It wasn't that they won their third consecutive Olympic gold medal after splitting up, getting injured and having two babies (Walsh was responsible for that). That's all quite impressive, but that's not their truly remarkable achievement of these Games. No, that would be something far grander, cutting to the very essence of their sport, to be remembered long after they have hung up their bikinis: These two made us take beach volleyball seriously. MORE: May-Treanor, Walsh win

For Allyson Felix, third time is more than a charm: it's gold

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For Allyson Felix, third time is more than a charm: it's gold

Published: Thursday, August 09, 2012
By Sporting News

LONDON—Allyson Felix ran so fast and gracefully Wednesday night, it’s hard to believe all the weight she was carrying. Now she can trade it all in for 13.2 ounces of gold. “It has been a long time coming,” Felix said.
She’d finished second in the 200 meters in Athens and Beijing. A third time would not have been charming. It would have been a shame.
Besides winning a lot of world championships, Felix has won a world of friends and admirers. She’s

Jeremy Renner embraced the chance to continue the Bourne franchise.

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Jeremy Renner embraced the chance to continue the Bourne franchise.

August 3, 2012

Giles Hardie

"How do you make a Bourne movie without Jason Bourne, the central character?'' It's not an unexpected question about The Bourne Legacy, the fourth instalment in the saga, yet it's surprising to hear it coming from the film's star, Jeremy Renner.
Renner plays Aaron Cross, very much the Clayton's Bourne - the Bourne movie hero you get when you don't have Jason Bourne (or Matt Damon).
"There are certain challenges with the acting side of it, but that was really refreshing ... the physical side was more of the challenge."
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U.S. Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Fall As Labor Market Mends

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U.S. Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Fall As Labor Market Mends

By Michelle Jamrisko and Alex Kowalski - Aug 9, 2012
Fewer Americans filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, a sign the labor market may keep improving after employment picked up in July.
Jobless claims unexpectedly dropped by 6,000 to 361,000 in the week ended Aug. 4, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. The median forecast of 43 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News called for an increase to 370,000. A spokesman for the agency said there was nothing unusual in the data.
Fewer firings mean employers are seeing enough demand to retain staff, indicating the world’s largest economy is sustaining the recovery from the recession. Labor Department data last week showed payrolls rose more than forecast in July.

Will cheating scandal hurt or help careers of Rupert Sanders and Liberty Ross?

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Will cheating scandal hurt or help careers of Rupert Sanders and Liberty Ross?

By Hollie McKay
Pop Tarts
Published August 09, 2012
FoxNews.com
Liberty Ross and Rupert Sanders are trying to work things out following Sanders' admission that he cheated on Ross with Kristen Stewart, the young star of his last film.
Multiple reports say the couple, who have two young children, are talking to marriage counselors, and photographs of Sanders and Ross have popped up on several celebrity sites.
But while Ross and Sanders may be able to salvage their marriage, their careers may be another matter. Especially his.