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Where is Blackpink headed?
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National Assembly speeds up efforts to outlaw dog meat consumption in S. Korea
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S. Korea wins gold in women's badminton, 1st since 1994
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Police launch belated probe into another teacher's suicide after parental harassment
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Expressways remain congested four days into Chuseok holidays
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Seoul's financial assistance for egg freezing receives attention from single women
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Heavy traffic jams on highways expected on 5th day of holiday
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'No Japan?' Korea swings from extreme rejection to selective embrace
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S. Korea's drop in exports eases in Sept. on chip sales recovery
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Fall festivals to take place across Seoul
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Runners put their (bare) feet down
MINNEAPOLIS ― Christian Peterson has heard the questions so many times that he has stock answers ready: Yes, he knows that he’s running barefoot. No, he didn’t run so fast that he came out of his shoes. And, for the record, he’s not crazy.He has one more answer that typically comes as surprise: It’s not painful. “People are always asking: Does that hurt?” said Peterson, president of the Minnesota
June 9, 2011
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Testosterone may treat dementia, study says
A novel study suggested this week that testosterone could be used in preventing or reducing the symptoms of dementia among post-menopausal women.A research team at Monash University’s Women’s Health program compared a control group of 30 women, who received no treatment, with a group of nine women between the ages of 47 and 60 who received testosterone spray on their skin, which returned their tes
June 9, 2011
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Number of children dying in hot cars spikes
KANSAS CITY ― Forty-nine children in the United States died of heatstroke after they were left in hot cars last year, a grim record.But as child-welfare groups try to prevent more deaths with information campaigns and as inventors work on technical fixes, both efforts founder on a hard reality: Good parents don’t think it can happen to them.It can, experts and statistics say, and new recommendatio
June 9, 2011
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Computer tech installed peeping software
FULLERTON, California (AP) -- A U.S. computer repairman suspected of installing spyware on laptops that enabled him to snap and download photographs of women showering and undressing in their homes was arrested Wednesday at his home, police said. This photo provided by the Fullerton (Calif.) Police Department on Wednesday shows Trevor Harwell. Police say Harwell, a Southern California computer rep
June 9, 2011
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Apple CEO pitches expansion to Calif. city council
CUPERTINO, California (AP) -- Its ubiquitous products have already invaded the tech marketplace, and now Apple Inc. is seeking a fitting new Northern California home: a massive spaceship-like structure that will house an estimated 12,000 employees. Apple CEO Steve Jobs (AP-Yonhap News)Apple CEO Steve Jobs made a surprise appearance at a Cupertino City Council meeting late Tuesday to announce plan
June 9, 2011
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Waking up with a foreign accent
An American woman named Karen Butler went to the dentist to remove several teeth and came out speaking a foreign -- slightly Irish -- accent. She is believed to be suffering from a rare neurological disorder called foreign accent syndrome (FAS). This complication was first diagnosed in Norway in 1941 when a woman was hit by shrapnel from an air raid in World War II. Since then, there have only be
June 9, 2011
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'Laughing' insects among new Philippine species
MANILA (AFP) – Laughing cicadas and small "cat sharks" are among scores of species believed new to science discovered by US and Filipino researchers in waters and islands of the Philippines, the team said Wednesday. Picture provided by California Academy of Sciences This picture provided by California Academy of Sciences shows species of starfish found by a team of US and Filipino researchers in w
June 9, 2011
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German girl accidently throws biggest birthday party
A 16-years-old German girl had the biggest birthday party ever in Hamburg with some 1,500 guests after she posted the invitation on Facebook.About 11 people had to be detained by the police, while one officer was injured due to the sheer size of the unexpected crowd. The birthday girl, known only by her given name Thessa, posted the invitation for her party on her Facebook page. However, she accid
June 8, 2011
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A birth-control pill for men?
Contraceptive pills for men could be developed soon, Daily Mail reported Tuesday.Scientists at Columbia University in New York claimed that they have developed “a drug which temporarily stops sperm production without causing any long-term harm to male fertility.”Scientists have been trying to come up with a male equivalent of the pill for years, but have not yet succeeded.The new pill impairs the
June 8, 2011
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Solar flare could disrupt Earth communications
WASHINGTON (AFP) – An unusual solar flare observed by a NASA space observatory on Tuesday could cause some disruptions to satellite communications and power on Earth over the next day or so, officials said.The potent blast from the Sun unleashed a firestorm of radiation on a level not witnessed since 2006, and will likely lead to moderate geomagnetic storm activity by Wednesday, according to the N
June 8, 2011
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Tech companies brace for cloud computing
KT, LG CNS lead Korean firms moving into what promises to be key industryWith Apple Inc. officially announcing its dive into cloud computing, many local players believe the field is likely to become the next hottest trend of the mobile Internet era.Cloud computing technology enables people to access data and software, which are stored on servers and devices, through the Internet, making the inform
June 7, 2011
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Still-frail Jobs appears to hail Apple's latest
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Steve Jobs re-emerged from his latest medical leave Monday to show off Apple Inc.'s latest innovations and sustain the hope that he eventually will return to dream up more ways to reshape technology. The highlight, as usual, came at the end of Jobs' presentation. He was onstage for less than 30 minutes during a nearly two-hour event that primarily featured his subordinate
June 7, 2011
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Germany backtracks on sprouts as E. coli source
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) _ First they pointed a finger at Spanish cucumbers. Then they cast suspicion on sprouts from Germany. Now German officials appear dumbfounded as to the source of the deadliest E. coli outbreak in modern history, and one U.S. expert has called the investigation a ``disaster.'' Backtracking for the second time in a week, officials Monday said preliminary tests have found n
June 7, 2011
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Magician shows preview of iOS 5
(YouTube)German magician Simon Pierro has given Internet users a taste of what Apple’s soon-to-released iOS 5 software might be like -- as part of his magic show. He created the magic performance with his iPad 2, playing on the upcoming iOS 5 release, social media news blog Mashable reported. The video clip of the show has attracted more than 300,000 clicks on YouTube as of June 6. He brings objec
June 6, 2011
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Emotional on Facebook? The feeling’s mutual
(Bloomberg)Emotions can spread between users of social network sites, U.S. media reported. San Jose Mercury News said that emotions have long been known to be contagious and social media were a new means of transmission, citing the research by Facebook data scientist Adam Kramer. Kramer studied about 1 million English speakers and their friends in different countries on the social network service
June 6, 2011
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E. coli outbreak blamed on German veggie sprouts
HAMBURG, Germany – The terrifying E. coli outbreak in Europe appears to have been caused by vegetable sprouts grown on an organic farm in Germany, an agriculture official said Sunday as the toll climbed to at least 22 dead and more than 2,200 sickened.Preliminary tests found that bean sprouts and other sprout varieties from the farm in the Uelzen area, between the northern cities of Hamburg and Ha
June 6, 2011
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Life found 1.3 km beneath the Earth’s crust
(MCT)Scientists discovered tiny worms in deep earth where it was thought creatures could not survive, Science News reported. The discovery of the worm “Halicephalobus mephisto,” and “Plectus aquatilis,” found 1.3 kilometers deep in South African mines, hints that habitable environments may exist on other planets, such as Mars, according to the report. They are the deepest-living known “multi-cellu
June 3, 2011
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Did you know that you don’t need to dial 010?
The surge of various social networking services is serving as a medium for people to share hidden technological tricks. SNS users have recently noticed that those with the 010 cell phone code do not necessarily have to dial 010 when calling others with the same code.Although the discovery is fairly recent, the system has been around since 2004. The government devised the integrating policy that wo
June 3, 2011
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Outbreak in Europe blamed on `super-toxic' strain
Chief of the laboratory in research into the Escherichia Coli bacterium at the Brno research institute Pavel Alexa, left, and his assistant Gabriela Glocknerova, right, take samples from a pepper for a molecular biological test in Brno, Czech Republic, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. The ongoing outbreak of E. coli has claimed 16 people and around 1500 infected across Europe. The laboratory is testing th
June 3, 2011
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‘Why do you stick to eating meat?’
Vegan doctor says vegetarian diets can meet all nutrient needsWhen asked why he promotes vegetarianism, Yoon Sung-chul, professor of nephrology at Dankook University Medical College, responded in Kind: “Why do you stick to eating meat?” he asked.“I have numerous reasons why we should be vegetarians. How about you?” he said in a Korea Herald interview.On May 21, Yoon took part in the inauguration o
June 2, 2011
