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Badminton federation rejects India’s appeal against Japan

Olympic GamesAug 2, 2012

The World Badminton Federation on Wednesday turned down India’s complaint that Japan threw their match against Taiwan during the women’s doubles event at London 2012 Olympic Games. “There‘s been no referees’ report, no umpires‘ report whatsoever,“ said BWF Secretary General Thomas Lund during a news conference. He said there was "no ground" to investigate the matter further. The world’s No. 5 p...
Video game claims to treat depression

TechnologyAug 1, 2012

New Zealand developers said they have created a video game that will help young people overcome depression. SPARX, developed by the University of Auckland and Metia Interactive, is a role-playing game designed to teach teenagers how to cope with depression. “You can deal with mental health problems in a way that doesn’t have to be deadly serious,” said project leader Sally Merry in an interview...
‘Dancer’s’ testimony fuels T-ara bullying claims

MusicJul 31, 2012

Testimony of physical abuse between members of girl group T-ara from a supposed insider has aggravated earlier claims of bullying in the group. A self-proclaimed member of T-ara’s dance team Yama & HotChicks claimed online that Hwa-young, a recently departed member of T-ara who joined after the group’s initial success, had been ridiculed and even assaulted by other members. Two of the members a...
‘Future menu may include insect burgers’

Food&BeverageJul 30, 2012

With global population and food prices rising rapidly, humankind may have to depend on some unconventional food supplies like insects in the future, according to a report on BBC magazine. “Rising prices mean we are now starting to see the return of meat as a luxury. As a result we are looking for new ways to fill the meat gap,” said food futurologist Morgaine Gaye during an interview with the ma...
U.K. man overwhelmed with ‘Olympic spirit’ tries swimming to U.S.

PeopleJul 30, 2012

A British man overly enthusiastic about the 2012 London Olympic Games recently attempted to swim across the Atlantic Ocean before being rescued by lifeguards, local media reported Sunday. The 34-year-old unidentified man, enjoying a holiday at a beach in Biarritz, Southern France boldly declared to his friends that he would deliver the "Olympic spirit" to New York by swimming there. The man swa...
Prosecutors request arrest warrants for DUP floor leader

PoliticsJul 30, 2012

Prosecutors sought a detention warrant Monday for the floor leader of the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) over bribery suspicions, setting in motion a potential showdown between rival parties over whether the parliament should consent to his arrest. The move came after Rep. Park Jie-won of the Democratic United Party three times snubbed summons to appear before the prosecution for ...
Mysterious ‘Manhattan monster’ spotted in New York

ScienceJul 29, 2012

Images of a bizarre pig-like carcass that washed up in New York triggered a series of conspiracy theories, according to news reports. The photos by an amateur photographer Denise Ginley shows a grotesque two-feet-long creature with a snarling snout, sharp teeth and five toes on each foot. “We (Ginley and her boyfriend) were horrified by it and we took some camera phone pictures and then finally...
Russian girl forced by parents to live with cows

World NewsJul 29, 2012

A 5-year-old Russian girl who had been living with cow herd and can only communicate through mooing noises was rescued recently, according to Russian media. The unnamed child was found by police after a tip off by a neighbor at Solikamsk district in the Ural Mountains. The neighbor told the officials that there was a little girl living with cows at a farm run by the girl’s parents. Police check...
Gray hair may indicate good health

HealthJul 20, 2012

Graying hair is typically regarded as an indicator of senility, but new study suggested it may actually be a sign of health, according to a report on Livescience.com. Researchers from Museo Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Spain recently found that some wild boars with reddish furs tend to be more vulnerable to cell damage. Red fur points to abundant pheomelanin, a pigment that produces ...
‘Economy’ of on-line game resembles real-life

TechnologyJul 19, 2012

Malicious rumors have caused the cost of materials to skyrocket and momentarily frozen the markets. Some materials are 100 times more expensive than they were a few months ago. This is not happening in Zimbabwe, where hyperinflation has run rampant, but in popular online games in Korea. Real-money trading in South Korea took off in the late 1990s with online game Lineage. Ten years later, the p...
Miracle? Dog gives birth to ‘cat’

ScienceJul 18, 2012

A man claimed that his dog gave birth to what looks like a kitten, Yonhap News reported Wednesday. Jeong Pyong-bong, a 63-year-old man from South Jeolla Province said that his dog gave birth to what looks and sounds like a baby cat. “It is unbelievable,” said Jeong. “People from all over the town are coming over after hearing the news.” He said the mother dog seems to have gotten pregnant afte...
‘Lonely Jeff’ calls out to world; world calls back

PeopleJul 17, 2012

In October 2011, Jeff Ragsdale, a stand-up comedian and actor from New York, found himself unable to cope with devastating loneliness. Having just broken up with his girlfriend, he stood at the heart of one of the busiest cities in the world, feeling completely isolated. “New York City, believe it or not, can be a difficult place to meet people,” Jeff recalled during an interview with BBC. Des...
Ultimate champion of animal kingdom; lion or tiger?

ScienceJul 17, 2012

A lion and a tiger would be fairly evenly matched in a fight, but a tiger will probably come out as the winner, a U.S. scientist said. “If I had to put my money on it, I would give the advantage to the tiger,” said Craig Saffoe, a biologist and the curator of great cats at the Smithsonian Zoo in Washington, D.C. While a male lion is more likely to have more combat experience than a tiger, a tig...
'Provocative' film sparks controversy in U.S.

World NewsJul 15, 2012

Alabama pastor who criticized a film about sexuality said last Tuesday that his sermon about "burning the city block" was misunderstood, according to local news reports. After leading a protest against the screening of Norwegian movie “Turn Me On Dammit!” in Bama Theater last month, Pastor Randy Fuller urged his congregation to pray that God ‘burn the city block’ if the theater does not exclude ...
Brain structure linked to altruism: study

ScienceJul 12, 2012

A new study has reportedly found that brains of selfless people are different than those of selfish people, according to a report on Science Daily. “People who behaved more altruistically also had a higher proportion of gray matter at the junction between parietal and temporal lobe,” said researchers from the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Past studies have indicated that the cited brain ...

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