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Maria Sharapova continued her fine run at the WTA Bank of the West Classic in California with a straight sets win over Olga Govortsova of Belarus to reach the quarterfinals. The fifth seed swept aside Govortsova 6-3 6-3 in their second round match in her first tournament of the American hard court season. “It was [...]
Germany continued to show surprising strength Thursday as a drop in unemployment, coupled with better-than-expected profit at two of the country’s biggest manufacturers, underscored how the largest European economy was benefiting from a weaker euro and surging exports to emerging markets. German unemployment fell by 21,000 people on a seasonably adjusted basis to 3.2 million [...]
Songstress made her acting debut in the 2007 direct-to-DVD film Bring it On: All or Nothing Rihanna is to star in a forthcoming science-fiction film about a naval fleet that protects Earth from alien invaders. It was confirmed this week that the 22-year-old R&B star will appear in Battleship, directed by Peter Berg. True Blood [...]
While many species are being walloped by climate change, rising temperatures seem to be temporarily helping out yellow-bellied marmots, which have recently become bigger and fitter, a new study finds. Yet climate change isn’t good news for the marmots either, in the long term, because soon the higher temperatures expected will reduce their available food, [...]
Red-hot magma spews from Italy’s Stromboli Volcano every 5 to 20 minutes thanks to tiny bubbles of magma that build up and pop a cork inside the volcano, according to a new study that forces some rethinking about how the historically eruptive mountain works. Stromboli fires when a sponge-like plug, similar to a cork in [...]
On the Mandi-Kullu road, before you turn towards Manali, you will find a narrow, motorable road heading to the Himalayan National Park. Follow this path and you will be driving along the glacial Tirthan river. This has been the home of the prized Himalayan trout for 100 years, first brought here by nostalgic colonial anglers. [...]
With a little cross-breeding and some determination, Dr. Dariusz Malinowski, Texas AgriLife Research plant physiologist and forage agronomist in Vernon, is trying to add more colors to the world of hibiscuses. Malinowski is working on breeding winter-hardy hibiscus in what started as a hobby about four years ago, but in the last year has been [...]