Fashion & Lifestyle
Secrets to a longer life
MINNEAPOLIS - If you are looking for a Fountain of Youth, forget pills and diet supplements. Adventurer Dan Buettner has visited four spots on the globe where people live into their 90s and 100s and outlines how they add years of good life in his new book, "The Blue Zones."
The answer, Buettner says, includes smaller food portions, an active...
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Economy & Finances
Oil price passes $130 a barrel
LONDON - The price of oil soared past 130 dollars a barrel for the first time on Wednesday in a wave of anxiety about stretched supplies and strong demand for energy, and as the dollar weakened, analysts said.
New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for July delivery, reached a record pinnacle of 130.47 dollars. It later...
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Technology & Multimedia
Kodak introduces Olympics-themed M2008 digital camera
Kodak has belatedly jumped on the Olympics bandwagon, introducing the Olympics-themed M2008 digital camera - but only in China so far.
The Olympics branding should be obvious from the picture above, with this 10 megapixel camera also featuring 3x optical zoom, a 3-inch LCD, and 720p video recording. In fact, it's essentially the company's...
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Movies – Music - Books
Eurovision song contest alive and kicking
LONDON - La La La. Boom Bang-A-Bang. Ding-A-Dong. It's that time again.
The Eurovision song contest is a shameless celebration of pure kitsch with its tacky songs, camp singers and outrageous outfits that will culminate with a glitzy finale in the Serbian capital of Belgrade this year on May 24.
But however trite the lyrics get and however...
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Sport & Fitness
Tension Mounts In Moscow
Thousands more Manchester United and Chelsea fans are arriving in Moscow as excitement mounts ahead of the historic all-English Champions League final.
They are being met by a huge security operation - and a zero tolerance approach from the Russian police.
Tonight, the two best clubs in England will battle it out to be crowned champions of...
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Internet
Government to store emails?
LONDON - A massive government database which would store everybody's e-mails, Internet information, phone-calls and text messages is being considered to help security forces in the fight against crime and terrorism.
At the moment, records of phone-calls and text messages are kept up to 12 months by telecoms companies in compliance with an...
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Economy & Finances
Food prices up by 4.7% on last year
Food prices rose by an inflation-busting 4.7% last month compared to a year ago as retailers passed on soaring commodity costs, figures reveal.
The BRC-Neilsen Shop Price Index showed food prices increased by their highest annual rate since the study began 18 months ago as the cost of rice, wheat and corn continued to increase unabated.
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Internet
Webby award winners announced
The winners of the 12th annual Webby Awards, the online equivalent of the Oscars, have been announced after a record turnout of sites and voters.
Comedian Stephen Colbert won the coveted 'Person of the Year' award, and the BBC won three awards.
BBC Worldservice.com won 'Best Radio Website', Radio One picked up 'Best Music Website' and BBC...
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Travel
Discover Kiev's cathedrals, cobblestones and charm
KIEV, Ukraine - Shining with Orthodox golden domes that rise from forested hilltops, crisscrossed by narrow cobblestone streets, and speckled by quiet, leafy parks, Kiev draws visitors with an Eastern European charm.
And for those who seek the exotic artifacts of the Soviet era — Lenin statues, imposing bronze monuments and colonnaded...
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Technology & Multimedia
O2 stops sales of iPhone in UK
Fancy an iPhone? Well, if you are in the UK, you can no longer pick one up.
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Why? Who knows, but the splash screen from O2's website suggests that the company has simply run out of stock. Which is probably good news with the 3G iPhone on the horizon, but bad news on the PR front if that new iPhone doesn't get to the UK until...
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