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[Meghan Daum] The siren song of Google+ to Web surfers

ViewpointsAug 4, 2011

Google+, which launched a month ago to great fanfare, is so far feeling more like Google nonplussed. Reported to have crossed the 20-million-user mark two weeks ago, the new social networking site is designed to correct one of Facebook’s major drawbacks: the problem of too much information being sha
[Meghan O’Sullivan] U.S. should say it will stay long in Afghanistan

ViewpointsAug 4, 2011

Even last week’s swearing in of Ryan Crocker ― one of the most talented U.S. diplomats ― as ambassador to Kabul seems unable to stanch the perception that U.S. efforts in Afghanistan are waning. Most Americans take solace in the notion that, in President Barack Obama’s words, “the tide of wars is re
Pakistan steps up security as Karachi death toll hits 58

World NewsAug 4, 2011

KARACHI (AFP) ― Hundreds of extra paramilitary troops have been deployed in Pakistan’s economic capital Karachi which is struggling to end violence that has killed 58 people in five days, officials said Wednesday.Authorities are battling to halt gunfights raging across the key port city― used by NAT
‘Caged’ Hosni Mubarak denies all charges

World NewsAug 4, 2011

Sight of former dictator lying helpless in bed stuns Middle EastCAIRO (AP) ― From a bed inside the defendants’ cage, an ashen-faced Hosni Mubarak showed a glimmer of his old defiance. Egypt’s former president wagged his finger in the air and denied all charges against him Wednesday as he went on tri
Moon may have had a little sister

World NewsAug 4, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) ― In a spectacle that might have beguiled poets, lovers and songwriters if only they had been around to see it, Earth once had two moons, astronomers now think. But the smaller one smashed into the other in what is being called the “big splat.”The result: Our planet was left with a s
U.N. condemns Syrian attacks on civilians

World NewsAug 4, 2011

Security Council expresses regrets on lack of reformsUNITED NATIONS (AP) ― After months of deadlock, the U.N. Security Council finally responded to the escalating violence in Syria on Wednesday, condemning President Bashar Assad’s forces for attacking civilians and committing human rights violations
Miners visit as U.S. museum readies exhibit on rescue in Chile

PeopleAug 4, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Four Chilean miners visited the Museum of Natural History in the U.S. capital on Wednesday to open an exhibit about their daring rescue from deep inside a copper and gold mine a year ago.Mario Sepulveda, Jorge Galleguillos, Jose Henriquez and Carlos Barrios were among the 33 miner
Ok Ju-hyun ‘dolls’ up after singing contest

TheaterAug 4, 2011

Star-studded musical ‘Guys and Dolls’ promises charmShe was not all tense as she seemed to be on the recent MBC TV show “I Am a Singer,” better known as “Nagasu,” which had her mired in controversies until she was finally eliminated last week. Instead, Ok Ju-hyun seemed to be right at home on Wednes
Watch for food poisoning

HealthAug 4, 2011

With summer here, the intake of cold and raw food increases and, accordingly, the number of people who get sick from eating bad food increases as well. When two or more people get sick from eating the same thing (with symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain), food poisoning is the fir
More young women prone to eating disorders

HealthAug 4, 2011

At least 13,000 women visited hospitals for eating disorders over the past five years, Rep. Sohn Sook-mi of the ruling Grand National Party said recently, quoting a Health Insurance Review and Assessment report. Most of them were in their 20s and 30s and extremely conscious of their looks, according
High heels deform women’s feet: survey

HealthAug 4, 2011

About 52 percent of surveyed women who wear high heels regularly said they have experienced deformation of their feet, Himchan Hospital said Monday. The hospital surveyed a total of 502 women in their 20s and 30s, of which 77 percent said they wear high heels two-three times a week. Among the heel l
Keeping patients from coming back

HealthAug 4, 2011

PHILADELPHIA ― It took more than a week for doctors and nurses to get Pierre Trombert’s congestive heart failure under control and send him home from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.But the trickier part, in some ways, was making sure he didn’t come back.Enter Joanne Heil, professional nudge.Sh
Are you vaccinated against hepatitis?

HealthAug 4, 2011

Sixty-two-year-old Bae cannot forget the day he had his hepatitis C cured. In 2009, after six months of painful medication, he was declared free from the disease that had haunted him for decades. “I had always felt tired, lethargic and hopeless. People suspected that I had a liver disorder but for a
McIlroy may rejoin PGA Tour

GolfAug 4, 2011

AKRON, Ohio (AP) ― U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy loves playing in America so much that wants to join the PGA Tour again.McIlroy spoke to PGA Tour officials Wednesday morning and said he was leaning toward taking up his tour card next season, meaning he would play at least 15 events on the PGA Tour
Spain books second-round spot

SoccerAug 4, 2011

Surprising Saudi Arabia also advances after routing Guatemala 6-0BARRANQUILLA, Colombia (AP) ― Real Madrid playmaker Sergio Canales sparked Spain to a 2-0 win over Ecuador on Wednesday, booking a second-round spot at the U20 World Cup.Surprising Saudi Arabia also advanced after routing Guatemala 6-0