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Rich Spanish duchess weds for third time at age 85

PodcastOct 6, 2011

SEVILLE, Spain (AP) — A wealthy, 85-year-old Spanish duchess considered the world's most title-laden noble married a civil servant 25 years her junior on Wednesday, shrugging off her children's qualms and celebrating by kicking off her shoes and dancing flamenco.A crowd of several hundred clap
Obama: Jobs one of America's greatest innovators

PodcastOct 6, 2011

WASHINGTON, Oct 5, 2011 (AFP) - US President Barack Obama mourned Apple visionary Steve Jobs Wednesday as one of America's "greatest innovators" and said it was fitting many people learned of his death on a device he invented."He transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one o
Slurring Jackson aimed to build hospital for kids

PodcastOct 6, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Six weeks before Michael Jackson died, his doctor recorded the semi-comatose superstar mumbling what might have been his farewell address to the world.In a slow, slurred voice, clearly under the influence of sedatives, Jackson spoke about leaving a performance legacy bigger than E
Steve Jobs' impact will last for generations: Bill Gates

PodcastOct 6, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has had an impact on the world which will last for generations, Microsoft boss Bill Gates said Wednesday, adding that it had been "an insanely great honor" to know him."Steve and I first met nearly 30 years ago, and have been colleagues, competitors
Jobs rose From parents’ garage to technology icon: timeline

PodcastOct 6, 2011

Steve Jobs was a college dropout who built computers in his parents’ garage in the mid-1970s with a friend, Steve Wozniak. They founded what is now Apple Inc. (AAPL) in 1976 to sell their creations. Apple, based in Cupertino, California, surpassed Microsoft Corp. in 2010 to become the world’s most v
Loss of Steve Jobs makes world 'iSad'

PodcastOct 6, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - The passing of Steve Jobs left people around the world "iSad" on Thursday, with countless mourners typing out their grief on the handheld Apple gadgets that have transformed modern life.Tributes poured in from notables from US President Barack Obama to Bill Gates, but it
Daniel Shechtman wins Nobel chemistry prize

PodcastOct 5, 2011

STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman won the 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for his discovery of quasicrystals, a chemical structure that researchers previously thought was impossible.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Shechtman's discovery in 1982 fundamentally c
Samsung seeks iPhone sales ban in France, Italy

PodcastOct 5, 2011

Samsung Electronics Co. is seeking to prevent Apple Inc.’s new smartphone iPhone 4S from going on sale in France and Italy.The Korean firm announced Wednesday that it plans to file an injunction in the two European countries to prevent the device from going on sale saying that the new iPhone breache
Samsung seeks sales ban on new iPhone

PodcastOct 5, 2011

Samsung Electronics Co. is seeking to prevent Apple Inc.’s new smartphone iPhone 4S from going on sale in France and Italy.Apple CEO Tim Cook gestures during the announcement at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Tuesday. (AP)The Korean firm announced Wednesday that it plans to file an injunct
Young woman ages mysteriously in Vietnam, experts to help

PodcastOct 5, 2011

Hanoi (dpa) - Medical experts in southern Vietnam offered to help a 26-year-old woman whose skin wrinkled virtually overnight, making her look 30 years older, local media reported Wednesday. (Source: Tuoi Tre)Three hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City have offered Nguyen Thi Phuong consultations with
Samsung, Hyundai see brand value rise

PodcastOct 5, 2011

Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor ranked 17th and 61st in brand value for this year, as assessed by a global consulting firm.Their ranking inched up two and four notches, respectively, from 19th and 65th from a year earlier, according to the top 100 list selected by Interbrand.In its “Best Globa
Study documents 'cycle of violence' in nature

PodcastOct 5, 2011

A new study of seabirds showed those who are abused when they are young often grow up to be abusers. In Nazca boobies in the Galápagos, traumatic abuse of developing young significantly increases the chances those maltreated individuals will exhibit the same maltreatment later in life as adul
'Alzheimer's might be transmissible'

PodcastOct 5, 2011

The brain damage that characterizes Alzheimer's disease may originate in a form similar to that of infectious prion diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob, according to newly published research by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston."Ou
Popular boy band member avoids marijuana smoking charges

PodcastOct 5, 2011

SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- A member of the popular boy band Big Bang has been found to have illegally smoked marijuana but was released without an indictment because he smoked only a tiny amount, prosecutors said Wednesday.G-Dragon, 23, the leader of the five-member boy band had his indictment suspen
Green tea helps fight obesity

PodcastOct 5, 2011

U.S. researchers suggested green tea may slow down weight gain and serve as another tool in the fight against obesity, Xinhua news agency reported.Obese mice fed a compound found in green tea along with a high-fat diet gained weight significantly more slowly than a control group of mice that did not