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Stop step-motherly attitude towards doubles: Jwala Gutta

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Star shuttler Jwala Gutta on Monday once again asked the Badminton Association of India to stop the "step-motherly treatment" towards its doubles players, saying its high time the federation changes its attitude.

Dollar Falls to Fresh Lows Against Yen

WSJ.com 

The dollar fell to its lowest level in more than year against the yen, as investors rushed into the safe-haven Japanese currency amid a rout in U.S. stock markets.



Montana allows students to replace Smarter Balanced with ACT

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

(AP) — Montana will let high school juniors take the ACT instead of Smarter Balanced exams to fulfill national testing mandates this year. The Billings Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1SZLd4i ) that the Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau announced the change when releasing results from the glitch-prone Smarter Balanced exams.

Firefighters put out blaze at boarded-up house

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

A boarded-up house caught fire early this morning near South Rainbow Boulevard and Blue Diamond Road, according to the Clark County Fire Department. Firefighters responded ...

Where love meets war in Syria

The Globe and Mail 

Newly-wed Syrian couple Nada Merhi, 18, and Hassan Youssef, 27, pose for their wedding pictures amid heavily damaged buildings in the war ravaged city of Homs. A Syrian photographer uses the destruction of Homs as a backdrop to show that life is stronger than death.

Beyoncé & Lady Gaga Weren’t the Only Fashionable Stars at Super Bowl 50

Yahoo Style 

The Carolina Panthers lost the Super Bowl, but everyone was a winner when it came to fashion. At the championship game on Sunday night, Lady Gaga was patriotic in red, sparkling custom Gucci suit with matching eyeshadow and blue nails, Chris Martin sang his British heart out in a psychedelic ensemble, and his daughter, Apple Martin, matched with Blue Ivy. ...

Noted Urdu poet and Bollywood lyricist Nida Fazli passes away

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Nida Fazli, one of the foremost Urdu poets of his generation and a lyricist who brought a dash of quality to Bollywood songs in the trashy 1980s, passed away following a heart-attack on Monday morning in Mumbai. He was 77.

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Researchers have discovered new properties of an unusual phenomena that could revolutionize the way we use energy

BusinessInsider.com 

University of Waterloo

Physicists have found the first experimental evidence of important new properties of high-temperature superconductivity, and it could help them work out how to achieve this exotic state reliably in materials at room temperature.

Superconductivity is so lucrative because it allows electricity to be conducted with almost no resistance — in other words, it could revolutionize the way we use energy by building super-efficient electricity grids, and don't even get us started on its ability to levitate trains. Читать дальше...

Uitzonderlijk rustig verlopen carnaval in Oldenzaal

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OLDENZAAL - Het carnaval in Oldenzaal kent een uitzonderlijk rustig verloop. De politie heeft ondanks het grote aantal carnavalsvierders in de stad geen enkele aanhouding hoeven te verrichten.


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