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GOOD NEWS

Chinese go to extremes over games

Liu Xianghui cycled more than 800 miles to Beijing towing his 98-year-old grandmother in a pedicab to fulfil her dream of attending the Olympics.

Fark.com

More Chinese are going green

While Olympic visitors get a firsthand glimpse this month at China's pollution problems, a homegrown movement is racing to ward off what many here predict could be epic environmental meltdown.

McClatchy Newspapers

WORLD

Alleged Nazi 'can be extradited'

An Australian court ruled that an 86-year-old man can be extradited to Hungary for alleged war crimes in Hungary during WWII.

BBC

Suicide attack at Algerian police academy kills 43

A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-rigged car into a police academy as recruits lined up to register for classes, killing at least 43 people.

Google News

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LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Lost Dylan poetry surfaces with '60s Hollywood photos

Rock photographer Barry Feinstein was digging through his archives when he came across a long-forgotten set of prose poems, written by an old friend: Bob Dylan.

International Herald Tribune

Actress Christina Applegate cancer free after double mastectomy

Actress Christina Applegate is cancer free after a double mastectomy, she said in an interview on Good Morning America.

Monsters and Critics

SPORTS

Baseball legend Carl Yastrzemski, 69, resting after triple heart bypass

Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, the last player to hit for the Triple Crown, was resting comfortably after having triple bypass heart surgery.

ESPN

Johnson takes gold in the balance beam

Shawn Johnson of the United States finally got her Olympic gold medal, blowing away the field with her routine on the balance beam — the last event of the women's gymnastics competition.

Sports Illustrated

Dodgers acquire Maddux from Padres

This marks the second time Dodgers GM Ned Colletti has acquired Maddux in a mid-season trade. In 2006, Maddux went 6-3 after going to the Dodgers and helped lead them into the playoffs.

Sports Illustrated

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Offshore windmills an energy solution?

Winds blowing 15 miles or farther off the U.S. coasts could produce 900,000 megawatts of electricity.

McClatchy Newspapers

Microsoft sees tailored search as way to pierce Google's armor

Microsoft hopes for an edge against Google's dominant search engine: a deeper understanding of what people search for.

CNET News

HEALTH

Hospital death rates unveiled

Hospital death rates used to be closely guarded secrets. Now anyone with Internet access can directly compare a local hospital to the biggest medical institutions nationwide.

USA Today

Imaging system enables doctors to 'see' cancer during surgery

A new imaging system highlights cancerous tissue, making it easier for surgeons to detect and remove tumors without harming surrounding healthy tissue.

HealthDay

Poor sleep linked to high blood pressure in teens

Teens who don't get enough sleep or have poor-quality sleep run the risk of elevated blood pressure, a new study finds.

U.S. News & World Report

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