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| How Mandela became a brand | | | He has not formally appeared in public for years, and recently he's been battling illness inside a Pretoria hospital. But former South African president Nelson Mandela is still a beloved icon across the world, an international symbol of courage, strength and hope. |
| The 30-Minute Interview David J. Maundrell III | | | Mr. Maundrell is the founder and president of aptsandlofts.com, a residential real estate brokerage firm that specializes in properties in Brooklyn, and, more recently, Long Island City, Queens. |
| Theory on Pain Is Driving Rules for Abortions | | | Measures that ban abortion 20 weeks after conception, on the disputed idea that the fetus can feel pain at that point, have spread by tapping into public concern about late-stage abortions. |
| A computer display that floats in 'mid air' | | | July 31 - Researchers in Taiwan are developing a wearable computer that allows users to navigate its controls on a 3D virtual display that seemingly floats in mid-air. Ben Gruber reports. |
| Crowds flock to a giant pool in China to escape heat | | | July 31 - Thousands of people squeeze into a swimming pool in southwest China to cool down during a heat wave, as temperatures in parts of China soar to more than 35 degrees celcius, state media reports. Sarah Toms reports. |
| Taking on the Taliban | | | It's time to "start holding rackets and bats rather than holding guns and grenade," says Maria Toorpakai Wazir, who can finally indulge her life's greatest love without fear of persecution. |
| Build your own home. For under 5K | | | Imagine it were possible to build your own home, in this day and age, for less than $35,000. Or to cut up some timber and piece your new home together like a giant jigsaw puzzle. What if you could create, with your own hands, a home that collects its own rain water and generates its own power, so you never have to pay a bill again? |
| Well Summer Taco Nights | | | This week, the Recipes for Health columnist Martha Rose Shulman offers a refreshing take on the taco, beginning with two delicious summer salsas. |
| 7%-plus The new abnormal | | | The Mississippi River rolls muddy and wide beneath a gray, spitting sky. The St. Louis Arch, symbol of the once unimaginable promise of the nation's westward expansion, looms above the barges pushing past and the summer traffic below. Across the water, at 35 years old, Lolanda Ohene is staring at the skyline and wondering what has happened to her future. |
| World's largest geyser puts on rare show at Yellowstone | | | (Reuters) - The world's largest geyser has exploded to life at Yellowstone National Park for the first time in eight years, sending a high-pressure burst of steamy water 300 feet into the air, a park official said on Thursday. |
| Not every woman has to be a CEO | | | Women have been some of Sheryl Sandberg's harshest critics, but the thousands who gathered over the weekend in Chicago at BlogHer, the largest conference in the world for women bloggers, fully embraced the "Lean In" author, crowding around her for a handshake and a personal photo and giving her a standing ovation after her keynote appearance. |
| Dane prepares for Masters | | | Living Golf meets Thorbjorn Olesen as the rising star of golf prepares for the most important tournaments of his career. |
| Scoop on 'Homeland' season 3 | | | Last season of "Homeland" ended with a literal and figurative bang, and this season kicks off with more than a few pieces to pick up. |
| Children power playground toys | | | July 30 - Modern gaming techniques are taken to the playground as children compete to produce energy. Suzannah Butcher reports. |
| Baalbek Treasure beneath rubbish | | | A temple the size of several football fields, the biggest stone monolith ever carved. Regional strife may have scared travelers away from the Beqaa Valley but now could be just the time to go. |
| Op-ed Al Qaeda down in Yemen | | | News of the death of an al Qaeda leader demonstrates the weakness of a Yemeni militant group that once was surging, writes Peter Bergen |
| Why disc drives are an endangered species | | | Could the phrase "burn a disc" soon be interred in the computing graveyard, resting peacefully alongside 8-bit graphics and the chirping, buzzing hum of a dial-up modem? Some of the most influential computer makers in the world say yes. |
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