| Australian Open: Berdych ends Nadal bogey
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 Iron-willed Czech Tomas Berdych ended a 17-match losing streak to Rafael Nadal to storm into the Australian Open semifinals on Tuesday. His next opponent Andy Murray slapped down local teenager Nick Kyrgios 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3 in the evening session to deflate home fans pumped up by the traditional ...
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| Madden predicts Patriots over Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX
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 With Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday, it's time again to gaze deep into the crystal ball that is the latest version of EA Sports' Madden NFL to see how the game will shake out. End result? Patriots beat Seahawks, 28 to 24, thanks to four touchdowns from Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady. [Image: EA Sports] Continue reading Madden predicts Patriots over Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX Madden predicts Patriots over Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX
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| Self-help healthcare fuelled shock Greek election win
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| Volunteer-run services are plugging holes left by cutbacks in Greece and may have helped focus support for the radical Syriza party
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Opposition to austerity is forging new political and social movements (Image: Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)
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| Dawn spacecraft captures best-ever view of dwarf planet
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 NASA's Dawn spacecraft has returned the sharpest images ever seen of the dwarf planet Ceres. The images were taken 147,000 miles (237,000 kilometers) from Ceres on Jan. 25, and represent a new milestone for a spacecraft that soon will become the first human-made probe to visit a dwarf planet.
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| Alexander Litvinenko inquiry: A slow death from assassin's dream drug
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 It is the stuff of James Bond, 007: poisoned by a deadly radioactive isotope administered through a genteel cup of tea. Except the victim's painful death – as the radiation travelled through his blood, coming to rest in his kidneys, liver, spleen, even his bone marrow, where it destroyed internal organs and sabotaged his body's immune system – is too brutal for Hollywood.
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| 13 Photos (And One Tweet) That Show How Underwhelming NYC's Snow Storm Was
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 It was supposed to be "very fast and very hard," "worse than we have ever seen before," "potentially historic," and generally terrifying. For the public's safety, New York City shut down schools, parks and public transit. Non-emergency vehicles were banned from the streets after 11 p.m. Yet while parts of the East Coast were snowed in by massive winter storm Juno early this week, New York City woke up feeling fine -- if a bit hungover. Here's what it was like to live through the Blizzard of 2015: The One We'll Never Talk About Again. By the time snow began to fall on Monday, everyone was ...
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| Patriots Are Winning Deflategate
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 if we learn anything from Deflategate, it's that despite a season full of of promises for reform, we know who still calls the shots in the NFL.
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