| Gold for Mickle with record throw
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 AUSTRALIAN Kim Mickle has claimed gold in the women's javelin at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Mickle won her first Commonwealth title with a Games record throw of 65.96m, relegating two-time defending champion Sunette Viljoen from South Africa to the silver medal position with 63.19m. ...
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| i Editor's Letter: Assorted media reaction to the Ebola virus
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 When is it ok for a newspaper to panic its readers? The Daily Mirror left us in no doubt yesterday. PANIC OVER KILLER VIRUS, proclaimed its front page. EBOLA: WORLD GOES ON RED ALERT. The Telegraph was the other paper to lead with the story, albeit more equivocally: "Outbreak of deadly Ebola virus could reach UK." We at i weren't exactly understated in our own "puff" promoting the long science feature inside, calling it "the disease of nightmares". But we chose to nudge the item down the front page, instead of running it more prominently (and alarmingly) along the top.
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| U.K. Consumer Confidence Dips
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 U.K. consumers were less upbeat about their prospects in July, the first decline in consumer confidence in six months.
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| Octopus sets record for motherly care
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 Deep-sea octopus observed guarding her eggs in May 2007. Photo courtesy of Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute A deep-sea octopus—being described by some as a real-life Octomom—has been observed protecting its eggs for 4 1/2 years, thus becoming the most patient of mothers known in the animal kingdom. "As far as we know this is the longest brooding or gestation of any animal on the planet," Brad Seibel of the University of Rhode Island who participated in the report told the Los Angeles Times. "Elephants gestate for 20 to 21 months and some deep-sea sharks carry their embryos internally for a couple years [basking sharks reportedly carry their young up to three years], but nothing is longer than this." The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and the Public Library of Science (PLOS ONE) announced the finding on Wednesday, though the study ranged from 2007 to 2011. Here's the story from the MBRI: In May, 2007, researchers using a remotely operated vehicle photographed a female octopus clinging to ...
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| Hammerhead shark gives swimmers a scare
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 Hammerhead shark (circled) heads toward swimmers in Florida; image is a video screen grab In a scene sort of reminiscent of the movie, "Jaws," a hammerhead shark off Navarre, Florida, generated moments of panic and lots of screaming Tuesday when it was spotted cruising from deep water toward swimmers along the coast. As swimmers clued in to what was happening, they quickly cleared out. Most of them, anyway. The footage was captured from atop the local pier by Dan Flynn, and posted to Facebook. People on the pier enjoyed a safe vantage point from which to watch the brief but scary episode. WEAR-TV later reported that a lifeguard who was aiding a female swimmer at the time saw, the shark approaching. He then quickly pulled the woman toward shore. Hammerhead shark cruises alongside Florida pier; image is a video screen grab "I never thought I'd be charged by a shark," the unnamed lifeguard said, adding that he kept his eyes on the shark during those tense few moments. The shark eventually veered toward the ...
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| Ray Lonnen - obituary
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 Actor whose TV career spanned 50 years and who was best known for his role as an undercover agent in Ulster
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