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Apocalypse? Wildfires burn across America

Smoke from the Pacheco Canyon Wildfire
Wildfires are ravaging across America in 11 states, burning 1.4 million acres, forcing the evacuation of 1,800 homes and businesses in Texas, and taking two firefighters' lives in Florida.
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Is China the next destination for Facebook?

Social networking site Facebook lost a significant number of its users in the US in May, raising fears over the site’s user base reaching saturation levels in the country.
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Nia Long shows off baby bump, reveals father's name

Forty-year old Brooklyn-native actress Nia Long is pregnant with her second child. Long recently confirmed this to US weekly. The bikini-clad actress was seen showing off her baby bump while walking on the beach, vacationing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
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IMF contender Carstens chides Europe's grip on fund

Mexican Central Bank Governor and IMF-contender Agustin Carstens rebuked his European counterparts on Thursday for reneging on their promise to back a non-European to head the fund and vowed to give emerging powers more say if elected.
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IMF contender Carstens calls China visit fruitful

Mexican Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens, who is contending to lead the International Monetary Fund, said on Thursday that he held fruitful talks with Chinese officials over his candidacy.
Alberto Contador

Will Alberto Contador be cleared of clenbuterol doping charge?

Alberto Contador is facing an appeal hearing set on August 1 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The appeal was made by the World Anti-Doping Association (WADA) and the International Cycling Union (UCI) after the Spaniard's national cycling federation cleared him of doping accusations when he tested positive for trace amounts of clenbuterol.
NASA image of the Sun

Rare Drop in Sunspot Activity Could Cause Little Ice Age

The sun is most likely going into hibernation as the latest unusual solar readings, including fading sunspots and weakening magnetic activity near the poles suggest that we are headed towards a solar event that hasn't happened in hundreds of years, according to new data released Tuesday at the annual meeting of the solar physics division of the American Astronomical Society in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook calls user shrinkage report faulty

Facebook dismisses the Inside Facebook report, calling it inaccurate, as the actual growth has been measured as a 21 percent in Facebook users in the United States in May.

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