"Oscar Pistorius is set to be the first double amputee runner at the Olympic Games after being picked by South Africa for the 400m at London 2012." - when does it become more about the technology than the athletesand the latest pharmaceuticals as yet undetectable by tests?
Not sure that this should be particularly shocking given how arranged marriages seem to generally be fairly successful. "Researchers found that behaving as if you find someone attractive increases your susceptibility to their charms. The findings are the latest in a new line of thinking that suggests that behaviour can lead to emotions as much as the other way around."
"A lifeguard in Hallandale Beach, Fla., canned for helping to save a drowning man can return to work, his former boss says. Tomas Lopez, 21, was fired for leaving the section of the public beach he was paid to patrol ... Ellis said an investigation determined the area where Lopez was stationed wasn't unattended when he left the scene to help the swimmer."
"People spend more time using their smartphones for surfing the web, checking social networks or playing games than making phone calls, new research has found." - I think that the difference is probably even more pronounced in my case than in there's. In my case I'd guess making phone calls is lower than anything in their list except reading books (I have an ereader for that sort of thing).
A summary of various incidents around the world just in the month of May. There are some negative things that can be said about how Muslims are treated in majority-non-Muslim countries, but when you examine the situation of non-Muslims in Muslim-majority areas the situation seems far worse.
The finance minister: "There will be tax increases; there will be spending cuts ... But I reject any talk of austerity." Not quite sure how he'll manage the contradiction.
