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Cardinals' record-tying 7th whips Cubs 12-0

ST. LOUIS (AP) ? The St. Louis Cardinals totaled 15 runs in their six-game trip to open the second half. They threatened that total in a single inning against the Chicago Cubs.

Jake Westbrook worked seven innings of three-hit ball and the Cardinals finally backed him ? and then some ? by tying a 76-year-old major league record with seven doubles in seventh inning of a 12-0 victory on Saturday night.

"I knew my spot was coming up hitting so I knew I was probably done," Westbrook said. "I just wanted to hopefully get some runs there, and we did. It was a fun inning."

Rafael Furcal's go-ahead single in the seventh turned out to be a mere appetizer as the Cardinals also matched an 86-year-old franchise record for runs in an inning. St. Louis totaled 10 hits with multiple hits by three players including pinch-hitter Allen Craig, who doubled twice with an RBI.

"It was crazy. I don't think I've seen anything like that in the big leagues," Craig said. "I came into the game in a big spot and I was glad I could make something happen, and the rest of the guys took it from there."

The Cardinals managed five hits the first six innings before jumping on Justin Germano (0-1) and three other relievers. They tied the major record for doubles in an inning by the Boston Bees at St. Louis in the first inning of Game 1 of a doubleheader on Aug. 25, 1936.

They tied the franchise record for runs in an inning set Sept. 16, 1926, against the Phillies, in the third inning of the opener of a doubleheader in Philadelphia.

"We've had some against us that felt like 12," manager Mike Matheny said. "You look at this offense and they can come in bundles.

"It's nice to see the guys, too, just keep putting good at-bats together no matter how many runs we've had or how many hits they've had already."

The Cardinals totaled nine doubles for the first time in franchise history since setting a modern major league record with 13 doubles on July 12, 1931, against the Cubs.

Cubs starter Matt Garza was taken out after three scoreless innings with cramping in his right triceps, an injury that wasn't obvious and prompted speculation that he had been traded. The Cubs added a bit of intrigue, waiting until the bottom of the sixth to announce the injury and the fact X-rays ? as a precaution for possible elbow issues ? were negative.

"The trade thing, I'm not so concerned about that," Garza said. "I'd rather go out there and throw eight or nine (innings) than come in here and say, "I can't throw the ball.'"

Germano got unlimited warmups in the fourth, an indication he was entering because of an injury or ejection, although the rule book also allows for an unspecified sudden emergency. Germano allowed a run in three-plus innings before the roof caved in on the Cubs, who allowed 12 runs in an inning for the first time since July 30, 2010, at Colorado.

James Russell gave up a career-high six runs on four hits in two-thirds of an inning. Manuel Corpas gave up four runs without getting an out, surrendering three doubles and a walk.

"Russell's our setup guy," manager Dale Sveum said. "He's got a long four months basically without a hiccup like that, and those things will happen.

"Unfortunately, it was a nothing-nothing game."

Previously, the Cubs hadn't allowed more than six runs in a single inning. The Cardinals topped their previous season best of eight runs April 27 against the Brewers.

Westbrook (8-8) escaped a bases-loaded jam in the first, falling behind 3-0 in the count against Geovany Soto before inducing a groundout. The sinkerballer permitted only two baserunners his last six innings, a leadoff single by David DeJesus in the third and a walk by Luis Valbuena in the fifth, and neither of them made it second.

"The first couple of innings, I was a little erratic, I might have been a little geeked up," Westbrook said. "After that, I felt really strong."

NOTES: Garza is 2 for 30 at the plate with 23 strikeouts after fanning in the second. ... Soto is 0 for 5 with the bases loaded. ... Bryan LaHair had two strikeouts and a walk against Westbrook after entering the game 3 for 3 with a homer against the right-hander. ... The Cubs have lost 12 of their last 16 in St. Louis. ... The first two games of the series were sold out, with attendance of 43,424 the Cardinals' 16th sellout overall. ... Schumaker is batting .500 (15 for 30) with runners in scoring position. ... Craig is the first Cardinals player to double twice in an inning since Jerry Mumphrey May 30, 1977, against the Cubs. He's the first in the majors to do it since Seattle's Michael Saunders May 30 at Texas.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/cardinals-record-tying-7th-whips-cubs-12-0-023651669--mlb.html

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Authorities believe missing Iowa girls are alive

Drew and Heather Collins, of Evansdale, are seen at the RiverLoop Amphitheatre in Waterloo, Iowa following the 5K Run/Walk/Ride/Stroll/Roll for two missing Iowa cousins, Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, and Elizabeth Collins, 8, in Waterloo, Iowa on Saturday, July 21, 2012. Investigators reclassified the disappearance of two missing Iowa cousins as an abduction case Friday after an FBI dive team failed to find their bodies in a lake near where they were last seen a week ago. (AP Photo/Waterloo Courier, Dawn J. Sagert)

Drew and Heather Collins, of Evansdale, are seen at the RiverLoop Amphitheatre in Waterloo, Iowa following the 5K Run/Walk/Ride/Stroll/Roll for two missing Iowa cousins, Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, and Elizabeth Collins, 8, in Waterloo, Iowa on Saturday, July 21, 2012. Investigators reclassified the disappearance of two missing Iowa cousins as an abduction case Friday after an FBI dive team failed to find their bodies in a lake near where they were last seen a week ago. (AP Photo/Waterloo Courier, Dawn J. Sagert)

Natalie Buck, 5, of Waterloo, front, has her hair painted pink by Cami Franzen, right, of LaJames following the 5K Run/Walk/Ride/Stroll/Roll for two missing Iowa cousins, Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, and Elizabeth Collins, 8, in Waterloo, Iowa on Saturday, July 21, 2012. Investigators reclassified the disappearance of two missing Iowa cousins as an abduction case Friday after an FBI dive team failed to find their bodies in a lake near where they were last seen a week ago. (AP Photo/Waterloo Courier, Dawn J. Sagert)

This combo made from undated photos provided by Black Hawk County police shows cousins Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, left, and Elizabeth Collins, 8, who have been missing since Friday afternoon, July 13, 2012. The girls were last seen Friday afternoon leaving their grandmother's house. (AP Photo/Black Hawk County Police via Waterloo Courier)

Participants in the 5K Run/Walk/Ride/Stroll/Roll for two missing Iowa cousins, Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, and Elizabeth Collins, 8, in Waterloo, Iowa on Saturday, July 21, 2012. Investigators reclassified the disappearance of two missing Iowa cousins as an abduction case Friday after an FBI dive team failed to find their bodies in a lake near where they were last seen a week ago. (AP Photo/Waterloo Courier, Dawn J. Sagert)

Heather Collins, left, talks with event coordinator Lisa Helland, right, of Cedar Falls, following the 5K Run/Walk/Ride/Stroll/Roll for two missing Iowa cousins, Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, and Elizabeth Collins, 8, in Waterloo, Iowa on Saturday, July 21, 2012. Investigators reclassified the disappearance of two missing Iowa cousins as an abduction case Friday after an FBI dive team failed to find their bodies in a lake near where they were last seen a week ago. (AP Photo/Waterloo Courier, Dawn J. Sagert)

Authorities searching for two missing Iowa cousins have information that leads them to believe both girls are still alive, an FBI spokeswoman said Saturday.

FBI spokeswoman Sandy Breault said authorities "feel strongly" that 10-year-old Lyric Cook-Morrissey and 8-year-old Elizabeth Collins have not been killed. She refused to say what led authorities to that conclusion, but urged anyone with information about their disappearance to contact law enforcement.

"We believe these girls are alive, and we are not discouraged by the passage of time since their disappearance," Breault said. "We are urging anyone with information to come forward. Any information, as insignificant as it may seem, could be vital to this investigation."

The announcement came a day after authorities finished searching Meyers Lake in the northeast Iowa town of Evansdale, which is near a path where the girls' bikes were found. The girls vanished July 13.

They now say they believe the girls were abducted, but that searching and draining part of lake was part of a thorough investigation.

"We have to cover everything," Breault told The Associated Press after Saturday's news conference. "If there's even a chance (the girls were in the lake), we have to make sure."

The lake is close to Interstate 380, just outside of Waterloo, which is about 120 miles northeast of Des Moines.

Breault said investigators are interviewing multiple "persons of interest" in the case, whom she declined to identify. She said authorities are still receiving tips on the case, mostly from within the area.

Authorities have said they are watching Lyric's father, Daniel Morrisey, although they have not named him as a suspect.

Morrisey, 36, has a long criminal history and has stopped cooperating with police. Breault said the lack of cooperation from some family members has hindered the investigation.

"Unfortunately, in this case, law enforcement has not received total cooperation from all families and close friends," Breault said. "It's important to note that a majority of the family has cooperated 100 percent. We feel there's someone out there that has pertinent information about the girls' whereabouts, and we'd like to take this opportunity to ask them to come forward."

A judge on Thursday granted a prosecution request to place Morrissey in a pretrial supervision program of the Iowa Department of Corrections while he faces September trials in two separate drug cases that could land him in prison for decades.

The change means Morrissey, who has been free on bond, will be supervised by parole officers who will make sure he shows up in court and does not violate the terms of his release.

Morrissey's wife, Misty Cook-Morrissey, 34, pleaded guilty in 2003 in federal court to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine, court documents show. She also has theft and alcohol violations in state court and is on supervised release after her probation was revoked in September because of drug and excessive alcohol use and failure to comply with drug tests.

In nearby Waterloo on Saturday, about 165 people participated in a 3-mile run/walk to benefit the girls' families, the Waterloo Courier reported. The Collinses, who have kept a low profile during the last week, were in attendance.

Associated Press

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5 Tips For Improving The Communication In Your Relationship

A young woman and man embracing while outdoors.There?s a lot more to effective communication in a relationship than just talking about the weather. Real communication involves honesty, having fun, learning to avoid arguments and not putting each other down. Doing so will help create a more intimate and productive relationship.

In this article, we?ve assembled some tips that will help you enhance the communication between you and your partner so you can start having a better relationship.

1. Listen Carefully Before Responding

Sometimes in the heat of an argument, we will react to something said before we really understand what?s being said. Take the time to really listen to what your partner is saying instead of responding automatically.

2. Keep It Cool When Disagreeing

When a discussion starts turning into an argument, it can veer off into ugly directions. Avoid this by sticking to the point and not bringing up old arguments and grievances.

Sometimes the best thing to do is take a break and cool off so that you can resume the conversation later with clearer heads and a fresh perspective.

3. Don?t Be Too Proud To Give In

Our natural instinct in an argument is to try to ?win? by proving we are ?right?. It becomes a competition instead of a healthy airing of grievances. This is not the kind of communication that contributes to a long term, happy relationship.

Instead, try putting your pride aside occasionally and be willing to compromise. At least be willing to apologize for arguing, even if you don?t feel you?ve done anything wrong ? you may find it leads to more acquiescence from your partner, too.

4. Share Your Feelings Openly

It can be difficult if you weren?t raised in a family that did much communicating, but there are things you can do to help yourself be more open and honest with your partner.

It?s important to start sentences with ?I feel? instead of ?You make me feel? ? take responsibility for your own emotions and don?t put them on someone else!

There?s no denying that this can be a tough first step, especially if the relationship has already fallen into less supportive communication habits. But if you don?t fix it now, it will only get worse. It takes a real effort on both parties to build trust that allows you to be vulnerable, but it can help save a relationship.

Speaking in a manner that takes responsibility instead of placing blame not only helps heal the rifts, it allows you to be more honest about your feelings.

5. Learn To Have Fun Together

Couples who make time to play and have fun together tend to have the healthiest relationships. Even if your hobbies and interests don?t coincide, spending time together doing fun activities helps you connect and increase intimacy. And that connection and intimacy is what will lead to improved communication and so to a vastly improved relationship.

Learning to apply these five tips to your relationship will surely help you see improvement in your style and level of communication. You?ll find that better communication will bring you and your partner closer not only as lovers, but also as friends, creating strong bonds of intimacy and trust.

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Zuckerberg's Mortgage Rate is Now 1.05% - Real Estate Law - Law ...

Perhaps more astonishing than?Mark Zuckerberg refinancing a 1.05% home mortgage rate?is the fact that the 40th richest man in the world needed a mortgage at all.

After all, why would someone worth over $15 billion need to borrow money to pay off a $7 million home?

Well, if you can borrow money at 1.05%, you're basically borrowing money for free, reports Bloomberg.

So Zuckerberg would be dumb not to.

Zuckerberg bought his Palo Alto house last year and took out an adjustable-rate mortgage for $5.95 million, reports Bloomberg. An adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) is a loan that's interest rate can rise or fall given market conditions. ARMs are usually contrasted with a fixed-rate loan where the interest rate never fluctuates.

The benefits of an ARM are that the interest rates can be lower than a fixed-rate loan -- as evidenced by Zuckerberg's 1.05% rate. However, should the housing market unexpectedly heat up, the cost for borrowing money can increase, causing ARM rates to skyrocket.

For most borrowers, this can be a problem, as that 1.05% loan can become a 6% or 7% loan. In fact, ARM rates skyrocketing is a frequently-cited reason for foreclosures during the past several years.

However, for borrowers who have lots of money, the adjusting interest rate of an ARM poses little risk as the borrower can simply pay off the loan when the interest rate is no longer favorable. For example, if interest rates creep up, Zuckerberg could simply pay off the loan with his cash on hand.

While Mark Zuckerberg's mortgage rate may be an example of the rich getting richer, the fact is that Zuckerberg is a near-zero risk to banks. His lenders are assured a return regardless of what the market does. The same can't be said for most every other borrower.

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Source: http://blogs.findlaw.com/law_and_life/2012/07/zuckerbergs-mortgage-rate-is-now-105.html

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Building A Better Yahoo Finance: YCharts Hits Its Stride As A ...

When it comes to predicting how companies or stocks will perform, we all have our own methods of fundamental analysis (I personally prefer voodoo). But, generally speaking, for the everyday investor, it can be tough to pick out the key metrics and stats buried in the ocean of unreliable financial data that permeates the Web. While there are a bevy of free engines for realtime company info, like Yahoo Finance, many lack detail and fail to offer the advanced tools we need to filter the noise and build comprehensive, long-term projections.

Founded in 2009, YCharts set out to offer a legitimate alternative to the Yahoo Finances of the world by becoming a full-service resource for detailed and reliable financial information. The startup wants to turn everyday investors into savvy stock analyst by digging into long-tail data from a variety of sources to get a glimpse into the outlook of your portfolio companies and actually understand the companies you buy and invest in.

And because a picture is worth a thousand static rows, columns and ratios, YCharts (as its name would imply) has focused on charts ? rather, on becoming the mother lode of chartable financial data.

The startup offers graphs and plots on umpteen different categories, starting with those common to technical analysis, like 200-day moving average and price/volume metrics ? and going from there. So, YCharts users can poke through price charts, focus on individual metrics or combine a variety of data points in millions of different permutations.

And that?s where it aims to differentiate: Breadth and flexibility. By allowing you to compare dividend yields, total returns, and 100 other metrics that let you weigh your holdings against others, YCharts gives you a chance to better understand the value of your investments in the long-run.

It?s for this reason that, since raising $3.5 million from the 30-year-old financial data giant Morningstar last November, the startup has been on the up and up. YCharts founder and CEO Shawn Carpenter tells us that the company is now seeing 500K visitors per month and has expanded its data coverage to over 500K data series, which includes over 100 metrics on 5K equities, commodities, forex and interest rates. On top of that, users can now combine over 40K economic indicators with the rest of its equity data.

500K visitors per month may not seem like a lot compared to the Instagrams and Facebooks, but considering that there are a number of free, easily searchable resources for financial data, growing from 30K to 500K in less than 18 months is a good sign. After all, YCharts relies on offering enough of a taste of its free tools and reams of data to get you hooked before leveraging its business model, in which users that want more advanced analytics pay $40/month to access 30 years worth of metrics and ratios and a bunch of advanced calculations.

On top of its free and Pro offerings, YCharts also offers third-party sites, journalists and bloggers the opportunity to create their own charts with its so-called Chart Creator.

Chart Creator, which has recently been updated, is a great tool for startups, media and the like, looking to quickly graph out individual metrics or combinations thereof. The feature now supports all 5K of YChart?s stocks with 100 metrics each, 2.5K ETFs and 40K economic indicators, all of which can be combined in any permutation ? in addition to being able to add up to six metrics from 500K options, titles, notes and recession dates. (Here?s a techie example.)

This is awesome because, historically, this type of data and charting functionality has really only been available to professional analysts and economists. The YCharts CEO believes this is the reason that the tool has begun to see increasing adoption among editorial teams and contributors and is currently being used by Motley Fool, SeekingAlpha, TheStreet.com, Business Insider, Forbes, Morningstar, Zacks, StockTwits, LA Times and The Chicago Tribune ? to name a few.

The tool is spreading rapidly and is currently used by the editorial team/contributors at Motley Fool, SeekingAlpha, TheStreet.com, BusinessInsider, Forbes, Morningstar, Zacks, StockTwits, Gigaom, AllThingsD, LA Times, Chicago Tribune and a ton of others.

Thus, in addition to the 500K visitors on YCharts.com, Carpenter said that the startup is generating millions of impressions via its partner sites and is working towards the goal of facilitating the ?visualization of the financial conversation? everywhere. As part of this, the team plans to launch a higher-end version of its Chart Creator later this year.

But what would the service be without giving investors the opportunity to communicate with other like-minded armchair analysts? YCharts subscribers can turn their data points into sharable plots that can be sent via Twitter or StockTwits, tweeting messages that cut straight to the chase, offering abbreviated URL links to charts and tables.

The YCharts team has clearly put a good deal of thought into how to better communicate the crazy amount of complicated, disorderly, and often unreliable financial information. It?s well on the way to offering a viable alternative to Yahoo Finance and a more affordable option compared to the Bloombergs, even though it has nowhere near the same traffic and user base. So, in the end, if YCharts yearns for that big audience, it may work better as part of a larger entity or portal. But, in the meantime, Carpenter says that the team will continue to focus on adding value to its exhaustive financial data, while keeping things clean and relevant.

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Source: http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/18/ycharts-growth/

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1st female country superstar Kitty Wells dies

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ? Without Kitty Wells, there might be no Taylor Swift. Or Miranda Lambert. Or Loretta Lynn.

She was THE pioneer, the first female singer with enough spunk and fire to get noticed in the male-dominated world of country music.

Think about it: No Tammy Wynette. No Tanya Tucker. No Carrie Underwood.

"Without her there wouldn't be a lot of us," said Country Music Hall of Fame member Jean Shepard.

The family of country music's first female superstar said she died peacefully at home Monday after complications from a stroke. She was 92.

Dubbed "The Queen of Country Music" decades ago, Wells had been a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame since 1976 and could look back on a career that spanned more than six decades after her retirement.

Yet as a devastated Shepard noted, Wells was largely a forgotten figure in the 21st century, even as so many strong female personalities populate country's landscape. To Shepard, she was a close friend and a shining inspiration. They first met around 1950 when Shepard was trying to break into the business and Wells passed through California on tour.

"I just hope that country music itself realizes what a wonderful lady she was and how much she's going to be missed," Shepard said in a phone interview. "I know that people get old and they pass away, but I just always thought she was like my grandpa ? she was always going to be around, always going to be here. But the Lord don't see it that way."

For who knew Wells, she was a powerful presence. A country superstar in her own right, Barbara Mandrell, said she appreciated Wells being a mentor.

"Kitty Wells was every female country music performer's heroine. She led the way for all of us and I feel very grateful and honored to have known her. She was always the most gracious, kind and lovely person to be around," Mandrell said in a statement.

Wells scored the first country No. 1 hit by a solo female artist with "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels." Her success dashed the notion that women couldn't be headliners. Billboard magazine had been charting country singles for about eight years at that time.

She recorded approximately 50 albums, had 25 Top 10 country hits and went around the world several times. From 1953 to 1968, various polls listed Wells as the No. 1 female country singer until Wynette finally dethroned her.

It was Well's true-to-life songs that were modern in perspective and heartfelt in delivery that defined her career.

"As far as what she meant to country music, my God, just look at the hit songs she had," Shepard said.

Her 1955 hit "Making Believe" was on the movie soundtrack of "Mississippi Burning" that was released 33 years later. Among her other hits were "The Things I Might Have Been," ''Release Me," ''Amigo's Guitar," ''Heartbreak USA," ''Left to Right" and a version of "I Can't Stop Loving You."

Each offered something identifiable to the listener, making connections for women in the genre that had not been there before. Wells, though, was coy about her place in the country music world.

"I never really thought about being a pioneer," she said in an Associated Press interview in 2008. "I loved doing what I was doing."

"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" gave the woman's point of view about the wild side of life.

The song was written by J.D. Miller as a retort to Hank Thompson's 1952 hit, "The Wild Side of Life."

The chorus to Thompson's record was:

"I didn't know God made honky-tonk angels

"I might have known you'd never make a wife ?

"But you gave up the only one that ever loved you

"And went back to the wild side of life."

In his response, Miller wrote:

"It wasn't God who made honky-tonk angels,

"As you said in the words of your song,

"Too many times married men think they're still single,

"That has caused many a good girl to go wrong.

"It's a shame that all blame is on us women ...."

The song opened the way for women to present their view of life and love in country music. It also encouraged Nashville songwriters to begin writing from a woman's perspective.

The song was controversial enough that the Grand Ole Opry asked Wells not to perform it, and some radio stations were reluctant to play it.

"They get away with a lot more today," Wells told the AP in 1986. "They're more (sexually) suggestive today."

Her solo recording career lasted from 1952 to the late 1970s and she made concert tours from the late 1930s until 2000. That year, she announced she was quitting the road, although she performed occasionally in Nashville and elsewhere afterward.

After her induction into the Hall of Fame, she also received the Pioneer Award from the Academy of Country Music and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences in 1991.

Born Ellen Muriel Deason in Nashville, the daughter of a railroad brakeman, she was known as a gracious, elegant and family-oriented person.

She began playing the guitar at age 14 and soon was performing at dances in the Nashville area.

Wells married Johnny Wright, half of a duo called Johnny and Jack, in 1938 when she was not yet 20, and soon began touring with the duo. She took her stage name from an old folk song, "Sweet Kitty Wells." Johnny Wright died Sept. 27, 2011.

By the late '40s they were appearing on the Grand Ole Opry. He performed with her throughout her career and their long marriage.

"What I've done has been satisfying," she said in the 1986 AP interview. "I wouldn't change a thing."

Shepard said she was devastated by her friend's passing. She visited with Wells a handful of times since Wright's passing and was supposed to visit last week along with her friend Jan Howard. But she couldn't make it due to medical appointments.

"And I'm just so sorry we didn't get to go see her," Shepard said. "She was just a precious person always."

___

Associated Press writer Joe Edwards contributed to this report.

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There are countless ways to escape a bad date, from remembering it's your grandma's birthday, to simply faking a vomiting spell. But—admitting its matching algorithm isn't always perfect—eHarmony has created a handy iOS app that fakes a believable phone call, giving you an emergency exit to an awkward night out. More »


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Why aid money has returned to Malawi

Aid donors, such as the US Millennium Challenge Corporation, have reinstated aid projects that had been suspended because of authoritarian policies of Malawi's previous leader.

By Scott Baldauf,?Staff writer / July 12, 2012

Under the mercurial President Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawi was a country that seemed eager to pick fights with aid donors, the richer countries that supplied up to 40 percent of Malawi?s budget.

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In the year before his death, President Mutharika announced that he would defy the International Monetary Fund and continue to provide subsidized seed and fertilizer to Malawian farmers. In parliament, he warned human rights activists that they could face jail time if they insulted him. And on the streets of Lilongwe, he followed through: As protesters called for Mutharika?s removal, Malawian police responded with gunfire, killing 20.?It was then that Malawi?s donors cut the country off from international aid.

Today, under President Joyce Banda, Malawi is winning donors back. She has announced legislation that would give full rights of expression to journalists and activists. She sold the $12.9 million?presidential jet and fleet of limousines. And donors have responded by starting up aid dollars again.

The most recent win for Malawi is America?s Millennium Challenge Corporation, an independent US foreign aid agency that gives aid to poor countries that make improvements in democratic governance, human rights, and economic reform.

Daniel Yohannes, the chief executive officer of MCC, met President Banda on Thursday, and announced that his organization would reinstate $350 million in grants for hydropower projects in Malawi.

?This is going to bring cheaper energy which is badly needed in the country,? Mr. Yohannes said in a phone interview with the Monitor after his meeting with Ms. Banda. ?Malawians are going to benefit tremendously. It?s going to affect 5 million people, and provide up to $2 billion in value to the country?s economy.?

Test case

For experts on foreign aid, Malawi is a test case for the West?s attempt to use aid as a leverage to foster better democratic governance and economic reform in the developing world. It?s an approach that some African nations embrace, while others reject as a painful reminder of the West?s colonial period in Africa. For the latter, the no-questions-asked loans and grants from emerging foreign aid donors like China have become more attractive, and encouraged aid skeptics such as the late President Mutharika ? who died in April of natural causes ? to fight back.

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Giant fossil turtle from Colombia round like car tire

ScienceDaily (July 11, 2012) ? Even the world's largest snake, Titanoboa, could probably not have swallowed this new, very round fossil turtle species from Colombia. Paleontologist Carlos Jaramillo's group at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama and colleagues at North Carolina State University and the Florida Museum of Natural History discovered a new species of fossil turtle that lived 60 million years ago in what is now northwestern South America.

The team's findings were published in the Journal of Paleontology.

The new turtle species is named Puentemys mushaisaensis because it was found in La Puente pit in Cerrej?n Coal Mine, a place made famous for the discoveries, not only of the extinct Titanoboa, the world's biggest snake, but also of Carbonemys, a freshwater turtle as big as a smart car.

Cerrejon's fossil reptiles all seem to be extremely large. With its total length of 5 feet, Puentemys adds to growing evidence that following the extinction of the dinosaurs, tropical reptiles were much bigger than they are now. Fossils from Cerrejon offer an excellent opportunity to understand the origins of tropical biodiversity in the last 60 million years of Earth's history.

The most peculiar feature of this new turtle is its extremely circular shell, about the size and shape of a big car tire. Edwin Cadena, post-doctoral fellow at North Carolina State University and lead author of the paper, said that the turtle's round shape could have discouraged predators, including Titanoboa, and aided in regulating its body temperature.

The width of the turtle's shell probably exceeded the maximum expansion of the Titanoboa's mouth. Its circular, low-domed shape would have increased the area of the body exposed to the sun, helping the cold-blooded turtle warm to a temperature at which it was more active.

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Quinn signs veterans' tax credit increase into law

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C.I.A. Vaccine Ruse in Pakistan May Have Harmed Polio Fight

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The C.I.A.?s decision to send a vaccination team into Pakistan to obtain DNA from Osama bin Laden?s family had the unintended consequence of hurting work there against polio.

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FILE-In this Friday, June 29, 2012, file photo, specialists Frank Masello, left, and John T. O'Hara, right, work on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York shortly before the closing bell. Stock markets in Asia declined Tuesday July 10, 2012, after China said the growth rate for its imports fell in June. (AP Photo/David Karp, file)

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(AP) ? Stocks fell for the fourth straight day Tuesday following a profit slump at technology companies and a steep decline in oil prices, which sent energy stocks sharply lower.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 83.17 points to close at 12,653.12. Aluminum maker Alcoa was the biggest loser in the Dow, giving up 4 percent after reporting a slump in revenue late Monday.

The broader Standard & Poor's 500 lost 10.99 points to 1,341.47. The index is in its longest slump since May 18.

Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices fell sharply after reporting that a slowdown in China and Europe led to an 11 percent drop in second-quarter revenue. The company had previously forecast a gain of 3 percent.

That news sent other technology stocks down hard. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite dropped 1 percent, the most of the three major indexes. It closed 29.44 points lower at 2,902.33.

The bad news outweighed hopeful developments in Europe earlier in the day. Before U.S. markets opened, European finance ministers announced they had agreed on the terms of a bailout for Spain's banks. The first installment of $37 billion in aid can be ready by the end of the month.

Investors were concerned that some details seemed to be missing from the plan.

Also weighing on the market: worries about a slew of upcoming corporate earnings reports. Financial analysts expect that earnings at companies in the S&P 500 fell 2 percent in the April-through-June period compared with a year ago, according to S&P Capital IQ. That would be the first drop in nearly three years.

"The past quarter was great, but going forward many companies may have problems," said Joe Kinahan, chief derivatives strategist at TD Ameritrade, a brokerage. "People are confused about what to think."

A resolution to a labor dispute in Norway early Friday weighed on oil prices, which pushed energy stocks lower. Early Tuesday, the Norwegian government intervened to end a strike that threatened North Sea oil production.

Benchmark crude oil fell $2.08 to $83.91 a barrel in New York. Major energy companies dropped as a result, including Occidental Petroleum, down $1.95 at $83.24, and ConocoPhillips, down 90 cents at $53.43.

Natural gas producers took a hit from a sharp drop in the price of natural gas, which was down 5 percent at $2.74 per 1,000 cubic feet. Cabot Oil & Gas slumped $1.20 to $39.07 and Chesapeake Energy gave up $1.29 cents to $18.69.

Also weighing on commodities was a report from China that import growth fell in half in June from May, a signal its economy may be slowing more than expected. The Chinese economy, the world's second biggest, is growing at its slowest pace since the 2008 financial crisis.

Copper fell 1 percent to $3.40 per pound. China is a big importer of the metal.

In stocks, the selling was broad. Eight of the ten industry groups in the S&P 500 fell. Industrial companies led the declines with a slump of 1.6 percent. Utilities and consumer staples, industries that fare better than others when the economy is struggling, rose slightly.

In Europe, the deal to aid Spain helped push the yield on its benchmark 10-year government bond down to 6.8 percent. On Monday, that country's key borrowing rate surged to 7 percent, a dangerously high level. The lower yield means investors are less fearful about the country having trouble paying its debts.

Portugal, Ireland and Greece all had to ask for help from international lenders after spikes in their own borrowing rates made it unaffordable for them to raise money from selling bonds on the open market. Spain is the largest European country to date to seek international assistance.

In corporate news, Applied Materials, which makes equipment for chipmakers, cut its fiscal year profit and sales estimates because of weak demand. The stock fell 30 cents to $10.71. AMD, the chip maker hurt by slumping sales in China, plunged 63 cents to $4.99.

Embattled BlackBerry maker Research in Motion fell 38 cents to $7.29. The company's CEO, Thorsten Heins, told a shareholders meeting that he isn't satisfied with the company's performance. Two weeks ago the company announced disappointing earnings, plans to cut 30 percent of its workforce and the latest delay in BlackBerry 10.

Alcoa lost 36 cents to $8.40 after a financial analyst cut his estimate for the company's 2012 earnings. Alcoa reported Monday that it beat analyst estimate for earnings in the second quarter but that revenue dropped due to slowing world demand for aluminum.

Two stocks fell for every one that rose on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was lighter than average at 3.4 billion shares.

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Will researchers solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance?

A team of researchers hopes to locate Amelia Earhart's plane off the coast of an island called?Nikumaroro. Promising pieces of 1930's clothing and cosmetic products have been found there before.?

By Malia Mattoch McManus,?Reuters / July 2, 2012

Ric Gillespie, right, founder of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, watches equipment testing alongside Wolfgang Burnside from aboard a ship at port in Honolulu. Gillespie is leading a month-long voyage to find plane wreckage from Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra, which disappeared over the South Pacific 75 years ago.

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Seeking to chronicle Amelia Earhart's fate 75 years after she disappeared over the Pacific, researchers prepared on Monday to look for wreckage of her airplane near a remote island where they believe the famed U.S. aviator died as a castaway.

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Organizers hope the expedition will conclusively solve one of the most enduring mysteries of the 20th century - what became of Earhart after she vanished during an attempt to become the first pilot, man or woman, to circle the globe around the equator.

A recent flurry of clues point to the possibility that Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, ended up marooned on the tiny uninhabited island of Nikumaroro, part of the Pacific archipelago Republic of Kiribati."

The public wants evidence, a smoking gun, that this is the place where Amelia Earhart's journey ended," said Richard Gillespie, executive director of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR). "That smoking gun is Earhart's plane.

"The group's research team had planned to set off by boat on Monday from Hawaii on a 1,800-mile voyage to Nikumaroro accompanied by the technicians from a U.S. Navy contractor called Phoenix International who recovered "black-box" flight-data recorders from an Air France crash from the floor of the Atlantic last year.

But the departure was postponed for a day, until Tuesday, because of a delay in the arrival of a Kiribati customs official who is to accompany the expedition, said Stephanie Buttrill, a spokeswoman for the group. The team will spend 10 days at the search site, plus 16 days at sea traveling to and from the island.

Previous missions to Nikumaroro have unearthed tantalizing evidence that Earhart was there, including a cosmetic bottle from the 1930s that appeared to be jar of a once-popular brand of anti-freckle cream.

Also found were a clothing zipper from the '30s, pieces of a woman's compact, a bottle of hand lotion, parts of a woman's shoe and a man's shoe, a bone-handled pocket knife of the type Earhart carried and human bone fragments.

"We've found artifacts of an American woman castaway from the 1930s, but we haven't found anything with her name on it," said Gillespie. "We've tried to get contact DNA from things that were touched, and it didn't work. The environment was too destructive. The recovered bone samples were too small. The logical thing is the airplane."

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Researchers Remotely Hijack Drones on the Cheap

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have demonstrated that a civilian drone can be hijacked by spoofing its GPS signals. The news comes as the United States Federal Aviation Authority prepares to integrate drones into the country's national airspace system. This task is mandated by the FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2012, signed into law by President Barack Obama in February.


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Suohfangirl
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Does this have much of a plot to it?

When it comes to characters what kind of information are you looking for?

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