Awkward and Offbeat
Georgia Plans To Lay Bulldog Mascot To Rest
The University of Georgia Bulldogs will have to find a way to defeat the Kentucky Wildcats Saturday night without ...

• Two Calgary Kids To Explore 'Unique' Homework Plan After Striking Deal With Parents
• Dining Establishment On Parliament Hill Adds Seal Meat To Menu
• Filipina Congresswoman Sworn In Two Years After Elections
 

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Business and Finance
Hershey Is Prodded On Cadbury Bid
The charitable trust that controls Hershey is pushing the chocolate maker to launch a rival $17 billion bid for Cadbury, which is also being stalked by Kraft.

• Swine flu may be peaking in U.S.
• Senate Democrats Fault GOP For Failing To Advance Alternative Health Reforms
• Texas high court agrees to rehear Exxon Mobil case
 

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Entertainment
Oprah: This feels right
Oprah Winfrey says that she will end her popular TV show because "it feels right" after 25 years.

• New sound for Norah Jones
• Cage a Bad Lieutenant
• Leona Lewis 'tougher' now
 

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Sports
Recent Draft Picks Tavares, Duchene, Kane Are Emerging NHL Stars
Draft picks John Tavares of the Islanders, Victor Hedman of the Lightning, Matt Duchene of the Avalanche and Evander Kane of the Thrashers have sparked turnarounds by their teams in the first quarter of the NHL season.

• Real Salt Lake wraps up first Qwest Field practice
• High school football: Timpview wins 4A title
• Albi shock Perpignan in Top 14
 

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Technology
Circulation of LHC Beams Could Resume in Earnest over the Weekend
The Large Hadron Collider , the world's most powerful particle accelerator, is drawing near to its long-awaited reboot. More than a year after the European collider's initial start-up was quashed by a helium leak caused by a faulty electrical connection , particle beams have been injected into the collider, known as the LHC, and may guided fully through its rings in the coming hours. [More]

• Re-start for 'Big Bang' machine
• NJIT receives funding to improve Big Bear Telescope, study solar energy
• Termite creates sustainable monoculture fungus-farming
 

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World
Record Rainfall Wreaks Havoc In Britain, Ireland
Raging floods engulfed northern England's Lake District on Friday, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes. In Ireland, more than 3 feet of water shut down the center of the country's second-largest city, Cork, and more than a dozen other towns and villages.

• ATP won't reopen Agassi drug case
• Hospital hearing for Fort Hood suspect
• Britons kidnapped by pirates interviewed