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Greatest free-kick ‘was no fluke’

Physicists explain one of football’s most spectacular free-kicks, showing that Roberto Carlos’s 1997 “impossible goal” was not a fluke.

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‘Lights out’ help migratory birds

A growing number of New York sky-scrapers switch off their lights at night to help reduce the number of migratory birds hitting the buildings.

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Ants protect trees from elephants

A species of acacia tree found in Eastern Africa seems to be protected from elephant damage - by the ants that live on it.

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Weather clash caused snowy winter

The collision of two major weather events can explain unusually large snowfall in the US and Northern Europe, researchers say.

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Housing, jobless claims data lift Wall Street (Reuters)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, August 31, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Stocks rose on low volume on Thursday as data showed improvement in housing and the job market a day ahead of the critical monthly payrolls figures.

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Economic data dampen fears of new recession (Reuters)

A home for sale is seen in Great Falls, Virginia August 23, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - Pending sales of previously owned U.S. homes rebounded unexpectedly in July and new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, helping dampen fears the economy could face a double dip recession.

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Burger King agrees to $3.3 billion sale to 3G Capital (Reuters)

A Burger King sign outside a Miami restaurant. US fast food giant Burger King said Thursday it would no longer buy palm oil from Sinar Mas or its subsidiaries after Greenpeace campaigned against the Indonesian group's land-clearing practices.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)Reuters - Burger King Holdings Inc agreed to sell itself to investment firm 3G Capital for $3.26 billion, giving the No. 2 U.S. fast-food chain breathing room to fix its business and close the gap with leader McDonald’s Corp.

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Bernanke takes blame for muddled message on Lehman (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said he was partly to blame for leaving the wrong impression that the central bank could have saved Lehman Brothers from failure in 2008.

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Apple and Google to clash in music space by Christmas (Reuters)

Reuters - Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Some BofA shareholders can apply to tap $150M fund (AP)

Mickey Levy, chief economist for the Bank of America, leaves for the midmorning break of the Saturday session of the annual Federal Reserve conference, in Jackson, Wyo., Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010.  (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - Investors who lost money when Bank of America Corp. bought Merrill Lynch without disclosing Merrill’s problems can start applying to tap a $150 million compensation fund.

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