NEW ORLEANS (AP) — No Tom Brady. No Aaron Rodgers. No Ben Roethlisberger. Not a Manning in sight.Super Bowl has a pair of fresh faces at quarterback, bona fide nobodies as far as the NFL title game goes. But one will leave New Orleans as football's newest star.For Colin Kaepernick and Joe Flacco, this is new territory. And, of course, exactly where they want to be.Flacco, the only quarterback to win...
Observatory: Viagra as Diet Pill?
Label: HealthNew evidence suggests that the erectile-dysfunction drug Viagra might have another use: helping burn away excess fat. The drug, generically known as sildenafil, helped convert undesirable white fat cells to energy-burning beige fat cells in laboratory mice, researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany report in The Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology....
A Conversation With Nick Goldman: Using DNA to Store Digital Information
Label: BusinessEuropean Molecular Biology LaboratoryNick Goldman, a molecular biologist at the European Bioinformatics Institute in Hinxton, England, used a technique with error-correction software to store and retrieve data in synthetic DNA molecules. Last Wednesday, a group of researchers at the European Bioinformatics Institute reported in the journal Nature that they had managed to store digital information...
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Egypt’s Morsi Declares State of Emergency
Label: WorldCAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president declared a state of emergency and curfew in three Suez Canal provinces hit hardest by a weekend wave of unrest that left more than 50 dead, using tactics of the ousted regime to get a grip on discontent over his Islamist policies and the slow pace of change. Angry and almost screaming, Mohammed Morsi vowed in a televised address on Sunday night that he would...
Djokovic completes Australian Open hat trick
Label: LifestyleMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — No shirt ripping or bare-chested flexing this time.Novak Djokovic completed his work before midnight, defeating Andy Murray in four sets for his third consecutive Australian Open title and fourth overall.It was also the second time in three years Djokovic had beaten his longtime friend in this final. So the celebration was muted: a small victory shuffle, raised arms, a...
Brain Aging Linked to Sleep-Related Memory Decline
Label: HealthScientists have known for decades that the ability to remember newly learned information declines with age, but it was not clear why. A new study may provide part of the answer. The report, posted online on Sunday by the journal Nature Neuroscience, suggests that structural brain changes occurring naturally over time interfere with sleep quality, which in turn blunts the ability to store...
Exam Finds Nothing Unusual About a Second Boeing 787 Battery
Label: BusinessWASHINGTON — Although a fire destroyed one of two big batteries on a Boeing 787 parked at Logan Airport in Boston three weeks ago, a quick examination of the second battery found “no obvious anomalies,” the National Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday. The second battery was of identical design but used for a different purpose than the first, the agency said. Its report added scattered...
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The Saturday Profile: Leading the Tunisian Agency That Once Jailed Him
Label: WorldTUNIS — It was the first time Ali Laarayedh had inspected a prison cell, but even then, as the interior minister, his old instincts kicked in. “I turned around to see who would shut the cell door on me,” he said in his quiet manner. But no one bolted the door. For Mr. Laarayedh had experienced a profound reversal of fortune, mirroring that of the Islamist political party that he helped...
Smartphone 4Q sales rise 36 pct led by Samsung
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Smartphone shipments rose 36 percent worldwide in the fourth quarter as the sleek devices supplanted personal computers and other gadgets on holiday shopping lists, according to a report released Friday.The findings from the research firm International Data Corp. are the latest sign of the technology upheaval being wrought by the growing popularity of smartphones that can perform...
Stan Musial remembered during funeral Mass
Label: LifestyleST. LOUIS (AP) — Stan Musial was remembered during a funeral and memorial outside Busch Stadium on Saturday as a Hall of Famer and a St. Louis icon embraced by generations of fans who never had the privilege of watching him play.Broadcaster Bob Costas, his voice cracking with emotion at times, pointed out during a two-hour Mass that in 92 years of life, Stan the Man never let anyone down.Costas noted...
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