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Donald latest No. 1 at Memorial

Jack Nicklaus played his last round in a major alongside a 27-year-old from England with a quiet demeanor and efficient game. He had no idea that Friday afternoon at St. Andrews that Luke Donald one day would be No.

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Zynga’s New Game, Marines Embrace The iPad, Augmented Reality Translator App, And More…

The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. Empires & Allies: Zynga's Newest Game Newly launched Empires & Allies is the social gaming giant's foray into storytelling wrapped in (what they hope) will be another addictive strategy/combat game that leaves us constantly requiring another fix.

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YouTube Video Of A Tortured, Murdered 13-Year Old Is Syria’s Modern Emmett Till Moment

Emboldened by the Arab Spring and social media, Syrian protesters are taking to the streets over smuggled YouTube videos that appear to show a 13-year-old boy who was physically and sexually tortured while in government custody. A graphic video of the corpse of a 13-year-old boy who appears to have been sexually and physically tortured by Syrian security officials has sparked international condemnation and riots across the country. The video (see still pic above) shows Hamza Ali al-Khatib, a resident of the southern village of Jiza, and appears to have been filmed by his family after they retrieved his corpse.

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With Every Fluey Tweet, Sickness Gets More Social

Sickweather is the latest effort to mine data in order to reveal how common colds--and worse--are going around your neighborhood. Like it or not, sickness often infects you and your friends

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Grown-ups Use Twitter! Apple May Soon, Too

Pew's latest survey shows Twitter is growing up, getting used more, and appealing to more older users. It's also a mobile affair for everyone half the time. With rumors Apple's about to integrate it, this could all become more significant

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Netflix CEO: I Want My HBO!

At the AllThingsD conference Wednedsay, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings expressed lots of love for the high-end content produced by premium cable stars HBO and Showtime.

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New App From Bono’s ONE To Mobilize Activists

The U2 front man is a cofounder of the charity that is now putting every step of activism--from information to calls to politicians to actual protests--in your pocket.

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Video: Cell phones and cancer: What does WHO report mean?

Rebecca Jarvis talks to "Early Show" medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton about a new report linking cell phones and brain cancer and finds out what can be done to limit health risks

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