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It’s only a matter of time--in fact, they’ve already started cropping up--before reality-challenged individuals begin pontificating about what God could have possibly been so hot-and-bothered about to trigger last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. (Surely, if we were to ask Westboro Baptist Church members, it must have something to do with the gays.) But from a psychological perspective, what type of mind does it take to see unexpected natural events such as the horrifying scenes still unfolding in Japan as "signs" or "omens" related to human behaviors? In the summer of 2005, my University of Arkansas colleague Becky Parker and I began the first experimental study to investigate the psychology underlying this strange phenomenon

(Adds quotes, background) VIENNA, March 13 (Reuters) - Japanese authorities have told [More]

PGT: With a final round of 5-under par 67, Nick Watney wins the WGC Cadillac Championship at Doral by two shots over Dustin Johnson.

Someone might want to tell the SXSW -attending web designers still queuing up for iPad2s outside a pop-up Apple store a few blocks away from the Austin Convention Center: The iPad itself is not going to transform the way we read online. Or so said Khoi Vinh, former design director for NYTimes.com , during a one-on-one with me on the PepsiCo Plugged-In Stage at SXSW yesterday. Apps don't yet deliver when it comes to two critical reader needs: the desire to customize, and the desire to share content.

* Temporary shortages of water and food * Evacuation of area near damaged nuclear reactors [More]

Michael Bradley won the Puerto Rico Open for the second time in three years, beating Troy Matteson on the first hole of a playoff Sunday.

Tiger Woods' final-round 66 at Doral was positive, but he is likely to finish outside of the top 10 at the event for the first time in his career.

It's not spring yet, so there’s plenty of time to shed the parka-shaped pounds you may have gained over the winter. Act now, and when the heat returns, you’ll have a body to match.

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"Canceling ALL SXSW parties to launch #SXSW4JP tomorrow." That was Cameron Sinclair's Saturday night announcement, via Twitter. He's expected to announce the details of Architecture for Humanity 's Sendai earthquake reconstruction plan Sunday afternoon from the stage during his South by Southwest keynote.

Here's a test. It's an odd question…but do you tend to prefer the right side or the left side of anything?

Nick Price followed his record-tying first round with a 3-under 68 on Saturday at Newport Beach Country Club to take a two-stroke lead in the Toshiba Classic.

First came the earthquake , centered just off the east coast of Japan, near Honshu. The horror of the tsunami quickly followed

PGT: Dustin Johnson registered the low round of the day with a 7-under 65 to move to 13-under overall, taking a 2-stroke lead at the WGC-Cadillac Championship.

* Waves brush U.S., Mexico after thousands evacuated * Floods in parts of Latin America, little major damage [More]