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Seo in lead when storms halt play

With an eye trained for fashion and a swing built for winning, South Korean Hee Kyung Seo is known back home as the "Supermodel of the Fairways.''

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"Project Nim" Reveals a Scientific Scandal

The most important sign language study done with an ape was surely the first one back in the 1960s, with Washoe, for it established that chimpanzees can use American Sign Language (ASL).

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Jogging to music? Unplug for a safer workout

Distracted exercising may come with risks similar to those of distracted driving: Last year, for the first time in four years, pedestrian deaths rose — experts are blaming our beloved, never-leave-home-without-'em gadgets.

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How Environmentalists Can Respond to Americans’ Need for Personal Space

While reading about social science and environmental communication, I’ve noticed a gap between how environmentalists in the United States view personal space and how their audiences perceive it. If environmentalists tell audiences not to " say ‘eww’ to thrift stores ," avoid public transit , or live in suburbs , they may encounter resistance - not because their audiences are opposed to sustainable choices, but because they value personal space. Instead of overlooking personal space issues, environmentalists should address them constructively

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Video: Fitness footwear put through the paces

You may have seen the ads for rocker bottom sneakers that promise to increase muscle tone, improve posture and better your bottom half simply by walking. But do these toning shoes and sneakers, and now toning clothing, really work?

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Interactive: British Open handicap

NBCSports.com contributor Rob Bolton analyzes the top contenders, those in the running, and the long shots for the British Open, to be played at Royal St.

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Dad, the Apollos and the End of Space Shuttle Era Sadness

I can't even recall a time that I wasn't cognisant of the fact that I lived in a country that actively pioneered space exploration. I remember sitting on wicker hassock in my Dad's study, as a child and asking lots of questions. Dad would light his pipe, lean back in his big red chair, blow circular smoke rings and try his best to answer them.

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Long putt on No. 18 keeps Wie from missing cut

To make the cut at the U.S. Women's Open, all Michelle Wie had to do was roll in a twisting 35-foot putt in front of a packed grandstand overlooking the 18th green

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