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It's the moment of glory that scientists, writers and champions of peace worldwide dream of.
Discoveries on human memory and the development of a solar panel that imitates the workings of plants were among the achievements that earned four researchers Balzan prizes on Monday.
Two American engineers who were instrumental in developing e-mail and mobile phones on Wednesday won one of Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias awards for revolutionizing the way people communicate.
A nearly 100-year-old Mexican university was awarded Spain's Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities on Wednesday in recognition of its role in providing Latin America with outstanding intellectuals and scientists.
The World Health Organization, which has helped spearhead efforts to contain swine flu, won Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias prize on Wednesday for its work fighting global killers such as AIDS, polio and tuberculosis.
The historic collapse of the American newspaper industry was evident at every turn as the 2009 Pulitzer Prizes were announced.
Poet Fanny Howe has received a $100,000 prize for lifetime achievement.
Oh, the horror: Neil Gaiman has received the top prize for children's literature: The John Newbery Medal.
Finnish mediator Martti Ahtisaari accepted this year's Nobel Peace Prize with a plea to President-elect Barack Obama: Start pressing for Middle East peace as soon as you can.
Scientists who discovered the AIDS virus, an outspoken U.S. economist and a Finnish diplomat who helped solve some of the world's thorniest conflicts are being honored Wednesday with the 2008 Nobel Prizes.
Human rights activists from China and Russia are considered front-runners to win the Nobel Peace Prize next week, while bettors are putting their money on an Italian, a Syrian or an Israeli for the literature award.
Three fiction writers, a poet and two essayists have been named recipients of the 14th annual Rona Jaffe Foundation's awards, grants of $25,000 each for "women writers of talent and promise in the early stages of their writing careers."
Former U.S. poet laureate Louise Glueck has been awarded the Wallace Stevens Award, a $100,000 prize for "outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry," the Academy of American Poets announced Tuesday.
Three prizes worth $1 million apiece were awarded Wednesday to seven scientists for their discoveries in neuroscience, astrophysics and the study of vanishingly small structures.
Like many newspapers, The Washington Post is struggling mightily with falling circulation and advertising revenue. It's going through its third round of employee buyouts since 2003.
Stars performing at a concert Tuesday honoring Nobel Peace laureates Al Gore and the United Nations climate panel said they hoped to draw attention to global warming.
Excerpts from former Vice President Al Gore's acceptance speech Monday for the Nobel Peace Prize he shared with the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore said Monday he believes the next U.S. president will shift the country's course on climate change and engage in global efforts to reduce carbon emissions.
Al Gore received his Nobel Peace Prize on Monday and urged the United States and China to make the boldest moves on climate change or "stand accountable before history for their failure to act."
Al Gore is a front-runner for the Nobel Peace Prize — if you believe some experts. Problem is, they're only guessing.
On Friday morning President Obama was notified that he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Prize was really for the American people's move away from torture and war and toward law and peace.
Internet game that awards points for people spotting real crimes on CCTV is branded 'snooper's paradise'A new internet game is about to be launched which allows 'super snooper' players to plug into the nation's CCTV cameras and report on members of the public committing crimes.
RIBA Stirling Prize 2009 - shortlist revealedRogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) has a double chance to repeat its 2006 Stirling Prize victory after both its winery in Spain and London Maggie's Centre were shortlisted for this year's prize, sponsored by the AJ with visualisation firm Crystal CG
Just like the C list, these are the players that are going to be your team's life blood for being crowned the 2009 All American Home Run Derby champion! Most of these players are lifetime 20 + home run hitters because they don't have enough muscle or pop in their lumber to clear …
These are the players that are just a cut below the A List players, but have the ability to put up some big time home run totals every time they step in the batters box.
Meet the men amongst boys of major league baseball, the big boppers, the show stoppers, the monsters of mash, the players that carry the biggest sticks in the league and the ones that can knock the cover off the ball every time they dig into the batter box! These are the players …
Written By: Jimmy Da Saint Spring training is all about getting in shape, getting your timing down, establishing a rapport with your teammates, evaluating player talent & shaping your team's identity before the regular season starts.
Andy LaRoche – 3B Pirates – LaRoche was highly touted in the Dodgers systems for years. However, each time it seemed as though he was on the verge of a break through with the big club, he hits some sort of snag.
Contest: Write a Letter to Pres. Obama"Write a letter to President Obama and post it on the RegularFolksUnited.com website and the two letter writers with the greatest number of "thumbs" over 100 will win the prizes! (Winning submissions must have more than 100 thumbs)"
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Join the Circus With Britney.Com & Buzznet - Britney Spears MySpace BlogExcerpt: Lions, tigers, bears - Oh Britney! Now's your chance to really join the Circus! Thanks to Britney.com & Buzznet, your photoshopping skills are going to come in handy as you place a photo of yourself in one of Buzznet's super-duper-Circus-themed layouts! Layouts will …
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Every match up, every line and every significant injury is covered every week on the BetUS NFL Betting Daily Podcast, keeping you in the know for the upcoming NFL week 1 games.
My freshman Geology professor at the University of Connecticut, Robert Thorson, once wrote a piece in the Hartford Courant proclaiming that rebuilding New Orleans after Katrina was useless and that no matter what improvements they planned to make there was no way to fully protect …
Forget about PPR leagues, if you really just want to focus on scoring, you might want to check out Pass It Deep's All-American Touchdown Derby. Who needs silly things like yards and field goals when all you really care about are touchdowns?
Chad Johnson has always been viewed as an odd ball for his on the field antics, but his past shenanigans don't compare to what he just did off the field this week.
Only 8 Days Left To Sign Up For The All American Touchdown Derby: www.passitdeep.com Tom Brady Team: Patriots Last game: 17-27 loss vs. Eagles Results: DNP…Brady missed yet another preseason game, but says he'll be ready for the opener. Tony Romo
Arizona Cardinals Matt Leinart: According to team reports, Leinart has officially been benched in favor of Kurt Warner. Leinart's 4 for 12 & 3 INT performance is what did him in.
As if it's really that hard being a Dallas Cowboy football player—you have the hottest cheerleaders, the football program is highly regarded, and for the second time, you have your own reality show on HBO, aptly titled Hard Knocks. It's a rough life for those Cowboys.
* Baltimore Ravens RB Ray Rice will one of the top handcuffs come draft day. With Willis McGahee still nursing injuries and after watching Rice break off a 42-yard run on his first carry and score on a 6-yard run later, GTD is confident the rookie will make impact in 2008
AFC East New England Patriots The news out of Patriots camp is that there is no news. Tom Brady sat out another preseason game. Buffalo Bills
Bryant McKinnie suspended or not? NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told ProFootballTalk that a report about Vikings LT Bryant McKinnie being suspended for 4 games is premature. "I have no info on that," Aiello said in an email. "We have made no such announcement."
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