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The 10 weirdest uses for a smartphone

If you're using your smartphone only to make calls, check your email, surf the Web, manage your schedule, take photos, shoot video, listen to music, watch movies, navigate via GPS, play video games, and update your Twitter and Facebook statuses, then you're really nothing more than a Luddite.
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Amanda Knox: A tearful appeal to overturn murder conviction (video)

Amanda Knox pleaded Monday to be acquitted of murdering her British roommate in Italy, where she has been in prison for four years. A panel is expected to release its decision in the Amanda Knox appeal after 2 p.m. ET today.
Africa Monitor
West Africa Rising: Nigeria sends two new satellites into space

Satellites launched by Nigeria will map the unplanned urban growth of the commercial capital, Lagos, and track the increasing oil spills in Nigeria's south as well as the desertification of its north.
Pippa Middleton receives unwanted attention from paparazzi

Pippa Middleton won widespread praise for her Alexander McQueen dress at the royal wedding, but it's what she wore before the wedding that has the paparazzi clamoring for more and the royal family asking for legal intervention.
The 10 weirdest uses for a smartphone

If you're using your smartphone only to make calls, check your email, surf the Web, manage your schedule, take photos, shoot video, listen to music, watch movies, navigate via GPS, play video games, and update your Twitter and Facebook statuses, then you're really nothing more than a Luddite.
Cool Astronomy
Scientists plan Uranus probe

Proposed by British scientists as a joint effort of NASA and the European Space Agency, the mission would offer the first close-up view of Uranus in 25 years.
The Lost Dogs

Afraid of pit bulls? Here’s the book that will change your mind.
Cool Astronomy
Huge blasts of sun's plasma hurtling toward Earth

A huge mass of magnetically charged material ejected from the sun is racing across space toward our planet, where it is expected to arrive on Tuesday. When it strikes the Earth's magnetic field, it could produce spectacular auroras.
Amanda Knox will eat crab cakes for her birthday behind bars, says mom

Amanda Knox will celebrate her 23rd birthday in a sweltering Italian prison. Her mother and sister have brought food and gifts. Amanda Knox's mother is in Italy to face charges that she defamed the Italian police.
Volcanic ash cloud economics: Europe's winners and losers

As Iceland's volcanic ash cloud hangs over Europe, stranding airline passengers for a fifth day, the train, bus, taxi, and ferry companies are doing a booming business. Would you pay $5,000 for a taxi ride from Norway to Britain?
Diggin' It
Witch hazel: The delights and challenges

Witch hazel shrubs flower in winter, which is a delight. But sometimes gardeners have challenges with them.
Diggin' It
Another jolly good year for David Austin's English roses

New English roses introduced by David Austin will add flair to this year's gardens and flower shows.
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Amanda Knox says 'The trial was carried out correctly'

Former student Amanda Knox reportedly said Tuesday that she has faith in Italian justice and hopes her guilty verdict for murder will be overturned on appeal.
A home garden can be a tough row to hoe

An amateur gardener looks at the humorous side of growing vegetables.
London buckles under worst snow in 18 years

Britons are shaking their heads at how 8 inches ground one of the world's busiest cities to a halt.