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As the old New Yorker cartoon said, "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." And if you're an online gamer, your opponents may not know that you're a 27-year-old white mother pretending to be a large, black male warrior.

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In Crete, people are known for the generosity and hospitality they show strangers. And it may even have something to do with the hot climate on the Greek island.

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Giorgio Bassani's tragic The Garden of the Finzi-Continis chronicles a wealthy Jewish family's struggle to keep change -- and destruction -- at bay in Mussolini's Italy.

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In Ghana, the '70s was a time of political repression, high inflation, and funky pop music. A young British emigre named John Collins formed the Bokoor Band with locals in 1971. The Bokoor Beats retrospective captures a band full of pride and confidence from Ghana's then-recent independence.

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How did raw fish go from a Japanese oddity to American fast food? Two new books trace the delicacy's history, environmental impact and future. Sushi experts discuss how the dish has been incorporated into American cuisine.

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While the baseball world is focused on Barry Bonds and his attempt to overtake Hank Aaron's home run record, a fellow San Francisco Giants player is quietly whittling away at another, far less glamorous tally.

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More than 600 mayors across the nation have pledged to try to meet the target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions set by the Kyoto Protocol. Observers say it won't be easy with the soaring emissions rates of the last decade.

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For many listeners, summer food is epitomized by fruits of the vine, tree, bush and stalk. They share stories about grandmothers and "blueberry slump," gardens and "Texas caviar," and a bittersweet tale of tomatoes, champagne and a light bulb.

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Paul Rudd, who co-starred in Knocked Up and The 40 Year Old Virgin, produced and stars in the new independent film The Ten -- a series of irreverent vignettes that reinterpret the Ten Commandments for a modern audience.

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Lawmakers agree on the need to wean the nation from imported oil, but they disagree on how to do it. One controversial idea supported by the Bush administration is to make liquid fuel from coal.

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Yahoo News: AP - Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks his mind and that is a big part of his cachet in anything-goes New York. But new details from a sexual harassment lawsuit he settled in 2000 and other racy comments over the years show how his blunt style could prove a liability if he runs for president as an independent. ...

USA Today: An Associated Press analysis of more than 310 fatal incidents in the past 10 years found that prosecutions and penalties vary ...

BBC: Mike Reid, who played Frank Butcher in EastEnders, has died aged 67 after a suspected heart attack.

ScienceDaily: Spouses who experience doubts about their marriage, even weak doubts, make pessimistic judgments about their partner's behavior in conversation. That's the conclusion of researchers who have conducted the first study to examine the link between relational uncertainty and conversation within ...

Washington Post: An 84-year-old woman was struck and killed this morning by a hit-and-run driver behind the assisted-living facility where she was living in Northwest, police said.

Financial Times: Ten months after he was ousted by a military coup, Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Thai prime minister, remains a potent force, and the spectre that he will re-establish a political foothold looms large.

Marketwatch: SAN FRANCISCO -- There's no shortage of online retirement calculators promising to tell you how much you need to save for retirement. But because these Internet tools use different assumptions, users get divergent advice even though they're using the same numbers.

BusinessWeek: We expend huge amounts of emotional and mental energy every day at work. You need to replenish periodically to avoid crashing and burning

MSNBC: Tom Brady is about to reach two milestones: the age of 30, and fatherhood. But the New England Patriots quarterback says he doesnt feel like hes entering a new phase of life.

ESPN: Suspended sprinter Justin Gatlin will appeal a possible eight-year doping ban Monday, an attempt by the Olympic gold medalist to become eligible for the 2008 Beijing Games.