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Pope’s ivory tower past adds to his detachment |
 VATICAN CITY – Long before entering Vatican life, Pope Benedict XVI won renown as a theologian and a German university professor, penning more than 40 books and winning a devoted following of students who respected his prodigious memory and brilliant mind.
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Here’s a legal way to print money: Change the font |
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MILWAUKEE – Here’s a way you might save $20 this year: Change the font in the documents you print.
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Scientists race to engineer a new magnet for electronics |
 A magnet at the heart of high-tech products such as cell phones and hybrid cars relies upon an increasingly scarce supply of the rare earth element known as neodymium. Now one of the original inventors of that magnet hopes to create a new generation of magnetic materials that can ease or break free of that dependence.
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How to beat record petrol prices |
 Petrol prices are at a record high, but we’ve compiled a list of top tips that should help you offset the rising cost of driving. If you’re a driver, you can’t have failed to notice the rocketing price of petrol. The cost at the pumps has been inching upwards and the average price of a litre of unleaded is now £1.20.
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Philippines dragon-sized lizard is a new species |
 Hunted for its tasty flesh, the brightly coloured forest monitor lizard can grow to more than six feet (2 metres) in length but weighs only about 22 pounds (10 kg), said Rafe Brown of the University of Kansas, whose team confirmed the find.
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7 retirement risks you need to prepare for |
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There are many things that could go wrong with even a carefully planned retirement. Inflation, running out of money, and future stock market slumps are possibilities that all retirement savers need to prepare for. A recent Society of Actuaries survey of 804 people ages 45 to 80 identified older American’s greatest retirement concerns. Here is how to make sure these common retirement worries don’t become your reality.
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Study: Breast-feeding would save lives, money |
 The lives of nearly 900 babies would be saved each year, along with billions of dollars, if 90 percent of U.S. women breast-fed their babies for the first six months of life, a cost analysis says.
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UN’s Ban calls Aral Sea ‘shocking disaster’ |
 The drying up of the Aral Sea is one of the planet’s most shocking environmental disasters, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday as he urged Central Asian leaders to step up efforts to solve the problem.
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Canadian insect collector who eats his specimens |
 The dedicated collector spends six months a year travelling the globe collecting specimens for “insect museums” known as insectariums, which he has helped set up around the world.
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