 | Stephen Hawking on Tuesday toured a stem cell laboratory where scientists are studying ways to slow the progression of Lou Gehrig’s disease, a neurological disorder that has left the British cosmologist almost completely paralyzed. |
 | Acting President Nicolas Maduro vowed on Monday to stamp out corruption following days of accusations by his election rival Henrique Capriles that ruling party officials were plundering Venezuela’s oil wealth. |
 | From foie gras noodles and liquid olives to air baguettes and mimetic peanuts, much of what elBulli chef Ferran Adria and his team created in their nearly 2,000 dishes defies transcription. |
 | A cancelled rally, a loathed president and a party chairman kept out of the public glare because of Taleban threats — Gulzar Ali Khawaja has never seen anything like it. |
 | In the cold, barren hills of Korea more than 60 years ago, two teary-eyed soldiers stood in a prisoner of war camp where their chaplain lay dying. |
 | President Barack Obama has apologized to California’s top lawyer for causing a stir when he called her “the best-looking attorney general” at a fundraiser they attended together this week. |
 | A website thought to be the handiwork of Mark Zuckerberg at the age of 15 resurfaced on the Internet on Thursday, providing a glimpse into the early days of the famed Facebook co-founder. |
 | Anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu, the former archbishop of Cape Town, was on Thursday awarded the $1.7-million Templeton Prize for his lifelong work to promote “love and forgiveness”. |
 | Hillary Rodham Clinton stayed on safe political ground Tuesday, advocating women’s rights globally in a 12-minute speech, but that was enough to excite fans imploring the former first lady, senator and secretary of state to run again for president three years from now. |
 | South Korean rapper Psy is promising a ‘Psy style’ take on a traditional Korean dance to accompany the release next week of the highly-anticipated follow-up to his global hit ‘Gangnam Style’. |
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