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Paralysis patient tastes freedom through thought control

Groundbreaking new research is allowing quadriplegics to control objects with a robotic arm and the power of their thoughts. People who have lost the use of their limbs can perform basic functions by manipulating the technology with their minds, according to the U.S. study.  Video 

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Mya Wollf (R), 28, and Robin Pickell, 23, practising 'freegans', sort through food they recently found in a dumpster behind Commercial Drive in Vancouver, British Columbia April 10, 2012. A 'Freegan' is someone who gathers edible food from the garbage bins of grocery stores or food stands that would otherwise have been thrown away. Freegans aim to spend little or no money purchasing food and other goods, not through financial need but to try to address issues of over-consumption and excess. Picture taken April 10, 2012. REUTERS/Ben Nelms

Dumpster diners

A look at people who dumpster dive for food not because of need but to try to address societal issues about over-consumption.   Slideshow 

Yoga instructor Tao Porchon-Lynch helps a student through a yoga hand stand in her yoga class in Hartsdale, New York, May 14, 2012. At 93 years old, Porchon-Lynch was named the world's oldest yoga teacher by Guinness World Records. REUTERS/Keith Bedford (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY)

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Tao Porchon-Lynch, 93, was named the world's oldest yoga teacher by Guinness World Records.  Slideshow 

Apple to drop "Computer" from company name

SAN FRANCISCO | Tue Jan 9, 2007 2:53pm EST

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs said on Tuesday the iPod maker would drop "Computer" from the company's name.

Jobs made the announcement at the annual Macworld conference, where the company also introduced an eagerly anticipated iPhone.
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