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Testicular Cancer Survivor Pushes 6-Foot Giant Ball Across The US To Create Awareness About Ailment

Visitors share a giant ice cream in the shape of a soccer ball at a swimming pool resort as a celebration of the 2014 Brazil World Cup, in Qingyuan, Guangdong province June 29, 2014. The ice cream, with a diameter of 1 metre (3.3 feet), weighed over 100 k
Biker Lance Armstrong used to be the poster boy of testicular cancer recovery, but his sports scandal has diminished his credibility and effectiveness since stories written about the athlete often focus on his doping problem and stripping of medals and relegate his beating the ailment to a small portion of the article. Thomas Cantley, a 31-year-old survivor of the same ailment, hopes to create awareness about the disease, sans a controversy, that could perhaps draw the proper attention to the ai...
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A Solar Flare Bursts Off The Left Limb Of The Sun In This Image Captured By NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory

Strong Solar Storm Heading for Earth

A "strong" solar flare is heading towards Earth. It could disturb the earth's power grid and the satellite and radio transmissions.
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UK Housing Association Scraps Plan To Open Alcoholic Housing Unit

The Oakley Trinity Housing Association set aside its plan to operate a 24-bed facility for alcohol-dependent people on its Nazareth House site in Bishop Street. The group scrapped the idea due to negative response from residents who opposed the project.
Demonstrators Smoke a Giant Joint of Cannabis During a Pro-marijuana Legalisation March in Brasilia

Millions of Young Adults Use Illegal Drugs, Alcohol Daily

Fresh data released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) showed that on an average day, 3.2 million young adults used marijuana, 57,304 used heroin, 51,319 used cocaine, 46,179 used hallucinogens and 17,868 used inhalants.
A meteor streaks over the sky during the Perseid meteor shower at the Maculje archaeological site near Novi Travnik August 12, 2014.

Meteorite Hits Nicaraguan Capital Managua, Creates Crater Near Airport

A small meteorite his Managua on Saturday night, creating a 12-metre wide and 5-metre deep crater near the international airport of Nicaragua. There were no injuries caused by the meteorite, which probably broke off from an asteroid that passed close to Earth.

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