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What’s the right stuff? Unlike last summer, when in-line skaters and couch potatoes alike wrapped on $80 Arnet wrap-arounds, no one brand-or style-rules. For every demographic, there’s a different look (see below). With 104 million pairs sold last year, everyone who can’t afford a convertible must be buying shades to up his coolness quotient. Or maybe there’s just a lot of sunglasses left on the bus. Surfers, bladers and mall hoppers are all sporting bright, bug-eyed sport specs like Oakley E-wires....

Here’s a breakdown of the reigning champions’ 2013/14 campaign. Best Moment – Man City 6 – 0 Spurs Not only does a six-nil thrashing of a team that were genuinely touted for a title tilt prior to the campaign represent an enormous debagging of a supposed rival, in this case City’s home annihilation of Tottenham triggered a 12-league-game unbeaten run, which included only one draw. Commentators also observed at the time that the Sky Blues had even done so without having to hit top gear....

But in today’s Washington, where everyone’s ethics seem to be on trial, Holbrooke may have been asking for trouble. Bill Clinton wants to make the combative veteran diplomat his United Nations ambassador, and Holbrooke’s on everyone’s short list to be secretary of State in a Gore administration. But his bulldoglike personality has made Holbrooke more than a few enemies on the way up. One injured party may have been an anonymous State Department official who sent a letter to the department’s inspector general last year claiming that Holbrooke violated conflict-of-interest regulations by using his State contacts to win business for Credit Suisse....

BioWare already has experience with MMOs thanks to games like Star Wars: The Old Republic showing the studio is more than capable of creating a compelling online world. With a range of different species to play as, a variety of roles to pursue, and unique ships to traverse the galaxy in, it’s easy to see how Star Wars: The Old Republic lays the foundation for what a Mass Effect MMORPG could look like....

England’s bid to retain the Ashes suffered a blow in Brisbane, comprehensively beaten by 10 wickets at the Gabba, where David Warner and Cameron Bancroft chased down the 170-run target with ease. However, all the attention centred on Bairstow after allegations emerged of an incident with Bancroft earlier in the Ashes tour. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) released a statement on Sunday, insisting it would investigate allegations that Bairstow headbutted the Australia batsman at a bar while the tourists were in Perth to face a Western Australia XI....

According to a source close to Joystiq, Harmony Of Despair, a title recently trademarked in Europe, is in fact a new 2D Castlevania title for consoles. It has been suggested that the game, under development for Xbox LIVE, features six(!) player co-op, as well as a versus mode that one imagines must play out something like Super Smash Bros. Apparently a “Metroid-vania” game along the lines of the many fantastic DS Castlevania titles, Harmony of Despair is said to feature quite small character sprites, and backgrounds that can be zoomed out to reveal the entirety of a level....

These types of volcanoes are a relatively new discovery, with the first having been found in 2006 by a team of Japanese researchers. Petit-spot volcanoes appear along the base of tectonic plates. As plates sink into the mantle and bend, fissures open up resulting in small volcanoes. In a study published in the journal Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, the same team of Japanese researchers has reported another example....

First up was Clint Dempsey, who became just the second player in Seattle Sounders history to record 50 goals for the club. The goal was a winner for the Sounders, who have now gone eight matches unbeaten, rolled up 400 minutes without giving up a goal, and moved into a tie at the top of the Western Conference. “It feels great,” Dempsey is quoted as saying by MLSsoccer.com. “The team moved mountains to get me here when I was playing with Tottenham [in 2013] and I’m glad to chip in with goals and help this team win and do some cool things....

Tendulkar has always been an integral part of the Blasters set-up and was often seen cheering the team from the stands in home and away games. “In its fifth year, it is important that the club puts the building blocks for the next five years and beyond. It is also a time for me to reflect on the role that I should play. After reflecting and much discussion with my team, I have decided to exit my association with Kerala Blasters as a co-promoter,” Tendulkar said in a statement....

Critically acclaimed predecessor A Plague Tale: Innocence received much praise for its soundtrack, which greatly aided the unsettling atmosphere that was pervasive throughout the deeply emotional narrative. Olivier Derivière returned to score the sequel, once again offering his expertise which saw him receive a Pégase award, a ceremony established by the Syndicat National du Jeu Vidéo (The National Syndicate of Video Games) in 2020. A Plague Tale: Innocence came away from the French award show with 6 trophies, including “Best Video Game,” native gamers evidently proud of what Asobo Studio, a French company, had achieved....

When the Aberdeen story first broke last fall, there were troubling reports about a “rape ring.” But after months of testimony and investigation, the scandal appears to be more complicated than originally thought. Three drill sergeants stand accused of forcing their charges to have sex: Sgt. Delmar Simpson is now on trial on 25 counts of rape with seven women. Prosecutors have generally found, however, that the sex between the sergeants and the new enlistees was more commonly consensual....

Mastectomies–either before or after cancer has been detected–are never 100 percent fail-safe: fragments of breast tissue can be left behind and later become cancerous. But of the 639 women in the study who had healthy breasts removed between 1960 and 1993, only seven developed the disease. Without the surgery, researchers estimated that at least 67 and as many as 90 of the women would have become sick. Many women overestimate their chance of developing breast cancer....

The number one spot in Ligue 2 changed hands once more last weekend as Monaco had to come from behind to earn a 2-2 draw against Guingamp, who extended their unbeaten run to 12 games & were only denied a win by a last minute Adriano leveller. Nantes beat local rivals Tours 3-1 24 hours earlier & top the table on goal difference. Caen remain in third place despite their recent inconsistent form as they drew a blank in Clermont in a 0-0 draw....

“Will you shoot once and then ask the enemy to wait 15 minutes?” he asked his disciples. “Impossible.” But the lord chamberlain and other advisers were enthusiastic. Although the Dalai Lama would have to flee into exile in India, freedom fighters were already battling China’s Army, and they had direct radio contact with the CIA. “They gave the impression that once I arrived in India, great support would come from the United States,” the Dalai Lama told NEWSWEEK in an earlier interview....

The Clinton administration supports this push toward democracy and a market economy in Zaire and throughout central Africa. We are advocating a substantial trade and investment initiative that would support African countries that put their economic houses in order, by giving them greater access to the U.S. market. In fact, at the next summit of the Group of Seven countries in Denver in June, such initiatives will be on the agenda....

In the recently-concluded rain-affected test match between West Indies and Australia at Sydney, Steven Smith made an offer of chasing down 370 in 70 overs - an offer to enliven what had become a dull Test match - which was turned down by West Indian skipper, Jason Holder. West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first at Sydney. West Indies could score 248/7 in their first innings with only one day to go....