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Jeremiah Heaton was playing with his daughter in their Abingdon, Va., home last winter when she asked whether she could be a real princess.

去年冬天，耶利米．希頓在位於維吉尼亞州艾賓頓的自宅與女兒玩耍時，女兒問他，她能否成為真正的公主。

Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger will be switched off in China in October, marking a final end to the 15-year-old service.

微軟的Windows Live Messenger將於10月份在中國關閉，代表這個已有15年的服務終將劃下句點。

Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama criticised Russia’s President Vladimir Putin as "self-centred" in a German newspaper interview Sunday, saying Putin seems to want to "rebuild the Berlin Wall".

西藏流亡精神領袖達賴喇嘛在週日一份德國報紙專訪中，批評俄羅斯總統普廷「自我中心」，他說普廷似乎想「重建柏林圍牆」。

By analyzing what came out of Neandertals, researchers have verified that at least some of them mixed vegetation into their meaty diet.

藉由分析尼安德塔人的排泄物，研究人員證實至少有部分尼安德塔人在肉食為主的飲食中也混雜植物。

It’s the generation that can understand exactly how you’re feeling through a few simple emoticons.

這是個只要透過幾個簡單的表情符號就能了解你感受如何的世代。

Beer packaging has just gotten a lot bigger in Texas, where a small brewery is launching a 99-pack of its "Peacemaker" ale.

啤酒包裝在德州剛剛又大了許多，一家小啤酒廠將其麥芽啤酒「和平使者」推出99罐的包裝。

In March of this year, shoppers in Provins, France, were presented with an unusual sight in their local Intermarché supermarket：rack upon rack of "ugly" fresh fruits and vegetables, including disfigured eggplants, ridiculous potatoes, grotesque apples, ugly carrots and so on.

今年3月，法國普羅萬市的購物者在當地的英特超市大開眼界：「醜」新鮮水果和蔬菜的貨架一層又一層地堆疊著，包括難看的茄子、滑稽的馬鈴薯、奇怪的蘋果和醜陋的胡蘿蔔等。

Over the past 30 days the Elizabethton Municipal Airport in Carter County, Tennessee, has been dealing with a major safety issue：golf balls all over the runway. The problem is worrying airport officials, reports WJHL News Channel 11.

過去30天來，田納西州卡特郡的伊莉莎白市立機場一直在處理一個重大飛安議題：機場跑道上遍佈高爾夫球。這個問題讓機場官員相當擔憂，WJHL新聞11頻道報導說。

With advanced Alzheimer’s disease, language deteriorates and patients spontaneously speak less and less. In a small study from Israel, group music therapy sessions using tailored songs helped people with middle-to late-stage Alzheimer’s strike up communication.

進入晚期阿茲海默症階段，語言能力退化，患者會不由自主地話越講越少。在以色列的一個小型研究中，利用特定歌曲的團體音樂療程，有助於中到末期階段的阿茲海默症患者開始與人溝通。

California diners can now legally enjoy a meal on a restaurant patio with their dogs in tow, under a law signed Thursday by Governor Jerry Brown that eliminates health code regulations banning restaurant owners from allowing pooches on the premises.

加州的饕客現在可以光明正大地在餐廳露天吧檯牽他們的狗狗一起享用大餐了。根據加州州長布朗週四簽署的新法案，刪除原先健康法規中禁止餐廳老闆同意讓狗狗出現在營業場所的規定。

The latest surge in fighting between Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip has seen both sides revive the intense social media battle that was seen during the last Israeli offensive on the coastal territory, "Operation Pillar of Defence", in November 2012.

這波最新興起的以色列與加薩走廊好戰份子戰鬥，重現2012年11月以色列對這塊沿海土地執行「防衛柱行動」期間，雙方激烈的社群媒體戰。

Climate change to cut South Asia’s growth 9 pct by 2100 - ADB

亞洲開發銀行：2100年前南亞成長將因氣候變遷削減9%

Monkey see, monkey do. But when a monkey takes a selfie, who owns the copyright?

猴子看了，有樣學樣。但當一隻猴子拍了一張自拍照，誰擁有著作權？

Officials say a man who was loudly chanting on an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Hawaii made the other passengers uncomfortable and prompted the crew to return and drop him off with law enforcement at Sea-Tac Airport.

官員表示，一名在一班從西雅圖飛往夏威夷的阿拉斯加航空公司班機上大聲吟唱的男子，讓其他乘客感到不舒服，並促使機組人員返航，讓他下機並交給西雅圖—塔科馬機場的執法人員處置。

People are less likely to yawn when others do as they get older, a study has found.

人隨著年齡增長，比較不會因為別人打呵欠，自己也跟著打，一份研究發現。

A lucky koala was recovering Friday after being caught by firefighters when it fell unconscious from a tree before being given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

一隻幸運的無尾熊週五逐漸復原；牠被施以口對口人工呼吸前，失去意識從樹上掉落，被消防人員接個正著。

French director Luc Besson’s new film, "Lucy", about a woman who ingests a drug that gives her supernormal mental powers, says action films bore him - but his movie still has a spectacular car chase through Paris.

法國導演盧貝松的新片「露西」，講述一名女子在吞下一種不明藥物（片中譯為毒品）後擁有超凡心智能力的故事，他說已對動作片感到厭倦，但「露西」裡依然有飛車在巴黎追逐的華麗畫面。

He has spent £30,000 morphing himself into a human version of a Ken doll. And now, model Celso Santebanes has gone full circle by releasing a doll of his own.

他花了3萬英鎊把自己逐漸轉變成真人版肯尼娃娃。現在，模特兒塞索．桑提班斯推出自己的人偶娃娃，繞了一大圈又回到當初的起點。

Calling all London tourists: Peter Pan, Sherlock Holmes and Queen Victoria want to have a word with you.

呼叫所有倫敦的遊客：彼得潘、福爾摩斯以及維多利亞女王有話要跟你說。

Have you ever seen a congressman snacking on a measly tin of sardines? Or maybe a governor ordering a McChicken off the dollar menu? In Washington that scene was reality for three Democratic politicians who are taking the Live the Wage challenge.

你看過一名國會議員吃一小罐沙丁魚罐頭當便餐嗎？或是一名州長從一美元輕鬆點菜單裡點份麥香雞？在華盛頓，這場景對三位接受「生活工資挑戰」的民主黨政治人物而言是真實事件。