West Ham sign Fiorentina’s Portuguese defender Manuel da Costa in a swap deal that involves winger Savio Nsereko moving to the Serie A club.

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Is it the face or the body which attracts you? Does this attraction change based on whether it is for a long-term relationship or short-term relationship?

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World number one Roger Federer begins the defence of his US Open title with a straight sets victory over American teenager Devin Britton.

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It’s one of the most entertaining games of cat&mouse in the sports world. A competitor, or a manufacturer, comes up with a piece of gear that threatens to turn a sport upside down. Then the game’s powers that be are faced with a dilemma. Ban it outright? Rewrite the rule book? Or just let it be? Here are 7 pieces of gear that shook up their sports.

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An anonymous reader writes “A new report based on data from 100 US and European ISPs claims P2P traffic has dropped to around 20% of all Internet traffic. This is down from the 40% two years ago (also reported by the same company which sells subscriber traffic management equipment to ISPs). The report goes on to say the drop is likely due to continued, widespread ISP P2P shaping: ‘In fact, the P2P daily trend is pretty much completely inverted from (more…)

After 13 seasons, on Sept. 13 at 8 p.m., Fox’s King of the Hill will air its last two episodes, back to back.

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Batman has had a long and (mostly) horrendous career as a video game crime fighter. While his big screen adventures have evolved into masterpieces, most of Batman’s video game outings have made players want to poke out their eyes with a Batarang. To celebrate the arrival of Batman’s latest and (we assure you) greatest adventure.

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Giancarlo Fisichella could make a temporary switch from Force India to Ferrari following his victory in the Belgian Grand Prix.

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