We're half-expecting organically-grown smartphones at Whole Foods, right next to the kale chips and fair trade coffee.

ENGADGET: UCSB engineers proteins that make silicon, leads hipsters to insist on organically-grown computers

"We think there's room for another marathon in Manhattan, in the spring, " said Scott Dickey, chief executive of Competitor Group, whose Rock 'n' roll marathon and half-marathon series has grown from six races in 2008 to 33 in cities around the world.

WSJ: Hopes for a Second NYC Marathon

The animal, which may have grown from half-a-metre long to more than three feet, was described as "quite shy".

BBC: Man smuggled python out of Dobbies Garden Centre

In that time Berrick Barnes has gained plenty of big-match game time to add to his enormous potential - and fly-half Quade Cooper has grown into quite a player.

BBC: Injury-hit Wallabies look vulnerable

Once pick-ups, SUVs and other variants are taken out of the picture, the home-grown American share of the passenger-car market is already well below half.

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The venture capital industry has grown risk averse, and angels are only half-heartedly stepping into the breach.

FORBES: Innovation Works Best When Government Does Least

The non-union mini-mills have grown fivefold, and now claim nearly half the market.

ECONOMIST: Steel: Rust never sleeps | The

According to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released on Monday evening, about half of Americans say they have grown more supportive of gun control measures since the Newtown shooting.

BBC: US gun debate: Obama to unveil gun control proposals

Fully grown, the vulture would have a wingspan of six-and-a-half feet.

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The metropolis has grown so big and fast that the once-adequate public water supply now serves less than half of the population.

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