By the time she looked at the alarm, it was getting on for half past seven, and the boys were still noisy, loud against the weather.

NEWYORKER: Wasps

American exports of horsemeat for human consumption have fallen by more than half in the past seven years, and the number of horses slaughtered is a quarter of what it was a decade ago.

ECONOMIST: From plain to plate

America's financial-services firms have shed almost half a million jobs since the peak in December 2006, more than half of them in the past seven months.

ECONOMIST: Rebuilding the banks

Mr Watson has been a Lib Dem MEP since 1994 and has been head of the ALDE group, one of the biggest party groupings in the Parliament, for the past seven and half years.

BBC: Brian Wheeler

For the past seven and a half years, the United States has boycotted Durban follow-up activities and voted against every Durban-related U.N. resolution.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Obama at Durban II

TV, Reddit, Bump and Dropbox, has grown steadily over the past seven years and a half years into one of the most popular places for investors to look for new startups.

FORBES: Y Combinator's Spring 2012 Demo Day: No Funding Talk In Pitches, But Plenty Of Funding Interest

The midfielder struck seven minutes before half-time with a composed finish past Kilmarnock goalkeeper Alan Combe.

BBC: Kilmarnock 0-1 St Mirren

Kyle scored his second seven minutes into the second half with an impressive strike past Tomas Cerny.

BBC: Kilmarnock striker Kevin Kyle

According to the government, the number of Britain's largest publicly quoted companies with all-male boards has fallen from 21 to seven in the past two-and-a-half years.

BBC: Vince Cable: Boardrooms need more women