Ndlovu's hat-trick was only the second in the eight-year history of the tournament and the first for Zimbabwe since Vitalis Takawira scored three against Cameroon in 1995.

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It was only the second time in his eight-year career that he started in center.

NPR: Kemp On DL With Hamstring Strain

Einstein's theory suggests the stars' orbital periods the time they take to go around each other ought to shrink by about eight-millionths of a second per year.

WSJ: Einstein Proved Right on Gravity��Again

We achieved for the second year running the eight-minute target for life-threatening emergencies, so that's a major improvement in the past 18 months.

BBC: Derby

Meanwhile, Scottish golfer Stephen Gallacher ended an eight-year wait for a second European Tour victory when he triumphed at the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday.

CNN: Mickelson flirts with history in wire-to-wire Phoenix win

David Ferrer has spent much of his career in the shadow of Rafael Nadal, but the 30-year-old joined his absent compatriot in becoming only the second Spaniard to reach the last eight of all four grand slams in a calendar year since the start of the professional era in 1968.

CNN: U.S. Open: Ferrer finds fortune as rain hits New York courts

The results are bittersweet though: Profit is eight times higher than for the second quarter but still lower than this time last year--and a long way from hitting a peak, according to analysts.

FORBES: Machida's Sharp Sees Shortage In LCDs

One of the most-read traditionalist blogs, "Rorate Caeli, " reacted to the foot-washing ceremony by declaring the death of Benedict's eight-year project to correct what he considered the botched interpretations of the Second Vatican Council's modernizing reforms.

NPR: Pope's Foot-Wash A Final Straw For Traditionalists

Just a day after Samsung unveiled the smartphone as its inaugural Exynos 5 Octa device, the company has confirmed that the not-really-eight-core ARM processor should be in mass production during the second quarter of the year, or between April and June.

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