Sebastien Loeb Wins Rally World Title 7th Time

Sebastien Loeb claimed an extraordinary seventh consecutive world rally championship by winning his home round in Alsace.

Loeb guaranteed overall victory for the seventh straight year with two legs of the season lasting after winning six of the 11 rallies of the 2010 season - he also managed at least a top three finish in ten of those events.

The champion was able to savour his triumph on home soil as he hails from Haguenau, just outside Strasbourg in eastern France near the German border, the Citroen C4 driver leading home a 1-2-3 for the marque ahead of Spaniard Dani Sordo and Norway's Petter Solberg for a 60th career success.

"This is fantastic," said Loeb. "This has been a very inspiring rally. It has been very difficult and I didn't suppose so many people to be here. This is the best result for me to win the championship here in France."

Sordo was delighted with his second place, and congratulated Loeb and his team.

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Biggest Marine Life survey: Most Ocean Life Is Unknown

Deep-Sea Jellyfish

The planet's seas and oceans are richer and more different than scientists suspected, the biggest survey of marine life has revealed -- but many mysteries remain.

The Census of Marine Life, which announced its full findings Monday, has taken 10 years to complete, employing 2,700 scientists from 80 nations. The $650 million study surveyed from the coldest waters to the warmest lagoons, from the smallest microbes to the largest cetaceans.

Brittle Stars , Medusalae Larvae

The census also explored some strange sights during its 10 years, including what scientists labeled a "White Shark Cafe" and a "sturgeon playground" in the Pacific as well as giant bacteria and mollusks.

In August scientists working on the census exposed that the richest waters for marine life are around Australia and Japan; and that crustaceans are the largest group populating the seas, making up around one-fifth of sea life.

Scientists estimate that there are more than 1 million marine species but only about 250,000 have been officially described in scientific literature over the centuries. Those figures rule out microbes -- of which the census estimate there is up to 1 billion kinds.













Deep Sea Jelly Fish ,Cliona Limacina

The census also collated information on the 16,764 species of fish that have ever been described -- but estimates that a further 5,000 have yet to be revealed.

The amount of marine life yet to be meticulous varies wildly by region. The census estimates only 10 percent is yet to be found in European waters - but that figure rises to 75 percent for the deeper waters of the Mediterranean and 80 percent for the seas around Australia.

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Nigerian Weightlifter Opens Commonwealth Games By Securing Gold

Teenage Nigerian weightlifter Augustina Nkem Nwaokolo won the first gold medal on day one of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

The 17-year-old took top prize in the women's 48kg division and set a new Commonwealth record in the process by lifting 175kg as events lastly began after weeks of controversy surrounding Delhi's readiness to host the Games.

It's the first time India has hosted the competition between countries of the former British Empire and the build-up was conquered by negative headlines about the cleanliness of the athlete's village as well as poor construction.

Nwaokolo lifted 77kg in the snatch and 98kg in the clean and jerk to deny India's Soniya Chanu. The home beloved failed with two attempts at lifting the 103kg requisite to take gold.

In the men's 56kg category Malaysia's Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim won gold ahead of Sukhen Dey and Srinivasa Rao of India.

Ibrahim created a new Commonwealth Games record of 166kg to win his second gold after Manchester in 2002. He missed the Games in Melbourne four years ago owing to a doping ban.

In the pool, Kylie Palmer swam to gold for Australia in women's 200 meter freestyle ahead of Jazz Carlin, who protected Wales' first medal since 1974, while England's double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington stook bronze.

Australia claimed a one-two in the 200m individual medley with 18-year-old Alicia Coutts distressing her teammate, and favorite, Emily Seebohm.

South Africa's Chad Le Clos set a novel Games record as he pipped England's Michael Rock to gold in the men's 200m butterfly while Canada's Ryan Cochrane beat Australia's Ryan Napoleon by 11 hundredths of a second to claim the 400m freestyle. Australia struck gold another time when they clawed back the English team in the 4x100m freestyle relay.

Away from the pool Australia also proved too good for the rest of the field in the artistic gymnastics team contest, as they finished three points clear of England to take gold.

After the opening day of competition, Australia tops the medals list with four gold's while South Africa, Canada, Nigeria and Malaysia all have one.

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Boy Dies In Lowa Swimming Pool

An autopsy will be conducted to resolve the exact cause of death of an 11-year-old Wesley boy who actually drowned in the family swimming pool Sunday morning.

According to Kossuth County Sheriff Steve Kollasch, the autopsy is being done on Dayton Boleneus because of his past medical history. Boleneus is the son of Nita and Robert Boleneus of Wesley.

According to a news release from the Kossuth County Sheriff’s Department, at about 10:40 a.m. Sunday deputies were called to the family's home at 2604 200th Avenue to help the Algona Ambulance Service. CPR was being performing on Boleneus when deputies came on the scene.

During the investigation, it was known that the boy had been playing in the area of the family swimming pool which enclosed a shallow amount of water.

The Wesley First Responders, Algona Ambulance and the Kossuth County Sheriff’s Department came to the scene.

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Statue Of King Tut's Grandfather Found In Egypt

The upper part of a limestone likeness of King Tut's grandfather has been unearthed in Luxor, Egyptian officials said.

Investigators found the sculpture of Amenhotep III while excavating on the site of a large temple on Luxor's west bank, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities announced in a statement Saturday.

"The statue is one of the best new finds in the area because of its skilled craftsmanship," the statement said, citing Zahi Hawass, the council's secretary general.

The sculpture, which is 4 feet 3 inches (130 centimeters) tall and 3 feet 1 inch (95 centimeters) wide, depicts the pharaoh seated on a throne, accompanied by the Theban god Amun. The king wears the dual crown of Egypt. Now experts must excavate to find the rest of it.

Amenhotep III, who lived until 1352 BC, was barely a modest king. Hawass said there is an "overwhelming amount of statuary" depicting the ruler, who was the father of Amenhotep IV, better known as Akhenaten. There may be more statues of him at the site, according to the council's statement.

Amenhotep III's reign was a time of wealth and constancy, according to the British Museum. He inherited a huge empire and took on many building projects.

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