Uganda bans physical contact as Ebola reaches capital

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Uganda bans physical contact as Ebola reaches capital



Two cases of Ebola have been reported in KampalaUganda's president Monday warned against physical contact after a victim of a deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus was reported in the capital Kampala for the first time.












Crops keep shrinking in historic drought



Cobs of drought-damaged corn are pictured near KewaneeCHICAGO (Reuters) - Dry and hot weather in the U.S. Midwest for the next week or two will further erode crop conditions, trimming this year's corn and soybean crop production, an agricultural meteorologist forecast Monday. "It looks like a continued trend of below-average precipitation in the Midwest for the next week to 10 days," said John Dee, meteorologist for Global Weather Monitoring. Temperatures this week will warm into the upper 80s to low 90s degrees Fahrenheit, with only a few light showers in the east on Monday and some rainfall later in the week, he said. ...












Fresh iPhone Apps for July 30: PlayUp update, 10000000, TheEndApp update



Get all the info you need from the 2012 Summer Olympics with an update to social sports app PlayUp. It brings you all the stats you need from the games, customized to your country, and it even lets you use the app to interact with your friends as they watch events and matches as well. If you’re interested in playing something yourself, we’ve got a couple of games for your attention: 10000000, a hybrid RPG/match-three title, and a big update to the Temple Run-like TheEndApp.






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