Officials have picked who will be the first to welcome the Olympics torch: Britain's Royal Navy.The force's search and rescue squadron will welcome the flame as it arrives May 18 from Athens aboard a special British Airways plane, organizers said Saturday.The flame will stay a night at a Royal Navy air base in Culdrose, Cornwall, before it is flown to Land's End — the most westerly point in England — in a search and rescue helicopter.From there, the torch will begin its journey across the U.K. in a relay which involves 8,000 torchbearers travelling 8,000 miles (12,875 kilometers).The torch is scheduled to reach the Olympic Stadium in London on the eve of July ...

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Atletico Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao 3-0 in Wednesday's all-Spanish final of the Europa League in the Romanian capital Bucharest, thanks to two stunning first-half goals from Radamel Falcao.The Colombia striker was top scorer in Europe's second-tier club competition last season as he helped Porto take the title, netting the only goal of an all-Portuguese final, and he has had a similar impact this time.He came close to scoring a hat-trick when he hit the post, before Brazilian midfielder Diego scored a late goal on the breakaway.While the build-up to the match focused on both clubs coming from the same league, that tells only half the story -- their philosophies, history, catchment area and even language are a country apart.Athletic is...

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On average, 18 people in the United States die each day waiting for an organ transplant.Billionaire Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg wants to change that. He announced Tuesday that the social networking site wants to "help solve the crisis" by allowing users to volunteer as potential organ donors in the United States and the United Kingdom."We think that a lot of people who might just be on the fence about whether or not they want to do this, could be convinced to do that," Zuckerberg told ABC News.He described widespread acceptance of organ donation as "a shift in society that will probably take a while to fully take hold" until more Facebook users start sharing their experiences."But I think that if people choose to share these stories...

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