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This March 2013 handout photo provided by Science Translational Medicine shows amputee Dennis Aabo Sørensen, right, wearing sensory feedback enabled prosthesis in Rome. To feel what you touch _ that's the holy grail for artificial limbs. In a step toward that goal, European researchers created a robotic hand that let an amputee feel differences between a bottle, a baseball and a mandarin orange. (AP Photo/Patrizia Tocci, Science Translational Medicine)

Experiment adds sense of touch to artificial hand

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - Associated Press

Swiss govt tightens tech security over NSA spying

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Olympic worker Pavel Dovgiy prepares to ski down the Alpine course ahead of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Olympic Alpine course set to reveal its secrets

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Switzerland beats Serbia 3-2 in Davis Cup

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FIS announces course-setters for Olympic ski races

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Switzerland's Michael Lammer, foreground returns a ball as his partner Marco Chiudinelli looks on, during their Davis Cup World Group play-off first round doubles tennis match against Nenad Zimonjic and Filip Krajinovic of Serbia, in Novi Sad, Serbia, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Switzerland advances in Davis Cup, beats Serbia

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Switzerland's Roger Federer celebrates after winning his match over Ilija Bozoljac of Serbia during their Davis Cup World Group play-off first round tennis match between Serbia and Switzerland, in Novi Sad, Serbia, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Switzerland leads Serbia 2-0 in first round tie

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Roger Federer of Switzerland walks off the Rod Laver Arena after his semifinal loss to Rafael Nadal of Spain during their semifinal at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014.(AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)

Federer returns to Davis Cup action this week

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Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill, in Kitzbuehel, Austria, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Shinichiro Tanaka)

Shiffrin, Svindal, Hoefl-Riesch can star in Sochi

By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press

Switzerland sending biggest winter team to Sochi

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Medalists projected by AP at the Sochi Olympics

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Winner Ophelie David of France celebrates in the finish area after the women's Ski Cross World Cup in Kreischberg, Austria, on Saturday, Jan. 25. 2014. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)

Fiva, David win WCup ski cross events in Austria

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Rock star Bono speaks during a panel discussion "The Post-2015 Goals: Inspiring a New Generation to Act," the fifth annual Associated Press debate, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) ** FILE **

Bono, Cameron talk poverty, climate at AP debate

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gestures as speaks during a session of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Leaders gathered in the Swiss ski resort of Davos have made it a top priority to push to reshape the global economy and cut global warming by shifting to cleaner energy sources. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Iran’s heavyweight absence hangs over Syria talks

By Lee Keath and Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Anaheim Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller, of Switzerland, makes a save during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Winnipeg Jets, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Small hockey nations still have Olympic dreams

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

Brutality of Syria war casts doubt on peace talks

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Switzerland's Lara Gut competes during an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill, in Val D'Isere, France, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden of Switzerland earned her first World Cup victory by winning a women's downhill on Saturday that was marked by a number of big crashes and Lindsey Vonn skiing out and then clutching her injured right knee in pain. (AP Photo/Marco Tacca)

Sochi Olympics: Swiss skier Lara Gut has no Vonn to disrupt her path to gold

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Bode Miller, of the United States, is airborne during an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill, in Wengen, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

US racer Goldberg presses Olympic downhill claim

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Werner Heel of Italy skis during a training session of the men's Downhill race of the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup season at the Lauberhorn, in Wengen, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Keystone,Jean-Christophe Bott)

Italy’s Heel fastest in Wengen downhill training

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Correction: Thailand-Exporting Alzheimer’s story

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