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A look back at the U.S. Women's Team

A recent study from Berkeley Lab scientists and their KamLAND colleagues finds that half of the Earth's heat comes from radioactive decay. But, what about the rest?

In the end, Hope Solo is not the Brandi Chastain of the new generation of soccer fans. Solo, the goalie of the US team, allowed 2 goals in the women's soccer World Cup Finals and 3 shootout goals, as Japan beat the US 2-2 (3-1) in a shootout.

Frank Sinatra sang 'this fine old world, it keeps spinning around.' And generating heat: about one-half of the Earth's internal heat comes from radioactive decay in its interior, a new study in Nature Geoscience has demonstrated.

Charles Schwab Corp said quarterly earnings rose 16 percent as asset management fees and interest revenue offset a slowdown in client trading.

Behind the refreshing victories in Women's World Cup, the Japanese team had gone through times of tears and struggles, as the nation was forced to cope with the devastating aftermath of triple disasters in March.

Dates and locations for the next World Cup

We are aware that heat is the primary driver of our Earth. From the planet's core to its surface, heat enables Earth's magnetic field, spreads the sea floor, and keeps continents on the move.

Prior to the Japan match with Germany at the quarter-final on July 9th, Sasaki showed the team a video clip of devastated Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, post-tsunami, post-meltdown. When you feel difficult, think of the victims and endure, was the silent message delivered through the video clip.

The match drew 7,196 tweets per second.

Radioactive decay of uranium, thorium and potassium is responsible for about 50% of the heat coming from the Earth's internal area, a study published in Nature Geoscience has found.

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Gold and the Swiss franc hit record highs Monday while equities and the euro tumbled as the lack of any breakthrough to the escalating debt crisis in the euro zone and the United States sapped demand for risky assets.

Japan equalized twice before taking charge of a shootout to triumph in their Fifa Women's World Cup campaign against traditional superpowers - the United States - in the final.

Japan won the Women's World Cup in stunning fashion on Sunday, outshooting the US Women 3-1 on penalty kicks, after a two surprising comebacks.

The Women's World Cup Final score is 2-2 in the match and 3-1 in penalty shootout, in favor of Japan, which won its first ever Women's World Cup.

It was a thrilling World Cup Final

Women's World Cup Final: Japan takes the prize.

Japan beat the US in the 2011 Women's World Cup finals during a penalty kick shootout on Sunday in Frankfurt, marking its first victory over the US during the same year as a devastating earthquake hit the nation.

A look at the highlights of the match.

In an intense overtime match, Japan beat the US in the 2011 Women’s World Cup in Frankfurt on Sunday, marking its first victory over the US ever, the same year the country faced a devastating earthquake.