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• GRENOBLE, France (AP) -- Doctors treating Michael Schumacher say the Formula 1 champion was showing surprising improvement that allowed a second surgery for head injuries he suffered during a ski accident, but cautioned that his brain still had extensive bruising.
• Schumacher was skiing with his son when he fell and struck a rock Sunday in the French Alps.
• "There are hematomes a little bit everywhere," said Dr. Emmanuel Gay, describing the extensive bruising throughout Schumacher's brain. But Gay said surgeons decided upon a second operation after Schumacher's unexpected, though small, improvement on Monday.
• They offered no predictions Tuesday on whether or when they would bring him out of an induced coma, intended to relieve swelling.
• "We cannot tell you any more on the future," said Gerard Saillant, a surgeon and friend of the family.
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• DETROIT (AP) -- A Michigan university has issued its annual list of annoying words, and those flexible enough to take selfies of themselves twerking should take note.
• In addition to "selfie" and "twerking," there was a strong sense among those who nominated words to this year's list that the word "hashtag" and term "Mr. Mom" had both run their course.
• "Selfie," a term that describes a self-taken photo, often from a smartphone, led the way among the more than 2,000 nominations submitted to Lake Superior State University's 39th annual batch of words to banish due to overuse, overreliance and overall fatigue. Even President Barack Obama got into the act this month when he took a well-publicized selfie with other world leaders in South Africa for Nelson Mandela's memorial service.
• "It's a lame word. It's all about me, me, me," wrote David Kriege of Lake Mills, Wis. "Put the smartphone away. Nobody cares about you."

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