Climate change and the depletion of oil reserves are taking place faster than expected and the policiesbeing put in placeare insufficient to keep up, leading economist Jeremy Rifkin told EurActiv Francein an interview, pleading for the EU to lead the way towards a "Third Industrial Revolution".

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Romance served at East Bay restaurants

With a great reputation for fresh, local and healthful cuisine, husband and wife Curtis and Esin deCarion show how a couple can make the world a better place. In addition to the regular menu, Cafe Esin will be offering a three-course prix-fixe menu for $39.95. Start with an arugula salad with grapes, avocado, blood oranges, feta cheese and pine nuts salad. Move on to a wild mushroom risotto with grilled scallops and finish with one of Esin's signature desserts -- bittersweet chocolate ganache tart.

Cafe Cacao. 914 Heinz Ave., Berkeley. 510-843-6000, http://www.cafecacao.biz. Valentine's Day is extra-special at this restaurant located inside the Scharffen Berger Chocolate Factory. It will be the first dinner service offered in months and will be followed the next night with the introduction of weekly dinner service (Friday night only; the restaurant is already open for lunch daily and brunch on weekends).

Evidence tying Cutts to scene is minimal

Three semen stains on Jessie M. Davis bedroom floor. Thats the only DNA evidence county prosecutors have linking Bobby L. Cutts Jr. to the home of the pregnant woman hes accused of killing.

Testimony in Cutts aggravated murder trial entered the complicated and technical field of crime scene investigation and DNA analysis on Thursday.

Stark County prosecutors are trying to prove that Cutts, a former Canton police officer, strangled Davis on June 14 because she was carrying his child and he couldnt afford to pay more child support.

He and Davis, 26, already had a 2-year-old son together. And according to DNA testing, he was likely the father of her unborn child 13.1 million times more likely than any random male, according to testimony.

Cutts has pleaded not guilty.

Rade Prica provides shot in the arm to bring relief for Sunderland

On a fine night for unheralded heroes at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland clambered out of the relegation zone courtesy of two players still to establish themselves as household names anywhere other than their own homes. Daryl Murphy and Rade Prica slip from the memory more readily than they slip off the tongue, but the goals they plundered could hardly have been more vital.

Keane has struggled to attract established players to his club — Robbie Savage, Matt Taylor and Stephen Hunt have all been targeted and failed to appear — but on this occasion the lesser figures proved inspirational.