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News Feed Latest worldwide news Should Reddit Be Blamed for the Spreading of a Smear? When the Sunil Tripathi rumor went viral after the Boston Marathon bombing, it laid bare the dysfunctional codependence between new and old media. Vivendi overhaul gathers pace with $8.2 billion Activision sale PARIS (Reuters) - Vivendi agreed to sell most of its stake in Activision Blizzard, the world's largest videogames publisher, for $8.2 billion on Friday, paving the way for a broader split of the... Lindy Boggs, Longtime Representative and Champion of Women, Is Dead at 97 Mrs. Boggs succeeded her husband in Congress after his plane crashed in Alaska and went on serve nine terms and to champion womens rights. Food Corporations Turn to Chefs in a Quest for Healthy Flavor At companies like PepsiCo and Kellogg, white-coated lab technicians join with white-jacketed chefs to give consumers the taste they want with less salt, fat and sugar. Smaller-than-expected shipwreck losses prop Lancashire shares (Reuters) - British insurer Lancashire Holdings Ltd added $37.7 million to its losses from the 2012 Costa Concordia shipwreck off the Italian coast, but its shares rose 4 percent as analysts had... Gunman Among 7 Dead After Florida Hostage Standoff A man who barricaded himself with hostages inside a Florida apartment complex killed six people before being shot to death by a SWAT team, officials said. Syrian rebels ask Kerry to send U.S. arms quickly NEW YORK (Reuters) - The head of Syria's opposition told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday the country's situation was "desperate" and called for the United States to arm the rebels quickly and to push harder for a political settlement. GLOBAL MARKETS-Fed stimulus debate leaves dollar at 5-week low * Dollar hovers near five-week low vs basket of currencies * Wall Street seen opening down 0.3-0.4 pct * Gold dips but heads for best month in 1-1/2 years * World shares dip after Nikkei fall but set... Well Diaries From I.C.U. Aid Mental Recovery Critical care units in several European countries have long been using diaries to help patients, and their families, recover after their ordeal. National Briefing | Washington Immigration Forum Planned to Pressure Congressman Two Democratic senators say they will hold a forum in the district of Representative Steve King to pressure him after he said that some young illegal immigrants were drug mules. Syrian refugees face resentment He escaped the war, but life's no happier now for Omar. The 8-year-old Syrian refugee longs for friends back in Qusayr, hard hit by a civil war that grinds on. He also misses days in school -- when the most he had to worry about was finishing his homework. ArtsBeat New Chapters in Life and Times Will Be Part of Crossing the Line Festival The multidiscplinary festival will include two more episodes in the show from Nature Theater of Oklahoma, as well as several other performances that rely on audience participation. Famed hacker Barnaby Jack dies a week before hacking convention (Reuters) - Barnaby Jack, a celebrated computer hacker who forced bank ATMs to spit out cash and sparked safety improvements in medical devices, died in San Francisco, a week before he was due to make a high-profile presentation at a hacking conference. Russian women form giant free falling flower July 15 - 101 Russian female skydivers set a new world record. Elly Park reports. Krzyzewski Begins Quest for Third Straight Gold Mike Krzyzewski thought he was done with USA Basketball. He said he was done, too. Lindy Boggs, congresswoman and civil rights crusader, dies at 97 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lindy Boggs, who took over her husband's congressional seat to become a crusader for women's equality and civil rights, died Saturday at 97. Her death was confirmed by ABC News, where Boggs' daughter, Cokie Roberts, is a journalist. Exclusive BlueCrest's BlueTrend hedge fund slumps 16.9 percent LONDON (Reuters) - BlueCrest Capital Management's BlueTrend fund, one of the world's biggest computer-driven hedge funds, has suffered one of its worst ever peak-to-trough losses over the past six... Scars still linger Philip Joseph Dimenno just had to go back. And not long ago, the U.S. veteran of the Korean War did. Ian Lee reports. Well Diaries From I.C.U. Aid Mental Recovery Critical care units in several European countries have long been using diaries to help patients, and their families, recover after their ordeal. Raikkonen a wanted man in F1 Lotus says Red Bull is making a push for Kimi Raikkonen, and Sebastian Vettel wouldn't mind having the Finn as a teammate. Penn State Heading Into Year 2 Under O'Brien Bill O'Brien thinks he can do a better job of managing the clock. He wants to improve his communication with his coaches in the press box. Then there are the adjustments for recruiting, practice and team meetings. Lindy Boggs, Longtime Representative and Champion of Women, Is Dead at 97 Mrs. Boggs succeeded her husband in Congress after his plane crashed in Alaska and went on serve nine terms and to champion womens rights. Happy 70th birthday, Mick Jagger! What a drag it is getting old. Call Me Mansion Developers are repurposing the word mansion, using it to describe a luxurious lower-floor unit within a building. Well Medical Procedures May Be Useless, or Worse Many new techniques and medicines are either no more effective than the old ones, or worse, and many doctors persist in using practices that have been shown to be useless or harmful, a new analysis shows. Spacewalkers leave space station for outside chores CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two astronauts left the International Space Station on Tuesday for a day of maintenance tasks, including installing a power cable needed for a new Russian laboratory due to be installed this year. The top films at the North American box office July 14 - Following are the top 10 movies at North American box offices for the three days starting July 12, led by "Despicable Me 2," according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters. 1 (1) Despicable Me 2........................$ 44.8 million 2 (*) Grown Ups 2............................$ 42.5 million 3 (*) Pacific Rim............................$ 38.3 million 4 (3) The Heat...............................$ 14.0 million 5 (2) The Lone Ranger........................$ 11.1 mi The Lede Spanish Train Crash Captured on Video Security-camera footage leaked to the public via YouTube captured the moment on Wednesday that a passenger train derailed outside Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain, killing at least 80 people. Murray's historic Wimbledon win Andy Murray won Wimbledon, breaking Britain's 77-year drought for a men's singles champion. The New Old Age Blog A Novel Way to Document End-of-Life Preferences Researchers have stumbled on a way to persuade patients to plan for end-of-life care convince their doctors to ask about it. Pogue's Posts In the Universe of Printers, One Worth Talking About A home laser printer from Hewlett-Packard has a weird name. But dont let that fool you. Bernanke premature to say if 'mixed' data will delay bond taper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday it was too soon to judge if recent "mixed" signals from the U.S. economy would prompt the central bank to delay plans to... UPDATE 1-US court permits generic version of Teva MS drug a year sooner WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, July 26 (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' $4 billion-a-year multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone will lose its patent protection in 2014 rather than 2015 because of a ruling from a U.S. appeals court on Friday, making it potentially prey to cheaper generics next May. Pioneering sex researcher dies Virginia Johnson, the pioneering sex researcher who was part of the groundbreaking team Masters and Johnson, has died at age 88, her son, Scott Johnson, told CNN on Wednesday. The New Old Age Blog A Novel Way to Document End-of-Life Preferences Researchers have stumbled on a way to persuade patients to plan for end-of-life care convince their doctors to ask about it. Well Black-White Divide Persists in Breast Cancer New research shows that white women with breast cancer live three years longer than black women because of a troubling pattern of inferior care and a delay in treatment for black women. Art Review A Visit to Thomas Hirschhorns Gramsci Monument Thomas Hirschhorn has built Gramsci Monument, a sprawling, participatory sculpture, on the grounds of the Forest Houses. Obamacare's foot soldiers train to enroll the masses LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nahla Kayali is a foot soldier for Obamacare. Samoan airline goes large June 28 - Samoa Air which charges passengers by their weight launches an extra-large seat service for the fuller figure. Paul Chapman reports. New protests sweep Istanbul The commercial and entertainment heart of Turkey's largest city again became the scene of clashes between riot police and small groups of protesters Saturday night, after security forces fired tear gas, water cannons and plastic pellets to disperse anti-government demonstrators.

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