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House Defeats Effort to Rein In N.S.A. Data Gathering
The 217-205 vote was far closer than expected and displayed the shifting allegiances and fierce lobbying on both sides of the issue.


Faster Than the Speed of Light?
A NASA team is experimenting with photons to see if warp drive traveling faster than light might one day be possible.


Billy Joe Tolliver Wins American Century
Billy Joe Tolliver won the American Century Championship for the fourth time, beating fellow former NFL quarterback Mark Rypien with a par on the third hole of a playoff Sunday.


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.


Topless activist inspires France's new Marianne stamp
PARIS (Reuters) - A postage stamp depicting France's cultural symbol Marianne has touched off a flurry of controversy after one of its creators revealed it was inspired by a topless feminist activist who hacked down a Christian cross in Kiev last year with a chainsaw.


DealBook Choices Ahead for the Dell Board, but Not Much Time
A modification to the voting rules is a critical factor in whether a buyout offer for Dell succeeds, the author writes.


U.S. lawmakers blast Guantanamo's $2.7 million per prisoner cost
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers pushing to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay said on Wednesday its cost has skyrocketed to $2.7 million per inmate this year and argued it is too expensive to keep open while the country is fighting budget deficits.


Scene City Woody Allen Skips His Films Premiere Party
But Cate Blanchett, the films lead, arrived looking statuesque in a pink Balenciaga cape and gown.


NEWSMAKER Liberia must become a manufacturing economy
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says her country must move away from its reliance on commodity exports and won't be able to sustain job growth unless it focuses on manufacturing.


Melissa Butler, Oliver Tuckerman
The bride is an assistant interior decorator; the groom is a financial analyst at an energy firm.


Does baby make monarchy matter?
The Windsors, ruling House of the British royal family, have endured world wars, personal tragedies and highly public scandals. In the 20th century, through moments of pain and joy, they provided the British people with a fixture of redoubtable comfort, an unchanging physical constitution in a world fraught with uncertainty.


At least 89 dead in Chinese quake
A magnitude-5.9 earthquake struck central China early Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.


Chicago Approves $500 Million Revamp of Wrigley Field
Chicago on Wednesday approved a $500 million proposed renovation of Wrigley Field, the storied home of the Chicago Cubs, which will add luxury boxes, a nearby hotel and eventually a jumbo outfield electronic sign to the 99-year-old baseball venue.


Analysis What about the workers ... and their share of income?
LONDON (Reuters)- Nothing lasts forever but a global trend that set in 30 years ago shows no sign of ending a steep rise in the share of income that goes to profits and a corresponding decline in...


U.S. IRS pursuing 'stateless income' tax enforcement -official
WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is pursuing tax enforcement cases against companies over the issue of "stateless income," a senior agency official said on Wednesday in a reference to corporate profits that are not taxed by any country.


Data on Factories and Lending Raise Hopes for Euro Zone Recovery
Europe may be near the end of a prolonged slump that has pushed unemployment to record highs, the survey showed, but economists predicted the upturn probably will be slow.


Biggest fines for gouging after Sandy imposed on NY fuel sellers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The biggest fines to date for gas price gouging after Superstorm Sandy have been imposed on a gasoline wholesaler in New Paltz, New York and a gas station on New York's Long Island, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced on Wednesday.


U.S. lawmakers blast Guantanamo's $2.7 million per prisoner cost
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers pushing to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay said on Wednesday its cost has skyrocketed to $2.7 million per inmate this year and argued it is too expensive to keep open while the country is fighting budget deficits.


Campbell Soup strikes cautious note on 2014 outlook
July 24 (Reuters) - Campbell Soup Co stood by its growth forecast for 2013 on Wednesday but sounded a slightly cautious tone for next year, saying results would be affected by currency movements and a higher tax rate.


Second Quarter
Many mutual funds slumped near the end of the second quarter amid signs that the Federal Reserve might pull back on its bond-buying.


Exclusive Ford to build current and new F-150 pickups at same time
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co will produce both its current F-150 pickup and a new model for about six months to avoid disrupting sales of the top-selling U.S. vehicle and safeguard against potential kinks tied to the truck's extensive overhaul, people familiar with the plans said.


Why we do stupid things
Anthony Weiner resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives in 2011 after admitting to sending lewd images to multiple women. But it seems that getting caught wasn't enough to stop him from repeating his mistakes.


The Missing Pieces of an Untold Story About a Jet
Friends and family described George Sauer Jr., a former Jet who died in May, as a man who had a story to tell, but never got the chance to.


Annual swan upping counts royal babies
July 16 - The Queen's Swan Marker begins the annual census of swans and their young on the River Thames, monitoring royal babies of a very different kind. Elly Park reports.


Critics Notebook The Plan to Swallow Midtown
Mayor Michael R. Bloombergs plan for East Midtown, which would add giant new buildings without upgrading streets and subways, would only set New York City back.


Obama Focuses on Economy, Vowing to Help Middle Class
President Obama on Wednesday said it was his highest priority to reverse trends that had left typical Americans with stagnating incomes while allowing the rich to grow richer still.


Senate leader McConnell a big loser on Election Day
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell set two top goals for the 2012 election a Republican takeover of the Senate and the defeat of President Barack Obama.


Lottery Numbers
Lottery numbers for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.


White House lists two dozen leaders to meet with Obama on deficit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two dozen business, labor and civic leaders, including the chief executives of major U.S. corporations such as Ford, IBM and Wal-Mart, will meet President Barack Obama to discuss how to control the federal deficit, said the White House on Monday.


UPDATE 1-E*Trade Financial shares jump on strong outlook
July 24 (Reuters) - Discount brokerage E*Trade Financial Corp reported a second-quarter loss of $54 million on Wednesday due to a $142 million charge related to the sale of its market-making unit.


N.H.L. Stars Are Invited to Camps for Olympics
Patrick Kane, Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin are among the N.H.L. players whom the United States, Canada and Russia have asked to participate in orientation camps.


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...


Obama seeks second-term jolt with economic speech
GALESBURG, Ill., July 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama sought to inject momentum into his economic and domestic policy agenda on Wednesday with a speech designed to clarify his vision for his second term and hammer Republicans in the House of Representatives for getting in his way.


Sports Briefing | Pro Football Broncos Punish Two Executives
The Denver Broncos suspended two executives who are facing drunken-driving charges.


Bikinis make way for rosaries on Brazil beach as youths await pope
Rio de Janeiro (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of young Catholics from around the world flocked to Rio's famed Copacabana beach on Tuesday to kick off a youth festival that will feature several...


"Most Wanted" app brings gamers into hunt for suspects
July 5 - Police in Warsaw have come up with an innovative way to enlist the public in their hunt for wanted criminal suspects, by incorporating a rogue's gallery of faces as part of a smartphone app which tests players' memory for faces. Jim Drury reports.


ArtsBeat Comic-Con Superheroes of Varying Sizes and Shapes
At Comic-Con, Jack Black could be spotted in his Nacho Libre mask by those in the know.


Exclusive Zulily hires banks for possible IPO - sources
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Zulily hired investment banks in recent weeks to advise the fast-growing e-commerce company on a possible initial public offering, according to two people familiar with the...


Murder and suspicion haunt town
Beaten. Dragged. Burned.


Looking at Oil Palms Genome for Keys to Productivity
Scientists have found that mutations to a single gene of the oil palm tree, a huge global industry, can raise the oil yield of the tree by as much as 30 percent.


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