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Paula Deens Cook Tells of Slights, Steeped in History
Dora Charles, who lives in an aging trailer home on the outskirts of Savannah, said Paula Deen held out the promise that together, they might get rich one day.


Emmy Awards See who's nominated
The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, with help from "Breaking Bad's" Aaron Paul and this year's host, Neil Patrick Harris, has revealed the nominees for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards.


North Korea honors country's war vets
The new leader of this isolated country has inaugurated a new veterans' cemetery, on the first of what are expected to be several days of elaborate ceremonies celebrating the 60th anniversary of the conclusion of the Korean War.


UPDATE 3-JPMorgan to quit physical commodity trade amid scrutiny
NEW YORK, July 26 (Reuters) - JP Morgan Chase Co is exiting physical commodities trading, the bank said in a surprise statement on Friday, as Wall Street's role in the trading of raw materials comes under intense political and regulatory pressure.


Work starts on new tallest building
Dubai's 828-meter Burf Khalifa has less than a year left as the world's tallest building.


Mandela shows 'sustained improvement'
Former South African leader Nelson Mandela still is in critical condition at a Pretoria hospital but "shows sustained improvement," the office of South African President Jacob Zuma said Monday.


Landing gear maker says hasn't been asked to join Southwest probe
(Reuters) - The United Technologies unit that makes landing gear said on Friday it had not been asked to participate in a U.S. investigation into Monday's crash of a Southwest Airlines jet at New York's LaGuardia Airport.


After the Fact Depicting the Colors of Space
The hues assigned to distant cosmic bodies that are telescopically photographed in black and white are not just a matter of artistic license.


Cuomo Signs Law Banning Shark Fin Sales
The bill signed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signals the death knell for a traditional Chinatown delicacy shark fin soup.


U.S. Morning Call Starbucks, Sharpie's Samsung
July 26 - On today's Morning Call we bring you results from Starbucks, Newell Rubbermaid and Samsung.


Editor's Choice
Our best photos from the past 24 hours.


India Ink Failure in Bollywood
An actress explores failure and denial in Bollywood.


Train carriage removed in Spain as driver is investigated
July 25 - Destroyed train carriage is removed from tracks near the northern city of Santiago de Compostela, after 80 people died. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).


UPDATE 2-TransCanada confident Energy East line will proceed
* Energy East open season results to come within two weeks


Joyce Maynard and Jim Barringer Just the Beginning of Their Growing Time
Each had been divorced since 1990, yet never gave up on finding love.


UPDATE 1-Blackberry contract loss weighs on Celestica sales
* Sees third-quarter adjusted profit of .17/share-.23/share


Marquez wins in Germany to go top
Both of his main rivals in MotoGP were injured and Marc Marquez took advantage. He won the German Grand Prix to grab the lead in the overall standings.


France to back legal argument in Argentina case against creditors
PARIS/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - France will petition the U.S. Supreme Court to review Argentina's case in its decade-old legal battle with certain creditors, French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said on Friday, citing the importance of global financial stability.


Tributes and Celebrations for Mandela
Across the country, South Africans spent 67 minutes helping others on Nelson Mandelas 95th birthday as a tribute to his 67 years of public service.


Halliburton says it also is part of U.S. fracking antitrust probe
(Reuters) - Halliburton Co, the largest provider of pressure pumping services used in hydraulic fracturing, said on Thursday it had also been contacted by the U.S. government regarding potential antitrust issues in the pressure pumping market.


BRIEF-Vivendi shares rise 3.3 pct after Activision stake sale set
PARIS, July 26 (Reuters) - Vivendi SA * Shares rise 3.3 percent after Activision Blizzard Inc stake sale set


The Politics of Black Masculinity
The Op-Ed columnist Charles M. Blow on the difficulty of explaining the Zimmerman verdict to his sons.


Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying Gulf oil spill evidence
(Reuters) - Halliburton Co has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and will pay the maximum possible statutory fine, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday.


World's largest mud festival
Millions get filthy in Boryeong, South Korea.


UPDATE 3-Qatar grounds a 787 as glitches pile up on Boeing jet
* Smoke reported near electrical compartment while jet on ground -sources


Activision to spread its wings after Vivendi sale CEO
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc's CEO, who is shelling out $50 million of his own money in an $8.2 billion deal to buy back most of Vivendi's stake, said the world's largest video...


Germany braces for heat wave
July 26 - German officials are warning locals to limit their time outside ahead of a heatwave this weekend which is forecast to bring record high temperatures. Deborah Gembara reports.


Consumer sentiment rises to highest level in six years in July
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment rose in July to the highest level in six years as Americans felt better about the current economic climate, though they expected to see a slower rate of growth in the year ahead, a survey released on Friday showed.


Big Apple KOs Madison Square Garden
"The world's most famous arena," the current version of which opened in 1968, has been given 10 years to relocate, so New York can expand the almost-as-famous Penn Station, which sits below.


N.H.L. Schedule Shows Realignment and Olympics Break
The N.H.L. announced four new division names, the 2013-14 schedule and an agreement to allow players to participate in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.


U.S. indicts hackers in biggest cyber fraud case in history
NEWARK, N.J./BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors said on Thursday they have charged five men responsible for a hacking and credit card fraud spree that cost companies more $300 million and two of the suspects are in custody, in the biggest cyber crime case filed in U.S. history.


Business groups push U.S. Congress to prevent import tax hike
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Business groups are pushing the U.S. Congress to pass legislation in the next nine days to prevent tariffs from rising on auto parts, tires, jewelry and other goods from...


For Pippa Middleton, the Medias Love Sours
The British press turns on a famous sister (and now aunt.)


U.S kidnapper avoids death in plea deal
Ariel Castro, the man accused of holding three women for about a decade in a house in the U.S., agrees to a plea deal of life in prison plus 1,000 years to avoid a possible death sentence.


Australia shares end higher, up 1.4 pct for the week
SYDNEY, July 26 (Reuters) - Australian shares edged up 0.1 percent on Friday, led by big banks, while mining stocks weighed on the index amid concerns about slowing growth in China.


Jacksons Mother, Defiant and at Times Forgetful, Wraps Up Her Testimony
Katherine Jackson, 83, faced cross-examination in the wrongful-death lawsuit she brought against the promoters of her sons comeback tour.


Review 'The Wolverine'
There's a reason Marvel conceived the X-Men as a team The menagerie of mutants are more interesting when they come in a pack. When the posse of super-powered outcasts was first brought to the screen by Bryan Singer in 2000, Hugh Jackman's mutton-chopped, adamantium-clawed Wolverine emerged as the stand-out super-freak. And Hollywood accounting being what it is, he was naturally granted his own solo encore in 2009's underwhelming X-Men Origins Wolverine, a silly spin-off that never quite came together.


Opposition mounts to Summers as possible Fed chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama could be months away from announcing his pick to replace Ben Bernanke at the Federal Reserve, yet critics are already making an unusual public effort to stop one contender in the race - former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers.


ABC Veteran Is Al Jazeera Americas New Leader
Kate OBrian, who spent 30 years working for ABC, has been named president of the forthcoming international news channel financed by the emir of Qatar.


Destin working on Mississippi gas plant for July 26/27 restart
July 26 (Reuters) - Destin Pipeline Co LLC said it continued to remove liquids from the Pascagoula liquid handling facility in Mississippi and estimates work will be completed late on Friday night or early Saturday morning, versus a previous estimate of Wednesday.


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