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The American dream in Mexico
After awaiting reforms that may or may not come, thousands of young undocumented immigrants have abandoned their American Dream voluntarily or because they were deported. They still consider themselves DREAMers, but now they dream in Mexico.


Is 'Chinese dream' a fantasy?
What is the president's "Chinese Dream"? And is it what the people want? Kristie Lu Stout asks around.


Radio show personality Kidd Kraddick died of cardiac arrest coroner
(Reuters) - Popular radio and TV host David "Kidd" Kraddick, the host of the syndicated show "Kidd Kraddick in the Morning", died of cardiac disease, according to the deputy coroner of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.


Pope Being gay not a crime
On his flight back to Rome, Pope Francis tells reporters it is not a crime to be gay.


IVG says creditor talks on debt overhaul collapsed
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German property company IVG Immobilien said late on Tuesday it has failed to reach agreement with creditors on restructuring its debt and said its future as a going concern is...


UPDATE 1-California to sell $5.5 bln RANs mid-August
SAN FRANCISCO, July 30 (Reuters) - California will sell $5.5 billion of revenue anticipation notes on Aug. 14 and Aug. 15, the state treasurer's office said on Tuesday, nearly half the amount it...


Radwanska to Meet Cibulkova in Stanford Final
Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska gained a measure of revenge over Jamie Hampton by outplaying the American 6-3 6-2 to gain the final of the Bank of the West Classic on Saturday.


Activist investors keep lower profile in Europe
LONDON (Reuters) - As activist investors launch more high profile corporate battles in the United States, in Europe they are eschewing public hectoring for private talks.


Police UM's Henderson Appeared to Have Drugs
The Oxford police chief says Mississippi guard Marshall Henderson appeared to be in possession of a small amount of marijuana and cocaine during a traffic stop in May.


Sports Briefing | Basketball Delle Donne Will Miss W.N.B.A. All-Star Game
Elena Delle Donne, the first rookie to lead the W.N.B.A.s All-Star voting, will miss the All-Star Game on Saturday while recovering from a concussion.


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.


Arts | Westchester Expanding, Musically and Geographically
With at least 18 shows over four days, the Hudson Valley Jazz Festivals program has broad appeal.


Dot Earth Blog Polar Researchers Explain North Pole Lake
Scientists who spend weeks each year camped on North Pole sea ice clarify whats wrong with reports of a lake there.


F.D.A. Says Importers Must Audit Food Safety
If the rules are made final, they would shift the responsibility for ensuring that food is safe from the F.D.A. to companies like Walmart and Cargill.


Fed's Lacker says exit from bond-buying should be quick
BERLIN (Reuters) - The U.S. central bank should stop its bond-buying quickly and an end to the program was "in sight", a senior Federal Reserve official said in an interview with a German magazine on...


Virginia Johnson, Widely Published Collaborator in Sex Research, Dies at 88
Ms. Johnson and William H. Masters helped make the frank discussion of sex in postwar America possible if not downright acceptable.


China underwhelms with salvo to slim bloated industry
SHANGHAI, July 31 (Reuters) - China's edict to more than 1,900 companies to shut excess production capacity by September is the latest effort to slim down bloated industries, but in the key steel, aluminium and cement sectors the cuts are just a fraction of their surpluses.


Remade Jets Open Camp and Practice Restraint
Coach Rex Ryan said every player would have to earn his way, which is particularly true at quarterback by far the Jets most pressing issue.


Twitter faces new pressure to limit hate speech
An advocate for honoring women on British currency was thanked for her efforts on Twitter with dozens of rape threats. A female writer who recently spoke out against rape jokes, almost predictably, got the same treatment.


Today's Economist A Spurned Offer on Corporate Taxes
The rejection of President Obamas proposal to trade a corporate tax cut a goal Republicans have long sought for a small jobs package shows Washingtons dysfunction, an economist writes.


Jacksons Earning Potential Is at the Heart of a Wrongful-Death Suit
The wrongful-death suit against A.E.G. Live hinges on whether Michael Jackson or the company was responsible for hiring the doctor who administered the anesthetic that killed him.


The Media Equation TV Foresees Its Future. Netflix Is There.
Netflix has given a good shaking to the settled world of television it has provided its own series, streamed them over the Internet and made them available all at once everywhere.


Sequenom shares plunge on weak results, downgrades
(Reuters) - Shares of Sequenom Inc fell as much as 36 percent, a day after the life sciences company reported a jump in its second-quarter loss and prompted analysts to slash their ratings and price...


George Mitchell, a Pioneer in Hydraulic Fracturing, Dies at 94
Mr. Mitchell, who on a hunch began drilling shale rock formations, is credited with creating an unexpected natural gas boom in the United States.


Maasai culture in the modern world
Maasai elder, Martin Saning'o Karioni has dedicated his life's work to help his people adapt to a changing world.


South Carolina Looking Into Clowney Contact
South Carolina's athletic compliance department is looking into contact between defensive end Jadeveon Clowney and rap mogul turned sports agency head, Jay-Z.


Cibulkova Outlasts Radwanska to Win at Stanford
Dominika Cibulkova avenged one of the worst losses in a WTA Tour final, beating Agnieszka Radwanskato win the Bank of the West Classic.


Dot Earth Blog Can Genetic Engineering Save the Orange, and Vice Versa?
An orange growers wise and promising search for a gene that can save citrus from a spreading scourge.


'Inclusive' solution urged in Egypt
Egypt's factions must find a way to bridge their differences and pave the way for a political solution that involves all sides if the country is to leave its current chaos behind, the European Union's top diplomat said Tuesday.


T Magazine Food Matters | Four Monks Walk Into a Bar
A group of Buddhist holy men traveled yesterday to Whiskey Soda Lounge Ny, the soon-to-open companion bar to the restaurant Pok Pok Ny, for a house-blessing ceremony.


Cubist to buy Trius Therapeutics, Optimer Pharma for up to $1.62 billion
(Reuters) - Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc said it would buy Trius Therapeutics Inc and Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc for up to $1.62 billion to boost its antibiotics portfolio.


FOREX-Dollar edges up with focus firmly on Fed policy decision
* U.S. Q2 GDP seen up 1.0 percent * Fed meeting in focus as ECB, BoE also meet this week * U.S. economic outperformance seen ultimately buoying dollar * Aussie falls on RBA comment, weak GDP dents...


Gibraltar's $200m yacht hotel
Imagine this in your hot little hands you hold a blueprint for a luxury hotel in one of the most idyllic -- and tiny -- locations in the world.


UPDATE 1-Jones Lang LaSalle 2nd-quarter earnings miss estimates
NEW YORK, July 30 (Reuters) - Global real estate services company Jones Lang LaSalle Inc on Tuesday reported lower-than-expected earnings, as improved leasing in the Americas and global property sales were offset by lower activity in Brazil, Russia, India and China and Europe.


Martino lays out his ambitions for Barcelona
Gerardo Martino is unveiled as Barcelona's new manager Friday -- promising not to change their attacking style of play but introducing "new ideas" to help the Catalan giants dominate European club football.


Tabloid report on 'FBI files' questioned
A London tabloid declared Sunday that "secret FBI files" reveal Michael Jackson paid millions to silence dozens of boys he abused.


'Education is the road out of poverty'
Eight-year-old Tineyi takes my hand and leads me into her mud-thatched hut in my home village of Matau in rural Zimbabwe. There, in a dark corner of the room, is a wooden bookshelf. Carefully crafted by her father, it protects her word-filled treasures from the smoky fire inside the small hut where her mother cooks. I smile, knowing that her father has recognized the value these books will bring to his little bookworm -- a life ahead of her with limitless opportunities.


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...


Tracing Germs Through the Aisles
Overuse of antibiotics has caused growing resistance to drugs, and many scientists say their heavy use on farm animals is a major culprit.


T Magazine About Last Night | An Art Soiree Starring Lady Gaga
The twentieth annual Watermill Center summer benefit was both a fundraiser and a bacchanalian spectacle.


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