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Bad drop costs Woods
CNN's Patrick Snell and Shane O'Donoghue discuss the penalty officials gave Tiger Woods for a bad ball drop.


Kerry Says Goal Is Mideast Peace Deal Within 9 Months
Secretary of State John Kerry said that Israeli and Palestinian negotiators would convene again in the Middle East within two weeks.


Honeymoon killing suspect to be extradited to S. Africa
A British man accused of orchestrating his wife's murder by hit men while they were on honeymoon in South Africa should be extradited to face trial, a London court ruled Wednesday.


Delayed Berlin airport costs Germany dear
June 19 - Berlin's new international airport should have been open for a year, but may not start operating until 2017. The cost has doubled to 4.3 billion euros, mostly due to the delays. Joanna Partridge reports from Berlin on what's gone wrong, and looks at other large German infrastructure projects facing delays.


United States 3, Honduras 1 Its Donovans Day as U.S. Advances to Gold Cup Final
Landon Donovan scored two goals and set up another as the United States beat Honduras in the Gold Cup semifinals.


UPDATE 1-Japan to resume imports of U.S. western white wheat
TOKYO, July 30 (Reuters) - Japan will resume buying U.S. western white wheat, the nation's farm minister said on Tuesday, after halting imports of the grade following the discovery of a genetically modified strain in an Oregon field earlier this year.


Music Review Jean-Efflam Bavouzet at International Keyboard Institute
The French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet played Beethoven and Debussy in the final recital of the International Keyboard Institute and Festival.


Breakingviews SECs Fab bind
July 30 - Richard Beales and Breakingviews columnists explain why regardless of the outcome, the SECs case against Fab Tourre can only end with the Wall Street watchdog looking foolish.


Barclays reveals 12.8B hole
Barclays has revealed a 12.8 billion ($19.6 billion) hole in its balance sheet as it announced a 5.8 billion rights issue, buttressed by a plan to shrink its balance sheet and issue 2 billion of contingent convertible debt.


U.S. bankruptcy court OKs $93 mln pact between Getty, Lukoil
July 29 (Reuters) - A bankruptcy judge on Monday signed off on a deal for Russian oil giant Lukoil to pay $93 million to its former Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc unit to resolve a trial over Getty's...


Why women don't make partner
The scales of justice are beginning to balance as an increasing number of women enter the legal profession. In the UK, it is an even 50% split of gender representation, while in the U.S., female lawyers make up 70% of staff attorneys.


RPT-Fitch European Companies Face Negative Free Cash Flow in 2013
July 15 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency)


Coaches share their wisdom
The world's best golf coaches share their wisdom with CNN's Living Golf.


Music Review Jean-Efflam Bavouzet at International Keyboard Institute
The French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet played Beethoven and Debussy in the final recital of the International Keyboard Institute and Festival.


Pilgrims mourn crash victims
The cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, hosts a memorial to the victims of the train crash. Karl Penhaul reports.


BHP faces $14 bln potash decision as price war looms
LONDON/WINNIPEG, Canada, July 30 (Reuters) - Miner BHP Billiton's new boss is facing his biggest test to date as he weighs the fate of a $14 billion Canadian potash project just as the collapse of a...


Kevin Tway Wins Boise Open
Kevin Tway won the Boise Open on Sunday for his first Web.com Tour title, beating Spencer Levin with a 6-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff.


Frequent Flier Stuck, With a Swarm of Mosquitoes, on a Guadalajara Runway
Jeffrey Beers, an architect in hospitality design, once spent an unplanned 38 hours in Guadalajara.


World Briefing | Africa South Sudan President Dismisses Cabinet and Vice President
President Salva Kiir dismissed his entire cabinet and his vice president on Tuesday and suspended his top negotiator at talks to defuse tensions with Sudan, state news media said.


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.


Sports Briefing | Soccer Dortmund Beats Bayern to Win German Super Cup
Borussia Dortmund defeated Bayern Munich to hand Pep Guardiola his first defeat while in charge of the European champions.


With History in Sight, Park Keeps Her Cool
Inbee Park once felt she could walk down the streets of Seoul as the No. 1 player in women's golf without being recognized.


Bits Blog Apple Sued by Former Retail Workers for Unpaid Wages
Apple designs its retail stores to be a seamless shopping experience. But some of Apples former retail employees say working at the stores was less than smooth.


World's dog-friendliest hotels
12 places dog lovers can leave their pets without the guilt.


UPDATE 3-BP braced for legal long-haul as spill payouts leap
* Compensation fund left with just $300 mln unaccounted for


Sports Briefing | Football Ryan and Falcons Agree to Terms on Five-Year Contract Extension
Quarterback Matt Ryan, 28, is entering the sixth and final season of his original rookie contract.


Satellite problems cut phones in Canada's Arctic
*Flights canceled, bank machines, cell phones stop working


Classic films get African makeover
What if The Matrix, and other classic Hollywood movies has been made in Africa? This is what they'd look like.


World Fuel questions Quebec order to pay for train crash cleanup
* Company says railway, local authorities handling cleanup


N.F.L. Roundup Ravens Pitta Out for Year; Broncos Lose Koppen, Their Center
Ravens tight end Dennis Pitta is out for the season after having hip surgery, and Broncos center Dan Koppen will also miss the season after tearing the A.C.L. in his left knee.


5 Things to Know About the WNBA All-Star Game
Brittney Griner and Elena Delle Donne were poised to make history as the first pair of rookies from the same class to start the WNBA All-Star game.


REFILE-UPDATE 1-UK's Domino's Pizza shares drop as Germany falters
LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - Britain's Domino's Pizza has slowed expansion plans for its fledgling German business, as higher wage and training costs there meant the unit would break even as much as...


Recipes for Health Potato Salad and Tomatillo Tacos
The filling for these tacos can be served alone or inside a warm tortilla.


Filling up on petrol station offices
(Reuters.com) - Seeking a place to work out of the office that is quieter than a bustling coffee shop and provides drinks, printers, Wi-Fi and even petrol?


Millions in U.S. Subsidies Go to Dead Farmers
A report by the Government Accountability Office found that the Agriculture Department lacked the proper controls to make sure the money it sent was going to the right people.


UPDATE 1-Despite Detroit, U.S. public finance ratings improve -SP
WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) - Rating trends across the U.S. public finance sector were "decidedly positive" in the second quarter despite the default by Detroit, Standard Poor's Ratings Service...


Delivering a Jolt to India's Teacher Training
A Mumbai group seeks to address a shortage of affordable quality teaching by recruiting mostly poorer local women and turning them into educators.


Bananas thrown at Italy's first black minister
The racist taunts against Italy's first black minister, Cecile Kyenge, took another ugly turn over the weekend when someone hurled bananas at her during a rally.


Shopping With Kelly Wearstler Marble Luxury in the Raw
Its ancient and it has prominent veins, but marble remains alluring in all of its versatile forms.


48 hours in Rochester, New York
ROCHESTER, New York (Reuters) - Synonymous with film photography, lilacs and classical music, Rochester offers an unusual array of attractions for a mid-sized U.S. city that brought industrial prowess to a scenic river gorge on Lake Ontario's southern shore.


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