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Meilutyte lights up Barcelona with world best
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Lithuanian teenager Ruta Meilutyte lit up the second day of action at the world swimming championships with the first world record of the week as Brazil, Australia, Hungary and Sweden all struck gold at Barcelona's hilltop Palau Sant Jordi on Monday.


Bridgepoint asks for more time to invest buyout fund
LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) - British private equity firm Bridgepoint has asked its investors for more time to invest its biggest buyout fund, the latest manager to seek an extension amid a slow...


Obama Says Income Gap Is Fraying U.S. Social Fabric
Widening income inequality and the weak recovery have undermined Americans belief in opportunity, President Obama said in an interview.


American Airlines airplane blows tires after landing
(Reuters) - An American Airlines Boeing 737 carrying 137 passengers and a crew of five blew two tires upon landing at O'Hare International Airport on Monday, and no one was injured, the carrier said.


Obama Says Income Gap Is Fraying U.S. Social Fabric
Widening income inequality and the weak recovery have undermined Americans belief in opportunity, President Obama said in an interview.


Can Detroit reinvent itself?
Detroit has delcared itself bankrupt, but could there be reason for a revival? Maggie Lake speaks with Bruce Katz from the Brookings Institute to find out.


T Magazine On Beauty | The Secrets to Having Great Skin in Blistering Heat
Four New York facialists who work with celebrity clients share their favorite treatments and products, as well as an at-home recipe for fresh, glowing skin.


Rangers, Scheppers Call Cleveland Incident Done
The Texas Rangers said Monday they had spoken with two teammates who were with Tanner Scheppers and have a "full understanding" of what happened when the reliever was involved in a physical altercation in Cleveland.


UPDATE 1-Two Swiss trains collide, 35 injured, driver feared dead
GRANGES-PRES-MARNAND, Switzerland, July 29 (Reuters) - Two trains collided head-on in Switzerland on Monday evening, injuring about 35 people, five seriously, police said.


Advertising Online, a Cereal Maker Takes an Inclusive Approach
General Mills created a cereal lovers group on Facebook that welcomes mentions and even recipes made with cereals made by its competitors.


Investors dump Expedia as competition hurts results
(Reuters) - Expedia Inc's dismal results sparked a sell-off that wiped more than $2 billion off the online travel agency's market value and prompted at least nine brokerages to cut their price...


Three tips for older Americans enrolling in Obamacare
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The marketing blitz for the launch of Obamacare is underway, with ad campaigns in many states featuring actors, musicians and athletes urging people to sign up for the health...


60 tons of Eiffel Tower trinkets seized in Paris
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris police have seized 60 tons of miniature Eiffel Towers that black-market vendors were hoping to sell to tourists.


Bo Xilai indicted
For more than a year, Bo Xilai has been the elephant in the room in Chinese politics -- the central figure in one of the messiest political scandals to hit the ruling Communist Party in years.


International Real Estate House Hunting in ... Majorca
A Mediterranean island with an ancient history and restricted development has weathered Spains housing crisis relatively well.


Breakingviews Detroits next hurdle
July 23 - Breakingviews columnists explain why Detroits bankruptcy filing doesn't just pit bondholders against retirees, but also federal versus states' rights in an 80-year-old legal dispute.


GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks fall; dollar pressured but off five-week low
* Nikkei plumbs four-week lows, other Asian markets also softer


Currents | Deals Sales at Angela Adams, Cristina Dos Santos and More
Discounts on rugs, textiles and furniture.


ArtsBeat Jane Austen Bank Note Earns Huzzahs and Nitpicking
Austen is to become only the third woman other than Queen Elizabeth II to appear on an English bank note.


Brooklyn Restaurateur Dies, Apparently a Suicide
Friends said Colin Devlin, whose Williamsburg dining places included DuMont and Dressler, had taken the stresses of the business hard.


English high society at play
Empires have been lost, the atom split, but some unique English sporting events remain the same.


Aisha Tyler feels like an outsider
Actress and author Aisha Tyler tells George Stroumboulopoulos that she wants to be a voice for nerds and outsiders.


Shortcuts Unemployed and Older, and Facing a Jobless Future
Those over 50 who lose their jobs are confronting the possibility of never working again.


Talks Begin On Mideast, To Doubts On All Sides
In making the revival of the Middle East talks his top priority, Secretary of State John Kerry is not only challenging the status quo in the region but also taking on the conventional wisdom in much of the American foreign policy establishment.


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


Voting for Peace in Mali
Months after French forces pushed Islamic fighters out of much of Malis vast northern region, the country is facing national elections that many hope will bring stability.


Video shows moment of impact
A deadly train crash in Spain was captured on closed circuit cameras. CNN's Karl Penhaul breaks down the dramatic video.


Indyk expected to be named new U.S. Middle East envoy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Martin Indyk, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel who heads foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution think tank, is expected to be named the new U.S. envoy for Middle East peace, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.


Senior British Open Championship Goes to Fifth Day
The battle between Bernhard Langer and Mark Wiebe for the Senior British Open Championship will go into a fifth day after bad light brought an end to play following the second playoff hole at Royal Birkdale on Sunday.


Hurricane Tips From Cuba
Hurricane forecasting is an issue that the United States and Cuba do cooperate on, and some wish that would extend to disaster planning, given Cubas good track record.


Nationals 14, Mets 1 Mets Are Back to Misery; Nationals Show No Mercy
The Nationals crushed the Mets to win their series, 3-1. The Mets starter, Carlos Torres, gave up eight runs in three innings.


Op-Ed Contributor Letter From Ethiopias Gulag
America must live up to its values and impose sanctions against Ethiopias reckless and undemocratic government.


Bert Trautmann, Who Won Iron Cross and F.A. Cup, Dies at 89
Mr. Trautmann, who once played with a broken neck, said that his training as a paratrooper had made it easy to perform acrobatic dives as a goalkeeper.


The Hunt In Carnegie Hill, a Not-So-New Low-Rise
Christina Giannini wanted a prewar building, a low floor, and something dog-friendly.


Mortgages Awaiting Foreclosure Relief
Foreclosure prevention advocates are urging Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to sign legislation that would prevent lenders lawyers from leaving homeowners facing foreclosure in a state of legal limbo.


How sensors make your phone "Star Trek smart"
Can your current smartphone be any smarter? Sure it can, if the device knows how to better understand its surroundings with the help of internal sensors. Qualcomm's Project Gimbal does just that for app developers. Here's a peek at how Paramount is using the technology.


White House takes aim at Obamacare opposition's economic claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday shot back at critics who claim Obamacare is leading to higher healthcare costs, slower job growth and rising numbers of part-time workers, saying the latest economic statistics show none of those effects.


Software experts attack cars, to release code as hackers meet
BOSTON (Reuters) - Car hacking is not a new field, but its secrets have long been closely guarded. That is about to change, thanks to two well-known computer software hackers who got bored finding bugs in software from Microsoft and Apple.


Ferrari chief rebukes Alonso over remarks
Fernando Alonso's future at Ferrari is thrown into question after he is rebuked by the team's president.


Carlos Slim increases stake in NY Times
Oct 6 (Reuters) - Carlos Slim, the Mexican billionaire who loaned the New York Times Co $250 million, has upped his stake in the company for the third time in two months.


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