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| The top films at the North American box office | | | July 14 - Following are the top 10 movies at North American box offices for the three days starting July 12, led by "Despicable Me 2," according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters. 1 (1) Despicable Me 2........................$ 44.8 million 2 (*) Grown Ups 2............................$ 42.5 million 3 (*) Pacific Rim............................$ 38.3 million 4 (3) The Heat...............................$ 14.0 million 5 (2) The Lone Ranger........................$ 11.1 mi |
| Will 5 Power Conferences Break Away From FBS? | | | The five power conferences are trying to redefine what it takes to operate a Division I college athletic program, with their commissioners calling out the NCAA at media days around the country. |
| Republicans say ex-staffers of consumer financial agency profiting | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives demanded information on Thursday about several former top staffers of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who the lawmakers say have turned their inside knowledge of the agency into a lucrative business. |
| Well Nightmares After the I.C.U. | | | Patients who have prolonged stays, getting intubated and sedated, may experience severe hallucinations, putting them at risk of PTSD for years to come, studies show. |
| U.S. official challenges claim that Obamacare hurts workers | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. healthcare official on Thursday challenged claims by Republican lawmakers that the country's healthcare reform law is causing workers to lose hours or benefits, saying she is aware of only isolated cutbacks. |
| Cleanup worker hits jackpot with art find | | | July 24 - In an unusual rags-to-riches story, cleanup worker Darryl Kelly finds artworks worth a small fortune while cleaning up a deceased photographer's New York City apartment. Tara Cleary reports. |
| Art in Review Made in Space | | | Everything on view in this show was made in and around Los Angeles, fairly recently and often by artists who are either young, unknown here or both. |
| Canada government applauds TransCanada's East Coast pipeline | | | Aug 1 (Reuters) - Canada's Conservative government said on Thursday that plans by TransCanada Corp to build an oil pipeline from Western Canada to the east coast could mean cheaper prices for refineries and less reliance on foreign suppliers. |
| 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. |
| TV soaps avoid Egypt, Syria | | | Ramadan is a key time for the television soap industry. Traditionally, most TV shows are produced in Egypt and Syria. |
| 10 best golf courses in Africa | | | For a reputedly impoverished continent Africa has a remarkable number of golf courses -- 828 courses in 50 countries with a little more than half of those, 450, located in South Africa. |
| Sex ring sting not enough | | | David Finkelhor says high-profile FBI arrests of pimps fails to address the need for programs and treatment that address the root causes and breadth of child prostitution |
| CORRECTED-Citigroup to pay $10.75 mln in arbitration | | | (Corrects paragraphs 1-2 to show ruling made by FINRA arbitration panel, not FINRA; adds explanatory paragraph 3 to show arbitration set up; corrects paragraph 4 to ...recently retired from Morgan Stanley, not ....is currently employed with Morgan Stanley) |
| Mugabe Faces Test as Zimbabwe Votes | | | President Robert G. Mugabe has outlived virtually all his African contemporaries. He aims to serve another term as president, extending his rule through his 94th birthday. |
| Bruised by Romney criticism, Bain Capital thanks investors | | | (Reuters) - Bain Capital LLC, the private equity firm co-founded by defeated presidential candidate Mitt Romney, thanked its investors on Thursday for their support and patience over the last year as it confronted "political hyperbole and distortion." |
| Gulf rig on fire as natural gas flows from ruptured well | | | July 24 - Footage shows a shallow-water drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana on fire after natural gas flowing from a ruptured well ignited, according to authorities. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). |
| Carnival puts cruise fleet under microscope after ship fire | | | MIAMI BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Carnival Corp has launched a comprehensive review of its entire fleet after a fire crippled one of its ships last month, and will share its findings across the industry, Carnival Cruise Lines' chief executive told a conference on Tuesday. |
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