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| Archangel, by Andrea Barrett | | | Andrea Barretts stories are set near the turn of the 20th century, at moments of intellectual and historical change. |
| Ghosts beat minions as 'Conjuring' horror flick leads box office | | | LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, July 21 (Reuters) - The low-budget horror flick "The Conjuring" outran the "Despicable Me" minions and a racing snail named "Turbo" to win the weekend box office contest at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to studio estimates on Sunday. |
| Well Statins Tied to Cataract Risk | | | In one of the largest studies ever done on the subject, researchers have found that taking statins, the widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs, is associated with an increased risk for cataracts. |
| House Leaves U.S. on Brink of Shutdown | | | The G.O.P. chose a hard line in their attack on President Obamas health care law, setting up a vote to attach a delay of the health care law to a bill that would avoid a shutdown. |
| Teen health program fights obesity, depression | | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A skills-building program offered as part of high school health classes may help prevent obesity, depression and drinking among teenagers, a new study suggests. |
| Eight held over Nairobi mall attack, al Shabaab issues new threat | | | NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan authorities are holding eight people in connection with an attack by Islamist militants on a Nairobi shopping mall and have released three others after the assault that killed 67 civilians and soldiers, the interior minister said on Friday. |
| Independence day penguins? | | | For one weekend in September more than 155 million people in six neighboring countries in one continent pull out all the stops to honor the birth of their nations. |
| Stuck in your own success? | | | Economist and author Noreena Hertz explains why it pays to not get stuck in your own success and make choices with your eyes wide open. |
| Can this tech bring whole world online? | | | Step into any major urban center across Africa and you'll have no problem accessing your favorite websites. Step outside the city, however, and you'll soon have to say goodbye to the web. |
| Bloomberg on climate change | | | For the first time in human history, more than half the world's population is living in cities, which now produce approximately 70 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. That puts cities on the frontlines of the battle against climate change -- and more and more cities are leading the charge. |
| Russian court order activists held over Arctic oil protest | | | MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court ordered 20 Greenpeace activists from around the world to be held in custody for two months pending further investigation over a protest against offshore oil drilling in the Arctic, drawing condemnation and a vow to appeal. |
| Stocks step back as DC deadline forges ahead | | | Sept. 27 - Summary The Dow suffers its first weekly decline of September as the U.S. government heads towards a fiscal showdown; BlackBerry abyss; J.C. Penney likely burning through cash. Conway G. Gittens reports. |
| Iranians cheer, protest over Rouhani's historic phone call with Obama | | | DUBAI (Reuters) - Hundreds of Iranians cheered President Hassan Rouhani on his return from New York on Saturday after his historic phone call with U.S. President Barack Obama but a smaller number of hardliners shouted "Death to America" and threw eggs and shoes at his official car leaving the airport, Iranian media reported. |
| Driverless Mercedes debuts in Frankfurt | | | Sept. 11 - Daimler has unveiled its much anticipated self-driving Mercedes Benz at the Frankfurt International car show. The luxury auto-maker is making incremental improvements to its autonomous technology and plans to have a fully-autonomous vehicle available to consumers by 2020. Rob Muir reports. |
| 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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