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| Remembering Andrew Simpson | | | On May 9, a cool breeze blew across the waters of San Francisco Bay. Gliding across the surface, two teams of world-class sailors -- Oracle Team USA and Swedish Artemis Racing -- were hard at work preparing for the upcoming America's Cup. According to reports, the wind was "a little above normal" at 25 to 35 mph, but nothing that professional sailors couldn't handle. Across the waterfront, anticipation was building ahead of the first America's Cup to be held in the U.S. since 1995. |
| Horse racing hero's double life | | | Player managers are a dying breed in sport. But in horse racing Johnny Murtagh is bucking the trend as both jockey and trainer. |
| F1 perfects formula for financial success | | | Christian Sylt is the co-author of Formula Money, an annual report examining all aspects of Formula One's finances with detailed data on teams, drivers, sponsors and races. Here, he answers key questions about F1's financial model. |
| The Tile House | | | The home of George T. McDonald, Republican candidate in the New York City mayoral race, was built by Rafael Guastavino Jr., whose tiled vaulting system was used in Grand Central Terminal. |
| Island nations at risk | | | Kieren Keke remembers growing up on the Pacific island of Nauru, the world's smallest independent republic. |
| Mystery at Richard III's burial site | | | Archaeologists working at the site where Richard III's body was found have made another intriguing find -- a coffin within a coffin. Who is inside? |
| PRESS DIGEST - British Business - July 30 | | | July 30 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. |
| Egypt Who's in charge? | | | CNN's Hala Gorani, sitting in for Christiane Amanpour speaks with Interim Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi. |
| Sherri Turner Wins Legends Tour Event | | | Sherri Turner won the Legends Swing for the Cure on Sunday for her third Legends Tour title, holing a 25-foot birdie putt on final hole for a one-stroke victory. |
| The Great Wall, Our Way | | | A two-day hike along a remote stretch of Chinas Great Wall affords endless views without the distraction of crowds. |
| Take that, dragon Siegfried blasts Fafner for Wagner's 200th | | | BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - It was bound to happen in a staging of Richard Wagner's "Ring" cycle someday, but few would have expected that in Wagner's own opera house in his bicentenary year his hero Siegfried would kill the fierce dragon Fafner with a machinegun instead of a magic sword. |
| English high society at play | | | Two World Wars have been fought, Empires lost, the atom split, the worldwide web invented and social media proliferated, but all the while a unique set of quintessential English sporting events have remained in their own self-regulated time warp, with only minor concessions to modernity. |
| Thai crash highlights tourist risk | | | A deadly bus crash in Thailand has raised further concerns about travel safety in a country increasingly known for not just its beautiful beaches but the high volume of road-related deaths that occur every year. |
| Aetna profit rises as medical costs stay low | | | (Reuters) - U.S. health insurer Aetna Inc reported higher quarterly profits on Tuesday as medical costs in its employer-based and commercial business remained low and it closed on its acquisition of Coventry Health Care. |
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