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Keeping It New | | The Mostly Mozart Festival remains relevant by embracing young talents. |
The curious case of Claudio Yacob | | Claudio Yacob enjoyed a stellar debut season in the English Premier League after moving from Argentina. But just what was the story behind his transfer to West Bromwich Albion? |
An Afghan Media Mogul, Pushing Boundaries | | Saad Mohseni has brought soap operas, sitcoms and reality TV to his native country, Afghanistan, and with them a modicum of normalcy. Now he is looking to expand to Egypt, Libya and Iraq. |
A Burst of Violence in Cairo | | The police and armed civilians opened fire Saturday on protesters against Egypts new military government, killing scores of people. |
5 stories missed during royal baby | | While half of civilization busied itself trying to find out the name, weight, gender, hair color, taste in music and political disposition of the new heir to the British throne, it turns out there was a whole world of other news happening out there. |
Low chance of cyclone east of Bermuda NHC | | A surface low pressure system beneath an upper-level trough about 500 miles east of Bermuda has a 20 pct chance of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest bulletin. |
Swiss banks steer clear of consolidation | | GENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss private bankers say a capital shortfall in the financial sector and a clampdown on tax evasion stand in the way of much-need consolidation in an industry battling rising... |
UPDATE 1-Activision to spread its wings after Vivendi sale -CEO | | SAN FRANCISCO, July 26 (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc's CEO, who is shelling out $50 million of his own money in an $8.2 billion deal to buy back most of Vivendi's stake, said the world's largest video game publisher will be freer to pursue acquisitions and grow after emerging from its French parent's wing. |
The historic jet the public can't see | | It may be the most historic plane in the world Special Air Mission 26000, SAM for short. Not familiar? Maybe you know its nickname. Back in its heyday the sleek, blue and white airliner was called Air Force One. |
Belles toll Women's game in uproar | | The English Football Association is facing a backlash from fans of women's football after being accused of throwing the future of one of the country's most loved clubs into jeopardy. |
Despots' lairs a tourist attraction? | | From Tito's nuclear bunker and Stalin's summer house, to Mussolini's villa and Gaddafi's cruise ship, autocrat hideouts have become tourist attractions. |
Egypt's Brotherhood stands ground after killings | | CAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters stood their ground near a Cairo mosque on Sunday, a day after at least 72 were shot dead by Egyptian security forces, braced for a move against them by the army chief who ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. |
Clowney, Jay-Z Talks Were Within NCAA Rules | | A South Carolina spokesman says the school found no impermissible contact between All-American defensive end Jadeveon Clowney and Jay-Z, the rap mogul turned sports agency head. |
Judge orders jailing of deposed President Morsy | | Egypt's top prosecutor ordered deposed President Mohamed Morsy be imprisoned for 15 days over charges of collaborating with Hamas in the storming of prisons in 2011, state-run MENA reported Friday. |
44 evacuated after rig blows | | Forty-four workers were evacuated from a natural gas rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday after a blowout on the platform, according to U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Scott Talbot. |
Syndicated radio host Kidd Kraddick dies | | David "Kidd" Kraddick, whose morning radio show aired in nearly 100 cities, has died. He was at an event raising money for his Kidd's Kids Charity when he died, his management company said. |
Chipping Away at the Smartphone Leaders | | The competition in high-end cellphones is stirring, and consumers are giving a new look to brands they once ignored, a factor Samsung acknowledged in its latest earnings report. |
Cabrera Tossed, but Tigers Rout Phillies 12-4 | | Jhonny Peralta's grand slam capped an eight-run sixth inning for Detroit, and the Tigers overcame Miguel Cabrera's ejection in a 12-4 win over the collapsing Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday. |
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