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In City Weary of Scandal, Calls Grow for Mayor of San Diego to Step Down
Mayor Bob Filners announcement on Friday that he would seek therapy has angered many residents, who complained that he was dragging the city through the mud in hopes of salvaging his own career.


Jewelry targeted in hotel raid
An armed robber stole $53 million in jewelry from an exhibition in Cannes, France.


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.


Court Upholds Ruling on Dish Networks Hopper
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower courts ruling and lent further support to Dishs ad-skipping digital video recorder.


U.S. Beat Panama to Win CONCACAF Gold Cup
The United States capped off a dominant tournament performance with a hard-earned 1-0 victory over Panama on Sunday to capture the CONCACAF Gold Cup championship.


Happy 70th birthday, Mick Jagger!
What a drag it is getting old.


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...


CORRECTED-UPDATE 4-Famed hacker Barnaby Jack dies a week before hacking convention
(Correcting to show he attempted to hack gold ATM in 2010, not 2012, paragraph 14)


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.


Well Tomatoes Plain and Simple
Martha Rose Shulman turns to tomatoes for her annual Recipes for Health tomato week.


Ex-Bank of America trader launches credit hedge fund - source
LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran credit trader Iftikhar Ali is launching his own hedge fund firm, a source close to the new company told Reuters, as traders look to cash in on turbulent bond markets.


Where could Snowden go?
CNN's Tom Foreman looks at the possibilities for NSA leaker Edward Snowden.


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.


Down in the Delta, Outsiders Who Arrived to Teach Now Find a Home
An influx of young, university-trained arrivals affiliated with Teach for America has flowed into the Delta, planting roots and hoping to make a difference.


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.


Choice Tables In Portland, Ore., Dining Gets Fine Without Losing Flair
A scrappy, inventive food culture makes the transition to sophisticated ambition.


Legg Mason swings to profit with long-term fund inflows
(Reuters) - Asset manager Legg Mason Inc swung to a profit in the April-June quarter and posted its first quarterly net inflows for long-term funds since 2007, sending its shares up as much as 5...


UPDATE 3-Qatar grounds a 787 as glitches pile up on Boeing jet
* Smoke reported near electrical compartment while jet on ground -sources


Corner Office Paul English of Kayak, on Nurturing New Ideas
The co-founder and chief technology officer of Kayak, the travel Web site, says no innovation happens with 10 people in a room.


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.


Television The Deadline of The Killing
Rescued from cancellation, The Killing, in its third season, overflows with suspects, bloodshed and dead ends.


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.


Obamacare's foot soldiers train to enroll the masses
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nahla Kayali is a foot soldier for Obamacare.


Siemens C.E.O. to Leave Following Profit Warning
Peter Loescher is to leave Siemens four years before the end of his contract, after the German engineering group this week issued its second profit warning this year.


Personal Health After a Sprain, Dont Just Walk It Off
Ankle injuries should never be taken lightly and are too often mistreated or not treated at all.


Media Decoder Outcry Against a Tooth Fairy Web Site
The Real Tooth Fairies site raised the ire of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood for commercializing a rite of passage.


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.


Bartoli talks first grand slam win
Marion Bartoli, the new Wimbledon women's singles champion talks to CNN's Amanda Davies.


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.


Rescued Florida sea turtle headed for Las Vegas casino "retirement"
MIAMI (Reuters) - An ailing 320-pound, green sea turtle, believed to be about 50 years old, was packed in a customized FedEx crate to be shipped to Las Vegas on Thursday to give it a better home at a luxury casino.


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