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Becker tours hometown | | Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker talks about his career and his first tennis court. |
FBI arrests 150 in three days in sex-trafficking sweep | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI arrested 150 people across the United States on charges of holding children against their will for prostitution, a three-day weekend sweep that officials on Monday called the largest-ever operation against child sex-trafficking. |
The Amazon's stadium race | | For the World Cup in 2014, the 42,618-seater Arena Amazonia will be one of the event's most striking stadiums. If it is finished on time..... |
Barclays plans 5.8 bln stg rights issue to lift capital | | LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - Barclays plans to raise 5.8 billion pounds ($8.9 billion) from its shareholders to answer pressure from Britain039;s regulator for the bank to boost its capital strength and meet another 2 billion pound mis-selling charge. |
Olympic-size 'North Pole Lake' once again turns to ice | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Images of a scientific observation buoy floating in what appeared to be an Arctic lake near the North Pole lit up the online world in the past week, sparking questions about whether this was a sign of global warming. |
Caroline Kennedy, Catching the Torch | | In a public role that friends say she has been building a lifetime toward, Caroline Kennedy, the guardian of the flame, is poised to add to her familys rich legacy. |
Can a team win 79-0? | | Two Nigerian matches that produced an incredible 146 goals are referred by the country's football authorities to the police as a "criminal matter." |
Snedeker Aims for First WGC Win at Firestone | | Brandt Snedeker has yet to win one of the elite World Golf Championships (WGC) titles but the in-form American goes into this week's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational firmly installed among the favourites. |
Turkey frees bird accused of spying for Israel | | ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish authorities detained a bird on suspicion it was spying for Israel, but freed it after X-rays showed it was not embedded with surveillance equipment, newspapers said on Friday. |
Amazon's Cup stadium race | | A few kilometers from the city center of Manaus, Brazil, is a natural phenomenon called "the meeting of the waters." |
Franklin wins 100 meters backstroke gold | | BARCELONA (Reuters) - American Olympic champion Missy Franklin won her second gold of the world swimming championships on Tuesday with victory in the women's 100 meters backstroke. |
Murray wins Wimbledon | | CNN's Pedro Pinto talks to Andy Murray who made history by becoming the first British man to win Wimbledon since 1936. |
Scott NCAA Changes Can Come Without Confrontation | | Larry Scott of the Pac-12 joined the chorus of commissioners calling for sweeping change in the NCAA, and said it can happen without confrontation and with the five most powerful football conferences still competing on the field with the other five. |
Running the Tour de France | | A woman is running the Tour de France course for charity -- an 11-week feat of endurance with no known precedent. |
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