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News Feed Latest worldwide news Catamaran to buy private pharmacy benefit manager for $409 million (Reuters) - Pharmacy benefit manager Catamaran Corp said it would buy privately held Restat LLC for $409.5 million to expand its client base. A Midsummer Days Drive Indoors and out, regional art museums are humming with seasonal discoveries. Taking on the Taliban It's time to "start holding rackets and bats rather than holding guns and grenade," says Maria Toorpakai Wazir, who can finally indulge her life's greatest love without fear of persecution. With Gibbs' Return, Creighton Star Likely Walk-On The NCAA awarded Creighton's Grant Gibbs a sixth season of eligibility on Tuesday a decision that could end up costing coach Greg McDermott tens of thousands of dollars. Glassboro, N.J., Gambles on a University Partnership The struggling borough has tied its fortunes to Rowan University and a $300 million downtown revitalization. Illinois governor signs law allowing medical marijuana CHICAGO (Reuters) - A law allowing marijuana to be used for medical purposes in Illinois was signed on Thursday by Governor Pat Quinn, making it the second most populous state in the country after California to permit medicinal use of the drug. A City Invokes Seizure Laws to Save Homes With recent gains in home prices doing little for some blighted neighborhoods, Richmond, Calif., is about to become the first city in the nation to try a novel way to stop foreclosures. Bashar al Assad "We will be victorious" Aug. 1 - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declares "we will be victorious" as he visited troops in Daraya, the town security forces recently drove rebel fighters from. Deborah Gembara reports. Activity picks up at big China factories, smaller firms struggle BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity was slightly stronger than expected in July, a government survey showed on Thursday, but analysts cautioned against rushing to a conclusion that the world's second-largest economy had arrested its slowdown. Snowden NSA tracking you online You've never heard of XKeyscore, but it definitely knows you. The National Security Agency's top-secret program essentially makes available everything you've ever done on the Internet browsing history, searches, content of your emails, online chats, even your metadata all at the tap of the keyboard. Wimbledon's wild card returns home Goran Ivanisevic, 2001 Wimbledon champion, is back in Croatia. CNN's Pedro Pinto reports. Vontobel sees client inflows at same pace as in H1 GENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss bank Vontobel AG has seen private client inflows continuing at the same pace as in the first half of the year, private banking head Peter Fanconi said on Wednesday. Plastic beads are the latest pollution threat to Great Lakes (Reuters) - Tiny plastic beads from beauty products are showing up in North America's Great Lakes, and an environmental group is calling upon companies to stop using the plastic particles. Bolt and Gebrselassie's protege? When Haile Gebrselassie speaks people listen. The top films at the North American box office July 7 - Following are the top 10 movies at North American box offices for the three days starting July 5, led by 'Despicable Me 2,' according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters. 1 (*) Despicable Me 2........................$ 82.5 million 2 (*) The Lone Ranger........................$ 29.4 million 3 (2) The Heat...............................$ 25.0 million 4 (1) Monsters University................... $ 19.6 million 5 (3) World War Z............................$ Some Syria Missiles Eluded Israeli Strike, Officials Say American officials said further Israeli strikes are likely after concluding that a recent strike was not successful in destroying all of the missiles they had been targeting. Major League Baseball Holds Its Breath Before Doping Announcements Major League Baseball teams and fans are bracing themselves for the verdicts in the long doping investigation that threatens to expose some of the game's biggest names as cheats. Randy Travis released from the hospital Country singer Randy Travis left a Texas hospital and entered a physical therapy facility, his publicist said Wednesday. ArtsBeat New York Film Festival Will Open With Captain Phillips Directed by Paul Greengrass and based on real-life events, Captain Phillips stars Tom Hanks as the commanding officer of the Maersk Alabama, a United States-flagged cargo ship that was hijacked by Somali pirates. UK playwright Tom Stoppard wins PEN/Pinter prize LONDON (Reuters) - British playwright Tom Stoppard has won the 2013 PEN/Pinter Prize established in memory of the late Nobel laureate and fellow dramatist Harold Pinter, organizers said on Wednesday. Ritual Cyclical A look at rehearsals for Mark Dendys new site-specific work. Shopping With Eve Robinson Kitchen Faucets for Cooks and Wannabes Searching for faucets attractive enough for a hypothetical cook and functional enough to satisfy a real one. UPDATE 1-Brazil says backs aid to Greece after remarks by its IMF rep BRASILIA, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Brazil called back its International Monetary Fund representative on Thursday after he voiced opposition to fresh loans for debt-ridden Greece, a stance that the South... The Learning Network Blog Student Crossword | Architectural Marvels Learn more about famous buildings around the world by playing our crossword, either online or in print. Letters New World Fort Letter to the editor. Increase in Urine Testing Raises Ethical Questions The growth of tests for painkillers has led to concerns about their accuracy and whether some companies and doctors are exploiting them for profit. ArtsBeat What Inspired You to Work in Dance? If you have a job that revolves around dance, we want to hear about the piece or performance that inspired you to dedicate your career to the art form. CNN Inside North Korea North Korea celebrates 60 years since the armistice that ended armed conflict in the Korean War. Ivan Watson reports. Mexicans create a 58-meter-long (190-foot-long) sandwich August 01 - Mexico City breaks a record for the longest sandwich ever prepared in Latin America. Elly Park reports. Risks and rewards in West Bank city High in the hills between Ramallah and Nablus in the West Bank sits a huge construction site its developers hope will transform the lives of Palestinians for generations to come. India Ink How Not to Talk About Poverty in India The callous lexicon Indias politicians deploy to describe the challenge of poverty. Commodity hedge funds suffer longest losing streak on record LONDON (Reuters) - Funds betting on commodity price moves have lost money every month since January, their joint longest losing streak on record, raising more doubts about their ability to make money... Bits Blog Apple Sued by Former Retail Workers for Unpaid Wages Apple designs its retail stores to be a seamless shopping experience. But some of Apples former retail employees say working at the stores was less than smooth. UPDATE 3-Lloyds ready for UK government sale as turnaround speeds up * Lloyds confident on capital, raises profit margin guidance City Room A Redesign of the Subway Map, From One of Its Designers John Tauranac, who led the committee that designed the map in 1979 that is the basis for the M.T.A.s current map, said he is trying to correct problems dating back 40 years. Tracing Germs Through the Aisles Overuse of antibiotics has caused growing resistance to drugs, and many scientists say their heavy use on farm animals is a major culprit. ConocoPhillips beats estimates as output increases (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips reported a better-than-expected profit due to higher oil and gas output and raised its full-year production forecast. Ronaldinho leads Mineiro to Libertadores triumph Ronaldinho rounded on critics who said he was finished after he helped lead Brazilian side Atletico Mineiro to the Copa Libertadores title after a penalty shootout victory over Olimpia. Man Utd signs new sponsor Manchester United may face a new challenge on the field next season without Alex Ferguson but the English Premier League giant appears to have no domestic equals commercially with its ever expanding list of global sponsors. A Days Strike Seeks to Raise Fast-Food Pay From New York to several Midwestern cities, thousands of fast-food workers have been holding one-day strikes during peak mealtimes, drawing attention to their demands for much higher wages.

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