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A women's Tour de France?
Could a women's Tour de France become a reality? With75,000 people having signed an online petition and the social media campaign having captured the imagination, the quest for equality is well and truly underway.


Why was doomed Spanish train going so fast?
MADRID, July 25 (Reuters) - Why was the train going so fast? Did the driver fail to heed speed limits on a sharp curve? Did brakes fail? What about the safety system meant to force the train or the driver to slow down if going too fast?


Facebook wows Wall Street with mobile ads growth
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's stellar results allayed fears that the company may face difficulty in making money from mobile ads and prompted several Wall Street brokerages to raise their target price on the stock.


Movie Review In Neander-Jin, a Primitive Pops Up in Germany
In Neander-Jin The Return of the Neanderthal Man, a Homo neanderthalensis is in danger of being exploited for a quick buck.


Insight Science for hire - Trial over plastic exposes disclosure deficit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - By 2012, Eastman Chemical seemed to be perfectly positioned when it came to producing plastic for drinking bottles. Concerns about a widely used chemical called bisphenol A (BPA) had become so great that Walmart stopped selling plastic baby bottles and children's sippy cups made with it and consumer groups were clamoring for regulators to ban it. Medical societies were warning that BPA's similarity to estrogens could disrupt the human hormone system and pose health risks, es


Brazil's Embraer posts unexpected net loss in second quarter
SAO PAULO, July 25 (Reuters) - Brazil's Embraer SA , the world's third-largest commercial planemaker, posted a second-quarter net loss of 10 million reais ($4.5 million), down from a profit of 62...


North Korea holds Mass Games
Acrobats, dancers and singers -- under normal circumstances, a festival featuring such tried and true attractions might not send you rushing to the Internet to book travel.


The New Old Age At Too Many Hospitals, a Revolving Door
Medicare is cracking down on hospital readmissions. Heres some advice on what patients need to know before discharge.


Theater Review rogerandtom by Julien Schwab, at Here Arts Center
Metatheatrical techniques pepper the comedy rogerandtom and add to its mystical feeling.


Chevy Impala ends foreign dominance in sedans consumer reports
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet Impala has been tapped by Consumer Reports as the top sedan in the United States, seizing a spot dominated by Japanese and European models for more...


Mermaids dive for octopus
In a tiny Korean fishing village, "mermaids" dive for abalone and conch while their sisters cook up a breakfast few foreigners know about.


Driver tossed in trees
Several people had to be rescued from their vehicles as Phoenix was swamped by flash floods.


Shareholder wealth The largest creators, the biggest destroyers
Reuters blogger Felix Salmon shares a surprising list of which companies over the last 90 years have generated the most wealth for shareholders, and which ones have destroyed it.


UPDATE 2-Raytheon raises forecast as profit exceeds estimates
* CEO says company nearing 30 pct goal for international sales


Well Black-White Divide Persists in Breast Cancer
New research shows that white women with breast cancer live three years longer than black women because of a troubling pattern of inferior care and a delay in treatment for black women.


U.S. lawmakers want sanctions on any country taking in Snowden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel voted unanimously on Thursday to seek trade or other sanctions against Russia or any other country that offers asylum to former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, who has been holed up for weeks at a Moscow airport.


Square Feet Sublets Lure Manhattan Start-Ups
Many tech companies in their early stages rent modest spaces from bigger tech companies, and then rent out any leftover space in turn.


Hedge fund exits rise in June as investors reposition at mid-year
LONDON (Reuters) - Requests to pull money out of hedge funds rose in June as investors used the mid-year point to review their portfolios and release cash to spend elsewhere.


U.S. Navy offers to help recover bombs from Great Barrier Reef
ABOARD THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy on Tuesday offered Australia any help it wanted to retrieve four bombs mistakenly dropped inside the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef marine park last week.


GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares drop as German, UK data fails to lift China cloud
* European shares and commodities pressured by China worries


Advertising Welcoming a Royal Baby While Trying Not to Steal the Spotlight
Advertisers took to social media to send congratulatory messages to the royal family examples of how brands are increasingly trying to become part of news-driven cultural moments.


Inside SAC's Dell trade
The federal indictment charging "substantial" insider trading at SAC Capital Advisors details how information allegedly leaked by a Dell insider found its way to SAC's portfolio managers, who allegedly profited from it. Here's how the Department of Justice says it worked.


Dance Performance Art Without Longueurs
For their series TAB, Stephanie Browne, a visual artist, and Kay Ottinger, a dancer, focus on a facet of a show that some producers of performance art ignore the audience.


Ex-reporter claims hacking at Trinity Mirror paper-Sky
LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - A former reporter on a tabloid owned by Trinity Mirror has claimed the newspaper hacked into the phones of celebrities, Sky News reported on Thursday, potentially broadening a scandal that has so far largely affected Rupert Murdoch's News Corp .


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.


Sports Briefing | Soccer With Concern Over Protests, Blatter Warns Brazil
FIFAs president, Sepp Blatter, said Brazil would be seen as the wrong choice as host of the 2014 World Cup if the tournament was affected by social protests.


Education Overhaul Faces a Test of Partisanship
The House passed a bill aimed at amending No Child Left Behind. But no Democrat voted for the bill, and the Obama administration has threatened to veto it.


ArtsBeat Alex Gibney Documentary on Lance Armstrong Is Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics
Alex Gibneys film The Armstrong Lie includes interviews with the cyclist as well as former teammates and doctors, among others.


Wolff drives females forward
Susie Wolff says she will keep fighting to win a place on the Formula One grid -- but she won't rely on her sexuality to get there.


RPT-Australia's United Petroleum considers potential sale-sources
SYDNEY, July 25 (Reuters) - Australian petrol and convenience store retailer United Petroleum is exploring a potential sale or a joint venture of the business that has a value of about A$1 billion ($921 million) including debt, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.


UPDATE 2-Mexico's America Movil core profit, revenue beat expectations
MEXICO CITY, July 25 (Reuters) - Latin America's biggest phone company America Movil on Thursday reported better-than-expected second-quarter core profit and revenue, as more customers made mobile...


Colorado town mulls issuing licenses to shoot down drones
DENVER (Reuters) - The farming and ranching town of Deer Trail, Colorado, which boasts that it held the world's first rodeo in 1869, is now considering starting a 21st century tradition - paying bounties to anyone who shoots down an unmanned drone.


North Korea holds Mass Games
Acrobats, dancers and singers -- under normal circumstances, a festival featuring such tried and true attractions might not send you rushing to the Internet to book travel.


U.S. Says Rwanda Aids Congo Rebels
Recent clashes between the M23 rebels and troops belonging to the Democratic Republic of Congo have heightened concern about reviving violence in the region.


Police Take On Family Violence to Avert Deaths
The 450 officers in a recently enlarged police unit make 70,000 visits a year to households with histories of violence, trying to stop abusers from becoming killers.


Malala's voice stronger, not silenced
The attack was meant to silence the outspoken teenager who dared to defy the Taliban's ban against girls in school. Instead, it only made Malala's voice more powerful. After a school year that started with a shooting, Malala now eyes a summer of speaking at the U.N., telling her story in a new book and amplifying the issue of girls education.


UPDATE 1-Southwest plane hit on its front landing gear, NTSB says
NEW YORK, July 25 (Reuters) - U.S. safety investigators said on Thursday that a Southwest Airlines jetliner that crashed at LaGuardia Airport in New York on Monday landed on its front landing gear...


Performing From Space, Chris Hadfield Is Canadas Low-Orbit Star
Chris Hadfields exploits in space may have cemented his reputation as the worlds best-known singing astronaut, not to mention Canadas newest celebrity.


Syrian rebels ask Kerry to send U.S. arms quickly
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The head of Syria's opposition told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday the country's situation was "desperate" and called for the United States to arm the rebels quickly and to push harder for a political settlement.


Antiques A Restored Louisiana Plantation and Its Lifeblood
A plantation being restored in Wallace, La., will encourage visitors to reflect on the daily lives of slaves rather than focus on the grand 1790s house of the onetime owners.


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