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| Washington's corpse flower ends its stinky reign | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For weeks, gawkers lined up at the U.S. Botanic Garden, hoping to be among the lucky ones to catch the show when a giant-sized corpse flower bloomed for the first time in seven years. |
| Leake Leads Reds Past Giants, 8-3 | | | Mike Leake pitched six-plus innings of wildly effective ball and had the third three-hit game of his career, leading the Cincinnati Reds past the San Francisco Giants 8-3 on Wednesday night. |
| Single-sex clubs? Not just in golf | | | Men-only golf club Muirfield is the home to 2013 British Open this week. CNN visited an exclusive female London establishment to find out what's dividing the sexes. |
| U.S. indicts hackers in biggest cyber fraud case in history | | | NEWARK, N.J./BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors said on Thursday they have charged five men responsible for a hacking and credit card fraud spree that cost companies more $300 million and two of the suspects are in custody, in the biggest cyber crime case filed in U.S. history. |
| McIlory rues 'brain dead' play | | | Unconscious. Brain dead. Rory McIlroy was in a brutally reflective mood in the words he chose to describe his opening round in the British Open |
| 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. |
| Sharapova hires Connors | | | Two of the biggest names in tennis are teaming up after Maria Sharapova hired eight-time grand slam winner Jimmy Connors as her new coach. |
| Prosecutors say U.S. WikiLeaks soldier was seeking notoriety | | | FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - Military prosecutors said the U.S. soldier accused of the largest leak of classified information in the nation's history was hoping to make a name for himself by releasing documents on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. |
| Farm bill on hold while House tries again on food stamp cuts | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled House will try to cut billions of dollars from the food stamp program before negotiating an overall farm bill with the Senate, the House majority leader said on Thursday two months before the current farm law expires. |
| 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. |
| Mideast peace Here we go again | | | The road to Middle East peace is filled with disappointments and bloodshed but must continue, reports CNN's Ben Wedeman. |
| Anglo American silicosis claimants turn to South African courts | | | JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A British court has thrown out a lawsuit against Anglo American South Africa brought by miners who contracted the deadly lung disease silicosis when they worked in South Africa, saying it did not have jurisdiction to hear the matter. |
| GM's weak profit beats expectations | | | July 25 - Profits at General Motors fell but strong sales in North America and cost cutting in Europe helped the automaker beat expectations. Fred Katayama reports. |
| Fire at Gulf rig wanes, gas flow stops regulators | | | HOUSTON (Reuters) - The flow of natural gas from a ruptured well at a shallow-water Gulf of Mexico drilling rig has stopped, and the fire on the rig off the coast of Louisiana has been reduced to a small flame, U.S. regulators said on Thursday. |
| Londoners react to royal baby name | | | July 25 - Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge - the latest addition to the British royal family. But what do Londoners make of the name? Simon Hanna reports. |
| Confederations Cup lessons | | | Brazil's 3-0 win over Spain in the Confederations Cup final brought to an end an event that was designed as a test run for the 2014 World Cup hosts. |
| Driver in custody after 80 killed in Spain train crash | | | SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (Reuters) - Police took the driver of a Spanish train into custody in hospital on Thursday after at least 80 people died when it derailed and caught fire in a dramatic accident which an official source said was caused by excessive speed. |
| Turmoil hits Tunisia after secular politician slain | | | TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi was shot dead on Thursday in the second such assassination this year, setting off violent protests against the Islamist-led government in the capital and elsewhere. |
| Flock of Seagulls' van found | | | A Flock of Seagulls' friends and fans are watching Craigslist, eBay and pawn shops for band leader Mike Score's stolen amps and instruments. |
| Art in Review Ten Years | | | Representing 76 artists, this show almost strains at the seams with artworks and high spirits. |
| 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. |
| UPDATE 1-Iran buys at least 50,000 T wheat in strategic move | | | HAMBURG/LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) - Iran has picked up at least 50,000 tonnes of milling wheat, traders said on Thursday, adding to over 1 million tonnes snapped up from international markets in recent weeks as Tehran seeks to boost grain reserves. |
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