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If the Lizards Look at Home, Credit Months of Zoo Labor
A new exhibit at the Bronx Zoo will feature Komodo dragons, which can reach 10 feet in length.


Footballers and speed
The love affair between football stars and flash cars goes back years -- but what does the number of players being hit with driving bans say about footballers' need for speed?


Stars on treadmill to boost globalization drive
Business is booming for English Premier League clubs touring Asia, but is it the best way for their players to prepare for the new season?


UPDATE 2-Redbox owner Outerwall's forecast falls short of expectations
* Sees 3rd-qtr adj EPS of $1.36/share to $1.51/share vs est $1.63/share


Smithfield's China deal spurs heparin heart drug safety concerns
WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are concerned a Chinese company's planned $4.7 billion acquisition of pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc could affect the safety and availability of heparin, a blood-thinner widely used in heart surgery and kidney dialysis that is derived from pig intestines.


Glaxo Chief Executive Addresses China Inquiry
Andrew Witty revealed few new details about the bribery investigation of GlaxoSmithKline, but said that the company was cooperating with the Chinese government.


Canon shares slide 7 percent after it cuts profit outlook
TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares in Canon Inc fell 7 percent to a three-week low on Thursday after the world's largest digital camera maker cut its operating profit forecast for the year by 16 percent,...


Train catastrophe
The train races into view and in a heartbeat, the cars buckle and crash into a concrete wall, killing scores.


UPDATE 1-Time Warner Cable gets new CEO as industry ponders deals
July 25 (Reuters) - Time Warner Cable Inc's longtime chief executive and chairman, Glenn Britt, will step down at the end of the year and be replaced by Robert Marcus, the company's second in command.


World's hottest wearable tech
Two major conferences on wearable technology are taking place in the U.S. this week -- Wear Tech Con in San Francisco and Wearable Tech Expo in New York City. CNN spoke to keynote speakers from both events to imagine a day in the life of a wearable technology user in the year 2015.


Well Whooping Cough Vaccine Lags in Efficacy
An analysis of more than 32,000 Californians older than 11 found the acellular pertussis vaccine to be 53 to 64 percent effective.


Dance Review Yoshiko Chuma Brings Her Exotic Blend to La MaMa
Yoshiko Chuma presented a multidisciplinary work at La MaMa last weekend that incorporated dance, violin, electric guitar, trombone and the making of a daguerreotype.


Breakingviews Detroits next hurdle
July 23 - Breakingviews columnists explain why Detroits bankruptcy filing doesn't just pit bondholders against retirees, but also federal versus states' rights in an 80-year-old legal dispute.


Thai crash highlights tourist risk
A deadly bus crash in Thailand has raised further concerns about travel safety in a country increasingly known for not just its beautiful beaches but the high volume of road-related deaths that occur every year.


Virginia Johnson, Renowned Sex Researcher, Dies
Virginia Johnson, part of the husband-wife research team that transformed the study of sex in the 1960s and wrote two best-selling books on sexuality, has died in St. Louis. She was 88.


Sports Briefing | Football Jets Sign Veteran Kicker Cundiff
The Jets added competition for the incumbent kicker Nick Folk, signing the veteran Billy Cundiff to a one-year deal Tuesday.


ArtsBeat New York Musical Theater Festival Report Volleygirls
In this musical by Eli Bolin, Sam Forman and Rob Ackerman, a ragtag high school volleyball team and once-disgraced coach fight for respect.


Should Reddit Be Blamed for the Spreading of a Smear?
When the Sunil Tripathi rumor went viral after the Boston Marathon bombing, it laid bare the dysfunctional codependence between new and old media.


Sirius XM Reports Record Revenue, Aided by Auto Recovery
The satellite-radio company reported $940 million in revenue for the quarter, and an increase of 716,000 in subscribers to 25.1 million.


Scientists smell success with durian wine
July 21 - Scientists in Singapore are turning their hands to wine-making, using the pungent-smelling durian as a replacement for grapes. They're still a long way from commercializing durian wine, but the researchers are confident that the so-called "King of Fruits" has potential for producing a wine that people will want to drink. Tara Cleary reports.


DealBook 5 Accused in Biggest Data Breach and Hacking Case in U.S.
Prosecutors said a scheme targeting more than a dozen corporations brought losses that ran into the hundreds of millions of dollars.


Women lawyers hitting glass ceiling
The scales of justice are beginning to balance as an increasing number of women enter the legal profession. In the UK, it is an even 50% split of gender representation, while in the U.S., female lawyers make up 70% of staff attorneys.


The 30-Minute Interview Samuel Schneider
Mr. Schneider is a managing partner of Imperium Capital, a real estate development and investment company based in New York; its holdings include the Apple Store in SoHo.


ArtsBeat Video, Music and More in the Kitchens Fall Season
Highlights of the Kitchens fall season range from video work to a performance piece about Michael Jackon to a dance premiere.


SEC Coaches Weigh Talent vs. Potential for Trouble
The legal problems of current and former SEC players from ex-Florida and NFL tight end Aaron Hernandez to LSU running back Jeremy Hill cast a negative light on the league that has won seven consecutive national championships.


Election system needs an overhaul, but it's not that easy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Voters in Florida were still waiting to cast their ballots more than six hours after polls closed on Election Day, registered voters in Ohio were told they were not on voter rolls and new voter ID laws in Pennsylvania led to confusion at voting places.


The Lede Witness Accounts of New Violence in Egypt
Clashes between opponents and supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi erupted in Cairo and a province just north of the capital on Monday, killing three people and injuring dozens more.


Button F1 perfect in Austin
Jenson Button says Formula 1 is perfect in Austin, Texas. He talks to CNN about his successes and struggles.


Urban oasis for Haiti's poorest
Living amid the garbage-strewn sewage canals, residents of Haiti's Cite Soleil endure a grim battle for survival every single day.


N.F.L. Discovers That a Year-Round Spotlight Can Have a Glare
N.F.L. teams this week open training camps, and not a moment too soon after an off-season of often disturbing events.


Serbia's Troicki suspended for doping violation
LONDON (Reuters) - Serbia's former world number 12 Viktor Troicki has been handed an 18-month suspension by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) after violating doping regulations.


DealBook Chinese Insurer Buys Lloyds Building in London
The $388 million purchase is indicative of the growing appetite by Chinese buyers of commercial and residential real estate abroad.


Well Whooping Cough Vaccine Lags in Efficacy
An analysis of more than 32,000 Californians older than 11 found the acellular pertussis vaccine to be 53 to 64 percent effective.


Rose on injury It's been tough
Pedro Pinto speaks with Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose about recovering from his knee injury.


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.


Deadly car bomb hits Damascus suburb
July 25 - A car blast in the edge of the Syrian capital kills at least 10 people and wounds over 60 others. Karen Hendren reports.


Economix Blog The Complex Story of Race and Upward Mobility
Metropolitan areas with large African-American populations tend to have lower rates of upward mobility. But lower-income whites in those regions also face longer odds of moving up economically.


For Pippa Middleton, the Medias Love Sours
The British press turns on a famous sister (and now aunt.)


Art in Review Ecce Homo Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt and the Art of Rebellion
Mr. Lanigan-Schmidts career retrospective at MoMA PS1 last year was a plenitudinous affair, and now theres more of him at Pavel Zoubok, and thats great.


Bruised FX hedge funds tiptoe back into bets on weaker yen
LONDON (Reuters) - Hit by a whipsawing yen in the last two months, many FX hedge funds are still determined to bet the Bank of Japan will succeed in weakening the currency over time while the dollar...


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