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| Transparency needed on spying | | | Sen. Al Franken says we can't debate the legality of domestic spying if it's a secret program authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. |
| Super freak to super stud? | | | How will Frankel, widely considered the finest thoroughbred every produced, perform in his new career at stud? |
| Royal babies 5 things to know | | | Think you know all you could ever want to about royal babies amid all the excitement about the new arrival? Well did you know this... |
| Armstrong Doping still 'polarizing topic' | | | In his first major cycling event since his doping admission, Lance Armstrong says he still anticipates fallout from the scandal that erased his Tour de France victories. But he's "a big boy" and can handle it. |
| Judge denies BP effort to halt Gulf spill claim payouts | | | NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A federal judge denied an attempt by BP Plc to suspend payments to people and businesses claiming damages related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, while an investigator looks into possible misconduct in the payout process. |
| With Modesty, Pope Francis Begins a Week in Brazil | | | The Argentine-born pontiff, on his first international trip as pope, sidestepped the issue of Brazils recent protests in his first public remarks, emphasizing instead the importance of youth evangelization. |
| China's Shenhua drains groundwater for coal project-Greenpeace | | | BEIJING (Reuters) - A project operated by China's largest coal miner, Shenhua Group, has reduced groundwater levels in a region of Inner Mongolia and discharged high levels of toxic wastewater, environmental campaign group Greenpeace said on Tuesday. |
| Hedge fund firm Lansdowne names new CEO | | | LONDON (Reuters) - One of London's largest hedge fund firms, Lansdowne Partners, has named Alex Snow, the former head of UK Investment Banking at Investec, as its new chief executive officer. |
| Rogers first openly gay MLS player | | | Robbie Rogers was introduced as the newest member of the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday, making him the first openly gay male athlete to compete in Major League Soccer and in any American professional team sport and ending his brief retirement. |
| Well Farmers Market Chickens Higher in Bacteria | | | Up to 52 percent of grocery store chickens tested positive for bacteria that can cause food poisoning. But chickens bought at farmers markets were the most contaminated of all, according to a small study in Pennsylvania. |
| Tiny lab under the skin could stop drug cheats | | | July 18 - Amid yet more claims of illegal drug-taking by high-profile athletes, scientists in Switzerland say they may have found a foolproof way to prevent the use of banned substances in sports. They say their chip implant, designed to monitor naturally-occurring substances in the blood, could also be used as a weapon against drug cheats. Jim Drury reports. |
| Art A Big Litter of Ancient Cats | | | The gilded sculpture Leonine Goddess will be on public view for the first time in the Brooklyn Museums show Divine Felines Cats of Ancient Egypt. |
| State cop who released photos of Boston Marathon bomber under probe | | | BOSTON (Reuters) - A police photographer who released photos of the arrest of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in reaction to a magazine cover that he said glorified the suspect has been placed on desk duty pending an internal investigation, state police said on Tuesday. |
| Vekic, Cadantu Advance at Baku Cup | | | Second-seeded Donna Vekic of Croatia advanced to the second round of the Baku Cup on Monday by winning 6-1, 6-0 against local favorite Nazrin Jafarova. |
| Human-powered helicopter flies into aviation history | | | July 11 - A team from Toronto has won the long-coveted Sikorsky prize by using human power alone to fly an aircraft. The team, called AreroVelo Inc., achieved the feat on June 13, securing a $250,000 prize that has been on offer for 33 years, but never before awarded. Rob Muir reports. |
| Wildlife's worst enemy? Us | | | Mona Rutger got the call in October A bald eagle was flopping around on an airport runway after it had been clipped by a private jet. Unfortunately, it's something she sees all too often. |
| Rodriguez still on sidelines, now with strained quad | | | (Reuters) - Slugger Alex Rodriguez will have to wait a while longer before making his season debut as the New York Yankees revealed that the third baseman would not join them for their series against Texas because of a strained quadriceps. |
| SGL hikes electrode prices in bid to counter slump | | | FRANKFURT, July 23 (Reuters) - Germany's SGL Carbon has lifted prices for its most important product, graphite electrodes for the scrap-to-steel industry, by as much as 30 percent to counter a price... |
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