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Top-Seeded Radwanska Reaches Stanford Quarters
Agnieszka Radwanska used to practice outside in Poland during the winter, dodging behind buildings to keep the wind from becoming a problem.


The Media Equation TV Foresees Its Future. Netflix Is There.
Netflix has given a good shaking to the settled world of television it has provided its own series, streamed them over the Internet and made them available all at once everywhere.


Facebook Is Erasing Doubts on Mobile
Customers of the social networking giant continue to shift toward mobile phones and tablets to gain access to the site instead of a PC.


Theater Review Bette Davis Stays and Stays in Me and Jezebel
Me and Jezebel, at the Snapple Theater Center, is based on Elizabeth Fullers memoir of a time in 1985 when Bette Davis came to her home to stay and stay and stay.


In the Beginning Was the Word; Now the Word Is on an App
With more than 100 million downloads, YouVersion, a free app that offers over 600 Bible translations, has found itself in the company of successful start-ups like Instagram and Dropbox.


BMW's i3 hatchback is mark of electric car confidence
* World's top luxury carmaker to launch first electric model


AP Source Tide Froze Football Staffer's Contract
Alabama has penalized director of football operations Joe Pannunzio for his role in the Miami scandal while a member of the Hurricanes' staff, according to a person familiar with the situation.


Royal baby a boost to UK tourism?
The royal baby is great news for William and Kate, but is it also good news for British tourism?


Giant panda Lun Lun gives birth to twins
July 16 - A giant panda gives birth to twin cubs at an Atlanta zoo, the first set of twins born in the United States in 26 years. Elly Park reports.


J.J. Cale, Musician and Songwriter, Dies at 74
Mr. Cales blues-inflected rock influenced some of the genres biggest names, and his songs were recorded by Eric Clapton and Johnny Cash among others.


Hedge funds bet wrong on US crude before slump, right on gold
* Funds put $3.3 bln into new crude longs before market fell * Bets on gold turned right as price rallies 3rd week in row By Barani Krishnan NEW YORK, July 26 (Reuters) - Hedge funds took huge...


Gadgetwise Braven Speakers Let You Party for Hours
A Braven 850 plays 20 hours of music with its 20-watt amplifier. But it weighs three pounds, so you may not want to tote it to the beach.


Data Show Higher Cancer Risk for Mars Astronauts
The NASA findings could lead to a search for better shields to block radiation, measures to shorten the trip or a recalibration of allowable risks.


How Chromecast could change TV
Google rolled out a new Nexus 7 tablet on Wednesday. But a much smaller, much cheaper new gadget may be the one that makes a seismic impact in the consumer technology world.


UPDATE 1-Publicis, Omnicom to announce merger soon-source
PARIS/NEW YORK, July 27 (Reuters) - French advertising group Publicis will soon announce a plan to combine with larger rival Omnicom in a deal that will be presented as a merger of equals and could include shared management, a person familiar with the situation said.


REFILE-Jurors hear of Tourre's Goldman paid leave after SEC lawsuit
NEW YORK, July 26 (Reuters) - A lawsuit by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may have destroyed his career, as former Goldman Sachs trader Fabrice Tourre put it, but for more than a year it...


Pat Cash on Murray triumph
CNN's Open Court presenter Pat Cash reacts to Andy Murray's Wimbledon win.


Analysis Obama, Republicans gear up for bruising U.S. budget fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Another dramatic showdown between Republicans and the White House over federal spending looks inevitable this fall, with scary talk of government shutdowns and default on government debt.


An Afghan Media Mogul, Pushing Boundaries
Saad Mohseni has brought soap operas, sitcoms and reality TV to his native country, Afghanistan, and with them a modicum of normalcy. Now he is looking to expand to Egypt, Libya and Iraq.


North, South Korea commemorate end of Korean war
The capitals of both North and South Korea hold ceremonies marking the anniversary of the end of the war which divided the peninisula. Tom Dinham reports.


Winners Top travel photo award
A selection of winning and commended entries from one of the most prestigious travel photography competitions on the planet.


Well The Kitchen as a Pollution Hazard
Cooking is a major source of indoor pollution, promoting a need for better ventilation standards.


Destin working on Mississippi gas plant for July 26/27 restart
July 26 (Reuters) - Destin Pipeline Co LLC said it continued to remove liquids from the Pascagoula liquid handling facility in Mississippi and estimates work will be completed late on Friday night or early Saturday morning, versus a previous estimate of Wednesday.


TS Dorian weakens while moving rapidly westward -NHC
Tropical storm Dorian, the fourth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, has become disorganized and is likely to weaken further over the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.


Syrian Government Blamed for Ballistic Missile Attack
At least 29 people were killed in a missile attack by government forces on Aleppo, Syria, monitors there said Saturday.


NASCAR's 'Bad Brad'
NASCAR champion Brad Keselowski talks to CNN's Carol Costello about winning and honoring the tradition of the sport.


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.


Smaller-than-expected shipwreck losses prop Lancashire shares
(Reuters) - British insurer Lancashire Holdings Ltd added $37.7 million to its losses from the 2012 Costa Concordia shipwreck off the Italian coast, but its shares rose 4 percent as analysts had...


Editor's Choice
Our best photos from the past 24 hours.


T Magazine By Design | Josef Alberss Interaction of Color Goes Interactive
Fifty years after its publication, the influential color theorists seminal text has been repackaged as an iPad app that lets anyone experiment with its principles.


Life on the road with Martin Kaymer
Shane O'Donoghue spends time with Martin Kaymer for an insight into life on the road as a Tour pro.


Who is the greatest F1 driver?
Who is the greatest F1 driver of all time? Past and present drivers give their verdict on the contenders to CNN.


You're the Boss Blog This Week in Small Business Hire an English Major
Gas prices are spiking. An owner talks about growing without debt. How to compete with Google. Have you ever hired an English major?


U.S., Asian sales boost Ford
Ford CFO Bob Shanks speaks with Nina dos Santos about how the Chinese market is helping Ford's global bottom line.


Well Australians Are Getting Fatter
Australia may be known for its rugged outdoor lifestyles but recent statistics suggest a different reality. Australia and its equally outdoorsy neighbor, New Zealand, are now two of the fattest countries in the developed world.


U.S. court rejects firm's challenge to Obamacare contraception mandate
July 26 (Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court on Friday rejected a Pennsylvania cabinet maker's religion-based challenge to the 2010 healthcare law's requirement that larger companies provide workers with health insurance covering birth control.


Well Medical Procedures May Be Useless, or Worse
Many new techniques and medicines are either no more effective than the old ones, or worse, and many doctors persist in using practices that have been shown to be useless or harmful, a new analysis shows.


Indonesian Thohir Closing In on Inter Stake-Source
Indonesian tycoon Erick Thohir is close to clinching a deal to buy a majority stake in Italian football club Inter Milan, a source with direct knowledge of the talks said on Wednesday.


Tour football's spiritual home
CNN's Pedro Pinto tours Brazil's Maracana Stadium after its costly and problematic redesign for the 2014 World Cup.


Houghton Mifflin close to IPO after emerging from bankruptcy -sources
July 24 (Reuters) - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the textbook publisher that emerged from bankruptcy last year, is close to filing for an initial public offering that could come later this year, according to two sources familiar with the process.


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