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Huge Summer for Hollywood, but With Few Blockbusters
Ticket revenue in North America totaled $4.71 billion, up 10.2 percent from last summer, but a competition glut hurt films that could have been hits in a thinner field.


A Critic of a Design Museum Will Lead It
Glenn Adamson, a researcher without the typical executive experience, wrote in 2011 that the museum he will soon lead has little more than indiscrimination to call its own.


Writing a book no-one saw on the shelf
Helen Wan was still a law school student when she noticed a pattern in books marketed toward Asian-American women like her -- none reflected the contemporary, ladder-climbing professionals she knew.


Special Report Travel Asia High Hopes for China Cruises
If Chinese take to cruising in the same way as North Americans and Europeans, they could provide as many as 40 million cruise guests a year, according to a 2010 market analysis by Royal Caribbean.


Australia Port Hedland Aug iron ore exports to China up 33 pct on yr
SYDNEY, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Iron ore exports to China from Australia's Port Hedland, which handles about a fifth of the global seaborne market for the steel-making raw material, rose strongly in August in a sign of resilient resource demand from the Asian giant.


Mouse body clock study offers clues to possible jet lag cure
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found a genetic mechanism in mice that hampers their body clock's ability to adjust to changes in patterns of light and dark, and say their results could someday lead to the development of drugs to combat jet lag.


Mississippi alligator hunting season gets off to a record start
JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - Mississippi hunters smashed back-to-back records on the opening weekend of the state's 10-day alligator season by bagging some of the biggest critters on the books.


Legalization The Uruguay model
Views on marijuana are shifting, but nearly everywhere, it is too early to talk about substantive changes to drug policies.


Gareth Bale joins Real Madrid
Ending weeks of speculation, the Spanish football club completed one of the off-season's most anticipated transfers, signing English Premier League player Gareth Bale in a bumper deal.


Prime Lot, Empty for Years (Yes, This Is Manhattan)
The dormancy of a 6.4-acre parcel in Midtown Manhattan overlooking the East River is an enigmatic and confusing tale of ambition, infighting, personality conflicts and bad timing.


Rockwell Medical's iron deficiency drug succeeds in final study
(Reuters) - Rockwell Medical Inc said its lead experimental drug met the main goal of improving hemoglobin levels in its final late-stage trial among adult patients with chronic kidney disease.


Kelly Michigan Not One of ND's 'Historic' Rivals
The last scheduled Notre Dame-Michigan at the Big House is Saturday. It's a big game. It didn't need any more attention.


Miley Cyrus twerks, stuns VMAs crowd
Lady Gaga has taken the MTV Video Music Awards stage covered in (fake) blood; wearing a dress made of meat and as her male alter-ego, Jo Calderone.


Secret world of teen cartel hitmen
A drug lord handed Rosalio Reta a gun and told him to kill a man tied up on the ground. Reta was only 13. Everything was different after that, Reta says. It was a lifestyle surrounded by death.


House Bid to Undo Dialysis Cuts Shows Lobbyists Muscle
Many members of Congress who voted to eliminate over $500 million a year in federal government waste now want to reverse that move, demonstrating lobbyists muscle.


John McEnroe of 'chess on ice?'
He has overcome a fiery temper to become a champion in the world of curling -- a sport known as "chess on ice." Sweden's Niklas Edin is part of a younger generation with big dreams ahead of next year's Winter Olympics.


Report Drug epidemic in North Korea
North Korea's sanction-hit regime has long been accused of drug trafficking as a source of hard currency, but a new report claims drug producers are finding a ready market closer to home and that as many as two-thirds of North Koreans have used methamphetamines.


Exports key to U.S. success
Jan 19 - In an exclusive interview with Reuters Global Editor-at-Large Chrystia Freeland, GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt says that the American consumer is no longer the driver of the global economy and that high-tech exports are the key to future growth of the U.S. economy.


Whats on Monday
Television highlights.


Power couple promote positivity
Nigerian native Patricia Mawa and Ugandan born Moses Mawa are on a mission to highlight positive stories from Africa.


'Twerk' dancing and 'selfie' photos added to English dictionary
LONDON (Reuters) - "Twerk", a provocative dance move that has gone viral, and "selfie" a photograph taken of oneself using a phone, are two new words added to the Oxford English Dictionary on Wednesday.


Qualcomm jumps into 'wearables' fray with Toq smartwatch
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc has unveiled the Toq, a smartwatch that can play music and handle phone calls and messages, and said it would start selling the device in the fourth quarter, marking the chipmaker's entry into the emerging arena of wearable computing.


The Global Elites Favorite Strongman
Paul Kagame is an international hero for reforming Rwanda. But cleaning up a country doesnt come without moral hazards.


Straight Sets Rain Alters Schedule and Fans Mood
Heavy rain at the United States Open on Monday left hundreds of fans upset after a delay of four and a half hours led tournament officials to move a marquee matchup and cancel another.


Shannon Topper, Keenan Lynch
The couple met at Villanova, from which they graduated.


Budgets airlines mean business
Don't let the cute names like Vanilla Air and Peach fool you. Budget airlines are carrying a heavy load in Asia's travel industry. Why low-cost carriers mean the world to Asia


Bits Blog Samsung Unveils Galaxy Gear Smartwatch
The timing of the release could also give Samsung a leg up over Apple, which has yet to unveil a similar device but has long been rumored to be working on one.


Australia Port Hedland Aug iron ore exports to China up 33 pct on yr
SYDNEY, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Iron ore exports to China from Australia's Port Hedland, which handles about a fifth of the global seaborne market for the steel-making raw material, rose strongly in August in a sign of resilient resource demand from the Asian giant.


Senate panel reaches deal on military authorization for Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said they reached an agreement on Tuesday on a draft authorization for the use of military force in Syria that was much narrower than the request made by President Barack Obama, paving the way for a vote by the committee on Wednesday.


Detroit defends contested swaps deal as key to city's survival
DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit had no choice but to strike a deal with holders of interest-rate swaps contracts as the city scrambled to guarantee access to cash in the days before its bankruptcy filing, according to depositions by the city's emergency manager and a key financial adviser.


Brushing aside radiation worry, Tokyo says it's as safe as NYC
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Tokyo's Olympic bid chief on Wednesday played down fears the Fukushima water crisis could dent the city's gambit to host the 2020 Summer Games, saying the Japanese capital is as safe as London, New York City and Paris.


Ex-Nazi, 92, Goes on Trial in War Death
The prosecution of Siert Bruins, who served as a border guard in Adolf Hitlers elite Waffen-SS troops, is part of an effort in Germany to bring elderly former Nazis to justice before it is too late.


At the Critics Table
Restaurant critics for The Times discuss food, star ratings and tricks of the trade.


Wealth Matters From a Prominent Divorce in the Affluent Class, Lessons for All
Rich people may have more assets at stake, but any couple with a broken marriage have to consider the same issues in a divorce.


Bezos to Washington Post 'Don't be boring'
(Reuters) - Jeff Bezos, the soon-to-be owner of The Washington Post, does not plan to cut his way to profitability and says the only path to success is growth, according to an account in the...


UPDATE 1-Glitch hits Nasdaq system at center of trading outage
NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group said the system at the center of the Nasdaq exchange's three-hour trading halt on Aug. 22 had a six minute outage on Wednesday for a small number of...


Giants Take Wait-and-See Approach After Browns Injury
The Giants have decided to wait on the test results of the fracture in Andre Browns left leg to determine their course of action.


Suzette Tiongson, Karl Schmidt
The bride and groom met at New York University


A Multitasking Video Game Makes Old Brains Act Younger
Using a video game for training, researchers gave older people more youthful cognitive thinking, according to a study published in Nature.


Gunman kills 16 in Shi'ite home
Sept. 4 - Gunman kills 16 members of a Shi'ite family outside Baghdad. Julie Noce reports.


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