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| 'Comet of the Century' already may have fizzled out | | | CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronomers slated to meet this week to discuss observing plans for Comet ISON may not have much to talk about. The so-called "Comet of the Century" may already have fizzled out. |
| Shirtless Goes the City | | | Is a heat wave enough of an excuse for a man to leave his shirt at home? For some New Yorkers, the answer was yes. |
| Scientists find how 'obesity gene' makes people fat | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have unraveled how a gene long associated with obesity makes people fat by triggering increased hunger, opening up potential new ways to fight a growing global health problem. |
| The 30-Minute Interview Michael Stern | | | Mr. Stern is the managing partner of the JDS Development Group, which specializes in multifamily homes and retail space in the New York area and in South Florida. |
| 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 new age of the airship? | | | Once upon a time, the airship was hailed as the future of flight as glamorous, luxurious and fashionable as the Art Deco era which marked its heyday. |
| Bruins Sign Gritty Bergeron to Eight-Year Extension | | | Patrice Bergeron, who led the Boston Bruins in post-season goals and played the Stanley Cup Finals with a punctured lung, was rewarded with an eight-year $52 million contract extension, the NHL team said on Friday. |
| Breakingviews SECs Fab bind | | | July 30 - Richard Beales and Breakingviews columnists explain why regardless of the outcome, the SECs case against Fab Tourre can only end with the Wall Street watchdog looking foolish. |
| UPDATE 4-TransCanada ramps up East Coast pipeline as Keystone stalls | | | CALGARY, Alberta, Aug 1 (Reuters) - TransCanada Corp announced plans on Thursday for Canada's largest pipeline, a 2,700-mile (4,400 km), $12 billion line to ship crude from the oil sands of Western Canada to the Atlantic, as its U.S.-bound Keystone XL project stalls in Washington. |
| Senate Approves U.N. Nominee | | | Samantha Power received the Senates approval as the next ambassador to the United Nations without the partisan acrimony of other recent confirmations. |
| Arming rebels Debate in progress | | | While the United States draws closer to providing some form of lethal assistance to the Syrian opposition, the debate over how extensive the package should be and the possible outcome are likely to follow any decision. |
| Splashing the cash for a vintage Mercedes | | | An unidentified buyer paid about $30 million at an auction for a car formerly used by Formula One great Juan Manuel Fangio. The selling price is a record, the auctioneer said. |
| Nigeria troubles, shale charge blot Shell profits | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Rising costs, oil theft in Nigeria and weak U.S. shale liquids production have hurt profits at Royal Dutch Shell , adding both to upward pressure on spending and to uncertainty on... |
| Two to leave 'Parks and Rec' | | | Two residents of Pawnee will soon bid farewell Rob Lowe and Rashida Jones are exiting "Parks and Recreation" during the show's sixth season, EW has confirmed. (Buzzfeed first reported the news.) The pair will depart about halfway through the season, in the 13th episode. |
| When cooking can kill | | | For nearly half of the world's population, building and maintaining a fire is a daily -- and often deadly -- chore. |
| DirecTV subscriber growth in Latin America slows | | | (Reuters) - Satellite TV provider DirecTV missed earnings estimates and added fewer subscribers than expected in Latin America, raising concerns the company's biggest growth engine had slowed, which sent its shares lower. |
| Even at $700, Apple is not a bubble Felix TV | | | It took 15,000 data points to answer a question millions of investors are asking Is Apple stock overvalued? With the help of friends at Datastream, Reuters blogger Felix Salmon presents a unique visual analysis showing that even at $700 a share, Apple is not overvalued as Microsoft was before its bubble burst. (September 19, 2012) |
| Goodbyes and Grief in Real Time | | | Scott Simon, the journalist and NPR host, posted Twitter updates from his mothers deathbed, connecting with a vast and supportive audience. |
| Choir singing harmonises hearts | | | July 25 - A Swedish study shows that when people sing together, their pulse rates synchronise, suggesting health benefits for the heart. |
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