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News Feed Latest worldwide news Firestone a Perfect Venue for Tiger to Regain Winning Ways If Tiger Woods could single out a venue most likely to inspire his game, he could do no better than Firestone Country Club which is hosting this week's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Well In Terms of Injury, Cities Safer Than Country If you want to avoid death by injury, live in a large city a new study has found they are safer than rural areas. UPDATE 1-Fidelity Contrafund sours on Apple, bolsters Tesla bet BOSTON, July 31 (Reuters) - Fidelity Contrafund manager Will Danoff cut his stake in Apple Inc 28 percent during the first half of the year, citing the iPhone maker's "slowing growth profile." Zimbabwe Vote Tests Long Rule of Mugabe President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled since the end of white domination in 1980, does not seem ready to give up power, but he said he would respect the election outcome. Despots' lairs a tourist attraction? From Tito's nuclear bunker and Stalin's summer house, to Mussolini's villa and Gaddafi's cruise ship, autocrat hideouts have become tourist attractions. UPDATE 2-Allstate tops profit estimates, says rates close to sustainable July 31 (Reuters) - Home and auto insurer Allstate Corp's quarterly profit handily beat analysts' estimates, and the company said it had raised prices close to a sustainable level in the last two... Sinclair Group Is Buying 7 Allbritton TV Stations The price was $985 million, nearly $100 million more than initial predictions by analysts. UPDATE 1-Ruckus results top estimates as customers expand Wi-Fi * Sees third-quarter adj profit about .04/share vs est .04 UPDATE 1-Ruckus results top estimates as customers expand Wi-Fi * Sees third-quarter adj profit about .04/share vs est .04 Ivanovic Tops Cibulkova at Carlsbad Ana Ivanovic advanced to the second round of the Southern California Open on Wednesday, beating defending champion Dominika Cibulkova 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Azarenka Continues to Raise Bar for Herself After a rough past couple of months that included a tight loss to Maria Sharapova at the French Open and an injury-enforced withdrawal from Wimbledon, world number three Victoria Azarenka enters the Southern California Open as hungry as ever. Nikkei likely to trade cautiously as Fed keeps markets guessing TOKYO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average may edge higher in a cautious start on Thursday after Wall Street finished flat overnight and the U.S. Federal Reserve gave no clues about when... Australia shares seen slipping on China growth worries MELBOURNE, July 31 (Reuters) - Australian shares are poised to open a touch lower on Wednesday, with miners weighed down by worries that manufacturing in top metals consumer China contracted in July.... Twitter faces new push to limit hate speech An advocate for honoring women on British currency was thanked for her efforts on Twitter with dozens of rape threats. A female writer who recently spoke out against rape jokes, almost predictably, got the same treatment. Egypt Decrees That Pro-Morsi Sit-Ins Be Dispersed The military-led government instructed its security forces to end two large sit-ins in the capital by supporters of the deposed Islamist president, risking a new round of violent convulsions. Cannes heist 'pro job' says ex-thief Investigators were at work Tuesday looking into the weekend theft of jewels worth close to $136 million from an exhibition in the French resort city of Cannes, the prosecutor's office in nearby Grasse said. Classic films get African makeover What if The Matrix, and other classic Hollywood movies has been made in Africa? This is what they'd look like. Phys Ed Can You Get Too Much Exercise? The Vasaloppet ski marathon provides a convenient venue for studying the impacts of intense, prolonged aerobic exertion on the human body. Player Ratings U.S. (3) vs. Honduras (1) Player ratings from the Concacaf Gold Cup semifinal between the United States and Honduras in Arlington, Tex. UPDATE 1-KKR to buy second clinical trials company this year July 31 (Reuters) - KKR Co LP said on Wednesday it had agreed to acquire ReSearch Pharmaceutical Services Inc (RPS) from private-equity peer Warburg Pincus LLC, marking its second announced... Superman flies in southern California July 3 - A start-up company in California creates life-sized remote controlled superheroes that soar through the air. Elly Park reports. ArtsBeat The Consolations of a Schubert Sonata Surplus Pondering the happy results of listening to three performances of Schuberts final piano sonata, the B flat, in one week. 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. Obama to Appear on Tonight Show His topics, NBC said, will be job initiatives and the economy. 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. UPDATE 1-Northrop beats out Raytheon for F-16 radar upgrade deal WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) - Northrop Grumman Corp on Wednesday said it had been chosen by Lockheed Martin Corp to upgrade the radar systems on F-16 fighter jets for the U.S. Air Force and Taiwan, a deal that could pave the way for more foreign orders in coming years. ArtsBeat The Mostly Good Old Days Boris Kachka Talks About Hothouse Mr. Kachkas new book is a history of the publishing house Farrar, Straus Giroux. Peru's central bank offers to sell dollars as sol weakens LIMA, July 31 (Reuters) - Peru's central bank offered to sell dollars in the local spot market on Wednesday as the sol currency weakened 0.32 percent to 2.792/2.794 per dollar. Risks and rewards in West Bank city High in the hills between Ramallah and Nablus in the West Bank sits a huge construction site its developers hope will transform the lives of Palestinians for generations to come. Stevens' Move Comes as Surprise to Bulldogs Hours after Brad Stevens told athletic director Barry Collier he was leaving Butler for Boston, he sat down to explain the decision to his players. Oil spill blackens popular Thai beach Tourists on one of Thailand's popular holiday islands, Koh Samet, are evacuated as a bay turns black from an oil spill. Snowden dad 'He shared the truth' Edward Snowden did the right thing by leaking U.S. intelligence and helping the American people see the truth, his father, Lon Snowden, said Friday on NBC's "Today." 38 People Killed as Bus Plunges Off Highway in Italy The highway police told state radio that the bus slammed into slowing cars and plunged down a ravine about 160 miles south of Rome. 5 Things to Know About the WNBA All-Star Game Brittney Griner and Elena Delle Donne were poised to make history as the first pair of rookies from the same class to start the WNBA All-Star game. Panel Convenes in Washington to Discuss Aliens A group of former lawmakers and government officials gathered this week in the capital to discuss what they said was secrecy surrounding aliens and unidentified flying objects. For Red Bulls, Another Brother Act The Red Bulls announced the signing of Bradley Wright-Phillips, the brother of Queens Park Rangers midfielder Shaun. UPDATE 1-Actelion buys U.S.-based specialty drugmaker Ceptaris * Ceptaris drug Valchlor set to be addressed by FDA in Aug On Rooftops, a Rival for Utilities Big power companies say that incentives for solar power are robbing them of paying customers, setting up a fight for the future of renewable energy. The Lede Reaction to the Manning Verdict Pfc. Bradley Manning was an Army intelligence analyst who provided some 700,000 secret documents to WikiLeaks. Fed stays on track with bond buying, for now WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said the economy continues to recover but is still in need of support, offering no indication that it is planning to reduce its bond-buying stimulus at its next meeting in September.

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