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| Living With Cancer Is It Back? | | | The tunnel vision of cancer focuses me obsessively on myself. Perhaps all diseases bring egotism in their wake, for people in distress find it hard to think of anything else. |
| Rooftop mountain may have to go | | | A bizarre mountain retreat built on top of a 26-floor Beijing residential building faces demolition after complaints by residents. |
| T Magazine The Writers Room | | | A view of Rome, a pristine computer screen, a photograph of Basquiat, an I.B.M. 196c typewriter, the ghost of another author. For these writers each of whom releases a new book this fall all they need to inspire is within these walls. |
| RPT-Israel looks to glitter in world diamond trade | | | RAMAT GAN, Israel, Aug 29 (Reuters) - The Israel Diamond Exchange flexed its muscles this week, hosting a four-day show it hopes will strengthen its position as a major hub, and market leaders voiced optimism the struggling industry would have a strong end to the year. |
| East by Far East Vladivostok Rocks | | | More than 40 acts played free shows over four days last week at V-Rox in Vladivostok, Russia, in the first rock festival of its kind in the country. |
| Norway's Espen Kofstad Leads Wales Open | | | Espen Kofstad of Norway closed his round with three straight birdies and an eagle, shooting a 7-under 64 Thursday that gave him a two-stroke lead after the first day of the Wales Open. |
| Not the same final in New York | | | A repeat of last year's finale at the U.S. Open was ruled out after Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray were placed in different halves of the draw. |
| From Barn to Beachhouse | | | Built in the 1970s by Tod Williams, this recently renovated vacation home in Sagaponack, Long Island, maintains rustic touches. |
| F1 infographic Deals on Wheels | | | Christian Sylt is the co-author of Formula Money, an annual report examining all aspects of Formula One's finances with detailed data on teams, drivers, sponsors and races. Here, he answers key questions about F1's financial model. |
| Romney's untaxed '47 percent' of Americans shrinks, center says | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The "47 percent" of U.S. households who owe no federal income tax, memorably disparaged last year by former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, has shrunk to 43 percent, said the research group that produced the original estimate. |
| Scare or no scare, customers have little choice but Fonterra | | | WELLINGTON/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - However much China and other big customers strive to rely less on Fonterra after a global food contamination scare this month - now downscaled to a 'false alarm' - the New Zealand firm's grip on the global dairy trade is unlikely to be loosened. |
| Verizon CDS widens on Wireless stake buyout talk | | | NEW YORK, Aug 29 (IFR) - The cost of insuring Verizon Communication's debt against default rose on Thursday after Vodafone Group said it was in talks with the company to sell its 45% stake in their U.S. joint venture Verizon Wireless. |
| Latvians race milk carton boats | | | August 27 - The Milk Carton Boat Race features dozens of extravagant and colorful boats made of milk containers competing in the waters of the Lielupe River in central Latvia. Elly Park reports. |
| Hackers want your smartphone | | | In the world of cyber security there are some well-known designations for anyone that considers him or herself to be a hacker, the term being so broad in scope now. |
| Second-Quarter G.D.P. Revised Sharply Higher | | | The U.S. economy accelerated more quickly than expected in the second quarter thanks to a surge in exports, bolstering the case for the Federal Reserve to wind down a stimulus program. |
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