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| Obama open to making changes to surveillance, lawmakers say | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday told lawmakers he is open to changing controversial surveillance programs in order to restore public confidence and provide assurance the government is not violating citizens' privacy, participants at the meeting said. |
| Canada's Harper insists Keystone XL is important for jobs | | | OTTAWA, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper contradicted on Friday U.S. President Barack Obama's dismissal of the job-creation potential of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, saying the project is important both for jobs and for energy security. |
| A Days Strike Seeks to Raise Fast-Food Pay | | | From New York to several Midwestern cities, thousands of fast-food workers have been holding one-day strikes during peak mealtimes, drawing attention to their demands for much higher wages. |
| Book Talk Susan Choi Returns to Probe Love, Youthful Selfishness | | | Author Susan Choi in her latest book starts with a graduate student's fascination with a professor when she arrives at a prestigious university in 1992. But the initial attraction is where similarities between "My Education" and usual tales of college love end. |
| Del Potro Wins Twice to Reach Citi Open Quarters | | | Even before Ryan Harrison broke his racket by spiking it on the Citi Open court or screamed "Oh, my God!" in exasperation, top-seeded Juan Martin del Potro was feeling pretty good about the way things were going Thursday. |
| World's messiest festivals | | | There is something innately messy about summer. The air's more pungent, bodies are stickier, and people seem more willing to make a mess. That must be why some of the world's filthiest festivals bide their time until the warmer months. |
| UPDATE 2-Berkshire profit rises 46 pct, helped by economy | | | Aug 2 (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Friday said second-quarter profit rose 46 percent, reflecting improvement in such businesses as car insurance, energy and railroads, and gains from investments and derivatives. |
| More sagas in soccer transfer frenzy | | | The sun is shining, barbecues are out, beaches are packed and the commute to work is slightly less crowded than normal. It can mean only one thing football's summer transfer window is upon us. Most managers hate it, fans are powerless to resist hourly updates on it; sports journalists worldwide are consumed by it. With a further month of fevered speculation, rumor, counter-rumor and downright subterfuge to come before it closes, CNN tries to work out what it all means. |
| F1 perfects formula for financial success | | | 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. |
| T-Mobile Austria challenges spectrum auction terms | | | VIENNA (Reuters) - T-Mobile Austria has filed a challenge to the terms of an auction due to be held in September for frequencies that will enable operators to build fourth-generation (4G) networks, its lawyer said. |
| U.S. Air Force delays rescue helicopter contract award | | | WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force has delayed the award of a contract valued at up to $6.8 billion for a new combat search and rescue helicopter program until the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, which begins Oct. 1, spokesman Ed Gulick said. |
| Tax evasion charges for Bayern Munich chief | | | He's been a principal figure in German football for decades, winning the 1974 World Cup as a player before becoming Bayern Munich's club president, but Uli Hoeness' world could come crashing down after being charged with tax evasion on Tuesday. |
| Brazil's real gains 1 pct on U.S. jobs data | | | RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - The Brazilian real firmed 1 percent on Friday after data showed the number of jobs created in the United States in July was lower than forecast, supporting the idea... |
| Carlyle's CommScope files for IPO of up to $750 mln | | | Aug 2 (Reuters) - Telecommunications equipment maker CommScope Holding Co Inc, which is owned by private equity firm Carlyle Group LP, filed with U.S. regulators on Friday to raise up to $750 million in an initial public offering. |
| Summer solstice celebrations | | | If Stonehenge is anything to go by, summer celebrations have a millennia-old history. While the ancient druids may have commemorated the fertility of the season, many of us are just happy to get outdoors. |
| 'Glee's' post-Monteith plan | | | "Glee" will likely end its run after season 6 the final year in the drama's current deal on Fox. "I would not anticipate it goes beyond two more seasons," Fox entertainment chairman Kevin Reilly told reporters on Thursday. "Never say never, but there's two very clear story arcs to get to that end and conclude. If we discover a new crop of kids and there's some breakout we like ... but right now, we're thinking two seasons." |
| 300-year-old violin recovered | | | British Transport Police said Tuesday they found a stolen 300-year-old Stradivarius violin worth more than $1 million, along with two bows valued at more than $105,000. |
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