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| Exploring expensive Luanda | | | For the second time in three years, the African city of Luanda has been declared the most expensive city in the world for expats by Mercer, a human resources consulting firm. |
| What the pope left out about women | | | Alice Laffey says for many Catholic women, anything less than women's ordination as priests reveals discriminatory church. Still Francis' comments bode well for women in poverty |
| 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. |
| How 'Glee' will handle Cory Monteith's death | | | "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." |
| Kasparov Cracks in Putin's Russia | | | Strange things happened in a small courtroom in the Russian city of Kirov last week. Moscow mayoral candidate, and my colleague in the Russian opposition, Alexei Navalny, was convicted July 18 on concocted embezzlement charges in the type of political show trial that Josef Stalin favored long before his spiritual successor President Vladimir Putin embraced them. |
| 10 best golf courses in Africa | | | For a reputedly impoverished continent Africa has a remarkable number of golf courses -- 828 courses in 50 countries with a little more than half of those, 450, located in South Africa. |
| 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. |
| Victim confronts Castro | | | Her voice wavered, just for a moment, as for the first time Michelle Knight, one of three women held captive, described the hell inflicted by rapist Ariel Castro. |
| 30 Seconds With Matthew Berry | | | Before fantasy sports was a multibillion-dollar industry, Matthew Berry was finding his voice as the Talented Mr. Roto. Now hes a leading voice as ESPNs senior fantasy sports analyst. |
| Well The Ticktock of the Death Clock | | | I recently found myself at DeathClock.com, the Internets friendly reminder that life is slipping away second by second. Then, not allowing myself to wallow one grain of sand longer, I decided to quit my day job. |
| TransCanada ramps up East Coast pipeline as Keystone stalls | | | CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - TransCanada Corp announced plans on Thursday for Canada's largest pipeline, a 2,700-mile, $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. |
| Kuchar claims Memorial title | | | There are only two multiple winners on the PGA Tour this season -- one of them is in top form ahead of the U.S. Open, and the other is Tiger Woods. |
| Rodriguez homers in rehab game, vows to fight on | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - For a few moments on Friday, it was just like old times for Alex Rodriguez. He was standing at the plate, with a fastball coming toward him, and he swung his bat with all his might, smashing the ball 350 feet over the wall. |
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