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| Amazon's Cup stadium race | | | A few kilometers from the city center of Manaus, Brazil, is a natural phenomenon called "the meeting of the waters." |
| Meyer Disciplines 4 Buckeyes, Including Hyde, Roby | | | Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has disciplined four players for legal problems, including suspending leading-scorer Carlos Hyde from all team activities in the wake of an alleged assault against a female over the weekend in Columbus. |
| Opposition mounts to Summers as possible Fed chief | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama could be months away from announcing his pick to replace Ben Bernanke at the Federal Reserve, yet critics are already making an unusual public effort to stop one contender in the race - former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers. |
| U.S. WikiLeaks soldier is whistleblower, not traitor defense | | | FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - The U.S. soldier accused of the biggest leak of classified information in the nation's history is a whistleblower, and not a traitor as the government claims, Bradley Manning's defense lawyer said at his court-martial on Friday. |
| Throwback lodging Stay in the past | | | As often as we talk about "getting away from it all," it's rare to find a retreat that drops us in another era. Most accommodations assume guests need soft sheets, WiFi and a certain predictability to feel at home. |
| Analysis Detroit set to beat bad-faith charge over bankruptcy | | | WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Meetings without the chance for any back and forth, unreturned phone calls and brusque tactics. To opponents of Detroit's bankruptcy filing, Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr has utterly failed to negotiate with them. |
| Khaled Hosseini weaves global family ties in latest best seller | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Khaled Hosseini's first novel in six years echoes the themes of family relationships explored in his previous novels, but the multigenerational saga weaves together more characters and locales than the author has tackled previously. |
| Toshiba to cut costs in TVs, PCs by $300 million over next 2 years | | | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp said on Friday it aims to cut a combined 10 billion yen ($100 million) in costs in its television and PC businesses in the year to March 2014 and double that figure in the following year to cope with persistently weak demand. |
| A Move for the Frugal Traveler | | | Starting this week, the Frugal Traveler column is changing its format 8212; though you8217;ll barely notice the difference. |
| Snowden's father criticizes Congress, Obama over spy programs | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The father of fugitive U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden on Friday criticized Congress for failing to rein in a sweeping surveillance program made public by his son and accused the Obama administration of pursuing him with a "zeal to punish." |
| Snowden's father criticizes Congress, Obama over spy programs | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The father of fugitive U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden on Friday criticized Congress for failing to rein in a sweeping surveillance program made public by his son and accused the Obama administration of pursuing him with a "zeal to punish." |
| 4 dead after Australia-bound boat sinks | | | Two children are among four people who died after a boat carrying at least 160 people capsized off the coast of West Java, Indonesian rescue officials said Wednesday. |
| Art in Review Ten Years | | | Representing 76 artists, this show almost strains at the seams with artworks and high spirits. |
| Record eighth for Nadal | | | Rafael Nadal races to a record eighth French Open title Sunday with a straight sets 6-3 6-2 6-3 dismissal of fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in a final briefly interrupted by a protestor brandishing a lighted flare. |
| China bans palatial government offices | | | Some state-run enterprises in China have opulent headquarters more suited to the court of Louis XIV of France, while other local government-owned buildings even replicate the home of the President of the United States. |
| U.S. chief executives can't break cost-cutting habit | | | (Reuters) - A disconcerting trend lurks beneath the recent round of solid profit forecasts announced by companies ranging from United Technologies Corp to Wendy's Co More than three years into the recovery, CEOs are still relying on cost cuts to prop up earnings. |
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