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PC Industry Fights to Adapt as Tablets Muscle In
While sales of PCs to businesses remain steady, demand among consumers has plunged, largely because people are instead buying iPads, Kindle Fires and other tablets.


Quebec orders MMA Railway, World Fuel to pay for crash cleanup
* July 6 crash killed 47, destroyed center of Lac Megantic


Scott NCAA Changes Can Come Without Confrontation
Larry Scott of the Pac-12 joined the chorus of commissioners calling for sweeping change in the NCAA, and said it can happen without confrontation and with the five most powerful football conferences still competing on the field with the other five.


Berlusconi faces verdict that could endanger Italian government
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's supreme court convenes on Tuesday to rule whether Silvio Berlusconi should be jailed and banned from public office for tax fraud, a verdict that could endanger Italy's shaky coalition government.


Scientists smell success with durian wine
July 21 - Scientists in Singapore are turning their hands to wine-making, using the pungent-smelling durian as a replacement for grapes. They're still a long way from commercializing durian wine, but the researchers are confident that the so-called "King of Fruits" has potential for producing a wine that people will want to drink. Tara Cleary reports.


The Haggler So You Thought You Canceled the Contract
A customer of a security-alarm company says she thought she had ended her contract but then the bills kept coming.


Bits Blog A New Role for Amazon An Engine for Jobs
Amazon, plans to announce it is creating more than 5,000 new jobs in the United States, as the company seeks to draw more attention to the working-class jobs it is creating at home.


Economix Blog The Complex Story of Race and Upward Mobility
Metropolitan areas with large African-American populations tend to have lower rates of upward mobility. But lower-income whites in those regions also face longer odds of moving up economically.


White House takes aim at Obamacare opposition's economic claims
WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - The White House on Monday shot back at critics who claim Obamacare is leading to higher healthcare costs, slower job growth and rising numbers of part-time workers,...


Spanish train driver charged with 79 counts of homicide
The 79 passengers who perished in last week's train crash in Spain will be memorialized together Monday night at a cathedral not far from where they were killed.


Virginia Johnson, Widely Published Collaborator in Sex Research, Dies at 88
Ms. Johnson and William H. Masters helped make the frank discussion of sex in postwar America possible if not downright acceptable.


Medium chance of cyclone North of Puerto Rico -NHC
July 29 (Reuters) - Remnants of tropical storm Dorian, located a couple of hundred miles north of Puerto Rico, have a 30 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.


Forward Calendar - U.S. corporate bond new issues
July 29 (Reuters) - The following are lists of upcoming high-grade and high-yield corporate bond offerings in the United States. The information was gathered from Thomson Reuters U.S. new issues...


Yasiel Puig Homers in 11th, Dodgers Beat Reds 1-0
Yasiel Puig does everything with a touch of panache, including his game-ending home run trot.


Study Air pollution kills two million
More than two million people are dying every year from the effects of outdoor air pollution, according to a new study.


Angelina Jolie highest earning U.S. actress Forbes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie, who will next be seen on the big screen in the film "Maleficent," is Hollywood's highest paid actress with estimated earnings of $33 million in the last year, according to Forbes.


ArtsBeat What Inspired You to Work in Pop Music?
Next week, Ben Ratliff will write about what set him on the path toward becoming a pop and jazz critic for The Times. We want to hear from pop music professionals about what inspired their careers.


White House takes aim at Obamacare opposition's economic claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday shot back at critics who claim Obamacare is leading to higher healthcare costs, slower job growth and rising numbers of part-time workers, saying the latest economic statistics show none of those effects.


Dry area expands in western U.S. Corn Belt -Drought Monitor
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Abnormally dry areas expanded in the U.S. western Corn Belt, including the top crop state of Iowa, over the past week to put much of the corn crop at risk, according to a weekly drought report.


44 hurt in Swiss head-on train crash
Two commuter trains collided head-on Monday evening in western Switzerland, injuring 44 people, including four seriously.


Fantasy Football Sleeper and Breakout Candidates at Quarterback
Eli Manning, Carson Palmer and Sam Bradford are among the quarterbacks who are being overlooked and could potentially break out in 2013.


In new apps, hand gestures control the action
TORONTO, July 29 (Reuters) - Like waving a wand, new apps are bringing a bit of magic to computers, enabling users to zoom, pan and control the action with hand gestures.


Concussion Study Makes Case for Reducing Contact Drills for Youth Players
Youth players who took part in a limited number of contact drills in practice were no more likely to absorb head hits during games, a study showed.


Splashing the cash for a vintage Mercedes
An unidentified buyer paid about $30 million at an auction for a car formerly used by Formula One great Juan Manuel Fangio. The selling price is a record, the auctioneer said.


Voices of Egyptian crisis
Both sides of Egypt's divide share their experiences from a week of turmoil and violence.


Mark Ronson on love for music
CNN's Monita Rajpal meets Grammy award-winning Mark Ronson who has produced some of the biggest stars in the industry.


Living With Cancer A Quilt of Poetry
Taking inspiration from a number of cancer poets, Susan Gubar pieced together a quilt of poetry to convey the feeling of chaos so common among people with cancer.


UPDATE 2-U.S. says JP Morgan manipulated market; settlement seen
WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. power regulator outlined its case of market manipulation against JPMorgan Chase Co on Monday as industry sources said a final settlement on the issue should come on Tuesday.


Music Review Wagners Ring Opens at Bayreuth With Reality-Cam Touch
The first two operas of Wagners Ring cycle, by the avant-garde director Frank Castorf, had their debuts at the Bayreuth Festival over the weekend.


Weinstein and Disney, Together Again
Putting aside past acrimony, the prominent producer will team with Disney to make a movie adaptation of the book series Artemis Fowl.'


DSP Group sees slowing demand for digital cordless phones
JERUSALEM, July 29 (Reuters) - Multimedia chip maker DSP Group predicted a drop in third-quarter earnings from a forecast-beating second quarter due to slowing demand for digital cordless phones.


The toughest shot in golf?
Living Golf takes a a look at the iconic 17th hole with its island green.


Indian lunar orbiter hit by heat rise
Scientists have switched off several on-board instruments to halt rising temperatures inside India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft.


Tunisia Says Assassination Has Links to Al Qaeda
Already criticized for failing to find those responsible for the February killing of another opposition figure, the government was under pressure to produce some answers.


Humpback whale freed from shark net
July 26 - Rescuers free a humpback whale after it became tangled in a shark net off the coast of Noosa on Australia's Sunshine Coast. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).


UPDATE 1-U.S., Japanese stocks boosts Loeb's Third Point fund
NEW YORK, July 29 (Reuters) - Bets on U.S and Japanese stocks helped Daniel Loeb's hedge fund, Third Point, gain 3.3 percent during the second quarter, even as equity and bond markets suffered rapid sell offs in June, the manager told his investors on Monday.


John Kerry's bold push for peace
David Rothkopf says the Arab-Israeli conflict seems as intractable as ever, but the secretary of state's valiant bid to put it back on table is worth a try -- and could work.


CANADA FX DEBT-C$ hits five-week high as market eyes Fed, data
* C$ at C$1.0260 vs US$ or 97.47 U.S. cents * Fed policy debate in focus * U.S. jobs and North American GDP data due this week * Bond prices mixed By Solarina Ho TORONTO, July 29 (Reuters) - The...


Happy 70th birthday, Mick Jagger!
What a drag it is getting old.


Hedge fund star Narula's main fund off 10.4 percent in second-quarter
BOSTON (Reuters) - Deepak Narula's main hedge fund, of one last year's best performers, fell 10.4 percent in the second quarter, its deepest quarterly loss ever, pummeled by fears that interest rates...


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