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Bucks Lessons Learned From Well-Behaved Investors
Carl Richards discusses what individuals can learn from investors who manage to separate emotion from investing.


UPDATE 2-Obama administration overturns ban on some iPad, iPhones
WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - The Obama administration has overturned a U.S. trade panel's ban on the sale of some older iPhones and iPads, reversing a ruling that had favored Samsung Electronics Co Ltd over Apple Inc in their long-running patent battles.


Britain's Kate and William register birth of Prince George
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate on Friday registered the birth of their son George, who was born on July 22 in a blaze of global publicity and is third in line to the...


The Learning Network Blog Summer Reading Contest | What Interested You Most in The Times This Week?
Our contest is in its eighth and penultimate week. Post here through Aug. 8, and judges from Common Sense Media will choose winners.


Two Cities and Cultures, Linked on a Brooklyn Wall
On a small street in East Williamsburg, a Mexico City artist has created a work of art representing New York Citys diversity.


Fast track to driver road rage?
It may not be "High Noon," but the Red Bull team are facing a Shanghai showdown when their two drivers resume rivalries at this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix.


RPT-CORRECTED-FDA issues new rules for labeling 'gluten-free' foods
(Corrects headline to show FDA issues rules, not proposed rules; repeats to fix story number)


T Magazine Letter from Paris | Much Ado About the Legion of Honor
Frances award of merit is increasingly being given out like jujubes, causing some of the French to look down their noses at it. Americans, however, seem to love it.


FEATURE-Small manufacturers bet on Detroit brand despite bankruptcy
DETROIT, Aug 2 (Reuters) - For nearly six decades Detroit's story has been one of relentless erosion of its once mighty manufacturing base, but even as the Motor City faces a long bankruptcy a clutch...


UPDATE 2-Spicy earnings, outlook lift shares in Chili's Grill owner to new high
* Shares rise as much as 8 pct (Adds comments from CEO, analyst; updates shares)


Prototype Helping Hollywood Players Hook Up
Slated, a free, members-only service, allows directors, producers, actors, sales agents and investors to communicate.


Summers U.S. economy best in 15 years
May 16 - Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers says he feels good about the economy after several rough patches. He also says theres a global shift on austerity.


UPDATE 2-Rogers designs plan to thwart Verizon move into Canada
TORONTO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Rogers Communications Inc , Canada's largest wireless company, is attempting to thwart Verizon Communications Inc's entry into the country by backing a private equity bid...


Exclusive Compuware takes another shot at sale - sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Management software company Compuware Corp has renewed efforts to sell itself, courting not just the buyers of rival BMC Software Inc but also CA Technologies Inc and other...


Dell committee and buyout group close to a deal-source
Aug 2 (Reuters) - Dell Inc's special committee and the buyout group led by company founder and Chief Executive Michael Dell are nearing a deal that would include an offer price of $13.75 per share...


Whats On Wednesday
Television highlights.


Superman flies in southern California
July 3 - A start-up company in California creates life-sized remote controlled superheroes that soar through the air. Elly Park reports.


Family farming to cut poverty
In just 12 years leading up to 2010, Vietnam cut the country's malnutrition rate in half by investing in small scale farming.


World Briefing | Asia India Deadly Clashes Raise Tensions in Kashmir
The Indian Army has killed a dozen people suspected of being rebels in five days of fighting near the highly militarized line, an army spokesman said Friday.


BRICs will suffer from QE rollback - World Bank
June 19 - As quantitative easing slows, developing countries will struggle to access capital, warns World Bank President Jim Yong Kim at a newsmaker event in London.


Firestone Record Not in Tiger's Top 10
Tiger Woods matched his lowest ever score on the PGA Tour with a sizzling nine-under-par 61 at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Friday, but said he had produced several rounds of greater quality.


'You're a coward!' mob suspect told
Courtroom drama erupted Friday when James "Whitey" Bulger stood and angrily addressed the judge, without the jury present, about how his murder trial was "a sham" and he wasn't going to take the stand in his own defense.


Dick Kazmaier, a Heisman Winner Who Passed on the N.F.L., Dies at 82
Mr. Kazmaier, a Princeton halfback who won the Heisman in 1951, was drafted by the Bears but declined to join the team, or any other, saying he had achieved all he wanted in the sport.


Prototype The Hipster Brewmeister of ... Beirut
How a former investment banker and airline executive started 961 Beer, a rare Middle East microbrewery.


Crews battle wildfires threatening homes in Pacific Northwest
SEATTLE/ PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Firefighters in Washington state and Oregon were grappling on Wednesday with blazes that have blackened more than 200 square miles of terrain across the Pacific Northwest, forcing hundreds of residents to flee their homes.


A golf coaching dynasty
Butch Harmon and his son, Claude Harmon III, open up about their family's golf legacy.


UPDATE 1-Fisher Communications shareholders want more from Sinclair to sell
Aug 2 (Reuters) - Three minority shareholders of Fisher Communications Inc said a $373 million takeover bid by Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc undervalues the TV broadcaster and are looking to activist...


Belarus leader beats Putin's pike with man-sized catfish
MINSK (Reuters) - Just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin landed a giant pike on a fishing trip, his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko has boasted about catching a man-sized catfish.


Matter Monogamys Boost to Human Evolution
Fossil records suggest that by sticking around and protecting and feeding their offspring, early men paved the way for the growth of the human brain.


UPDATE 3-NZ's Fonterra finds botulism bacteria in dairy ingredient
WELLINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - New Zealand's Fonterra , the world's largest dairy exporter, said on Saturday it had found bacteria which can cause botulism in some of its dairy products, prompting...


Stolen jewels worth close to $136M
Investigators were at work Tuesday looking into the weekend theft of jewels worth close to $136 million from an exhibition in the French resort city of Cannes, the prosecutor's office in nearby Grasse said.


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.


U.S. declares new push to defuse Egyptian crisis
CAIRO (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it would work with other nations to resolve Egypt's crisis peacefully, injecting new energy into a push to end a bloody standoff since the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.


Benchmark's Bill Gurley on writing "Above the Crowd"
Gurley explains the through process of his writing and what he hopes to achieve with it.


Theory on Pain Is Driving Rules for Abortions
Measures that ban abortion 20 weeks after conception, on the disputed idea that the fetus can feel pain at that point, have spread by tapping into public concern about late-stage abortions.


Northern California city sues Chevron over refinery fire
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - The Northern California city of Richmond on Friday sued Chevron Corp, saying the company was willfully negligent in a massive refinery fire and a smoke cloud last year that sent thousands of people to hospitals.


Pro-Mursi protesters signal no plans to quit
Aug. 2 - Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mursi continue to protest signaling no plans to quit. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.


Fusion Announces Premiere Date and Prime-Time Schedule
The channel, a joint venture of ABC News and Univision, has broadened its target audience to include millennials as well as bilingual Latinos.


Clouds Spread to Democratic Side of Virginia Governors Race
A cloud of scandal has spread from the Republican incumbent Bob McDonnell to his would-be successor. Now a potential scandal threatens to distract the Democratic candidates campaign.


Vodka boycott in U.S. spreads on concerns over gay rights in Russia
(Reuters) - Gay rights activists in New York City dumped vodka onto the street on Wednesday to protest new laws in Russia targeting homosexuals, as a growing number of gay bar owners across the...


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