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| UK playwright Tom Stoppard wins PEN/Pinter prize | | | LONDON (Reuters) - British playwright Tom Stoppard has won the 2013 PEN/Pinter Prize established in memory of the late Nobel laureate and fellow dramatist Harold Pinter, organizers said on Wednesday. |
| Mystery at Richard III burial site | | | First came the dramatic discovery of the long-lost remains of King Richard III. Now, there's the mystery of the coffin within the coffin. Archaeologists are puzzled. |
| Quakes May Help Release Methane | | | Seepage of methane, a greenhouse gas, in the Arabian Sea may be linked to a 1945 earthquake, a study suggests. The finding may affect global warming estimates. |
| Reassuring clients during municipal meltdowns | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - While U.S. municipal bond investors wait to see how Detroit's bankruptcy filing plays out, advisers should be calming them while taking a hard look at their portfolios. |
| Economix Blog Keep On Truckin | | | A research report finds a surprising correlation between the pace of truck sales and the ability of stocks to outperform bonds. |
| U.S. lawmaker tightens screws on IRS with Treasury subpoena | | | WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - A senior Republican lawmaker on Friday issued a subpoena to U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew seeking documents related to a nearly three-month old congressional probe of the Internal Revenue Service's treatment of conservative political groups. |
| Luanda World's priciest city | | | For the second time in three years, the African city of Luanda has been declared the most expensive city in the world for expats. |
| One dead in Japan flooding | | | July 29 - Japanese rescuers rush to help hundreds stranded by flooding in villages across western Japan after at least one person died. Rough Cut (no reporter narration) |
| New Habits Transform Software | | | An increasing focus on office collaboration is creating opportunities for software giants like Microsoft and Google and start-ups like Quip. |
| 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. |
| ECB takes lending step to help small business | | | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank moved on Thursday to get more money to the euro zone's struggling small businesses, letting banks use more of the assets once blamed for triggering the... |
| Climate change may up violence | | | A new study in the journal Science shows that shifts in climate historically have been associated with violent conflicts, and that the risk of violence will rise with man-made climate change. |
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