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| Zimmerman pulled over by police, warned for speeding | | | July 31 - George Zimmerman was pulled over by police in Texas on July 28 for speeding, officials said. Zimmerman told the officer that he had a weapon in his glove compartment and was going "nowhere in particular," said Brian Brooks, city manager of Forney, Texas, about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Dallas, where Zimmerman was stopped. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). |
| NHL Stars to Return to Olympics in Sochi in 2014 | | | After weeks of tough negotiations, the NHL and its players reached a deal with the International Ice Hockey Federation on Friday to put the season on hold again so the game's biggest stars can compete next year in the Sochi Olympics. |
| 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. |
| Cleveland abductor Castro defiant as he gets life in prison | | | CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The Cleveland school bus driver who abducted, imprisoned and repeatedly raped three women was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison without parole, plus 1,000 years, after one of his victims confronted him and said he had put her through 11 years of hell. |
| World's largest geyser puts on rare show at Yellowstone | | | (Reuters) - The world's largest geyser has exploded to life at Yellowstone National Park for the first time in eight years, sending a high-pressure burst of steamy water 300 feet into the air, a park official said on Thursday. |
| UPDATE 2-Google bets customization will be Moto's X-factor | | | NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Motorola on Thursday unveiled a new smartphone that consumers can personalize with a choice of colors and materials, hoping to stand out in a crowded market and justify the $12.5 billion that Google Inc paid for the ailing handset maker. |
| Al Qaeda's new image won't help | | | Peter Bergen says al Qaeda's attempts to rework its image with happy videos, tugs of war and ice cream eating contests won't fool anybody. |
| Balloon crashes into lake | | | Two people suffered minor injuries when a tourist hot-air balloon crashed into a lake in the Netherlands. |
| Royals Win 9th Straight, Beat Twins 7-2 | | | James Shields watched Lorenzo Cain race back to the wall in left-center field, leap in the air and snatch Trevor Plouffe's drive away just before it landed in the bullpen. |
| Buyers snap up vehicles in July, but fleet sales weak | | | DETROIT (Reuters) - Auto sales to individual U.S. consumers beat expectations in July and major automakers reported low inventories for many hot-selling models, such as Ford Motor Co's Fusion mid-size sedan, suggesting sales would strengthen further this year. |
| UPDATE 4-U.S. natgas futures end down, front posts 5-month low after EIAs | | | * EIA build comes in above 5-year average, 1st time in 3 weeks * Milder Northeast, Midwest weather should slow demand * Technicals turn bearish with this week's price slide * Coming up Baker Hughes rig data, CFTC trade data Friday (Adds spread data) By Joe Silha NEW YORK, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Front-month U.S. natural gas futures ended lower on Thursday, with the contract driven to a five-month low by mild weather forecasts for the next two weeks and a government report showin |
| Edward Snowden's refugee status | | | Aug. 1 - Fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden left the Moscow Sheremetyevo airport for an undisclosed secure location, says his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena, while showing Snowden's refugee status document. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). |
| Train driver 'on phone' during crash | | | The driver of a train that derailed in northwestern Spain last week, killing 79 people, was on the phone with railway staff when the train crashed, court officials said, citing information from data recorders. |
| Recipe Lab Recipe Lab Video Chat on Jerusalem | | | The authors of Jerusalem A Cookbook, Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi, joined Julia Moskin and three home cooks for a live video chat to discuss a recipe for chicken with onions and rice. |
| Mylan second quarter earnings rise, but foreign exchange drags | | | Aug 1 (Reuters) - Generic drugmaker Mylan Inc said on Thursday that its second-quarter earnings rose, but forecast 2013 revenue would be at the low end of an expected $7 billion to $7.4 billion range because of the weakening of India's and Japan's currencies against the dollar. |
| 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. |
| Principal Financial targets big banks in Libor lawsuit | | | (Reuters) - Principal Financial Group Inc , a large asset management and insurance company, on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit accusing nearly 30 defendants, more than half of which are banks, of rigging global benchmark interest rates. |
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