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Personal Health Keeping Food-Borne Illnesses at Bay
People, not products, are the main cause of food-borne illnesses, and they can be avoided by following certain basic principles of food safety.


Living in Egypt during chaos
There's more to do in Cairo than just protest. Just look at lifestyle website CairoScene.


GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares gain, gold falls as Syria strike looks limited
* Rising stocks on Wall Street lead European shares to rebound


ArtsBeat Popcast Miley Cyrus and the Summer of Smooth
Jon Caramanica talks with host Ben Ratliff about Miley Cyruss raunch intervention on this weeks MTV Video Music Awards.


Blackstone and Fidelity offer hedge fund taste to retail crowd
BOSTON (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP , one of the world's biggest hedge fund investors, said on Monday Fidelity Investments is a strategic partner in giving retail investors a taste of the normally...


Thousands of dead fish found in Chinese river after toxic spill report
BEIJING (Reuters) - Thousands of dead fish have been found floating in a river in central China following a toxic spill, Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of pollution scandals to hit the country's water supplies.


Billie Jean King's equality fight
Mark McKay reports on Billie Jean King's campaign for equality in tennis.


U.N. Chief Reaffirms Opposition to Force
Ban Ki-moon, the secretary general, said he welcomed President Obamas efforts to engage Congress but insisted that the Security Council should approve any military action.


U.S. takes first step towards Syria military action
A U.S. Senate committee approves a resolution authorizing a military response to Syrian chemical weapons use. It will be debated by the full Senate next week.


Currents | Furniture Decadent as a Bite of Velvet Cake
Squint, a London furniture company, introduces velvet-covered tables and vases.


Career Couch Avoiding Collisions of Church and the Workplace
When it comes to religious expression at work, employers must balance the interests of the business with their employeesx2019; beliefs, workplace experts say.


Browsing Dressing for the Fashion Shows and After
No need to leave your favorite jeans back home during New York Fashion Week.


Senate panel passes authorization for use of military force in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday approved a resolution authorizing the use of military force in Syria by a vote of 10-7, with one senator merely voting "present."


China Plans Its First Unmanned Moon Landing This Year
The mission, due by the end of 2013, will be the countrys first soft landing on an extraterrestrial body, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.


Tevez City pressure too much
Juventus striker Carlos Tevez talks to CNN about the pressure at Manchester City and his new challenge at his new club.


Freedom! 10 trips without the kids
It's time to consider a grown-up getaway.


Qualcomm jumps into 'wearables' fray with Toq smartwatch
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc has unveiled the Toq, a smartwatch that can play music and handle phone calls and messages, and said it would start selling the device in the fourth quarter, marking the chipmaker's entry into the emerging arena of wearable computing.


Campbell Soup sales disappoint, shares fall
(Reuters) - Campbell Soup Co , the world's largest soup maker, reported quarterly revenue that fell short of analysts' expectations as sales in its core U.S. soup business slowed, sending its shares...


The greatest F1 driver ever?
Who is the greatest F1 driver of all time? Past and present drivers give their verdict on the contenders to CNN.


Sports Briefing | Pro Basketball Suns and Beasley Agree to End Contract
The Phoenix Suns and Michael Beasley, who was arrested a month ago on drug charges, reached an agreement to terminate his contract.


Roundup Red Sox Foil Scherzers Bid For 20-1 Start
Jon Lester allowed one earned run and struck out nine in besting Max Scherzer, who lost for the first time since July 13.


Murray grinds past Istomin into U.S. Open quarters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Defending champion Andy Murray ground his way past Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin with a 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4 6-4 victory on Tuesday to reach the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open where he will face Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka.


Soccer Clubs Latest Stadium Proposal Would Give the Yankees a New Neighbor
The New York City Football Club, which discussed a Queens site, is considering building a 25,000-to-30,000-seat facility in the Bronx.


UPDATE 5-S.African gold miners' union offers some compromise as strike bites
* NUM ready to lower wage demands for only some categories


Patent ruling on Lilly's Alimta lung-cancer drug expected in 2014
(Reuters) - A high-stakes decision on whether to extend U.S. marketing exclusivity of Eli Lilly and Co's blockbuster Alimta lung cancer drug is not expected until next year, following a two-week trial in Indianapolis federal court.


Obama World set red line on Syria
President Barack Obama said the red line he spoke of last year regarding Syria's use of chemical weapons came from international treaties and past congressional action.


Clashes in Bahrain over activist's death
Sept. 4 - Police fire tear gas at anti-government protesters near the Bahraini capital during angry demonstrations over the death of a young activist. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).


Another tough U.S. Open for Kvitova
Petra Kvitova hasn't had much luck in New York. Suffering from an illness, the 2011 Wimbledon champion claimed a mere three games in a third-round loss. She still hasn't reached a quarterfinal in the Big Apple.


A Back and Forth About Narcissism
A social-science journal invited Jean M. Twenge and one of her most prominent critics, Jeffrey Arnett, to debate the levels of narcissism in todays emerging adults.


Most news bad for emerging markets James Saft
(Reuters) - Syria today, the taper tomorrow - emerging market policymakers are learning that once the market becomes concerned with a current account deficit, most news is bad news.


Reuters Breakingviews Cameron humiliation his own doing
Aug. 30 - Prime minister David Cameron may cling onto power, but his authority at home and influence abroad have been greatly diminished. And it's all his own fault, says Hugo Dixon.


London skyscraper melts car
Never mind the traffic, car owners in London have a new hazard to worry about A skyscraper whose reflected rays have the power to melt cars.


Chipotle vs. Taco Bell Einhorns short put to the taste test - Felix TV
David Einhorn, the investor known for betting against stocks like Green Mountain Coffee, now is targeting Chipotle Mexican Grill, saying it will face significant competition from "a resurgent Taco Bell." We put his theory to the taste test with Reuters blogger Felix Salmon, Reuters Social Media Editor Anthony De Rosa and Food and Wine Restaurant Editor Kate Krader. (October 3, 2012)


Build your home from scratch
Imagine if it were possible to build your own home, in this day and age, for less than $35,000. Or to cut up some timber and piece your new home together like a giant jigsaw puzzle.


Facial recognition brings new look to shopping
Aug. 19 - Scrambling for credit cards or mobile phones at the checkout counter could become a thing of the past as a Finnish company readies to launch the world's first face recognition payment system. Tara Cleary reports.


Hipsters, Paul Bunyan make feel-good pitch in Obamacare ads
LOS ANGELES, Sept 4 (Reuters) - New commercials to promote Obamacare's state health exchanges strive for an upbeat, and at times humorous, tone to sell healthcare reform to a skeptical and largely unaware audience.


Summer deals lift banks' hopes of MA tipping point
LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Verizon's deal to buy Vodafone out of their U.S. wireless venture for $130 billion may have been years in the making, but bankers hope it could be an inflexion point that marks the revival of big dealmaking.


Ireland mourns 'keeper of language' poet Seamus Heaney
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Seamus Heaney, one of the world's best-known poets and winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for literature, died on Friday after a short illness at the age of 74, his family said.


GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares rise, gold falls as Syria strike looks limited
* Brent crude settles below $115 a barrel, gold prices also ease


UPDATE 1-Glitch hits Nasdaq system at center of trading outage
NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group said the system at the center of the Nasdaq exchange's three-hour trading halt on Aug. 22 had a six minute outage on Wednesday for a small number of...


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