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| Dragon Rally | | | While reporting on the threats facing the Detroit Institute of Arts' collection, reporter Randy Kennedy encountered a mobile protest in the form of a fire-breathing metal dragon. |
| Serbian company's sweet success | | | Serbia's economy might be in the doldrums, but one company is tasting sweet success as the country readies itself for entry into the European Union. |
| Austen ring bought back from singer | | | A ring once owned by the 19th century novelist Jane Austen is to remain in Britain after a museum successfully raised funds to buy it from American singer Kelly Clarkson. |
| Venezuela vows crackdown on 'currency tourists' | | | CARACAS, Oct 5 (Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro's government plans to use fingerprint machines at airports to try to root out no-shows who buy tickets to scam travel-related currency controls without even flying, in the latest symptom of Venezuela's economic chaos. |
| Fitch SFR Spin-Off Plan Exposes Vivendi Holders to Event Risk | | | (The following statement was released by the rating agency) LONDON, September 12 (Fitch) Vivendi's plan to split itself in two exposes bondholders to the risk that they will end up invested in SFR, the group's French telecom operations, rather than its better-performing media assets and Brazil's GVT, Fitch Ratings says. The credit impact on Vivendi's 'BBB' rating would depend mainly on how debt was allocated to the two separate companies in any proposed transaction. Vivendi could end 2013 |
| Driver shot dead in dramatic car chase at U.S. Capitol | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A dramatic car chase through the streets of Washington from near the White House to the U.S. Capitol ended in gunfire on Thursday when law enforcement officers shot and killed the driver as lawmakers and aides huddled in a lockdown. |
| Television Review House of Versace on Lifetime | | | House of Versace, a Lifetime film based on Deborah Balls book of the same title, takes a look at the fashion dynasty built by Gianni Versace and continued after his death by his sister, Donatella. |
| 'Gay players want to come out' | | | Anton Hysen is a football player. He is also gay. "We can run, we can play, we can score. So what's the problem?" he says. "There's so much ignorance. Some people who are homophobic don't even know a gay person." |
| Qatar plans unaffected by FIFA move organizers | | | DOHA (Reuters) - FIFA's delay in making a decision on the dates for the 2022 Qatar World Cup will not affect the country's plans for the tournament, a senior official told Reuters on Friday. |
| 'Rush' F1's death or glory days | | | F1's wacky races run during the 1970s provided the sport with some of its most celebrated and reviled moments which are now the subject of two feature-length films released this autumn. |
| Well Eating the Color Purple | | | Even though its officially autumn, the summer crop of eggplant is still in full swing at farmers markets across the country. |
| 5 ways to fix the government | | | He's 20 years old. He's a full-time college sophomore. He's brimming with a young man's idealism and energy, and he's running for Indiana's state legislature. |
| Red Wings Open With 2-1 Win Over Sabres | | | Pavel Datsyuk and Mikael Samuelsson scored 36 seconds apart midway through the first period and the Detroit Red Wings held on to beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 Wednesday night in the season-opener for both teams. |
| Man says dog ate his money and U.S. Treasury paid up | | | (Reuters) - A Montana man who pieced together the remnants of five $100 bills eaten by his one-eyed dog last year is sporting a $500 check he says he received this week from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to replace the digested funds. |
| Millions of Poor Are Left Uncovered by Health Law | | | Because some states are not expanding Medicaid, two-thirds of the poor blacks and single mothers and a majority of the low-wage workers who do not have insurance will not benefit from the new health law. |
| Play to resume at Cup with U.S. in early control | | | DUBLIN, Ohio (Reuters) - Foursomes play at the Presidents Cup was set to resume at 545 p.m. local (2145 GMT) on Friday after a weather delay of just over two-and-a-half hours due to a thunderstorm had halted early United States dominance. |
| JC Penney woes add more angst to CMBS market | | | NEW YORK, Oct 4 (IFR) - The fate of struggling big-box retailer JC Penney, which has the largest tenant exposure overall in legacy CMBS, weighed heavily on CMBS this week, adding even more pressure... |
| Why women 'owe' Billie Jean | | | When the winner of the women's singles at the U.S. Open picks up her check for $2.6 million -- buck for buck the same as the men's champion -- she might well reflect that, if not for Billie Jean King's pioneering efforts, those riches might not exist. |
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