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Golf Capsules | | Chris Stroud and Ryan Moore overcame mistakes and bogeys on the back nine Saturday for a share of the lead after the third round of the CIMB Classic. |
America's rising tennis star | | The top junior player in the world last year, 17-year old Taylor Townsend talks body image and those who've inspired her. |
White House sees need for 'constraints' on NSA spying | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House moved on Monday to reassure U.S. allies and Americans concerned about the sweeping nature of the National Security Agency's surveillance practices by acknowledging that more constraints are needed to ensure that privacy rights are protected. |
White House sees need for 'constraints' on NSA spying | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House moved on Monday to reassure U.S. allies and Americans concerned about the sweeping nature of the National Security Agency's surveillance practices by acknowledging that more constraints are needed to ensure that privacy rights are protected. |
Amazon yields new species | | A titi monkey that purrs like a cat is just one of hundreds of species discovered in the Amazon in recent years, according to the World Wildlife Fund. |
Scientists confirm most distant galaxy ever | | Scientists say they've found a galaxy that's not just far, far, away -- it's the most distant from our own that's been discovered yet. And it's helping them gain insight about the universe as it existed a long time ago. |
Saudi women drivers fear reprisals | | Several women who publicly supported a campaign to defy Saudi Arabia's de facto ban on women driving fear they are being followed and investigated by the country's secret police. |
Deadly storm hits UK, Europe | | A major Atlantic storm pummeled southern England early Monday, knocking out power for tens of thousands of homes and blocking roads and railways with fallen trees. |
Gunmen seize, free Libyan PM | | Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan appealed for calm Thursday in his first public comments since he was freed after being abducted by militia gunmen for several hours. |
Deutsche Boerse gets offer from U.S. to settle Iran case | | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German exchange operator Deutsche Boerse said on Monday it had received an offer from the United States to settle an investigation into the possible violation of U.S. sanctions against Iran for $152 million. |
UKs Osborne has faith in U.S. | | Oct. 22 - UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne says U.S. politicians recognise the serious consequences of a default, and hopes that financial services arent excluded from any transatlantic trade deal. |
The rising force in world football? | | France's multicultural stars shone brightest at the World Cup 15 years ago -- now could it be Belgium's turn to do the same in Brazil next year? |
Subeconomy of fake Beats | | Three weeks ago, hip-hop star Andre Young -- better known as Dr. Dre -- made news as his Beats Electronics line, a maker of premium headphones, was valued at more than $1 billion thanks to an investment from the Carlyle Group. |
Syrian hackers hit Obama-linked Twitter, Facebook accounts | | WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The Syrian Electronic Army, a hacker group sympathetic to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on Monday seized control of an online tool used by an advocacy organization for U.S. President Barack Obama to redirect links sent from his Twitter and Facebook accounts. |
Conrad Murray regains his freedom | | Oct. 28 - Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for administering a lethal dose of a surgical anesthetic to Michael Jackson. Alicia Powell reports. |
Halloween candy for orangutans | | When Americans hand out Halloween candy next week they may inadvertently be contributing to the destruction of orangutan habitat thousands of miles away. |
Sara Wheelers O My America! | | Sara Wheeler follows six 19th-century women who left England and reinvented themselves in the United States. |
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