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| Sorting Out the New Yahoo Mail | | | Users have reported problems with Yahoos new e-mail format, but it should still be possible to sort contacts by first name. |
| 14 cats, dog rescued from Princess Grace's childhood home | | | PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The once-stately childhood home of American actress Grace Kelly, who starred in the 1950s films "Rear Window" and "High Society" and later became Princess of Monaco, was raided this week after animal welfare officials saw evidence of animal abuse. |
| BASF challenges EU ban on fipronil pesticide | | | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German chemicals group BASF said it launched a legal challenge against the European Commission's ban of BASF's insecticide fipronil, imposed in July on concern its use as seed treatment is linked to declining bee populations. |
| FIFA's Russian racism headache | | | For soccer's world governing body FIFA, it is an unwanted hat-trick -- the next three host nations of its showpiece tournament are all battling controversies. |
| 4 dead in Pakistan blast | | | A bomb planted in a bicycle killed killed four people and wounded 20 others when it exploded in a busy area of a city in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, police said. |
| Today's Economist The Decline of the Tea Party | | | There are signs that the political pendulum may be swinging back toward the middle as wealthy elites and business interests push back against a hard-line Republican right wing, an economist writes. |
| Swiss banks steer clear of consolidation | | | GENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss private bankers say a capital shortfall in the financial sector and a clampdown on tax evasion stand in the way of much-need consolidation in an industry battling rising... |
| 4 Wheelchair Titles in the 4 Top Marathons | | | Tatyana McFadden won the New York City Marathon, after capturing Boston, London and Chicago this year. She is the first person to win all four major marathons in a year. |
| Apple details government information requests for first time | | | (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Tuesday disclosed the number of information requests it received from governments around the world, making it one of the last big tech companies to do so in the wake of the controversy over data collection by U.S. national security agencies. |
| Promising signs for former No. 1 McIlroy | | | After beating Tiger Woods in an exhibition, could this be the weekend Rory McIlroy ends his 2013 drought? The Northern Irishman leads Shanghai's HSBC Champions after the first round. |
| Tesla Shares Drop as Profit Falls Short | | | Tesla Motors' high-flying stock tumbled 12 percent in after-hours trading Tuesday after the electric car maker's third-quarter results fell short of expectations. |
| Filling up on petrol station offices | | | (Reuters.com) - Seeking a place to work out of the office that is quieter than a bustling coffee shop and provides drinks, printers, Wi-Fi and even petrol? |
| Hans Zimmer plays piano of the future | | | Hans Zimmer, the creative force behind some of Hollywood's best loved film music, including the Oscar-winning Lion King score, adjusts his chair in front of a sleek black instrument that looks something like the control panel of a stealth bomber. |
| Masters' works found in Nazi haul | | | Previously unknown paintings by Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall and Otto Dix are among a treasure trove of art -- much of it believed to have been looted by the Nazis -- found hidden in a Munich apartment. |
| BlackBerry calls off sale, spurring doubts and stock plunge | | | TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd abandoned on Monday its plan to sell itself and said its CEO is stepping down, sparking a 16 percent dive in its share price and raising fears the struggling smartphone maker is running out of options. |
| The origami kayak and 9 other great folding vehicles | | | Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, is believed to date back as far as the 17th century. Traditionally done with a single sheet of paper, its elegant principles have come to influence package design, mathematics and -- more recently -- an unusual new folding kayak. |
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