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T Magazine On View | Where Arts and Crafts Are One
An exhibition at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art highlights handmade techniques in contemporary art.


Market Shows Small Gains in Short Session
The stock market seesawed on thin trading volume and ended higher on Wednesdays half-day session. The market is closed on the Fourth of July holiday and will reopen on Friday.


Disneys Chief Agrees to Hold Off on His Retirement Until 2016
The board of the entertainment company said Robert A. Iger, who was supposed to leave in 2015, now will stay in place until 2016.


Sports Briefing | Hockey Islanders Buy Out DiPietro
The Islanders said they would use a compliance buyout for the goaltender and former first overall draft pick Rick DiPietro, concluding an expensive saga.


The Learning Network Blog Student Reading Contest Winner | Internet Surveillance
Five young adult authors from Random House Kids choose a winner and four runners-up in the first week of our Summer Reading Contest.


Advertising On Independence Day, a Salute to the Brave
Some ads for the Fourth of July holiday honor the veterans of the nations wars, particularly those who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq.


Dance Review Shantala Shivalingappas Akasha Finds Physical Precision
In her program Akasha, Shantala Shivalingappa performs five solo dances in Kuchipudi, a South Indian classical form.


To Fight Religious Monuments, Atheists Plan Their Own Symbols
Starting with a bench in Florida, the group American Atheists intends to install 50 more secular totems near displays of the Ten Commandments nationwide.


Obama, buoyed by election win, faces new battles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama had little time to savor victory on Wednesday after voters gave him a second term in the White House where he faces urgent economic challenges, a looming fiscal showdown and a still-divided Congress able to block his every move.


Volcano prompts flight cancellations
Rumblings from Mexico's most well known volcano forced several U.S. airlines to cancel flights in the country's capital on Thursday.


BRIEF-Ultra Electronics wins 32 mln stg Indonesian deal
LONDON, July 4 (Reuters) - Ultra Electronics Holdings PLC * Awarded a 32M contract for the mid-life modernisation of indonesian navy


Tiger Woods Keeps His December Tournament
The World Challenge that Tiger Woods has hosted every holiday season since 1999 means so much to him that he spent what was believed to be about $4 million of his own money to help cover operating costs in a year it did not have a full title sponsor.


Ohio governor signs budget including tax cut, anti-abortion provision
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Ohio's governor signed a two-year, $62 billion state budget on Sunday that seeks to spur economic growth with a reduction in personal income taxes and includes a provision that...


British Company Is Awarded Contract to Administer Health Rollout
Under a tight deadline, the Obama administration awarded the company, Serco, a contract worth as much as $1.2 billion to help sift applications for insurance and tax credits under the new law.


Illinois governor vetoes parts of concealed carry gun bill
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois governor Pat Quinn on Tuesday vetoed parts of a gun bill that would have allowed people to carry more than one gun, carry guns into some places that serve alcohol, and carry a partly exposed gun.


Market Pulse BoE curveball triggers Carney-age in cable
July 4 - Carney's curveball. Sterling slumps after the BoE keeps policy unchanged, but issues a statement suggesting it's unhappy with the recent rise in yields and that a rate hike remains a long way off.


T Magazine The Making Of | Amare Stoudemires Custom Lanvin Wedding Suit
The chic red number the Knicks star wore to his wedding reception last weekend was the result of a year-long collaboration.


Bringing rock music to Ethiopia
CNN's Errol Barnett meets Addis Gessesse, the manager of Ethiopian band Jano.


National Briefing | Midwest Illinois Panel Says It Will Miss Pension Plan Deadline
State Senator Kwame Raoul said actuarial studies of various proposals, including recent ones submitted by the governor, would take more time.


Snowden seeks asylum in China
The anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks says it has submitted asylum requests to 19 more countries for Edward Snowden, the ex-National Security Agency computer contractor who has admitted leaking details of U.S. surveillance programs to reporters.


I.R.S. Scrutiny Went Beyond the Political
A closer look at the I.R.S. operation suggests that the problem was less about ideology than about the indiscriminate application of a process instructing reviewers to be on the lookout for selected terms.


Straight Sets A Look at the Mens Semifinals
Tthe final four men at Wimbledon include three former Grand Slam champions and one of the games most promising young stars.


Jailed FB teen getting day in court
A Texas teen who's been jailed more than four months for a Facebook comment he made during a video-game argument is finally getting a day in court that could let him go home.


ArtsBeat Extinct TV Shows from 1980s and 90s Find New Life in Comic Books
Some good news for those still mourning the end of Punky Brewster.


You're the Boss Blog Is $75 Million in Venture Capital an Advantage?
Or is it better to be self-financed? Which of two data companies, financed differently, do you think is better positioned?


10 smartphone habits to avoid
How annoying and rude and antisocial have we all become with our smartphones? We're embarrassing ourselves all over the place. Please stop.


Record eighth for Nadal
Rafael Nadal races to a record eighth French Open title Sunday with a straight sets 6-3 6-2 6-3 dismissal of fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in a final briefly interrupted by a protestor brandishing a lighted flare.


Out There Timeless Questions About the Universe
Is time an illusion? Is there a universe, or multiverse? Finite or infinite? Will we ever know, and does it matter?


The Learning Network Blog 6 Qs About the News | Paula Deens Crumbling Empire
Who is Paula Deen, and why has much of her culinary empire crumbled in the last week?


NASA wants backyard astronomers to help track asteroids
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA called on backyard astronomers and other citizen-scientists on Tuesday to help track asteroids that could create havoc on Earth.


F.D.A. Prefers Smaller Dosage of Merck Sleep Drug
Merck said the Food and Drug Administration had rejected an application for a new sleeping pill called suvorexant, but would probably approve it in smaller doses.


Grenoble Journal Disabled People Say They, Too, Want a Sex Life, and Seek Help in Attaining It
Some legislators and advocacy groups in France are demanding the legalization of sexual surrogates to help disabled people have sex lives, but critics see instead a kind of prostitution.


EU, U.S. trade talks face stumble
Trade talks between the U.S and EU will resume, officials say. Richard Quest talks with Guy Verhofstadt about the news.


Yankees Find New Fill-In for Jeter While Waiting for the Real Thing
The Yankees signed Luis Cruz as the latest replacement for the injured Derek Jeter, who has started running the bases in Tampa, Fla.


Texas Republican Personifies Challenge for Immigration Bill
Representative Blake Farenthold, who is wary of a path to citizenship but may be open to other changes, represents a district that is half Hispanic but is considered a safe Republican seat.


India's Emcure Pharma files for IPO
MUMBAI, July 2 (Reuters) - India's Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd, in which Blackstone Group holds a significant minority stake, has filed for an initial public offering of common stock, the company said...


15 Is Enough for the ACC for Now
The Atlantic Coast Conference is now a 15-team league and it might just stay that way for a while.


The hot albums and festivals this summer
Summer is the best time for outdoor musical festivals and blasting music with all the windows open. We've done the legwork for you, and compiled what should be some of the best albums of the season, and the most tent-worthy festivals, organized by region.


UPDATE 3-ECB, abandoning tradition, commits to record low rates
* Draghi says rates low for extended period, could fall further


Third of conifers under threat of extinction, study says
OSLO (Reuters) - A third of the world's conifers, the biggest and longest-lived organisms on the planet, are at risk of extinction, with logging and disease the main threats, scientists said on Tuesday.


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