| Latest worldwide news | Bulger used disguise, souped-up car in Boston hit witness | | | BOSTON (Reuters) - A murderer told jurors on Monday about his days as a close associate of James "Whitey" Bulger, joining him in a double murder in which Bulger wore a wig and fake mustache and escaped in a car capable of sending out a smokescreen or oil slick to deter pursuers. |
| Former Oklahoma St QB Lunt Joining Illinois | | | Former Oklahoma State starting quarterback Wes Lunt is transferring to Illinois, returning to his home state after giving the Illini little consideration out of high school. |
| Runaway train devastates small town in Quebec | | | LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) - The only warning Lac-Megantic residents had of the coming disaster was the louder-than-usual rumble of a train - a runaway locomotive laden with crude oil that would... |
| Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro | | | Inside Africa explores the logistics of climbing Africa's tallest mountain and meets tourists about to do so. |
| Satellite tracking could be last hope for elephants in South Sudan | | | July 3 - Conservationists in South Sudan are using satellite technology to monitor and protect the region's threatened elephant populations. They say South Sudan's elephants are in danger of being wiped out in five years, if the current rate of ivory poaching is not curbed. Ben Gruber has more. |
| Infighting kills top Somali militant | | | A senior Somali militant who had a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head has been killed in infighting among members of the al Qaeda-aligned group Al-Shabaab, a spokesman for the group said Saturday. |
| Fed balance sheet grows in latest week | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew in the latest week with additional holdings of Treasury debt, Fed data released on Friday showed. |
| 'Lone Ranger' ambushed at box office, Disney may face loss | | | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Lone Ranger," Walt Disney Co's big-budget western starring Johnny Depp, performed below expectations on Wednesday night, raising the possibility that the movie could saddle the media giant with a loss on the film. |
| Beyond the Finish Line | | | Jeff Bauman went to the 2013 Boston Marathon to cheer for his girlfriend. In one flash, his life changed and an arduous road to recovery began. |
| Runaway train devastates small town in Quebec | | | LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) - The only warning Lac-Megantic residents had of the coming disaster was the louder-than-usual rumble of a train - a runaway locomotive laden with crude oil that would... |
| U.S. Supreme Court asked to review leaked Verizon ruling | | | WASHINGTON, July 8 (Reuters) - A civil liberties group is taking the unusual step of asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling by a secretive intelligence court that authorized government access to millions of Verizon Communications Inc phone call records |
| Flamenco fires up lives of Bolivian inmates | | | July 3 - Spain's flamenco maestro Francisco Jose Suarez teaches flamenco to inmates at a Bolivian women's prison as part of an arts program to re-integrate them back into society. Elly Park reports. |
| Hollywood's women problem | | | In 2012, in the US, women made up 18% of the directors, executive producers, producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors working on the top 250 domestic grossing films. |
| Mexico raises alert level for Popocatepetl volcano | | | MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities raised the alert level for the Popocatepetl volcano on Saturday after an increased level of explosive activity belched ash over Mexico City and pushed international airlines to suspend flights. |
| James Bond watch with geiger counter sells for $160,000 | | | LONDON (Reuters) - A watch adapted for the fictional British spy 007 in the James Bond movies sold for nearly 104,000 pounds ($160,000) at a pop culture auction on Wednesday after being bought, strapless, at car boot sale for 25 pounds. |
| Friends testify it's Zimmerman on 911 call for help | | | SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - The dispute over who screamed for help the night George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin dominated Zimmerman's trial on Monday, with five friends saying the voice belonged to the neighborhood watch coordinator and the victim's father insisting it was his son's dying plea. |
| Fatty acids in formula linked to quick-thinking kids | | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study of six-year-olds, researchers found no IQ differences between kids who were fed formula supplemented with long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) as infants and those who got regular formula, but the PUFA kids were notably faster at picture-matching games. |
| Blixt Wins Greenbrier Title by Two Shots | | | Swede Jonas Blixt took advantage of a last-day collapse by overnight leader Johnson Wagner to win his second PGA Tour title by two shots at the Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia on Sunday. |
| Infighting kills top Somali militant | | | A senior Somali militant who had a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head has been killed in infighting among members of the al Qaeda-aligned group Al-Shabaab, a spokesman for the group said Saturday. |
| Samsung Elec shares extend falls to 4 pct | | | SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd shares extended falls to 4 percent after its second-quarter earnings estimates failed to meet market forecasts, reviving concerns about growth in its... |
| Bin Laden's life on the run revealed by Pakistani inquiry | | | ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden lived in plain sight for almost a decade and was once even pulled over for speeding but not apprehended, thanks to the incompetence of Pakistan's intelligence and security services, an official report into his killing said on Monday. |
| ATT, DirecTV and KKR in race to buy Hulu WSJ | | | (Reuters) - Streaming video site Hulu has attracted three bids of over $1 billion from suitors including a partnership of ATT Inc and Chernin Group, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people... |
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