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Who makes the most in Obama's White House?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty-two of President Barack Obama's top advisers make the top White House salary of $172,200 per year - but there is one official who earns 30 percent more.


Well Getting Men to Want to Use Condoms
A Gates Foundation challenge to develop a next generation condom speaks to the low usage only 5 percent of men worldwide of a prophylactic that can curb H.I.V./AIDS.


Hernandez Remains Focus of a Media Swarm
Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez came under police and news media scrutiny shortly after the body of Odin Lloyd, 27, an acquaintance of his, was discovered on Monday.


WRAPUP 1-Matas, Italia Independent show appetite for luxury listings
* Italia Independent trades at 29.9 euros, up 15 pct on IPO


AIDS-free generation 'within sight'
We've come a long way since my early days as the associate medical director of the AIDS clinic at San Francisco General Hospital in the 1980s and 1990s.


Australian GP Albert Park flyover
Get a bird's-eye view of Melbourne's Albert Park F1 race track.


France and Germany Piqued Over Spying Scandal
The leaders of France and Germany added their voices to the clamor over new reports that the United States had spied on its European Union allies.


Egypt erupts in violence
July 1 - Violence erupts overnight in Egypt on the anniversary of the inauguration of President Mohamed Mursi. Julie Noce reports.


U.S. May construction spending approaches 4-year high
WASHINGTON, July 1 (Reuters) - U.S. construction spending rose to its highest level in nearly four years in May as a sharp rebound in public outlays offset a decline in investment in private nonresidential projects, pointing to moderate economic growth.


Top Pick Bennett Heralds Rise of Canadian Basketball
Canada is famed as a hotbed of hockey, but basketball dominated headlines in the Great White North after Anthony Bennett became the first Canadian to be taken first overall in the NBA Draft.


Diners Journal Blog Variations on the Plum Crumb Pie
If you cant find plums, dont run around town looking. Substitute blueberries or peaches.


Philip E. Slater, Social Critic Who Renounced Academia, Dies at 86
Mr. Slaters best-selling book, The Pursuit of Loneliness, was published in 1970. The following year, he resigned from Brandeis University.


U.S. trip ends without date for talks
Secretary of State John Kerry ended four days of shuttle diplomacy without an agreement to revive Mideast peace talks but said significant progress had been made and that he would return to the region soon.


New Jersey's Christie vetoes Medicaid expansion bill
June 28 (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed a bill that would have expanded Medicaid eligibility under the healthcare law known as Obamacare, his office said on Friday, in an apparent reversal of position for the presumed 2016 Republican presidential hopeful.


Why Rastafarians love Ethiopia
CNN's Errol Barnett explores the unique relationship between the East African country and the Rastafarian movement.


Taipei, a Novel by Tao Lin
Tao Lins novel follows a young pill-popping writer from Brooklyn to Taiwan.


Croatia Joins European Union
The Balkan country became the 28th member of the European Union on Monday as the trading bloc grapples with upheaval in the euro zone.


U.S. to press China on cyber theft Lew
ASPEN (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has said he will keep up pressure on China over cyber security, especially stealing of intellectual property and trade secrets, which he sees as separate from other Internet-related issues between the two countries.


Thousands march for gay rights
June 30 - Gay pride events bring colour and calls for equality to many cities around the globe. Rough cut - no reporter narration.


Real-life transformers take to skies
Is it a plane? Is it a drone? Next time you look up and see vapor trails spreading across the sky, bear in mind that the aircraft you're looking at might just be both.


Sports Briefing | Soccer Spain Crushes Tahiti in Confederations Cup
Spain, the World Cup winner, routed Tahiti on Thursday in the Confederations Cup in Rio de Janeiro.


Egyptians torch Muslim Brotherhood headquarters
June 30 - Anti-government protesters set the national headquarters of the ruling Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo ablaze. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)


Straight Sets Seppi Is Proving Unbeatable, if Stretched to Five Sets
Andreas Seppi beat Kei Nishikori in Wimbledons third round Saturday to improve to 7-0 this season in matches that have gone to five sets.


Taking Outsize Role in Syria, Qatar Funnels Arms to Rebels
Qatar is using a shadowy arms network to move shoulder-fired missiles to Syria, ignoring American warnings that they could fall into terrorist hands.


Real Estate Q A
This weeks topics include rent-stabilized corporate tenants, condos adopting co-op rules and work performed without an owners consent.


Nokia to buy out Siemens equipment venture; shares surge
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia shares surged on Monday after it announced plans to buy out Siemens AG's share of their network equipment joint venture, betting on the technology to run 4G networks as it struggles in the smartphones business.


Ivory Coast forest clearances threaten cocoa exports, human rights
BALEKO-NIEGRE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) - The Ivory Coast is clearing tens of thousands of cocoa farmers from protected forests, threatening exports from the world's top grower and leading to complaints about human rights abuses.


Actress critically hurt in acid attack
A young Pakistani actress was in critical condition Sunday after a man threw acid on her face while she was sleeping, her brother said.


BRIEF-Galapagos 1st patients screened for GLPG0634 study
BRUSSELS, July 1 (Reuters) - Galapagos NV * First patients screened for phase 2b studies with glpg0634


PRECIOUS-Gold inches up after volatile week; data eyed
SINGAPORE, July 1 (Reuters) - Gold edged slightly higher on Monday after posting its biggest quarterly loss on record, as investors await key economic data this week for clues on when the Federal Reserve could taper its economic stimulus. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold rose 0.2 percent to $1,236.39 an ounce by 0018 GMT after a 3 percent gain on Friday, while Comex gold rose about $13 to $1,236.40. * Gold fell nearly 25 percent for the April-June period, its worst quarterly perf


Editor's choice
Our best photos from the last 24 hours.


European hedge funds struggle to break into U.S. market
MONTE CARLO, Monaco (Reuters) - European and Asian hedge fund firms are finding the potentially lucrative U.S. market impossible to ignore, but as tough as ever to negotiate.


Global Soccer Saying It All by Not Mentioning Soccer
President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil did not say the words "soccer" or "Olympics" in talking about how to address recent protests, but there is little doubt that sports play a role in the unrest.


Wall St. advances on first day of third quarter
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock indexes rose 1 percent on Monday, building on the strongest first half of any year since 1998 as concerns continued to ease that the Federal Reserve would soon tighten its stimulus program.


Can a case boost your iPhone 5's WiFi? Check the Linkase
The Linkase for iPhone 5 boasts up to a 50 percent boost in Wi-Fi signal strength thanks to a small electromagnetic waveguide extension. Does it work? See for yourself in these mobile speedtests where Wi-Fi is usually terrible.


British Women's Drought Hits 30 Years as Robson Falls
Laura Robson began the second week of Wimbledon looking to become the first British woman to reach the quarter-finals since 1984 but took just over 90 minutes to depart in tears as she was beaten in straight sets by Estonian Kaia Kanepi on Monday.


Obama's right on climate change
After centuries of pumping carbon into the atmosphere, Americans face changing weather patterns and risks to human health, says Chris Field. The nations must commit to changing this


Man who could have been Pele?
Women wanted him. Men wanted to be him.


Pakistan utility company fights to power chaotic port megacity
KARACHI, July 1 (Reuters) - Since Pakistan's biggest electricity company was privatised, its headquarters have been looted, its employees kidnapped and the government tried to arrest its boss.


Speculators pare long dollar bets in week - CFTC and Reuters
June 28 (Reuters) - Currency speculators reduced their bets in favor of the U.S. dollar to the lowest since mid-February, according to weekly data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission...


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