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Tutu rips Mandela family over feud
South African archbishop Desmond Tutu has a few choice words for the feuding family of Nelson Mandela overcome your differences and stop tainting the anti-apartheid icon's name.


City Room Big Ticket | 14 Rooms on Park Avenue for $23 Million
An elegant 14-room co-op apartment with five bedrooms, six baths, three fireplaces and 80 feet of Park Avenue frontage.


Exploring Snowden's airport home
CNN's Al Goodman explores the hotel that is part of the transit zone in which Edward Snowden is apparently confined.


T Magazine The Scene | Paris Couture Fashion Week Jean Paul Gaultier
Scenes from the couture fashion week photo diary of Kasia Bobula.


Luke Donald's chip shot tips
British golfer Luke Donald says technique is key when mastering the art of chip shots .


Preservation Hall Jazz Bands Goal Keep History and Make It
On Tuesday the band releases Thats It!, an album its first record to be made up exclusively of new compositions.


Preoccupations The Urban Lands of Opportunity
Where we live, rather than whox2019;s employing us, may now be attaching us to our work and careers.


Fed pledges to get tough on Wall Street as adopts Basel rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve pledged to draft tough rules for Wall Street while shielding smaller banks from some of the harshest impact of the global Basel III capital rules it...


The Consumer New Approach to Depression
Transcranial magnetic stimulation, which uses magnetic pulses to stimulate parts of the brain connected to mood, has helped some patients with severe depression.


Mayhem in Cairo as Morsi Backers Fight for Return
Clashes between those celebrating the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi and those demanding his reinstatement suggested that the militarys removal of Mr. Morsi had worsened Egypts deep polarization.


Do black tech entrepreneurs face institutional bias?
Wayne Sutton has been asking venture-capital investors and Silicon Valley executives a question that's not often broached here in the epicenter of the technology industry


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.


Israel Sees a Chance for More Reliable Ties With Egypt and a Weakening of Hamas
The good news for Israel remains tempered by the uncertainty and instability next door, but some in the country were celebrating the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.


High Art, Created Stroke by Stroke
In the longest semifinal in the history of Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic prevailed with a 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (6), 6-3 victory over Juan Martn del Potro.


Sports Briefing | College Football Governors Lawsuit Over Penn State Penalties Is Dismissed
A federal judge threw out the Pennsylvania governors lawsuit against the N.C.A.A. over penalties against Penn State related to Jerry Sandusky.


Manhattan Apartment Sales Increase Despite Reduced Inventory
Concern over the number of available units shrinking to a near record low was allayed by a robust level of transactions.


Road Trip Cross-Country, by a Road Less Traveled
Find the Lincoln Highway in Times Square and you can drive it all the way to San Francisco. Go for a long ride as the highway celebrates its 100th birthday.


Well How Carbs Can Trigger Food Cravings
Sugary foods and drinks, white bread and other processed carbohydrates appear to stimulate parts of the brain involved in hunger, craving and reward, which may explain why they might drive some people to overeat.


India Ink Financing Indian Elections Turns Costlier and Murkier
The organizational weakness of centrist parties and a shift in the perception from politics as public service to politics as business, has pushed election expenses upwards in India in recent times.


Sports Briefing | Golf Greenbrier Lead Shared
Tommy Gainey and Johnson Wagner each shot an eight-under-par 62 to share a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.


W.H.O. Issues Guidelines for Earlier H.I.V. Treatment
The new guidelines mean that millions more people will be eligible for treatment in poor and middle-income nations that perform triage because of limited drug supplies.


Finding Frugal Toulouse, Despite Two Holidays
What do you do when your visit to a French city falls on two holidays? Be flexible.


Television Review Special Flight Centers on an Immigrant Detention Center
The documentary Special Flight examines the challenges of undocumented immigrants and their jailers at a detention center in Geneva.


Death count rises to six in Pennsylvania house fire
(Reuters) - The death toll rose to six people, including three children, after an Independence Day fire at a home without smoke detectors in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a fire official said on Friday.


Bucks Blog How Is Your Bond Portfolio Allocated?
This weeks Your Money column addresses the big sell-off in the bond market, in which a fear of rising interest rates has caused investors to dump their funds.


Who greeted Obama in S. Africa?
CNN's Christiane Amanpour speaks to South Africa's foreign minister, who welcomed President Obama to the country.


Can racism ever be beaten?
Watching dozens of crazed supporters trying to set fire to a stadium makes you question your love of football.


UPDATE 2-EU threatens to suspend data-sharing with U.S. over spy reports
BRUSSELS, July 5 (Reuters) - The European Union is threatening to suspend two agreements granting the United States access to European financial and travel data unless Washington shows it is respecting EU rules on data privacy, EU officials said on Friday.


European convertibles taking off as bond yields rise
PARIS, July 5 (Reuters) - Appetite for convertible bonds is taking off in Europe as risk-averse institutional investors seek to escape rising bond yields but remain wary of buying into stocks directly.


The Lede Videos Show Shooting of Protester in Egypt
Shooting erupted outside the barracks where the ousted president Mohamed Morsi is believed to be held.


20 shows to watch this summer
Summer doesn't have to be a bleak time for television-viewing -- some of the best shows on the air ("Breaking Bad") or on Netflix ("Arrested Development") are on just in time for Memorial Day and beyond.


Designing Dashboards With Fewer Distractions
The car has become a mobile computer, with Internet access and an array of apps, but safety experts worry about driver distraction.


UPDATE 1-Snowden could win Nicaragua asylum if circumstances permit-Ortega
MANAGUA, July 5 (Reuters) - Nicaragua has received an asylum request from fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden and could accept the bid "if circumstances permit," President Daniel Ortega said on Friday.


'Ashes' help English cricket weather testing times
LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - Unintelligible to most beyond Britain and its former colonies and under threat from an upstart short form of the game, the battle for "the Ashes" with Australia is a rare chance for English cricket to prove its financial worth.


Well Gay Marriage Same, but Different
Gay marriages tend to be more egalitarian with couples leaning on a network of friends and reporting being happier and have less conflict than straight couples.


Well A New Way to Make Pizza
This week, the Recipes for Health columnist Martha Rose Shulman turns to a summer weekend staple, the grill, to make pizzas.


U.S. Adds 195,000 Jobs; Unemployment Remains 7.6%
The economy added 195,000 jobs in June, more than expected, suggesting steady growth and raising the likelihood the central bank will start scaling back its stimulus efforts.


California pot shop billed as world's largest may stay open for now -judge
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A medical marijuana dispensary billed as the world's largest cannabis store may stay open while the city of Oakland fights a U.S. government effort to shut it down or seize the property, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.


Live the American dream ... in China
Looking for a weekend escape from the city, Annie Liu and her husband fell in love at first sight with a log home in Jackson Hole and bought it for less than $300,000.


Letters More on Archimedes
A letter to the editor.


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