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Winning ticket for $590.5 million Powerball lottery sold in Florida
By Brendan O'Brien
May 18, 2013, 11:43 am
(Reuters) - A single winning ticket for a record Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late on Saturday, but there was n...
Canadian astronaut wrestles with gravity after spaceflight
By Irene Klotz
May 18, 2013, 3:59 am
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Back on Earth, Canadian astronaut and cyberspace tweeter Chris Hadfield is getting a rough re-introduction to gravity after a five-mon...
Dancer says showgirls dressed as Obama, nuns at Berlusconi party
By Sara Rossi
May 18, 2013, 3:47 am
MILAN (Reuters) - The nightclub dancer at the center of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's "bunga bunga" sex trial told a court on Friday that guests at the...
Idaho man sentenced to seven years for killing zoo monkey
By Laura Zuckerman
May 17, 2013, 12:40 pm
(Reuters) - An Idaho man who admitted to breaking into a Boise zoo last year and killing a monkey was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday, court records sh...
Los Angeles ranked worst U.S. city for dog attacks on mail carriers
By Steve Gorman
May 17, 2013, 12:23 pm
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles has earned the dubious distinction for the second year in a row as the U.S. city with the most dog attacks on mail carriers, the U.S....
From "bunga bunga" to "pianists" - Italy's political slang
By Naomi O'Leary
May 17, 2013, 3:44 am
ROME (Reuters) - An encyclopedia of Italian political slang has shone a light on a colorful and Byzantine world where lawmakers and journalists speak a language you won...-
Parking meter 'Robin Hoods' provoke New Hampshire city's ire
By Jason McLure
May 16, 2013, 10:29 am
LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - In December James Cleaveland made an unusual New Year's resolution: to do all he could to keep police in the city of Keene, New Hamp... 
Turks see art as good investment but also path to prestige
By Asli Kandemir
May 16, 2013, 2:11 am
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's contemporary art scene is buzzing. Collectors pay millions for the hottest works at exclusive auctions, high-end galleries are springing u...-
Seattle man dribbling soccer ball to Brazil dies after being hit by car
By Jonathan Kaminsky
May 15, 2013, 3:12 pm
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - A man less than two weeks into a planned journey to dribble a soccer ball from his home city of Seattle to Brazil, the host nation f... -
U.S. justices play Shakespeare tragedy for laughs
By Lawrence Hurley
May 15, 2013, 6:11 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday evening sought laughs rather than legal clarity as they weighed a tragic case concerning a despotic Roman... 
Astronaut's 'Space Oddity' music video goes viral
By Irene Klotz
May 14, 2013, 7:20 am
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A music video shot aboard the International Space Station went viral on Monday, turning an astronaut into an overnight music sensation...
Robbers target Bieber's South Africa concert, steal $330,000
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Robbers equipped with ropes, hammers and chisels broke into a strong-room at Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium after a Justin Bieber concert and made off with 3 million rand ...
May 14, 2013, 4:22 am
Eating insects could help fight obesity, U.N. says
By Catherine Hornby
May 14, 2013, 2:17 am
ROME (Reuters) - The thought of eating beetles, caterpillars and ants may give you the creeps, but the authors of a U.N. report published on Monday said the health b...
New fitness centers cater to aging baby boomers
By Dorene Internicola
May 13, 2013, 6:04 pm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Baby boomers, the generation that vowed to stay forever young, are getting older, designing senior-friendly gyms and becoming their own person...-
Michelin for the masses: Japan's standing restaurants head for New York
By Junko Fujita
May 13, 2013, 5:15 pm
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's popular standing restaurants, where patrons eat food by former Michelin restaurant chefs for a fraction of the cost at a seated-restaurant, are... 
Netanyahu takes flak over bed on a plane
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu is changing his mid-air sleeping arrangements after a public flap over a $127,000 custom-built bedroom for the Israeli prime minister and his wife on a flight ...
May 13, 2013, 2:14 am
Sophia top baby name for U.S. girls; Messiah and King on the rise for boys
By Alex Dobuzinskis
May 10, 2013, 2:42 pm
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sophia tops the list of names for American baby girls for the second year in a row, while King and Messiah are becoming increasingly popular ...
China probes reports of film director Zhang Yimou's seven children
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have begun investigating reports that Zhang Yimou, one of China's best-known movie directors, has seven children in violation of strict family planning rules, w...
May 9, 2013, 2:47 pm-
Texas judge rules that cheerleaders may display Bible banners
By Jim Forsyth
May 9, 2013, 10:51 am
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas judge on Wednesday ruled that the "Bible banners" waved by cheerleaders during football games in a small school district are constitutiona... -
Arizona climber and his dog apparently stung to death by bees
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona climber has been found dead, dangling from a rope on a cliff face south of Tucson, after apparently being stung to death by bees, police said on Wednesday.
May 9, 2013, 8:12 am
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