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Americans take to road but cautious after gas shock
GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - Robert Neal will take to the road this Independence Day holiday the same as millions of other Americans. But there's a difference in their road-trip ritual this Fourth of July.
The price of gasoline, while down sharply from last year's peak, means the 74-year-old owner of a motor home may not venture as far as he has in the past.
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SORKHDOZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Hundreds of British troops have key seized canal crossings in a Read More...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. troops pulled out of Baghdad on Monday, triggering jubilation among Iraqis hopeful that foreign military occupation...
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KABUL (Reuters) - The new commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan will issue orders within days requiring troops to disengage from...
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LONDON (Reuters) - A display of raw desire over a decade ago from sister Serena inspired Venus Williams to ascend the summit of the women's game but there will be no room for sentiment when the siblings meet for the fourth time in a Wimbledon final Saturday. ...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Sisters Venus and Serena Williams will go into Tuesday's quarter-finals increasingly confident of setting up a fourth family showdown in the Wimbledon final. Five-times Wimbledon winner Venus has ground to make up, having lost twice here...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Andy Roddick has long had to deal with questions over his ability to add to his one and only grand slam success, but the American admits to reveling in his progress at Wimbledon this year. The sixth seed eased into a quarter-final showdown...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thieves are increasingly going after iPhones and other smartphones but victims now can fight back with technology. One device allows a user to remotely activate a loud siren designed to rattle the thief. Another application, designed...
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs is back at work following a near 6-month medical leave, although he will work at least initially from home for a few days a week, the company said on Monday. The official word of his return followed...
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs was at the company's headquarters on Monday, underscoring speculation the pancreatic cancer survivor may have returned to work. Jobs, who has been on medical leave since January, was...
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe cast a shadow over the unveiling of plans on Friday for the King of Pop's memorial service next week, as a legal battle shapes up over custody of their kids. Rowe told a Los Angeles TV...
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's mother Katherine on Monday won temporary guardianship of the late singer's children and control of his estate as a legal battle over his kids, money and belongings began to take shape. Katherine Jackson won the first...
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ed McMahon, a fixture on U.S. late-night television for 30 years as the full-throated announcer and sidekick for Johnny Carson on NBC's "The Tonight Show," died on Tuesday at age 86, his spokesman said. The veteran TV personality,...
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LONDON (Reuters) - Having sex every day improves the quality of men's sperm and is recommended for couples trying to conceive, according to new research. Until now doctors have debated whether or not men should refrain from sex for a few days before attempting...
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Dr. Louis Philipson has already started fielding calls from worried diabetics after new studies of 300,000 patients released on Friday suggested the Sanofi-Aventis insulin drug Lantus might raise the risk of cancer. "I think the deluge...
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Some cash-conscious travelers are taking to water this summer for their holidays, discovering river cruising holidays where their boat is their hotel and they wake up with a new view every day. Cruise website CruiseCritic.co.uk (
SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - Is green becoming mainstream? A new global survey shows nearly six in 10 people would choose an environment-friendly car over a petrol-powered one, even if they had all the money in the world. The survey of 13,500 city dwellers...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's annual Gay Pride parade was a colorful celebration of 40 years of progress toward civil rights for gays, but once the dust settled, gay couples who wish to marry in New York state remain thwarted. A bill to legalize gay marriage...
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British troops expand major Afghan operation SORKHDOZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Hundreds of British troops have...
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