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Red Wings rally past Blackhawks to level series
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(Reuters) - The Detroit Red Wings spotted the Chicago Blackhawks an early lead then struck for four unanswered goals to claim a 4-1 win on Saturday and even their Western Conference semi-final at a game
Israel warns against Russian arms supply to Syria
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Saturday that advanced weapons supplied by Russia to war-torn Syria could end up in the wrong hands and be used against the Jewish state.A Russian shipment of Yakhont
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Amazon kills 'Zombieland' TV project, backs 'Alpha House'
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 17 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc decided not to turn pilot project Zombieland into a full TVseries, but is going ahead with Alpha House, as the world'slargest online retailer enters
Vocal acrobatics of La Donna del Lago an Olympic challenge
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LONDON (Reuters) - Even with one of the world's most athletic opera singers at her side and plenty of practice, American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato reckons the latest London production of Gioachino Rossini's
Israel warns against Russian arms supply to Syria
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Saturday that advanced weapons supplied by Russia to war-torn Syria could end up in the wrong hands and be used against the Jewish state.A Russian shipment of Yakhont
US STOCKS-Growth stocks in command as Wall St rally gallops on
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* JPMorgan lifts S&P 500 year-end target to 1,715* JCPenney shares drop after earnings* Tableau Software surges in first day of trade* Dow up 0.5 percent, S&P 500 up 0.7 percent, Nasdaq up 0.6percentBy
At least four suspected militants killed in Yemen drone strike
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ADEN (Reuters) - At least four people were killed and a number of others wounded in a drone strike on a vehicle carrying suspected al Qaeda members in southern Yemen, a local official said on Saturday.The
Lundbeck says drug shows improvement in depression symptoms
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish pharmaceutical group Lundbeck and Japanese partner Takeda said on Saturday that data from clinical phase III studies with the antidepressant vortioxetine had shown significant
Powerball jackpot could go higher than $600 million
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AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Powerball jackpot Saturday night could be even higher than the record $600 million being advertised, possibly rivaling the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, a Texas
Ivory Coast arrests militia chief accused over massacre
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Authorities in Ivory Coast on Saturday arrested a militia leader accused of participating in one of the worst massacres committed during the West African nation's post-election violence
EU finds time to tell restaurants how to serve olive oil
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Critics ridiculed European Union bureaucrats on Saturday for taking time off fighting the euro zone's debt crisis to impose strict new rules on how restaurants serve olive oil.From
Fed has not lowered interest rates enough: Kocherlakota
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve has not done enough to lower U.S. borrowing costs to boost economic growth, a top Fed official said on Friday, citing his outlook for overly low inflation and overly
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Jackie Chan wants to be serious but will never quit action films
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CANNES (Reuters) - After countless broken bones and smashed teeth, Jackie Chan has given up doing his own stunts and wants more serious roles but the Kung Fu actor says he will never stop being an action
Google's wearable Glass gadget: cool or creepy?
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its Glass wearable computer during this week's developer conference. Missing from the agenda, however, was a session
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Investigators seek cause of New York commuter train crash
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May 18 (Reuters) - Federal investigators on Saturdaysearched for the cause of a rush-hour train crash in Connecticutthat injured dozens of people commuting home from New York City,three of them critically.More
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Serena extends winning streak to reach Rome final
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Rome (Reuters) - Serena Williams crushed Romanian qualifier Simona Halep 6-3 6-0 to book her place in the Italian Open final and extend her winning streak to 23 matches on Saturday.World number one Williams,
ECB's Asmussen: Germany must reform or be 'sick man' again
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German ECB board member Joerg Asmussen German expects growth in his country to pick up in the second quarter but warned on Friday that Europe's largest economy risked becoming the sick
Switzerland close to deal in U.S. tax dispute: Switzerland is on the brink of a deal to settle a long-running dispute with U.S. authorities over Swiss banks accused of helping wealthy Americans evade billions of dollars of tax www.reuters.com 4 TWEETS
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland is on the brink of a deal to settle a long-running dispute with U.S. authorities over Swiss banks accused of helping wealthy Americans evade billions of dollars of tax, the
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