World / Culture & Arts
New risks, treatment for problem gamblers: report
May 18, 2011 06:20 
reuters.com
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The growth of on-line casinos offers new temptations for problem gamblers, but the Internet should also provide avenues to treat them, according to a report in a leading medical...
World
Culture & Arts
Philip Roth wins Man Booker International Prize
May 18, 2011 04:32
reuters.com
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - U.S. novelist Philip Roth, lauded for books such as the controversial "Portnoy's Complaint," won the biennial Man Booker International Prize on Wednesday for a body of work...
World
Culture & Arts
Marines' donkey mascot comes to U.S. after Iraq rescue
May 18, 2011 03:09
reuters.com
OMAHA, Neb (Reuters) - Smoke the Donkey's long odyssey from Iraq to Omaha gives new meaning to the U.S. Marine Corps motto "semper fi."
World
Culture & Arts
A Minute With: Paul Theroux on the art of travel
May 18, 2011 01:54
reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Author Paul Theroux began globetrotting 50 years ago which led to the publication of his first travelogue "The Great Railway Bazaar" in 1975, considered by many as a...
World
Culture & Arts
Unrest boosts tourism in more stable Gulf states
May 17, 2011 12:54
reuters.com
DUBAI (Reuters) - Gulf Arab states least affected by regional turmoil are likely to see a boost in tourism, analysts said on Tuesday, with the United Arab Emirates outperforming other destinations.
World
Culture & Arts
What's not to Like? Baby named after Facebook button
May 17, 2011 12:29
reuters.com
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Inspired by Facebook, a couple in central Israel have named their baby daughter "Like."
World
Culture & Arts
Australian beer hopes to boldly go into space
May 17, 2011 12:10
reuters.com
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Wherever man has ventured, beer has followed. Now, two Australian entrepreneurs hope that will include space.
World
Culture & Arts
U.S. sues Starbucks for firing dwarf from barista job
May 17, 2011 09:44
reuters.com
AUSTIN, Tex (Reuters) - The government is suing Starbucks Coffee Company for firing a barista in El Paso because she is a dwarf.
World
Culture & Arts
Tiara fetches world record $12.76 million
May 17, 2011 09:21
reuters.com
GENEVA (Reuters) - A dazzling tiara featuring emeralds believed to have belonged to Eugenie, wife of French Emperor Napoleon III, sold for a record 11.28 million Swiss francs ($12.76 million) to an...
World
Culture & Arts
U.S. whiskey makers take on tradition with a twist
May 17, 2011 05:33
reuters.com
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - In Loretto, Kentucky, Greg Davis of Maker's Mark carries on an old family tradition of making bourbon with red winter wheat to stimulate taste buds in the front of...
World
Culture & Arts
English