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Bristol Palin returns to TV spotlight in June
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bristol Palin, among America's most famous young single mothers, returns to the national spotlight next month in a TV reality show spotlighting what producers called her "journey into growing womanhood". - Reuters - 13 Reads
Rennie coup for Bristol - Skysports.com
Comic book "X-Men" plan same-sex superhero wedding
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Marvel comic book crime fighters X-Men have put down their weapons and picked up wedding rings for the first same-sex marriage in the superhero world, set for June. - Reuters - 21 Reads
AMC orders more 'Comic Book Men,' 'Talking Dead' - United Press International
It's a superhero summer - CNN
Victoria's Secret bras a boost for rural Indian women
CHENNAI, India, May 22 (TrustLaw) - Indian villager Jaya places the bright pink, sequined, molded C-cupped designer bra under the needle of her sewing machine and carefully stitches the seams together. - Reuters - 16 Reads
Women use artificial stomachs to keep surrogacy secret - Times of India
Spirited Traveler: How about a nice, sweet Swedish Punsch?
(Kara Newman is the author of "The Secret Financial Life of Food", Columbia University Press; publication date autumn 2012. Any opinions expressed are her own.) - Reuters - 10 Reads
Marsiglia to leave Nice - Skysports.com
Casinos bet on Macau growth but China a wildcard
MACAU (Reuters) - Gaming executives and industry players gathering for a convention in Macau on Tuesday may have to finally confront what they have been predicting for the past two years -- a sharp slowing of growth in the world's hottest gambling market. - Reuters - 12 Reads
China's economic growth has pollution cost - United Press International
A little music goes a long way in Egypt vote
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's presidential hopefuls have had to zip their lips before voting starts, but there is no stopping the songs that pump up their virtues in styles ranging from hip-hop to folk. - Reuters - 12 Reads
No fraud in expat vote, Egypt says - United Press International
A taste of Venice in London's east end
LONDON (Reuters) - On the surface the picturesque UNESCO World Heritage site Venice may seem to have little in common with Hackney, a gritty but rapidly regenerating district in east London. - Reuters - 6 Reads
"Elite" asparagus conquers Germany's former East
BEELITZ, Germany (Reuters) - Present a spear of finger-thick white asparagus to a German and watch her eyes light up. - Reuters - 15 Reads
Quevega conquers the World - Skysports.com
Rolls-Royce recalling elite cars - United Press International
U.S. census bridges pre-war 1940 with the present
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Ginger Rogers won an Oscar, McDonald's opened its first restaurant, there were only 48 U.S. states, and the average annual salary was $1,299. - Reuters - 10 Reads
New 1940 US census records show black undercount - Associated Press
A phone connection bridges hearts on a lifetime validity - Times of India
'Shanghai' bridges dreams and reality: Dibakar Banerjee - nowrunning.com
Dating websites get inventive with games, apps
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly two decades since the start of online dating, the match-making sites that launched millions of relationships are spicing things up with online games and going high tech and offline to produce more happy ever afters. - Reuters - 9 Reads
