Fiat’s Elkann gets behind the wheel for Mille Miglia

May 17th, 2012 - 
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BRESCIA, Italy (Reuters) – John Elkann, the media-shy chairman of one of the world’s biggest car companies, got behind the wheel and demonstrated his driving skills on Thursday in Italy’s legendary four-day Mille Miglia rally race. The 36-year-old head of Fiat, which now control Chrysler and was founded by his great-great grandfather Giovanni Agnelli in 1899, will take turns driving a custom-made 1952 eight-cylinder Fiat 8V with his wife, Lavinia Borromeo, who also has a passion for iconic cars. …

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Morgan Spurlock gets inside Comic-Con with new film

April 6th, 2012 - 
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Famous for skewering fast food restaurants in “Super Size Me” and product placement in “The Greatest Movie Ever Sold,” Morgan Spurlock’s latest film documentary takes an empathetic view of Comic-Con, the world’s largest pop culture trade convention that hosts some 130,000 fans each summer in San Diego.

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Richard Branson turns from adventuring to drug war critic

March 29th, 2012 - 
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, involved in such ventures as selling space travel to the affluent, is now pushing for people to have the freedom to get high here on Earth without risking going to jail. The British billionaire argues criminal punishment fails to stem drug abuse, and is calling on countries to decriminalize drug use and eliminate criminal penalties on narcotics consumers or even consider legalizing drugs. “The prohibition of drugs has worked no better than the prohibition of alcohol, and serves only to empower violent criminal cartels and harm U.S.

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Titanic in 3D cranks up experience, director says

March 28th, 2012 - 
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LONDON (Reuters) – “Titanic” director James Cameron said the 3D version of his 1997 blockbuster, released to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the luxury liner, “turns up” the experience of the original.

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"Red Bull" drink billionaire Chaleo dies in Thailand

March 18th, 2012 - 
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Chaleo Yoovidhya, who rose from poverty to become one of the world’s richest men thanks to astute marketing of the “Red Bull” energy drink, has died in his native Thailand.

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Charlotte Church wins $951,400 hacking damages (Reuters)

February 27th, 2012 - 
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Reuters – Singer Charlotte Church and her parents settled her phone-hacking damages action against the publishers of the now defunct News of the World for 600,000 pounds ($951,400) at the High Court on Monday.

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February 27th, 2012 - 
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LONDON (Reuters) – Singer Charlotte Church and her parents settled her phone-hacking damages action against the publishers of the now defunct News of the World for 600,000 pounds ($951,400) at the High Court on Monday. The settlement, one of the highest to be paid out in the phone-hacking scandal, includes 300,000 pounds in legal costs. Lawyers for the 26-year-old and her parents, James and Maria, confirmed last week that terms had been agreed with News Group Newspapers (NGN).

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Shock, horror! Murdoch’s Sun wants his readers back (Reuters)

February 26th, 2012 - 
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Reuters – Rupert Murdoch bid to grab back the huge audience his News Corp lost when it closed Britain’s best-selling News of the World over a phone-hacking scandal with a new Sunday edition of his Sun tabloid filled with gossip, girls and celebrities.

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High noon in Oxford: Dawkins vs the archbishop (Reuters)

February 23rd, 2012 - 
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Reuters – In the blue corner, the leader of the Church of England. In the red corner, the world’s most prominent critic of religion.

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Oscars 2012: A year of comfort (Reuters)

February 22nd, 2012 - 
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Reuters – When the curtain rises on the Oscars this Sunday, nervous anticipation will, as usual, fill the theater at the world’s top film awards, but this year movie fans can relax.

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