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Reuters 

I feared my career was over, says Rogers

LONDON (Reuters) - Australia's Chris Rogers feared his career might be over after a dizzy spell forced him to retire during his second innings in the Lord's Ashes test last week, he said on Tuesday.

Reuters 

Iraqi militia leader says U.S. not serious about fighting Islamic State

NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - The head of one of Iraq's fiercest Shi'ite militias called the U.S.-led coalition's campaign against Islamic State ineffective and accused Washington of lacking the will to uproot radical Sunni jihadis controlling large swathes of Iraq and Syria.

Reuters 

COLUMN-Vladimir Putin's most effective weapon is gas - but not the poison kind

July 28 (Reuters) - At face value, Russia's $400 billion deal to supply natural gas to China National Petroleum Corporation, via the state-controlled energy behemoth Gazprom, sounds like a coup for Moscow. But according to recent analysis, the deal is strongly tilted in China's favor. Gazprom will be lucky to break even on the contract and may even lose substantial amounts of money.

ABCNews4 

Short-term highway deal punts another fight until fall

House and Senate Republicans acknowledged Tuesday a long-term highway deal is out of reach for now, and embraced a three-month extension that will punt yet another messy fight into the fall.

ABCNews4 

US expects to pay farmers $191 million for birds lost to flu

The U.S. government expects to spend $191 million to pay chicken and turkey farmers for birds lost to avian flu, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Tuesday as he called for Congress to consider a disaster program for...

Reuters 

SunPower profit falls 54 pct

July 28 (Reuters) - Solar panel maker SunPower Corp reported a 54 percent fall in quarterly profit due to lower revenue from its power plant business.

W magazine 

Kendall Jenner Proves Size Matters

In a dramatic wide-leg jumpsuit.

The post Kendall Jenner Proves Size Matters appeared first on W Magazine.

Reuters 

Scientists identify men who died at Virginia's Jamestown 400 years ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. scientists have used high-tech detective work to identify the remains of four leaders of Jamestown, the New World's first successful English colony, more than 400 years after they died, the Smithsonian Institution said on Tuesday.