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MONACO (AP) Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland was wearing the race leader's yellow jersey as the 180 riders set off for the second stage of the Tour de France. Seven-time winner Lance Armstrong, pre-race favorite Alberto Contador and other possible title contenders are likely to ride easy in the 187-kilometer (116.2-mile) stage from Monaco to Brignoles. The stage... [read full story]
LONDON (AP) - British banks should be forced to disclose the number of employees who earn more than 1 million pounds ($1.65 million) a year, a government-commissioned review of corporate governance in banks said Thursday. The...
Brussels (AFP) Nov 25, 2009 - Global warming could cost the European Union as a whole up to 65 billion euros per year, but paradoxically northern nations could end up in profit, according to a study released Wednesday.
At Thanksgiving, most of us think of pious Pilgrims in black clothes landing at Plymouth, Mass. But they actually arrived at Provincetown, Mass., first. It's hard to imagine two places more different today. Plymouth makes money...
Russia's population has been falling for 16 straight years. The population decline is most dramatic in rural Russia, where villages have withered away from poverty and neglect. But a region in Western Siberia is trying to...
