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New wine glasses aim to balance "water and fire"
By Cathy Yang HONG KONG | Tue May 15, 2012 3:06am EDT HONG KONG (Reuters) – Could a wine glass shaped roughly like a closed tulip blossom revolutionize the savoring of fine vintages by taming the alcohol in the wine? That’s the hope of French luxury crystal glassmaker Baccarat, which recently began sales of its [...]
Surf’s up in the fitness studio
By Dorene Internicola NEW YORK | Mon May 14, 2012 5:02am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – Spun out on spinning? Bored in barre class? Group fitness gadflies can rejoice. Indoor surfing is a new workout, born of the sea but carving out a place in the center of town. “It’s actually harder than surfing,” Sarah [...]
Despite dangers U.S. teens text and drive: poll
By Chris Michaud NEW YORK | Mon May 14, 2012 1:08am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – Virtually all teenagers agree that texting while driving is dangerous but nearly half admit they have done it anyway, according to a new nationwide survey released on Monday. Three-quarters of teenagers also said in an online poll that texting [...]
Tanned mom action figure created by Connecticut company
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK | Fri May 11, 2012 7:22pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – She doesn’t walk or talk, but this doll is really, really tan. A novelty toy company has created an action figure modeled on the deeply bronzed New Jersey mother charged with child endangerment and accused of taking her then [...]
Carroll Shelby, father of Cobra sports car, dies at 89
By Deepa Seetharaman DETROIT | Fri May 11, 2012 8:18pm EDT DETROIT (Reuters) – Carroll Shelby, designer of the Shelby Cobra and other sports cars that placed him in the pantheon of auto industry legends, has died at age 89, his company said on Friday. He died on Thursday at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, according [...]
