Bernd Debusmann

Reporter Lara Logan beaten, sexually assaulted in Egypt: CBS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CBS correspondent Lara Logan was beaten and sexually assaulted by a mob while covering the jubilation in Cairo's Tahrir Square on the day Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down, the U.S. broadcasting network said on Tuesday.
 

CBS reporter Lara Logan assaulted in Egypt: CBS News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CBS correspondent Lara Logan was beaten and sexually assaulted by a mob while covering the jubilation in Cairo's Tahrir Square on the day Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down, the U.S. broadcasting network said Tuesday.
 

Technology breathes new life into toy classics

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Cutting-edge technology is infusing new life into classic toys such as Barbie and Mickey Mouse, according to leading toy makers.
 

U.S. draws fewer visitors than in 2000: USTA

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Despite a boom in international travel over the past decade, the United States still attracts fewer visitors than it did in 2000, according to new data from the U.S. Travel Association (USTA).
 

Appeals court upholds conviction of al Qaeda doctor

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of a Florida doctor sentenced to 25 years in prison for offering treatment to wounded al Qaeda militants.
 

Wal-Mart draws ire even in poor parts of Brooklyn

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart's lengthy struggle to open in New York City has hit fresh problems -- a controversial report that said America's biggest discounter does not just sell cheap, it makes neighborhoods poorer.
 

Wal-Mart draws ire even in poor parts of Brooklyn

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart's lengthy struggle to open in New York City has hit fresh problems -- a controversial report that said America's biggest discounter does not just sell cheap, it makes neighborhoods poorer.
 

Wal-Mart draws ire even in poor parts of Brooklyn

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart's lengthy struggle to open in New York City has hit fresh problems -- a controversial report that said America's biggest discounter does not just sell cheap, it makes neighborhoods poorer.
 

Lawsuit accusing Christie's of mishandling sale is dismissed

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge dismissed on Tuesday a lawsuit accusing Christie's auction house of failing to recognize a valuable drawing by Leonardo da Vinci and selling it for a fraction of its true worth.
 

In the dating game, speaking styles count: study

NEW YORK (Reuters) - American researchers have found a new way to predict the success of a relationship -- compare the speaking style of a couple.
 

In the dating game, speaking styles count

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - American researchers have found a new way to predict the success of a relationship -- compare the speaking style of a couple.
 

New app to bring U.S. art to wider audience

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new iPhone app is opening up Kentucky's art scene to the public by bringing thousands of works of art in small American communities to a wider audience.
 

Three charged with being Guggenheim fraudsters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three people have been charged with posing as representatives of the wealthy Guggenheim family in an effort to defraud investors, federal prosecutors announced on Monday.
 

U.S. jails Canadian man for running Thai pedophile brothel

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Canadian man was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in U.S. prison for running a brothel in Thailand that provided boys, some as young as 4 years old, to pedophiles, federal prosecutors said.
 

California serial killer charged with New York murders

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York prosecutors on Thursday blamed two long-unsolved murders on a convicted killer on death row in California.
 

Northeast recovers from wet, heavy snowstorm

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Northeast dug out of yet another winter storm on Thursday that pummeled the region with unexpectedly heavy snowfall, making January the snowiest month in New York in more than 85 years.
 

Record snow again buries Northeast

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A thick blanket of snow covered Northeast on Thursday, as the fifth major storm of the winter set snowfall records, delayed the opening of financial markets and clogged Washington highways with abandoned cars.
 

Woman confesses to 1987 Harlem baby kidnapping

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A woman who raised a child who went missing from a New York hospital 23 years ago was ordered detained on Monday on kidnapping charges, a day after she confessed to snatching the baby and turned herself in.
 

Russian Bout set for U.S. trial on arms charges

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Russian Viktor Bout, accused of trafficking arms and nicknamed the "Merchant of Death" in the West, will stand trial in a New York federal court in September, a U.S. judge said on Friday.
 

U.S. arrests 119 in biggest Mafia bust

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Authorities arrested 119 organized crime suspects on Thursday in what the FBI called the largest single-day operation against the Mafia in history.