LOS ANGELES | Sun Aug 8, 2010 10:46pm EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) – Too hot to be an engineer or prison guard? Good looks can kill a woman’s chances of snaring jobs considered “masculine,” according to a study by the University of Colorado Denver Business School. Attractive women faced discrimination when they applied for
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By Chris Michaud NEW YORK | Sat Aug 7, 2010 2:07pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Swimming in dumpsters might sound like the punchline from a joke on the depths to which pitiable New Yorkers sink in the dog days of August. But that’s precisely what hundreds did on Saturday. As part of the
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ATHENS | Sat Aug 7, 2010 4:38pm EDT ATHENS (Reuters Life!) – More than 150,000 people held hands and danced on the Greek island of Crete Saturday to try to set a world record and dispel the gloom of economic austerity. The dancers, some in traditional costumes, formed a human chain along a 200 km
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AMSTERDAM | Sat Aug 7, 2010 8:04pm EDT AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Revelers attending Amsterdam’s annual Gay Pride parade nearly doubled the local population despite rain and an ongoing debate over how welcome the gay community remains among all sectors of Dutch society. An estimated 500,000 party-goers turned out for the event, which was to feature
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By Zachary Goelman NEW YORK | Fri Aug 6, 2010 5:04pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Married Americans overwhelmingly believe they married the right person but not all of them believe in the idea of a soul mates. A Marist poll showed that 97 percent of men and 94 percent of women are convinced
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NEW YORK | Fri Aug 6, 2010 12:45pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Although a vacation can be a good chance to get away from the stresses of work, only two-thirds of employees globally use all the holidays they are given by their organization, according to a joint Reuters/Ipsos. The survey of about 12,500
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By Zorianna Kit LOS ANGELES | Fri Aug 6, 2010 12:38pm EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Though she’ll forever be a seven-year-old little girl, “Dora the Explorer” celebrates her 10-year anniversary on Monday. To mark the occasion, the animated, bilingual television character will appear Monday alongside her creators and executives at Nickelodeon cable TV network
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By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM | Fri Aug 6, 2010 12:19pm EDT JERUSALEM (Reuters Life!) – A new Jerusalem exhibit displaying a million years of history in the Holy Land offers Bible buffs and skeptics alike a chance to say: “I told you so!” The Israel Museum, fresh-faced after a three-year, $100 million upgrade, offers an
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By Ian MacKenzie EDINBURGH | Fri Aug 6, 2010 11:29am EDT EDINBURGH (Reuters Life!) – The Edinburgh Fringe festival, the world’s biggest annual artistic jamboree, officially swung into action in its 64th season on Friday with shows ranging from Shakespearean drama to sassy rap by a 77-year-old comedienne from California. A record 2,453 shows from
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LONDON | Fri Aug 6, 2010 6:49am EDT LONDON (Reuters Life!) – Not all beaches are created equal. Some glamorous shorelines get a little more love from entertainment royalty than others, so check out the cheapflights.com list of which hot spots attract the world’s most scintillating stars, and add them to your travel agenda this
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