By Andrea HopkinsLAWRENCEBURG, Indiana (Reuters)- WireNews - Seven women pile out of a massive white Chevrolet Suburban and unload the vacuums, mops and buckets of their trade. Gasoline may cost $4 a gallon, but the Chevy’s driver and business owner Leesa Baldwin has no intention of downsizing to a smaller vehicle.I […]

By Alastair HimmerTOKYO (Reuters)- WireNews - Sugar lumps and telepathy are the ingredients for success in the equestrian sport of dressage, according to Japanese rider Mieko Yagi.Eleven times national champion, Yagi makes her Olympic debut on her horse, Dow Jones, at the age of 58 when Hong Kong hosts the equestrian […]

By Martin DokoupilBRATISLAVA (Reuters)- WireNews - Cleaning cars at a gas station near Washington D.C. in the late 1980s, Dick Kvetnansky spotted something weird. A yellow Ferrari Testarossa rolled in, but its engine sounded more like a Chevrolet.It was a fake. It gave the Slovak an idea.He started making fake Ferraris […]

By Matthew BiggATLANTA (Reuters)- WireNews - For black Americans, the road to political inclusion that has allowed Democratic candidate Barack Obama to make a serious bid for the White House has been long and difficult.After the Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery in 1863, a series of laws and amendments to the U.S. […]

By Louis CharbonneauZAM ZAM CAMP, Sudan (Reuters)- WireNews - Markets stocked with fresh fruit and vegetables. Shiny new gas stations. Freshly built houses. Smooth paved roads. A pizzeria.These are not images one would normally associate with Sudan’s western Darfur region, where hundreds of thousands of people are estimated to have died […]

By Alan BaldwinLONDON (Reuters)- WireNews - While Lewis Hamilton focuses on winning next weekend’s British Grand Prix, Formula One compatriots Jenson Button and David Coulthard can hope for little more than leftovers.You always want to do well at your home grand prix and we might get some points, which will be […]

By Brian EllsworthWILLEMSTAD (Reuters)- WireNews - An oil refinery dating from World War I billows toxins over the Caribbean island of Curacao, but under the pressure of local economic need Curacao allows it to continue operating.The Isla refinery, operated by Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, faces growing complaints by residents and […]

By Ben KlaymanCHICAGO (Reuters)- WireNews - A couple of times a year, David Holzhammer drives more than 200 miles from his home in Iowa City, Iowa, to see the Chicago Cubs play baseball. That is a luxury he is not giving up, despite high gas prices and other strains on his […]

By Naomi TajitsuLONDON (Reuters)- WireNews - Vodka, the famous Starowka quarter and the Palace of Culture commonly draw tourists to Warsaw, but John Bentley had a more mercenary motive for holidaying there recently — it wouldn’t break the bank, despite sterling’s weakness.As the summer holiday season begins, sterling’s frailty coupled with […]

By Robert WoodwardSANDY (Reuters)- WireNews - A late-night challenge to a group of friends led Mark Todd to end his eight-year retirement and head for the Beijing Games aboard a horse famous for an appearance in a rap video.Todd is considered to be one of the greatest riders in the history […]