By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES | Fri May 11, 2012 9:49pm EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara has been recognized by Guinness World Records for surfing the largest wave ever ridden, a towering 78-foot (24-meter) wall of water he says he caught at Nazare, Portugal, in November while “totally in the moment.” [...]
Read MoreBy Avril Ormsby LONDON | Fri May 11, 2012 2:00pm EDT LONDON (Reuters) – Turner prize-winning artist Anish Kapoor said on Friday that Britons would grow to love his spiraling red tower on London’s Olympic Park, just as people had come to appreciate other structures initially loathed, including the Eiffel Tower. The 115-metre tall structure, [...]
Read MoreFri May 11, 2012 12:15pm EDT (Reuters) – While most travelers know that Copenhagen and Amsterdam are ideal for exploring by bicycle, the rise of bike-sharing and bike tours in other cities is making discovering other destinations by bicycle easier than ever. That’s why the members and editors of travel website VirtualTourist.com (www.virtualtourist.com) have compiled [...]
Read MoreBy Karolina Slowikowska WARSAW | Fri May 11, 2012 10:35am EDT WARSAW (Reuters) – Got 48 hours to spare this summer in Warsaw, the capital of Poland for more than 400 years? Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors get the most out of a 48-hour visit. Located in central Poland, Warsaw is easily accessible [...]
Read MoreBy 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 [...]
Read MoreBy Deepa Seetharaman DETROIT | Fri May 11, 2012 6:55pm 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 [...]
Read MoreBy Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON | Thu May 10, 2012 6:50pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – On the wall of a tiny structure buried under forest debris in Guatemala, archaeologists have discovered a scribe’s notes about the Maya lunar calendar, which they say could be the first known records by an official chronicler of this ancient civilization. [...]
Read MoreSEOUL | Fri May 11, 2012 2:57am EDT SEOUL (Reuters) – Six leaders from South Korea’s biggest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage showed some supposedly serene monks raising hell, playing high-stakes poker, drinking and smoking. The scandal erupted just days before Koreans observe a national holiday to celebrate the birth of Buddha, [...]
Read MoreBy Lisa Jucca MILAN | Thu May 10, 2012 10:48pm EDT MILAN (Reuters) – Will Italians be the best-dressed squad of the London 2012 Olympic Games? The Italy team is pinning its hopes of striking gold in the style stakes on fashion guru Giorgio Armani, and his 50-piece Olympic collection. Yet, prevailing in the fashion [...]
Read MoreBy Ed Cropley JOHANNESBURG | Thu May 10, 2012 10:21am EDT JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Two models at the eye of a race storm that has exposed the thin veneer of social harmony in South Africa 18 years after the end of apartheid shook hands on Thursday and vowed to work towards Nelson Mandela’s vision of [...]
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