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Sudanese aviation officials are investigating the cause of a plane crash that killed at least 29 people at the airport in the capital, Khartoum, late Tuesday.click here for full feature

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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - With golf carts becoming a popular means of transport off as well as on the course, the number of injuries involving these small vehicles is on the rise and maybe drivers should belt up, according to a U.S. study.click here for complete article

ROME (Reuters) - An Italian couple who were caught having sex in a church confessional box while morning Mass was being said have repented and made peace with the local bishop.click here for full story

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood studios are counting on actor Robert Downey Jr. and his big-screen incarnation as “Iron Man” to blast them out of a box office slump as the lucrative summer movie season opens this weekend.

The latest Marvel comics adventure is expected to gross $60 million to $80 million or more during its initial Friday-through-Sunday run in North American theaters, experts said, buoyed by heavy promotion and largely favorable reviews. click here for feature

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A night after Tuesday’s much-discussed on-air blunder by “American Idol” judge Paula Abdul, the results show of the talent show lost 1.2 million viewers from the previous week.

With “Idol” (22.1 million viewers vs. 23.3 million) already having dropped in nearly every episode in recent weeks, however, that means the reality show has once again hit a five-year low. A year ago, the show averaged 29 million viewers. click here for full story

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - If two weeks by a pool with a margarita is your idea of the vacation from hell, you may prefer something more challenging with men’s portal AskMen.com coming up with a list of the top 10 exclusive adventures.

This list was compiled by AskMen (http://www.askmen.com) and is not endorsed by Reuters: click here

As the week drags on, with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer under pressure to propose which option to take in his unsolicited bid to buy Yahoo, here are some stats to put in the spreadsheet.

But first, some background. Microsoft’s board, which reportedly met Wednesday, apparently came to no conclusion as to whether to launch a proxy fight, walk away, or bump its initial bid beyond its recently released trial balloon of $32 to $33 a share, according to The Wall Street Journal click here for feature

Measles outbreaks in at least seven states are expected to produce more cases in 2008 than in any other recent year, federal health officials said Thursday, warning that measles is highly contagious and can cause severe illness and even death.click here for full feature

DETROIT — Soaring gas prices have turned the steady migration by Americans to smaller cars into a stampede.

In what industry analysts are calling a first, about one in five vehicles sold in the United States was a compact or subcompact car during April, based on monthly sales data released Thursday. Almost a decade ago, when sport utility vehicles were at their peak of popularity, only one in every eight vehicles sold was a small car.click here for full story

NEW YORK (AP) — Retail gas prices fell slightly Friday — the first time in 18 days they haven’t risen to a new record — and analysts say pump prices are close to peaking for the year.

Oil futures, meanwhile, rose as Turkish airstrikes on Kurdish rebel bases in Iraq injected some supply concerns into the market, giving investors reason to shrug off the strengthening dollar.

The national average price of a gallon of regular gas fell 0.1 cent overnight to $3.622, according to a survey of gas stations by AAA and the Oil Price Information Service. That’s the first time since April 14 that retail prices have fallen. Diesel prices fell 0.2 cent to a national average of $4.249 a gallon.click here for full feature

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne is back, and this time he clobbered Homer Simpson.

“The Bourne Ultimatum,” the third movie in the espionage action series starring Matt Damon as a one-time CIA hit man searching for his past, grossed $70.2 million its opening weekend to rank as North America’s top film at the box office, according to studio estimates on Sunday.click here for full feature

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The creator of classic computer game “Doom,” id Software, unveiled on Friday its eagerly anticipated next game, “Rage,” in which players fight an oppressive government in a post-apocalyptic world.

The new game will be released for computers running either Microsoft Corp’s (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) Windows or Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) Macintosh operating system, as well as Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony Corp’s (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) PlayStation 3 video game consoles.click here for full story

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Finish Line Inc (FINL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and shoe company Nike Inc (NKE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) have teamed up in a new back-to- school marketing campaign designed to sell Nike+ running shoes and boost the soft U.S. retail market for athletic shoes.click here for full story

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned Delta rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station early on Saturday, sending a water-analyzing science probe on its way to Mars.

The Phoenix spacecraft, which lifted off at 5:26 a.m., is expected to reach the northern polar region of Mars on May 25.click here for more info