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Blues legend B.B. King, 89, mourned by music world

Blues legend B.B. King, whose crisp but powerful guitar licks made him among the instrument’s greatest masters and a towering influence over generations of musicians, has died at 89. King had maintained a touring schedule that put to shame much younger artists until late last year when his health declined. “The blues has lost its king, and America has lost a legend,” said President Barack Obama, who recalled once being

Canadian Henderson latest teen turning heads in women's game

By Tim Wharnsby CAMBRIDGE, Ontario (Reuters) – New Zealand’s Lydia Ko and American Lexi Thompson are simply known as Lydia and Lexi on the LPGA scene. Ko, 18, and Thompson, 20, both made history by winning LPGA events before their 18th birthday but that exclusive club could soon welcome a new member. Canadian Brooke Henderson, who landed a sponsor’s exemption into the June 11-14 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, sure hopes

Mark Everson ran the IRS. Now he wants to be president.

There comes a moment in the career of many government bureaucrats when they sit across the table from a high-ranking elected official — the president, even—and think, You know, I’m just as smart as these guys. “You understand they’re just another person,” says Mark Everson, who served in the Reagan administration and as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service under George W. Bush. “You ask yourself, Do you like this?

Google's new self-driving cars to hit roads, with steering wheels

By Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) – Google Inc’s self-driving cars will begin testing on public roads this summer, but it turns out they will have steering wheels and brakes, which is not what the company envisioned a year ago. Engineers will operate 25 prototype vehicles designed by Google, which use the same software as Google’s Lexus RX450h sport utility vehicles that have already self-driven about 10,000 miles (16,093 km) a