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Formolo wins Giro thriller

Alberto Contador and Richie Porte both survived an action-packed fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia as Davide Formolo won solo and Orica-GreenEdge’s Simon Clarke replaced team-mate Michael Matthews in the overall lead.

Is $225,000 Too Much for This Insane, V-10–Powered E30 BMW M3?

– If you’ve been waiting for the world’s most exotic, insane, and expensive BMW E30 M3, look no further. It’s on eBay right now—and it will only cost you about as much as a Ferrari 458. – First things first, though: Can we even call this an E30 M3? Under the hood sits a 5.7-liter V-10, a bored and stroked version of the E60 M5’s 5.0-liter V-10—said to be a Dinan-massaged unit—which

Fresh earthquake brings panic, damage and death to Nepal

By Krista Mahr and Ross Adkin SANGACHOWK, Nepal (Reuters) – A 7.3 magnitude earthquake killed at least 37 people and spread panic in Nepal on Tuesday, bringing down buildings already weakened by a devastating tremor less than three weeks ago and unleashing landslides in Himalayan valleys near Mount Everest. Most of the reported fatalities were in villages to the east of Kathmandu, only just beginning to pick up the pieces

Air strikes hit Yemen capital, U.N. envoy arrives hours before truce

By Mohammed Ghobari and Mohammed Mukhashaf CAIRO/ADEN (Reuters) – Saudi-led air strikes pounded the rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on Tuesday just hours before a five-day humanitarian ceasefire was set to begin. Looking to prepare for the truce and jumpstart stalled political talks among Yemen’s civil war factions, the new U.N. envoy to the country arrived in Sanaa, saying fighting would not resolve a conflict that crosses ethnic and religious faultlines.