Fri 9 May 2008 | 20:06 EDT

Today on Reuters (1/5)

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Record food crops should ease crisis 8:02pm ET

Good weather will help the world's farmers reap record wheat and rice crops this year, the U.S. government said, which should allay fears of shortages and help bring prices down.  Full Article | Full Coverage 

Interview: Overstock.com

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Feisty CEO sees brighter future

Whether he's waging a financial lawsuit or seeing shares of his e-commerce site surge and fall, Overstock.com chief Patrick Byrne refuses to be fazed by his turbulent relationship with Wall Street.  Full Article 

Reuters Columns (1/4)

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Inflate in haste, repent at leisure

Inflating our way out of trouble is tempting but it's another buy now, pay later strategy. (Saft is the winner of a 2008 SABEW Best in Business award.)  Full Article | More Columns 

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Commodity Last Pct Chg Trade Date/Time
Oil 125.55 +2.16% 09 May 2008 17:58
Gold 885.9 +0.45% 09 May 2008 17:06
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Reuters news quiz

What did Myanmar ask a rescue team from Qatar to do? What were GTA4's sales in its first week?  Take Quiz 

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Myanmar cyclone

A deadly cyclone devastates Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta, where entire villages have been virtually washed away.  Full Coverage 

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Israel at 60

Israel marks the 60th anniversary of its founding.  Full Coverage 

Strange and unusual

Our photographers sometimes catch moments that are strange and offbeat. Here's a recent sampling.

 
A defense of air strikes in Iraq

May 9 - U.S. forces have killed 25 militants in just two days in Baghdad's Sadr City with the help of air power.  Play Video

 

Reuters Oddly Enough

Funny, quirky, strange-but-true stories from around the world.