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TORONTO, July 18 (Reuters Life!) - Lawyers who "KISS" as in "keep it simple, stupid" when it comes to defending their clients are more likely to win in court, according to a study.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Teenagers need nine hours of sleep a night and parents can help by getting them back on a school sleep schedule before classes begin, researchers suggest.

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - If you have ever dreamed about what it's like to be a butterfly, then flutter over to the "Amazing Butterflies" exhibition at London's Natural History museum before August 17.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing opened two new subway lines on Saturday, delayed from a planned late-June start but just in time to carry passengers banned from their cars as the capital tries to clean up its skies before next month's Olympics.

POMPEII, Italy (Reuters) - Nearly 2,000 years after it was buried and preserved under a volcanic eruption, the ancient Roman town of Pompeii is being steadily worn away by modern woes.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Think you're feeling pain at the gas pump? Consider the residents of Lime Village, Alaska, an isolated Denaina Athabascan Indian community where gasoline prices have hit $8.55 a gallon.

BEIJING (Reuters) - While feats of athletic brilliance may be the main focus of cameras during the Beijing Olympics, the telegenic venues set to host the athletes will draw their own share of gasps from admiring spectators.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - Julius Shulman took a photograph in 1960 that made millions dream of a perfect life: two women seated in a glass house seemingly suspended in mid air as the twinkling lights of Los Angeles beckon below.

LONDON (Reuters) - British folk singer Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, accepted libel damages and an apology on Friday from a news agency that reported he had refused to talk to women at an awards ceremony who were not wearing a veil.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A controversial auction of soul singer James Brown's personal belongings fell short of expectations on Thursday, with more than 300 lots on offer taking in just over $850,000 at Christie's.

BELGRADE (Reuters Life!) - After almost two decades off the tourist map, Belgrade is making a comeback with a reputation as a 24-hour party city.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Here is a round-up of this week's U.S. celebrity magazines In Touch, Life and Style, People, Us Weekly and OK! Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The British government faced calls on Friday to scrap national testing of 14 year-olds in England as it was announced that nearly three out of ten pupils would not receive results for English by the end of term.

HONG KONG (Reuters Life!) - Hong Kongers unable to go to Beijing for the Olympics will still be able to gawk at another more fragile version of the iconic structures built for the Games and constructed entirely out of playing cards.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Food featured prominently in Nelson Mandela's struggle against apartheid, from using cooking pots to smuggle messages during his 27-year imprisonment to his first dinner of chicken curry as a free man.

MILAN (Reuters) - Dressed in his traditional brown robe, sandals and twirling the rope around his waist, 62-year old Friar Cesare Bonizzi is no ordinary heavy metal rocker.

JAKARTA (Reuters Life!) - For some Indonesians, former president Suharto was a brutal dictator who ruled with an iron fist for over three decades. For others, he was a benevolent leader during whose time life was safer, cheaper and happier.

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Whether it's New York's Staten Island Ferry or London's National Gallery, free activities are a welcome bonus for travelers of all ages and incomes.

TORONTO (Reuters Life!) - The A-list of Bollywood is on a mission -- to take the glitz and glamour of Indian cinema to the rest of the world.

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Japanese movie fans are booking up new luxury box seats which, for nearly $300, come with a glass of champagne to get the reel going.

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters Life!) - On a shabby street corner in one of the city's poorest neighborhoods, a pair of murals covers the sides of two row houses a block apart.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - As many as one in three teenagers may have been on the receiving end of violence or abuse at work, survey findings suggest.

TORONTO (Reuters Life!) - Tired of Botox? Can't stand the thought of another chemical peel? Perhaps, acupuncture is the answer.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - First there was road rage, then there was office rage. Now, there's coffee rage. The tempest in a coffee cup began at a coffee shop in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area when Jeff Simmermon ordered a triple shot of espresso over ice, according to a story in Thursday's edition of The Washington Post ( http://www.washingtonpost.com )

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have located an area in the brain that fails to "kick-in" for people with obsessive compulsive disorder and those at risk of developing the condition.

LONDON (Reuters) - An original watercolor illustration by Beatrix Potter for the final scene from the Rabbit Christmas Party set a new auction record on Thursday at 289,250 pounds ($578,700).

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than a quarter of all Americans are now obese, the latest U.S. government figures show.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - Hailing a taxicab on the streets of Los Angeles finally got the go-ahead on Wednesday, bringing the city into line with most major urban centers around the world.