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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - If you're single and looking for a mate, Atlanta could be the place to live.

TORONTO (Reuters Life!) - Got 48 hours to explore Toronto during the city's annual star-studded film festival?

VIENNA (Reuters) - Two women have made history at Vienna's Spanish Riding School by becoming the first female riders to pass the entrance exam in 436 years.

NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters Life!) - A French film about a teacher working in a tough school in Paris will open the 46th New York Film Festival, which will feature 28 films from about 17 countries, organizers said on Friday.

BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - A house that is entirely upside-down opened its doors to the public on the northern German island of Usedom this week.

SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - A scooter produced from the spoils of World War Two machinery. A chair inspired by the plywood splints for wounded soldiers. A fashion trend spawned by the military's vital need for protection.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - With her trademark cascade of curled blonde hair pinned to the side, Tinsley Mortimer is a charity ball staple, attends countless fashion shows and is one of the most recognizable faces in New York society.

MILAN (Reuters Life!) - Italian designer Mila Schon, who rose to fame in the 1960s with her use of double-faced fabric and sober, geometric lines, died on Friday aged 92, the company managing her brand said.

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Say what you want about reality television, it's done one great thing for the world - it has it up and dancing.

ROME (Reuters) - Visitors leaving Rome with anecdotes of cars parked on zebra crossings, blocking pavements or two abreast on narrow streets would probably think the locals would welcome plans for a giant new carpark.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Does Chinese President Hu Jintao give you goosebumps? Got the hots for Premier Wen Jiabao? Then Communist Party mouthpiece the People's Daily has the answer -- join their online fan club.

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Radio DJs should stop glorifying being drunk to help tackle the rising problem of binge-drinking among young people, the British government said on Friday.

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Fans of classical music and jazz are creative, pop lovers are hardworking and, despite the stereotypes, heavy metal listeners are gentle, creative types who are at ease with themselves.

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Australian fathers spend just over an hour a day caring for or playing with their children, according to figures released by the statistics bureau ahead of Fathers' Day, which falls on Sunday.

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German technology company in which Russians comprise more than a third of the staff has banned the use of foreign languages in the workplace.

LONDON (Reuters) - "Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers" benefited from a late surge in public support to win the title on Friday of oddest book title of the past 30 years, The Bookseller magazine said.

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.

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Authorities in central Taiwan have turned off the red light at the county's last legal brothel after the death of its pimp aged 87, newspapers said on Friday.

MUMBAI (Reuters Life!) - Bollywood may be all about glitz, glamour and all-star line-ups, but when it comes to casting foreign extras, any Western tourist will do.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Well-heeled fans of "The Wizard of Oz" looking for their own pair of ruby slippers can choose from a collection made by top designers with red Swarovski crystals.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - Alan Ball may not be a household name, but his TV shows and films have made him an A-lister in Hollywood.

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Middle-aged men earning between 20,000 and 60,000 pounds in Britain's sprawling public sector are most likely to get bullied at work, said a survey on Friday which showed one in seven workers have faced abuse.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The old saying holds true: The rich do get richer.

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - "Don't go to work" reads a poem written by a Japanese boy for his father who killed himself after suffering from depression caused by working too much.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - What do you wear to a recession?

MUMBAI (Reuters) - An anonymous call threatening to bomb Mumbai city sets off a hair-raising search for the attackers in a new Bollywood thriller opening on Friday, the latest in a slew of Indian films based on terrorism.

MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Maasai warrior Lempuris Lalasho went to Kenya's tourist haven Mombasa to find a white woman to marry, but he ended up working as a hairdresser, a profession that is taboo in his culture.

ROTTERDAM (Reuters) - A club where dancers generate power to light the floor, drinks come in recyclable cups and toilets flush with rain water opened in the Netherlands on Thursday, hoping to lure environmentally conscious clubbers.