HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban tobacco legend Alejandro Robaina, known in international cigar circles for producing the best of his country’s famous tobacco leaves, died on Saturday at the age of 91, a family friend said.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – When Michelle Obama wore a J. Crew outfit on the “Tonight Show” during the presidential campaign, online sales for the clothing retailer went through the roof.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – After idling for decades, train travel in the United States, while not quite out of the station, is beginning to work up a healthy head of steam.

AGRA, India (Reuters Life!) – You’ve probably heard of hot yoga and power yoga, but now there’s another form of the physical and mental activity that’s gaining in popularity in India — water yoga.

SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) – Fifty years after the release of “La Dolce Vita,” Singapore’s National Museum marks the landmark film with a grand, nearly month-long retrospective of award-winning Italian film-maker Federico Fellini’s films.

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) – Simply flipping through a book may not seem like the best to way to scan it, but a Japanese research group at Tokyo University has created new software that allows hundreds of pages to be scanned within minutes.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Contrary to common belief and despite a sexual abuse scandal that has engulfed the Catholic Church, attendance at churches in the United States has declined only slightly in recent decades.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) – Quirky musical TV comedy “Glee” returned to Fox this week after four months off-air with nine new episodes, including a highly-anticipated program featuring the show’s unique twist on the hits of Madonna.

BEIJING (Reuters Life!) – Hailing from the Himalayan plateau, the lion-like Tibetan mastiff has become China’s latest expensive indulgence.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Mel Gibson and his Russian-born singer girlfriend were reported on Wednesday to have split up five months after the birth of their baby daughter.