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News Feed Latest worldwide news First public gay Korean wedding It was symbolic rather than legal, but the first public gay wedding in Seoul started tongues wagging. Tennis Djokovic gets engaged It's a love match for Novak Djokovic. Elop to Nokia I won't return my pay-off Nokia's chairman asked Stephen Elop, the Finnish group's former chief executive, if he would forgo part or all of his 18.8m pay-off several days ago as the furore over it grew. Gadgetwise With New Stylus, LeapFrog Tackles Reading and Writing The LeapReader is an electronic pen that sounds out letters and words in LeapFrog books and teaches children how to write them. Television Review In Lucky 7, on ABC, Co-Workers Strike It Rich Together Lucky 7, a new drama on ABC, shows the problems of no money, and of sudden wealth. Currents | Books Looking for Beauty, Finding Soul The Inspired Home features the interiors of artists and designers who attend to the laws of nature. U.K. Utility Shares Fall After Pledge to Freeze Rates The head of Britains opposition Labour Party said that if his party won the election in 2015, it would freeze gas and electric rates for two years. Roma Moves to First in Serie A Roma maintained its perfect start to the Serie A season in Italy with a 2-0 win at Sampdoria and took possession of first place after Napoli was held to a 1-1 draw at home against Sassuolo. Jobless Claims at Six-Year Low Labor Department figures reinforced the results of private surveys that service companies added jobs in August at the fastest pace in six months. The 30-Minute Interview Susan Hewitt Ms. Hewitt is a partner and the founder of the Cheshire Group, which owns and operates rent-regulated and market-rate apartments in the New York area. FOREX-Dollar rises but gains seen capped by U.S. budget impasse * Dollar slips, wariness over possible U.S. govt shutdown * Euro hurt by renewed Italian political tensions * Japan corporate tax-cut hopes lead to yen-selling By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK,... UPDATE 3-Nine auto parts makers to plead guilty to U.S. price fixing * Company execs met in remote locations, used code names - DOJ Europe optimism trumps emerging markets gloom - EY Sept. 26 - Optimism over the recovery in Europe outweighs what will only be a small slowdown in emerging markets, says EY EMEIA Area Managing Partner Jay Nibbe at the 30th Oxford Analytica conference. Former F.B.I. Agent to Plead Guilty in Press Leak Donald Sachtleben, a former bomb technician, agreed to plead guilty to leaking classified details about a foiled bomb plot in Yemen, the Justice Department announced. Bats 4 Days, 3 Teams Wild-Card Race Moves Toward Finish With the days in the regular season dwindling to a precious few, the American League wild-card race is coming down to the wire. Tech Giants Fear Spread of Patent Wars to Europe After spending hundreds of millions of dollars in the United States to defend patent-infringement lawsuits, the companies worry that Europe could become a similar battleground. Dance Listings for Sept. 27-Oct. 3 A selected guide to dance performances in the New York area. A new phone concept? What if you could buy a smartphone that would last you for the rest of your life? NBC Gets More Than It Expected NBC got a great deal, it paid nothing for the Americas Cup races, and it also got lucky, televising a remarkable comeback. The Commissars Culinary Stamp The Soviet era and its demise inspire a food memoir. Senator Persists Battling Health Law, Irking Even Many in His Own Party Many Republicans abandoned Senator Ted Cruz in his fight over the health care law, which stretched into the early hours Wednesday morning on the Senate floor. U.S.-Iran in first meeting since 1979 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif meet -- the first such high-level meeting since Iran's 1979 revolution. Planet penetrator offers high-speed path to Europa Sept. 24 - Scientists curious about possible life on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, are developing a capsule that can be fired at high speed into the moon's surface to dislodge and collect samples. Astrium, a subsidiary of aerospace giant EADS, could be involved in a proposed European Space Agency (ESA) mission to Europa within the decade, and has been test-firing its planet penetrating rockets to prepare. Jim Drury reports. U.S. rapist freed after 1 month in jail Stacey Dean Rambold, a former high school teacher who served a month-long sentence for raping a 14-year-old girl, was released Thursday from a Montana jail, a state Department of Corrections official told CNN. British cosmologist Hawking backs right to assisted suicide LONDON (Reuters) - British cosmologist Stephen Hawking has backed the right for people who are terminally ill to choose to end their lives and to receive help to do so as long as safeguards are in place. Editor's Choice Our best photos from the last 24 hours. Music Review Mohammed Fairouz Suites in Bargemusics Here and Now Series Bargemusics Here and Now Series offered a program of works by Mohammed Fairouz, including pieces dedicated to Egypt and addressing an event in Syria. Panthers 38, Giants 0 Giants Go From Bad to Worst Start Since 96 In Tom Coughlins most lopsided loss as the Giants coach, Eli Manning was sacked seven times as the team fell to 0-3 for the first time since 1996. T Magazine The Daily Shoe | A Feathery, Crystal-Encrusted Confection at Rochas T plucks the best shoes right off the runway. Todays pick a flamboyant variation on the boudoir slipper. UPDATE 2-Alitalia seeks capital hike, Air France-KLM votes against -source * China, Russia, UAE show interest in Alitalia stake (Recasts, adds details, analyst, Air France-KLM) BlackBerry's Heins, Fairfax's Watsa and the $55 mln handshake TORONTO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Months before Fairfax Financial Holdings Inc bid $4.7 billion for BlackBerry Ltd , Fairfax boss Prem Watsa played a role in securing a golden parachute worth as much as... T Magazine The Daily Shoe | A Feathery, Crystal-Encrusted Confection at Rochas T plucks the best shoes right off the runway. Todays pick a flamboyant variation on the boudoir slipper. MLB Commissioner Selig to retire in January 2015 (Reuters) - Bud Selig, credited with ushering in a new era of growth and change in the game of baseball, will retire as commissioner of Major League Baseball at the end of his current term in January 2015, the league said on Thursday. City Opera Board Says It May Enter Bankruptcy If no one steps in to save the company, which has made an urgent appeal to raise $7 million, its current production of Anna Nicole could be its last. Watch Friday's Show! September 27, 2013 NASAs Deputy Administrator Is Leaving Agency Lori B. Garver, a top administrator at the agency who played a large role in drafting the Obama administrations controversial space policies, will leave next month. N.C.A.A. Begins to Ease Penn State Penalties Pleased with Penn States progress toward athletic integrity, the N.C.A.A. said on Tuesday that five football scholarships would be restored next year and more would be phased in afterward. Sislo Scores Winner in Devils Win Over Flyers Mike Sislo scored the winner at 7 minutes 34 of the third period in the Devils 2-1 preseason victory over host Philadelphia. Shareholder wealth The largest creators, the biggest destroyers Reuters blogger Felix Salmon shares a surprising list of which companies over the last 90 years have generated the most wealth for shareholders, and which ones have destroyed it. At War Blog Part 1 Idealism or Realism When It Comes to Syria? Dan Savage, a former infantry officer, analyzes the debate over Syria through his perspective as a veteran.

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