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Gas trading volumes rising at Dutch hub, down at UK hub-report
FRANKFURT, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Wholesale gas and gas futures trading volumes are rising in the Netherlands and falling in Britain, a sign that Dutch hub TTF is drawing financial traders away from its bigger British rival, a study said on Friday.


$10 Deal for Rights to World Trade Center Name Draws Scrutiny
New York State is looking into the sale of the rights to the three-word name to a nonprofit, accusing a former Port Authority official of leading the deal without proper approval.


Artist uses robots to create art in three cities
VIENNA (Reuters) - An Austrian artist enlisted the help of two robots on Thursday to create a work of art simultaneously in Vienna, London and Berlin in what he called a world first.


Becker tours hometown
Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker talks about his career and his first tennis court.


Corsair group wins fight for RBS's 314 UK branches
LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - A consortium led by private equity firm Corsair will pay 600 million pounds to be an anchor investor in 314 branches being sold by Royal Bank of Scotland .


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.


Florida family claims cover-up of killing by cop
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida family filed a complaint with a state disciplinary board on Friday alleging that a medical examiner covered up a homicide by a police officer whose dashboard camera in May recorded him pursuing and running over a 38-year-old black man.


Mourners bury Nairobi mall victim, pregnant, dying while on phone to husband
Sept. 26 - As the investigation continues into the Nairobi shopping mall siege, victims are laid to rest, including a prominent radio personality who was seven months pregnant. Mana Rabiee reports.


DealBook Under Fire From Investors, CommonWealth to Change Its Ways
The real estate investment trust CommonWealth said on Monday that it was updating its corporate governance structure and compensation model after months of pressure from activist investors.


Possessed Nicholas Kirkwood Plucking a Commoner From an Exalted Family
The shoe designer cherishes the outlandish quality of orchids. But the ones he chooses are among the most ordinary.


Google goes inside the A380
Not content with climbing Mount Fuji or scaling the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Google Street View team has once again stretched the limits of their brief, this time with a full tour inside an Emirates Airbus A380.


Fire rips through Detroit building
Sep. 26 - Crews try to contain a building fire in Detroit, Michigan that sent black smoke billowing into the sky. The smoke from the building, reported to be abandoned, could be seen from miles away. Gavino Garay reports.


White House to help bankrupt Detroit demolish buildings, hire firefighters
WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The White House will send a group of top officials to Detroit on Friday to offer millions in assistance for knocking down empty buildings, hiring firefighters and...


Bear looks for Dollywood?
Black bear creates a scene in downtown Gatlinburg, Tennessee. WBIR reports.


$2 million check found on subway
It's a check for $2 million, issued to a man with a California driver's license. And it was found in a subway car in Madrid, police say.


The Lazarus of Formula One
Niki Lauda is the Lazarus of Formula One.


Food safety group demands U.S. probe in tainting of alfalfa crop
Sept 27 (Reuters) - A food-safety advocacy group demanded on Friday that the U.S. government investigate how a Washington state alfalfa crop became tainted with a genetically modified trait that was illegal when the seed was purchased.


UPDATE 1-Danny Ludeman to retire as head of Wells Fargo Advisors
NEW YORK, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Danny Ludeman, who has led Wells Fargo Advisors and a predecessor brokerage firm for almost 15 years, will retire as of Jan. 1, 2014, the Wells Fargo Co. brokerage...


Michael Jackson verdict could shake up entertainment business model
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of late pop star Michael Jackson against his concert promoter is now in the hands of a jury, and the verdict could have far-reaching implications for how the entertainment industry does business with its biggest stars.


Roll Over? Fat Chance
More than half the dogs in America are overweight, giving rise to diet and exercise programs.


Attention Switches to Investigation of Kenyan Mall Siege
Investigators began sifting through rubble, studied closed-circuit television footage and brought in more resources to identify the militants who laid siege to an upscale mall in Nairobi.


Sports Briefing | Tennis Murray to Have Surgery
Andy Murray will have surgery for a lingering back problem and will miss the rest of the season.


UPDATE 1-Oracle to pay $199.5 mln to resolve false claims case
* Oracle denied engaging in fraud, but agreed to settle (Adds details of case, Oracle comment)


Serbia bans gay pride march again; EU criticizes decision
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's government banned a weekend gay pride march for the third consecutive year on Friday, citing the threat of violence from right-wing hooligans, in a move that sparked protests by gay activists and criticism from the European Union.


Red Bulls Could Miss 2 in Battle for No. 1
Thierry Henry and Jamison Olave are likely to miss Sundays M.L.S. game against the Sounders in Seattle.


New York's MoMA exhibition explores Rene Magritte's surrealist work
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Belgian painter Rene Magritte's work, featuring men in bowler hats, mysterious landscapes and bright blue skies, may be familiar to many art lovers, but a new exhibition focuses attention on the artist's surrealist pieces.


'INF1DL' OK for vanity plate?
It's time to do away with vanity plates.


Bus blast in Pakistan kills at least 17
At least 17 people were killed and more than 30 others wounded in an explosion that ripped through a bus carrying government employees in northwest Pakistan on Friday, authorities said.


T Magazine On View | The Natural History of American Design
An exhibition at the Bard Graduate Center of artifacts from the Americas, which were lent to New York fashion designers by the American Museum of Natural History nearly a century ago, is unexpectedly relevant today.


Nadal on historic win
World Sport's Amanda Davies chats with 2013 French Open champion Rafael Nadal.


World's safest mansion?
From bombproof doors to tactical fog machines, check out this ultra-secure mansion in the Hollywood Hills.


Have-Nots Squeezed and Stacked in Hong Kong
In a city with some of the highest living costs in the world, those at the bottom of the income ladder increasingly resort to cupboardlike living spaces, a dozen or more to an apartment.


Son of 'singing general' jailed for rape
A Beijing court sentenced Li Tianyi, the son of a famous Chinese "singing general" in the People's Liberation Army, to 10 years in jail on Thursday over a gang rape that unleashed public outrage at the behavior of China's "princelings," or children of the political elite.


Golf helps rehab war vets
Medically retired veterans participate in a program that helps their adjustment back to civilian life through golf.


How good is the iPhone 5S camera?
Very soon, you will be sick of slow-motion videos. They will fill up your Facebook, Instagram and Vine feeds. The amateur clips will show pets jumping and playing, objects falling and breaking, and people dancing about in glorious, high-quality slow motion.


Pilotless jets within reach?
"We're ready to take control" confirms Bob Fraser, a well-seasoned pilot who has been flying for 37 years.


Could Germany's nuclear gamble fail?
As Germany's switchover from nuclear power to renewable energy gathers pace, concerns are mounting over the cost to country's prosperity and its already squeezed consumers.


Housing Recovery Seems Still on Track
Home values and home prices are rising, according to several surveys.


Violence unsettles oil production
MME's John defterios sits down with Hussain Al-Shahristani, the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy.


Movie Review Robert Reich Stars in the Documentary Inequality for All
In Inequality for All, Robert Reich, labor secretary under President Bill Clinton, explains Americas economic woes.


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