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| Rocker Lou Reed of Velvet Underground dies at 71 | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lou Reed, the pioneering songwriter and musician behind the Velvet Underground, one of the most influential rock bands which fused art and music in collaboration with artist Andy Warhol, died on Sunday at the age of 71, his literary agent said. |
| Serena Williams wins WTA title | | | An exhausted but elated Serena Williams was left celebrating her 11th title of the season to round off 2013 by claiming the WTA Championships in Istanbul Sunday. |
| Meet Andy Murray's Mum | | | Tennis parents don't always have the best of reputations. Think Damir Dokic, John Tomic and Jim Pierce. However, Andy Murray's Mum is a very different breed. |
| BRIEF-Chime Comms to buy motorsports marketing firm JMI | | | Oct 25 (Reuters) - Chime Communications PLC * Proposed acquisition of jmi and 25.6M placing * Proposed acquisition of just marketing, inc. * To acquire jmi for a maximum $70.6 million (approximately 43.7 million). * placing of 8,533,334 new shares at 300 pence per placing share * Source text for Eikon * For more news, please click here |
| Vettel breaks Ferrari hearts at Monza | | | Sebastian Vettel dashes Fernando Alonso's hopes of delivering a home victory for Ferrari at Monza with another commanding drive to win the Italian Grand Prix Sunday. |
| Guantanamo lawyers want Obama to declassify CIA prison program | | | FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - Attorneys for five Guantanamo prisoners charged with plotting the September 11, 2001, attacks have asked President Barack Obama to declassify the CIA program that subjected the defendants to interrogation techniques that have been described as torture. |
| Column Eight questions for three Buffetts | | | Warren Buffett's son, Howard Graham, and his grandson, Howard Warren, have written a new book, "Forty Chances Finding Hope in a Hungry World," which chronicles their philanthropic work on hunger,... |
| Scientists go with their gut for bacterial bio-fuel | | | Oct. 8 - Scientists in South Korea say they have produced gasoline from genetically modified Escherichia coli, a bacteria more commonly associated with food poisoning in humans. The researchers, from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, say their work could one day lead to a new and sustainable source of clean fuel. Rob Muir reports. |
| Living With Cancer Brains on Chemo | | | Forgetfulness, trouble concentrating and word loss are common manifestations of the condition known as chemo brain. For many cancer patients (and the people who love them), this can be a mystifying experience, writes Susan Gubar. |
| Currents | QA A Blueprint for Misery | | | The artist Michael Elmgreen, on his design with Ingar Dragset of an apartment for a fictional failed architect at the Victoria and Albert Museum. |
| Former South African politician Sexwale arrested in New York - SABC | | | JOHANNESBURG, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Prominent South African businessman and anti-apartheid stalwart Tokyo Sexwale was arrested in New York after his name was on a list of people banned from entering the United States, national broadcaster SABC said on Sunday, citing his lawyer. |
| Museum Explores The Power of Poison | | | The American Museum of Natural History will show poison in its animal and plant forms, as well as its workings on victims, hopefully without frightening children. |
| Gazan students create energy-saving hospital cleaning device | | | Oct. 23 - Engineering students in Gaza have designed a prototype ozone gas generator to sterilise hospital rooms, a difficult task in a country living with economic sanctions imposed by the surrounding state of Israel. Their device activates oxygen and transforms it into ozone gas by using an electric charge of 80,000 volts. Jim Drury reports. |
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