News Feed

Your RSS feed from RSSFWD.com.	Update your RSS subscription

News Feed Latest worldwide news Wealth managers say they hear 'nary a tweet' for Twitter's IPO NEW YORK (Reuters) - Twitter Inc has set a relatively modest price range for its closely watched initial public offering, but some financial advisers say their clients are not clamoring to invest in the social media phenomenon. Allegation of U.S. Spying on Merkel Puts Obama at Crossroads Officials in the Obama administration say that the National Security Agency, in its push to build a global data-gathering network, has rarely weighed the long-term political costs of some of its operations. Times Documentaries Coming Back A Year of Recovery Times Documentaries presents Coming Back A Year of Recovery After Hurricane Sandy, a video portrait of four neighborhoods struggling in the aftermath of the 2012 storm. Dozens killed as bomb blasts rock Iraq At least 44 people died and scores were wounded when a string of car bombings shook the cities of Baghdad and Mosul. Phys Ed How Music Can Boost Our Workouts Making music and not just listening to it while exercising makes the exercise easier, a remarkable new experiment finds, suggesting that the human love of music may have evolved, in part, to ease physical effort. New Claims by Jobless Fall Less Than Hoped Initial applications for state unemployment benefits fell 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 350,000, the Department of Labor said. DNA backs Roma couple in Irish nightmare Irish police have removed a 7-year-old blond girl from a Roma family in the Dublin suburb of Tallaght, a police spokesman said. Vivian Schiller to Leave NBC News for Twitter Ms. Schiller, chief digital officer for NBC News, will oversee partnerships between Twitter and news organizations like NBC and NPR. Drone debate at U.N. Civilians made up almost a fifth of people killed by drones in Pakistan. CNN speaks with U.N. official Ben Emmerson. Plane fighting Australia fires crashes, kills pilot SYDNEY (Reuters) - A plane dousing wildfires in bushland south of Australia's biggest city, Sydney, crashed into a national park on Thursday, killing the pilot and sparking a new fire to add to 55 still burning across the state of New South Wales. Guthrie Stutters Late in Shanghai but Shares Lead American Luke Guthrie stuttered with two bogeys in the last three holes but retained a share of the lead with Spain's Rafael Cabrera-Bello after the third round of the BMW Masters in Shanghai on Saturday. Fantasy Football Week 8 Tiered Player Rankings Applying an algorithm called the Gaussian mixture model to an aggregation of expert ranking data reveals natural tiers and clusters within the data. Michelle Gelber, Mandy Spiller The wedding took place on the beach in Asbury Park, N.J. Get the strength of Hercules The Titan Arm, is the brainchild of four mechanical engineering students who built an upper-body exoskeleton that can more than double the average person's strength Dance Review Rosas Performs En Atendant and Cesena at BAM En Atendant and Cesena, two pieces that allude to the religious turmoil and massacres surrounding the Papal Schism, were performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Marcia Wallace, voice of 'The Simpsons' Edna Krabappel, dies at 70 (Reuters) - Actress Marcia Wallace, the voice of Edna Krabappel on the Fox show "The Simpsons" and earlier Carol Kester, the receptionist on the 1970s sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show," has died at 70. Trade for Beason Seemed Minor, but the Giants Get Big Results Linebacker Jon Beason, acquired from Carolina earlier this month, has led the Giants in tackles the last two games and helped rejuvenate the entire defense. Technology On the Road to Autonomous, a Pause at Extrasensory Autonomous cars have been arriving in bits and pieces for years. Bristling with sensors and microprocessors, cars have long been lightening the drivers workload and improving safety. Letters Atoms Everywhere (1 Letter) Letter to the editor. Gambling Debate Entangles Disney in Florida Disney has long led the fight against the expansion of casinos in the state, but it also owns the Marvel superheroes, whose images appear on slot machines. BlackRock shares could rise further -Barron's Oct 27 (Reuters) - Shares of money manager BlackRock Inc have even more room to climb, keeping up its recent streak, Barron's reported in its Oct. 28 edition. Koch Brother Wages 12-Year Fight Over Wind Farm The billionaire industrialist William I. Koch has donated about $5 million fighting Cape Wind, a vast wind farm proposed for Nantucket Sound. Economix Blog Nudging Girls Toward Computer Science On the importance of role models, in real life and on TV. Britain braced for hurricane-force "Saint Jude" storm LONDON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Hurricane-force winds are forecast to disrupt road, rail and airport networks on Monday when one of the strongest storms in decades is expected to hit the southern half of Britain during rush-hour, forecasters warned on Sunday. After a Goof, Wainwright Takes a Jab at Himself The Cardinals ace and Gold Glove finalist didnt make an error in the regular season, but also didnt catch an easy pop-up in the World Series opener. Anchovies 101 A Video Tutorial Melissa Clark has plenty of tips on using anchovies. Her favorite dish anchovy toast. Is Rio ready for the World Cup? CNN travels to Rio to discover whether the city is ready for the 2014 World Cup. Serving Museum Patrons Something More With the opening of a multimillion-dollar restaurant, the Brooklyn Museum joins the ranks of culture centers offering high-end dining experiences to their visitors. 7 killed when knife-wielding inmates riot in Mexico prison Seven inmates were killed during a prison riot Saturday in Mexico's Gulf Coast state of Tamaulipas, authorities said. Voice of 'Simpsons' teacher dies Marcia Wallace, whose four-decade television career included playing the receptionist on "The Bob Newhart Show" and Bart's fourth-grade teacher on "The Simpsons," has died, her agent said Saturday. Merkel's party to push on C02 backloading in coalition talks BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives will argue for a new push in support of backloading of CO2 emissions certificates in coalition talks with the Social Democrats (SPD), according to a document prepared for the negotiations. Vettel shows a meaner streak GREATER NOIDA, India (Reuters) - Sebastian Vettel can legitimately claim to be one of Formula One's all-time greats after securing a fourth successive title that highlighted his genius as well as a darker side to his character. UPDATE 1-Iran's state energy firms crippled by budget -minister * Talks with foreign energy investors yet to result in deals (Recasts, adds comments from oil minister) Boy, 12 My friend shot me at school Nevada student shot in the stomach by a friend during a rampage that left a teacher dead. How to hack the most popular Halloween costumes NEW YORK (Reuters) - As perennial as Halloween are the princesses, Batmans, witches and pirates that the National Retail Federation says are the most popular costumes, year after year. China tourists given manners guide Travel operators in China have a huge new set of rules to follow now that the country's first tourism law is in place. Rana Plaza What's changed? Six months after more than 1,000 people lost their lives in the deadliest garment factory accident in Bangladeshi history, the South Asian country continues to mourn the deaths of workers in other avoidable incidents. Canada says falling short of emissions reduction target OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada acknowledged on Thursday that it will miss its target for greenhouse gas emissions by a wider margin than expected unless it takes further action to offset emissions in the oil industry. Wealth Want to buy an Irish castle? For those of means, the price is right. RPT-UPDATE 3-Glencore, Sumitomo buy Rio coal mine stake for $1 bln MELBOURNE/LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto has agreed to sell its majority stake in Australia's third-largest thermal coal mine to Glencore Xstrata and Japan's Sumitomo Corporation for just over $1 billion, pushing ahead with plans to focus on larger, core operations.

RSSFWD - From RSS to Inbox

3600 O'Donnell Street, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21224. (410) 230-0061