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News Feed Latest worldwide news City Room Cellphone-Hater in the Subway Metropolitan Diary A surprising response when a phone rings underground. Niemi, Couture Lead Sharks Past Canadiens 2-0 Antti Niemi made 22 saves and Logan Couture scored twice in the San Jose Sharks' 2-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night. Gadgetwise With Skylanders, Swap Characters, or Their Halves Activision added a twist to its new Skylanders game, Swap Force players can swap the top and bottom halves of 16 new figures. Youre the Boss Blog With Sales Falling, an Owner Struggles With Pricing Strategies When sales started to fall, the owner started to make changes. So far, however, they have not helped. UPDATE 3-Argentina's Supreme Court upholds controversial media law * Government says law will help reduce market concentration Rapper 50 Cent gets probation in domestic violence case LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American rapper 50 Cent on Monday struck a deal with Los Angeles prosecutors for three years' probation and 30 days of community service after allegedly kicking the mother of his child and destroying her property during a June altercation. Rocker Lou Reed of Velvet Underground dies at 71 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lou Reed, the pioneering songwriter and musician behind the influential rock band Velvet Underground, which fused art and music in collaboration with artist Andy Warhol, died on Sunday at the age of 71, his literary agent said. Perry Beat Langer in Playoff in San Antonio Kenny Perry made a 10-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff with Bernhard Langer on Sunday to win the Champions Tour's ATT Championship. European banks pay heavy price for scandals AMSTERDAM/ZURICH (Reuters) - Four European banks paid a heavy price on Tuesday in a clean-up of the financial industry, with Rabobank fined $1 billion and three other major lenders preparing for possibly huge legal costs after a string of scandals. Dance Review Brian Brooks Moving Company Presents Run Dont Run at BAM The Brian Brooks Moving Company is presenting its latest work, Run Dont Run, danced on a set with hundreds of taut strings, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Sports Briefing | Golf Pettersen Keeps Lead in Sunrise Championship Suzann Pettersen struggled with three early bogeys but recovered for a one-over-par 73 to maintain a four-shot lead after the third round of the Sunrise Championship in Taiwan. Tipsarevic's clay master class Pat Cash caught up with world number 10, Janko Tipsarevic at the Tecnifibre clay court training camp in Nice, France. 'From Fatman to Ironman' Dan Hyatt had lost weight before only to gain it all back. So this time, he didn't set a weight loss goal -- he gave himself a bigger challenge compete in an Ironman triathlon in five years or less. Why is this guy a top thinker? In the past, author and NYU professor, Clay Shirky's predictions haven't always come true, but it appears he was on the money in 2011. Foreign Policy Magazine named Shirky one of their "Top 100 Global Thinkers," for his musings on social media's impact on revolutions, which we saw come to full fruition in the Arab Spring. City Room A Thrill Now Sadly Rare Bat sightings used to be common in New York, but millions of bats in the Northeast have died of disease since 2006. Linking Europe to Asia As a country, Turkey is often described as a bridge between Europe and Asia. On Tuesday, for the first time, the two continents will be officially connected by a multi-billion dollar underwater railway tunnel. Caceres back for Uruguay World Cup playoff against Jordan MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Juventus defender Martin Caceres has been recalled to the Uruguay squad for their intercontinental World Cup playoff against Jordan next month. Wines of The Times A Neighborhood Prowl Through the City of Chianti Tasting the other Chiantis besides Classico. World Briefing | Africa Algeria Troops Find Large Cache of Weapons Near Libyan Border The weapons, which were found in Illizi in southern Algeria and were thought to belong to militants, included 100 antiaircraft missiles, hundreds of antihelicopter rockets and rocket-propelled grenades. This Land A World Away, the Seventh Game; Close at Hand, Condemned Nazis For two American chaplains at Nuremberg prison in Germany, the climactic end of the initial phase of postwar judgment coincided with Game 7 of the 1946 World Series. Career Couch Avoiding Collisions of Church and the Workplace When it comes to religious expression at work, employers must balance the interests of the business with their employeesx2019; beliefs, workplace experts say. Election blurring of church, state separation draws complaints CHICAGO (Reuters) - Political watchdog and secularist groups are asking the U.S. government to investigate whether Catholic bishops and a Christian evangelical group headed by preacher Billy Graham should lose tax breaks for telling followers how to vote in this year's election. William H. Sullivan, U.S. Ambassador to Volatile Laos and Iran, Is Dead at 90 Mr. Sullivan oversaw a secret bombing campaign in Laos and was the last United States ambassador to Iran before the 1979 hostage crisis. Facial recognition brings new look to shopping Aug. 19 - Scrambling for credit cards or mobile phones at the checkout counter could become a thing of the past as a Finnish company readies to launch the world's first face recognition payment system. Tara Cleary reports. ArtsBeat A Concert of Sad Songs, Delivered Anywhere in the World The Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson will perform a two-hour concert anywhere in the world for the winner of an auction held as part of Performa 13, the performance art biennial. Judge blocks part of Texas law restricting abortion AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday blocked the provision of a sweeping new Texas abortion law that requires doctors performing the procedure to have an agreement with a local hospital to admit patients, handing a partial victory to supporters of the right to abortion. Doctor and Patient Should Medical School Last Just 3 Years? For several years, medical educators have been engaged in an increasingly heated, and occasionally cantankerous, debate about streamlining medical education and training. Rams Cede Spotlight to World Series The St. Louis Rams played Monday Night Football at home for the first time since 2006, but the World Series remained at center stage. Susan Lester and Petra Mertens A member of corporate boards marries a veterinarian. Anne Becker, Randy Wolfe The bride is the director of marketing for the Tribeca Film Institute; the groom is a vice president at a hedge fund. 7 labyrinths worth exploring Labyrinths around the world have been used as pleasure walks, meditative journeys and symbolic life-into-death pilgrimages. Obama May Ban Spying on Heads of Allied States President Obama was poised to order the ban in response to a deepening diplomatic crisis over reports that the National Security Agency had for years targeted the cellphone of Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany. Sports Briefing | Soccer Ferguson Faults Beckham The longtime Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson criticized what he considered David Beckhams preoccupation with fame in a new autobiography. Suzann Pettersen Wins Again in Taiwan Suzann Pettersen successfully defended her title in the LPGA Taiwan Championship on Sunday for her fourth tour victory of the year and third in her last five starts. A Poet With Words Trapped Inside Ntozake Shange, suffering from the effects of two strokes and a neurological disorder, is unable to write or type, and even voice recognition software is working against her, auto-correcting her very personal style. The New Old Age Blog Hiring an End-of-Life Enforcer A new type of professional, the health fiduciary, could help older patients with no family or close friends to make medical decisions on their behalf navigate the health care system. Bionic bicep offers strength of Hercules In the past, if you wanted to be able to be able to lift more weight you would have to spend months bulking up at the gym. Now, with a new invention from a group of engineering students at the University of Pennsylvania, you can just strap on an external bicep and you are ready to go. YOUR MONEY-Will digital restaurant menus get you to spend more? Oct 29 (Reuters) - Businessman Mitch Goldstone planned to shell out about $40 at the Red Square restaurant in Las Vegas before heading to a show, but he ended up spending four times that amount because of the alluring pictures of food and drinks on an electronic menu. Syria Fires Minister Who Met With the West Qadri Jamil, a deputy prime minister who met with American and Russian officials about peace talks to end Syrias war, was dismissed for not coordinating such meetings with the government. Israelis angered at prisoner release CNN's Matthew Chance reports on the goodwill release of Palestinian prisoners in Israel.

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