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| Tattoo show | | | Mermaids, anchors among favorite designs at international tattoo convention. |
| Megan McChrystal Wins Symetra Tour Finale | | | Megan McChrystal birdied the final hole Monday to win the season-ending Symetra Tour Championship, and P.K. Kongkraphan won the money title to take one of 10 LPGA Tour cards. |
| Greek far-right members in court | | | Oct. 1 - Members of Greek far-right Golden Dawn party enter pleas on charges of belonging to criminal organisation. Rough cut (no reporter narration) |
| Court orders new tests in Knox retrial | | | The latest chapter in Amanda Knox's long legal battle begins in Florence, Italy, with a retrial over the 2007 killing of her British roommate Meredith Kercher. |
| Stars of the London Design Festival | | | An annual showcase of contemporary design, the London Design Festival, which ended on Sunday, carpeted much of that city with exhibitions, parties and monumental constructions. Below are videos of standout goods and figures from the event. |
| Pakistan's minorities threatened | | | All Saints Church was designed to look like a mosque -- to symbolize unity amidst a community of many religions. Completed in 1883, it was built within the old walled city of Peshawar during a century of relative peace and harmony. |
| Presidents Cup Can Do Without the Comparisons | | | The Presidents Cup is a lot like The Players Championship. No one really talks about it until it's time to play. And too much time is spent comparing it with something it will never be instead of enjoying it for what it is. |
| America's Cup 'new-age speed' | | | The America's Cup, the most prestigious yachting race in the world and its oldest at 162 years, will seemingly join the aviation age this weekend when a new design of boat sails as fast as 52 mph. |
| Seoul shares set to gain on foreign buying; US govt tangle seen brief | | | SEOUL, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Seoul shares are set to track Wall Street higher on Wednesday, underpinned by a belief that a U.S. government shutdown would be brief and on expectations foreign investors will continue to pour funds into the local market. Global stocks held strong on Tuesday as investors largely shrugged off the first partial shutdown of the U.S. government in 17 years on bets that it will be short-lived. "Continuous foreign inflows despite a U.S. government shutdown indicated |
| Shutdown reaction | | | The U.S. government stalemate has been greeted with derision in the press and social media. |
| SE Asia Stocks-Thailand, Indonesia rebound after inflation data | | | BANGKOK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Most Southeast Asian stocks gained on Tuesday, with upbeat inflation data helping lift sentiment on Thailand and Indonesia, but trading was subdued across the region with global markets wary of the U.S. government shutdown. Thai SET index climbed 1.8 percent as a lower-than-expected annual inflation rate of 1.42 percent in September helped ease concerns over inflationary pressure, supportive for the prospect of corporate earnings, brokers said. A handful of la |
| Stop demonizing the needy | | | LZ Granderson says a Michigan bill that requires volunteer work and drug testing for welfare recipients is a useless move pandering to myths about poor people. |
| Teen knew 'sextortion' suspect | | | The college student accused of hijacking the webcam of Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf and other young women is a former high school classmate of the pageant winner. |
| Brazil's OGX misses $45 mln payment on bond | | | SAO PAULO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - OGX Petrleo e Gas Participaes SA missed a $45 million interest payment due on Tuesday, moving the debt-laden Brazilian oil producer closer to the largest Latin American corporate debt default ever. |
| 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. |
| Kenya tells Somalia "put house in order" after mall attack | | | NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's president told Somalia on Tuesday to "put their house in order," in a sign of frustration at the festering instability in the neighboring country after members of a Somali militant group attacked and killed dozens at a Nairobi shopping mall. |
| How impressive is the Chromebook Pixel? Very! | | | I've been using a Chromebook Pixel for the past two days and a single phrase comes to mind blown away. Is it worth $1,299 or more? Take a look to see and then stack it up against your mobile computing needs. |
| Wall St bets on short shutdown, debt fight | | | Oct. 1 - Summary The Nasdaq climbs to a 13-year high as investors hope for a short U.S. government and for not-as-brutal debt limit throwdown; Ichan tweet sends Apple shares higher again; Auto sales mixed; Factory activity at more than two-year high. Conway G. Gittens reports. |
| White House rejects latest Republican offer to end shutdown | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House rejected a Republican plan to reopen portions of the U.S. government on Tuesday as the first shutdown in 17 years closed landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and threw hundreds of thousands of federal employees out of work. |
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