| Latest worldwide news | Twitter billionaire, small business fan | | | Jack Dorsey might be an unassuming character, but he's also a tech titan who reinvented the way the world communicates. Now he's on a mission to upend commerce. |
| A year after Sandy, thousands still can't return home | | | SEASIDE PARK, N.J./NEW YORK (Reuters) - A year after Superstorm Sandy inundated the East Coast with record flooding that left 159 people dead, residents of hard-hit New Jersey and New York shore communities still have a ways to go in rebuilding damaged homes. |
| Vatican's 'culture minister' tweets Lou Reed song | | | VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, the Vatican's 71-year-old culture minister, paid his own tribute on Monday to the late rocker Lou Reed, tweeting one of his best-known songs before clarifying he was not condoning any reference to drugs some have seen in the song. |
| Well Spankings Link to Bad Behavior | | | A new study suggests that although physical punishment may stop bad behavior in the short term, it increases the risk of long-term troubles. |
| The simple pleasures of Eid | | | For the world's Muslims, the festival of Eid al-Fitr is a perfect conclusion to Ramadan -- the month-long period of fasting and contemplation practiced by observers of Islam around the globe. One of the most festive periods in the religion's calendar, Eid is often commemorated with large feasts, family-time, and through charitable acts and donations. |
| Deadbeat dads get a second chance | | | Marcus Dixon refers to the tattoos on his face as the "art of war" an eye etched on his forehead, five stars down the left side of his face, and the words "don't cry" on his eyelids. |
| A new sense of optimism in Iran | | | From bakery to barber shop, cafe to carpet store, Iranians stroll their capital with a renewed step, uplifted by how their newly elected president seeks something remarkable after decades of cold war-like relations between their country and the West. |
| Finding an edge in a crowded market | | | The decline of print and rise in peer-reviewed websites are giving publishers a big headache. So how do you find an edge in the crowded marketplace? |
| Well Eat Your Broccoli | | | Five ways to prepare broccoli, with cooking and without, to benefit from its many nutrients. |
| Senator Obama didn't know about spying | | | A senior U.S. senator says the White House has told her data collection on allied leaders "will not continue," implying that some spying has taken place. |
| Fernandez-Castano Survives Late Scare to Win in Shanghai | | | Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano survived a late scare when he found two bunkers on the way to a double-bogey six on the last but the Spaniard had enough of a cushion to complete a one-stroke victory at the BMW Masters in Shanghai on Sunday. |
| Breakingviews The pains of Petrobras | | | Oct 28 - Antony Currie and Christopher Swann explain how Brazilian government interference caused the oil giant's whopping Q3 earnings miss and why shareholders shouldn't expect much to change. |
| Jay-Z can help stop racial profiling | | | Jay-Z hasn't dumped plans for a business deal with Barneys, despite allegations that the store racially profiled two black shoppers. Roxanne Jones says he could take this moment to fight the practice |
| Pistorius to face additional gun charges in murder trial | | | JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius will face two additional gun-related charges at his trial for the murder of his girlfriend due to start in March next year, prosecutors said on Tuesday. |
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