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News Feed Latest worldwide news Steve McQueens Film Is a Box-Office Test Case The movie industry is waiting to see if 12 Years a Slave, a story focusing on an African-American, can garner a global audience. Hotshots with Bubba Watson The 2012 Masters champion shares tips on improving your short game. India's obsession with lighter skin In India, many women are obsessed with lightening their skin. CNN writer Moni Basu recalls her own family's pressures to not get "too dark." Petty Leads No. 6 Baylor to 59-14 Rout of Kansas Bryce Petty threw for 430 yards and three touchdowns in fewer than three quarters, Lache Seastrunk ran for 109 yards and a score and sixth-ranked Baylor routed Kansas 59-14 on Saturday night for its school-record 11th straight win. Spying Known at Top Levels, Officials Say The White House has long been aware in general terms of the National Security Agencys overseas eavesdropping, the nations top spymaster told a House hearing on Tuesday. Music Match Space Oddity David Bowies Way, and Newer Takes Stars aligned with space, and a young place-in-space winner, are honored in this weeks cover song. DealBook Pricewaterhouse to Buy Booz Consulting Firm The accounting giant hopes to use the transaction to strengthen one of its faster-growing operations, but the combination could raise concerns about conflicts of interest. T Magazine Listen Up | Cass McCombs and His Vagabond World The singer-songwriters latest album, which includes a track recorded with the actress Karen Black before her death, is a rebuke against the very concept of an album. Toews Powers Blackhawks Past Senators Jonathan Toews had three goals and an assist, Corey Crawford made 14 saves in relief of an ineffective Nikolai Khabibulin and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Ottawa Senators 6-5 on Tuesday night. China Focuses on an Ethnic Minority in a Car Explosion Security in the capital was tightened amid suspicions that the episode was a protest against Chinas hard-line policies toward Uighurs. Mariah's back with a new song The singer is set to release a new single, "The Art of Letting Go," on November 11. White House faces tough sell in Congress on delay of Iran sanctions WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Obama administration officials have been pushing U.S. lawmakers hard to hold off on new sanctions over Iran's nuclear program, but some key lawmakers said on Wednesday they had not yet been convinced to support a delay. Grand Slam champ's passion for song 2-time Grand Slam doubles champ Vania King talks about her passion for singing as she performs at a baseball game. Well Children, Too, Need Flu Shots Flu vaccination is recommended for everyone 6 months or older, though many parents dont think of flu as being very serious, especially if their child has no health problems. Suicide bomber attacks Tunisian resort town TUNIS (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Tunisian tourist resort of Sousse on Wednesday, the first such assault in more than a decade in a country now battling Islamist militants boosted by chaos in neighboring Libya. Twitter hit with $124 mln lawsuit over private stock sale NEW YORK, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc was sued for $124 million on Wednesday by two companies that said the social media darling defrauded it into pushing forward with a doomed private sale of its... Alexandra Fetissoff, Linden Zakula A Declaration of Love (Easy on the Garlic) A romances blooms amid politics and copious amounts of garlic. Bulgaria to seek Roma girl's return from Greece SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria said on Tuesday it would seek the return of a four-year-old girl found with a Roma family in Greece after DNA tests proved her natural parents were Bulgarian. Dying in desert, man leaves love notes Injured and trapped, David Welch wrote to his wife and sons. WRAPUP 4-Obama blames 'bad apple' insurers for canceled coverage * HHS' Sebelius HealthCare.gov wasn't ready, "I was wrong" Economix Blog How No-Strings Aid Affects the Poor A new study in Kenya shows that giving money to the poor without dictating how they use it can have a powerful impact on their quality of life, not just a one-time effect on consumption. UPDATE 2-Allstate profit beats, says under no pressure to hike rates * 3rd-quarter operating earnings $1.53/share vs est. $1.39 A Vulnerable Age Patients Mired in Costly Credit From Doctors Some doctors and dentists offer older patients a way to pay for costly procedures not covered by Medicare, but the plans high interest rates can strain the finances of people on fixed incomes. Square Feet Staten Island Property Puts a Nascar Failure Behind It The former oil tank farm in Bloomfield that stirred opposition when a racetrack was proposed for the site will become a marine port and logistics center. Lockheed signs deal to design largest ocean thermal electric plant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leading U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin signed a contract on Wednesday to design the biggest power station fueled by differences in ocean temperatures, a 10-megawatt plant that would provide electricity for a new Asian resort. Mother wants Maria back The Bulgarian mother of the little Roma girl, Maria, tells CNN's Karl Penhaul that she wants her daughter back. Bessemer goes on defense, on pace for best year NEW YORK (Reuters) - Portfolio managers at Bessemer Trust, financial adviser to ultra-wealthy U.S. families, took an extremely defensive posture a few weeks ago amid some of the most volatile... How sharks inspire design Engineers have used sharks as the blueprint for everything from sports cars, to swim suits to antibacterial material. T Magazine Listen Up | Cass McCombs and His Vagabond World The singer-songwriters latest album, which includes a track recorded with the actress Karen Black before her death, is a rebuke against the very concept of an album. Britain braced for hurricane-force 'St. Jude' storm LONDON (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. GRAPHIC WARNING! Click if you dare This Halloween, CNN Celebrates challenged readers to scare us stiff. And iReporters from across the globe delivered -- with a ghoul's gallery of Hollywood-quality ghastly getups, macabre make up, and grotesque prosthetics, guaranteed to cause some sleepless nights. Planet hunters find Earth-like twin beyond the solar system CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Oct 30 (Reuters) - For the first time, scientists have found a planet beyond the solar system that not only is the same size as Earth, but has the same proportions of iron and rock, a key step in an ongoing quest to find potentially habitable sister worlds. Internet Subscribers Aid Growth By Comcast Increases on the broadband side and decreases on the television side are again evident in the cable companys financial results. St. Louis TV Viewers Pick Cards Over Rams No surprise St. Louis is a baseball town. Langer Needs Win and Help to Take Top Prize Bernhard Langer knows what he needs to do at TPC Harding Park to win the Charles Schwab Cup season points title and $1 million annuity. Sports Briefing | Tennis Serena Williams Advances Top-ranked Serena Williams beat Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-2, 6-4, to move toward the semifinals of the WTA Championships in Istanbul. BlackBerry plans security feature for Android, iPhone TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry will offer technology to separate and make secure both work and personal data on mobile devices powered by Google Inc's Android platform and by Apple Inc's iOS operating system, the company said on Thursday. Obama blames 'bad apple' insurers for canceled coverage BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that "bad apple" insurance companies, not his signature healthcare law, are to blame for hundreds of thousands of people losing their coverage in the past few weeks. ArtsBeat New World Symphony (German Contest Remix) The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin is inviting D.J.s to remix its recording of Dvoraks New World Symphony. Corner Office Never Duck Tough Questions, Says Drugstore.comx2019;s Chief Dawn Lepore, chairwoman and chief executive of Drugstore.com, says good leaders direct employeesx2019; energies toward the mission at hand.

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