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News Feed Latest worldwide news Red Sox players shave beards for charity Nov. 4 - Players grew beards during the season for good luck. Money from the event donated to victims of Boston Marathon bombing. Linda So reports. U.S. cinema chain AMC Entertainment files for $400 mln IPO Aug 30 (Reuters) - U.S. cinema chain AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc filed with regulators for an initial public offering up to $400 million, roughly a year after being acquired by China's Wanda Group. Editorial A Prayer in the Town Hall When the Supreme Court revisits the blurry boundary between church and state it should ensure government neutrality toward all religions. U.S. health secretary apologizes for healthcare website debacle Oct. 30 - Kathleen Sebelius says she's accountable for the rocky rollout of healthcare.gov. The Health and Human Services secretary testified before a House committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday. Linda So reports. Florida man found guilty of killing NFL's Sean Taylor MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida jury on Monday convicted 23-year-old Eric Rivera, Jr. of second-degree murder in the 2007 slaying of Washington Redskins football star Sean Taylor during a botched burglary at his Miami-area home. Sports Briefing | Soccer Barcelona Edges Espanyol Alexis Sanchez scored a second-half goal as Barcelona and Lionel Messi struggled past crosstown rival Espanyol, 1-0, to remain atop the Spanish league. UPDATE 2-Google lifts post-Nokia hopes with Finnish data centre investment HAMINA, Finland, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Google will invest another 450 million euros ($607 million) over the next few years in a data centre in Finland, boosting a country struggling with Nokia's decline and weakness in its paper and steel industries. Lifted From a Russian Lake, a Big, if Fragile, Space Rock As Russian officials on Wednesday retrieved a 1,250-pound fragment of a meteor that exploded last February over Chelyabinsk, the rock broke and broke a scale. Music Review The Calder Quartet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Calder Quartet was joined by David Longstreth of the rock band Dirty Projectors, illuminating the links between the quartets and vocal music. Mrazek Cruises to 1st NHL Shutout in Wings' Win Petr Mrazek needed to make only 14 saves to earn his first NHL shutout in his third game, and the Detroit Red Wings cruised to their third straight victory with a 5-0 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night. World Bank, EU pledge $8 bln in Sahel DAKAR, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The World Bank and the European Union pledged on Monday more than $8 billion of investment for the Sahel region, a string of arid, weak states south of the Sahara threatened by poverty, insecurity and pockets of extremism. UPDATE 4-Alcatel-Lucent seeks to raise $2 bln for recovery drive * Shares down 2.6 percent, trimming recent gains (Adds detail on share issue, updates shares) 'Bionic man' makes debut at Washington's Air and Space Museum WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A first-ever walking, talking "bionic man" built entirely out of synthetic body parts made his Washington debut on Thursday. Wealth Matters With Giving Season in Full Force, Seeking to Understand Donors A new report challenges some accepted wisdom about how people give money and why they sometimes dont. Most unequal place in U.S. Dreams can fade quickly for many in Lake Providence, Louisiana, where the level of income inequality is greater than in any county or parish in the U.S. Congolese Army Takes Rebel Stronghold The army retook one of the last remaining strongholds of the M23 rebels Wednesday, with fighters fleeing as the military sought to extinguish the 18-month-old insurrection, officials said. NY eatery gives diners the silent treatment October 22 - Eating in silence is the latest trend at a Brooklyn restaurant. Sharon Reich reports. ArtsBeat Poetry Profiles Graywolf Press An interview with Jeffrey Shotts and Fiona McCrae of Graywolf, publisher of Tracy K. Smith, Tomas Transtromer and more. Dark Matter Experiment Has Detected Nothing, Researchers Say Proudly Physicists based in a former mine in South Dakota said Wednesday that they had not found the particles thought to make up a quarter of the cosmos, but they took hope from how clearly they did not see anything. Ghesquire Named Vuitton Womens Design Director Nicolas Ghesquire, a former Balenciaga veteran, will succeed Marc Jacobs at Louis Vuitton as part of a strategic shift in the luxury world. Justices Decide Not to Hear Oklahoma Abortion Case A ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court last week that a law violated the Constitution by effectively banning medicinal abortions apparently made the case less attractive to the higher court. Airbus so an inch does make a difference Oct 28 - Airbus is calling on the industry to make 18 inch aircraft seats standard after a scientific study suggests it would help passengers sleep better on long journeys. Hayley Platt asks if the measures will do anything to reverse poor sales of their larger jets. Your Money Adviser Annual Enrollment for Medicare Opens Participants might find more choices, but higher costs, in insurance offerings. A Cinderella mural made of pumpkins and gourds October 23 - Some people carve pumpkins for Halloween, but a pumpkin patch in the UK uses the orange fruits to create a giant mural. Opposites attract in brutal 'hobby' Mathias Boe is smiling, like a lot of people do when he explains that badminton is his full-time job. It may seem to many like a hobby, but the Dane has become a national hero with his playing partner Carsten Mogensen -- and their success is proof that opposites do attract. Alligator captured in Chicago airport Carrying an alligator bag on an airline flight is fine, but live alligators are banned from boarding. That might explain why a toothy reptile was slithering around Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Friday. Pakistan Drone kill harms peace effort A U.S. drone strike that killed the Pakistan Taliban's leader hindered efforts to talk with the Taliban but won''t derail them, Pakistan's prime minister says. No. 17 UCLA Rebounds With 45-23 Win Over Colorado UCLA nursed a hangover from consecutive high-profile losses until late in the first quarter, when Brett Hundley ignored the boos and threw a beautiful 76-yard touchdown pass to Devin Fuller right through the heart of the Colorado defense. NATO, EU condemn Kosovo poll violence, accord challenged BRUSSELS/PRISTINA (Reuters) - NATO and the European Union on Monday condemned violence that took place during a weekend election in Kosovo that many had hoped would help end ethnic divisions but ended up underscoring the strength of Serb resistance instead. UPDATE 2-Tenet posts lower net profit, absorbs Vanguard Nov 4 (Reuters) - Tenet Healthcare Corp said its third-quarter net income slid from a year earlier due to costs related to its acquisition of smaller hospital chain Vanguard Health Systems Inc. Sports Briefing | Baseball Strasburg Has Surgery Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg had bone chips removed from his surgically repaired right elbow. Tabloid Hacked Phone of Prince Harrys Secretary, Jury Is Told A message seeking help on a term paper led to an article in The News of the World, with some details left out, the prosecution said. Holiday Movies Ralph Fiennes on The Invisible Woman, a Dickensian Tale Who was he, really? asks Ralph Fiennes, who plays Charles Dickens in The Invisible Woman, about that writers longtime mistress, Nelly Ternan. Youre the Boss Blog How Does an Owner Who Stepped Away Reassert Control? Bibby Gignilliat, founder of a company that offers cooking classes as team-building events, wants to re-engage with the business to meet her long-term goals. Gadgetwise Tap and Swipe for a Good Cause The Global Gaming Initiative seeks to connect mobile games and charity; its first project raises money to buy bicycles for impoverished communities. Zombies take over Tokyo landmark Oct. 31 - One thousand people dressed as zombies surround Tokyo Tower on Halloween. Elly Park reports. Supreme Court weighs fight over changing clothes at work (Reuters) - Steel workers who do their jobs wearing flame-retardant gear tried to convince the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that they should be paid for the time they spend "donning and doffing" such items before and after their shifts. Kerry Plans Brief Stop in Egypt, His First Since Military Takeover, State Media Report Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Egypt on Sunday, a day before Mohamed Morsi, the deposed president, is to make his first court appearance. On Comedy For SNL Cast, Being Diverse May Be Better Than Being Ready For a show of topical parody rooted in politics and mass culture, diversity is a question not just of fairness, but of art. Violence unsettles oil production MME's John defterios sits down with Hussain Al-Shahristani, the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy.

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