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UPDATE 2-BBC to shrink as it shares in UK spending cuts
* 2,000 jobs to be axed, senior manager roles to be cut


Kenya mall siege 'over' but death toll unclear
NAIROBI (Reuters) - As Kenya began three days of mourning on Wednesday for at least 67 people killed in the siege of a Nairobi mall, it was unclear how many more hostages may have died with the Somali Islamist attackers buried in the rubble.


T Magazine Model-Morphosis | Marina Nery at Rochas
The photographer Greg Kessler captures the transformations of the Spring 2014 Fashion Week in Paris.


Restaurant Review Lake Pavilion in Flushing, Queens
Lake Pavilion dresses to impress and is serious about its Cantonese seafood.


Japan hands top arts prize to filmmaker Coppola, sculptor Gormley
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo and British sculptor Antony Gormley won three of Japan's top arts prizes, the Japan Art Association said on Tuesday.


Bulldog carves across Peru's streets on skateboard
Sept. 19 - Skateboarding bulldog wins hearts and minds in Peru and beyond. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).


Red Bulls Rewind Goalkeeper Makes a Case for Team M.V.P.
Goalkeeper Luis Robles recorded his 10th shutout of the season in a 1-0 over win over visiting Dallas on Sunday.


Challenges Await Plan to Reduce Emissions
A proposal from the Obama administration to limit carbon emissions might be curtailed in a legal quagmire if the required technology does not meet current standards.


Louvre hit by Chinese scam
First it was Chinese tourists apparently being targeted by criminal gangs in Paris.


Bank of Ireland gets strong demand for 7-year debt-IFR
DUBLIN, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Bank of Ireland, the only large Irish financial institution to avoid nationalisation, attracted strong demand in a sale of seven-year bonds, the longest paper issued by one of the country039;s lenders since the financial crisis.


"I'm not Tarzan," Pope Francis tells young crowd
CAGLIARI, Sardinia (Reuters) - Pope Francis brought laughter to a crowd of young people on Sunday when he told them he was not "Tarzan" but gets his staying power during times of difficulty from his faith.


Oracle CEO Larry Ellison skips keynote for America's Cup races
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Oracle Corp CEO Larry Ellison skipped a keynote address at his software company's massive annual customer conference on Tuesday to be on San Francisco Bay as his Oracle Team USA made a comeback in the America's Cup.


T Magazine Art Matters | Miuccia Prada, Jane Fonda and Some Models Wearing Latex
All factor into a new short film by Luke Gilford with a score by Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters, which makes its premiere here.


Most powerful female politician ever?
Frugal, discreet and boring -- just some of the ways Angela Merkel has been described by peers. So how did the German chancellor became the most powerful woman in the world?


The 'moles' who clean the Chunnel
It's approaching midnight at the bottom of the English Channel and a team of eager "tunnel moles" stands poised for a busy night's work.


M.L.S. Tries to Mute Fans Vulgar Chants
Some teams in Major League Soccer have been trying, with mixed success, to stop off-color taunting of opposing goalkeepers that at times is audible over TV broadcasts.


Australian companies forced to go walkabout
* Foreign debt brings currency risks and additional costs


Merkel allies talk tax rises in coalition overtures
BERLIN (Reuters) - Conservative allies of Germany's Angela Merkel said on Wednesday they might agree to raise taxes to help lure the defeated center-left Social Democrats into a grand coalition that would keep the chancellor in power.


DealBook U.S. Manufacturer of Chip-Making Equipment Buys Japanese Rival
The all-stock deal will create a big new producer of semiconductor and display manufacturing equipment with an expected market value of $29 billion.


Mythbuster Edoardo Molinari
Ryder Cup star Edoardo Molinari shows how you can improve your golf game using technology, among other things.


Abigail Zigman, Daniel Lerner
The bride is a lawyer; the groom is a radiologist.


Bulldog carves across Peru's streets on skateboard
Sept. 19 - Skateboarding bulldog wins hearts and minds in Peru and beyond. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).


Bits Blog Amazon Updates Kindle Fire Line
A day after Microsoft announced plans for its new Surface tablets, Amazon refreshed the Kindle Fire line. The tablet wars are just getting started.


Shackles drop off fundraising for startups. Should we worry?
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Entrepreneur Nicole O'Rourke has a novel idea for raising cash that would have been illegal until this week smacking a "fund me" sticker on every bottle or can of hair products from her start-up business, Rock Your Hair.


Sports Briefing | Soccer World Cup Qualifying Continues in Africa
Egypt must eliminate Ghana, a 2010 quarterfinalist, to make it to the World Cup for the first time in more than 20 years.


ArtsBeat New Releases Top Chart
The top five albums on the Billboard 200 chart this week are all fresh releases, led by Jack Johnsons From Here to Now to You.


McGinley's Ryder Cup test
European Captain Paul McGinley tests the course at Gleneagles.


Penney leaning toward $1 bln equity raise -sources
Sept 25 (Reuters) - J.C. Penney Company Inc is looking to raise as much $750 million to $1 billion in new equity to build up its cash reserves as the holiday season approaches, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.


A phone to last your life?
What if you could buy a smart phone that would last you for the rest of your life?


From football to golf for 'Sheva'
Andriy Shevchenko was one of the finest football players of his generation. He retired last year but is now making his debut on the professional golf circuit.


U.S. senator presses EPA on biofuel market volatility
WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - A U.S. senator is pressing the Environmental Protection Agency to release more information on the market used to trade biofuel credits, known as RINs, after suggestions of manipulation by Wall Street banks.


UPDATE 2-Stryker buys Mako Surgical to gain robot surgery skills
* Stryker to pay $30/Mako share, 86 pct premium to last close


ArtsBeat Life and Death in New Orleans Sheri Fink Talks About Five Days at Memorial
Ms. Finks book is a detailed look at the chaos in a New Orleans hospital during and after Hurricane Katrina.


UPDATE 3-U.S. to exhaust borrowing capacity by Oct. 17 -Treasury
WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warned Congress on Wednesday that the United States would exhaust its borrowing capacity no later than Oct. 17, at which point it...


Russian parents group asks Putin to cancel Elton John concert media
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian parents' committee has asked President Vladimir Putin to cancel a planned concert by gay musician Elton John, saying he intended to violate a ban on "homosexual propaganda".


Bits Blog The Human Behind a Favorite Spambot, Horse_eBooks
Jacob Bakkila, a 29-year-old artist and Buzzfeed employee, said he had been operating the Twitter account for the last two years.


South Korea ahead of North in air power but seeks stealth as deterrent
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's decision to reject a bid by Boeing to supply 60 warplanes and to re-issue a tender was made in the interests of better technology but may not be justified given North Korea's weak air capabilities, experts said on Wednesday.


Butler Loses F Jones for Season to Wrist Injury
Butler's turbulent offseason isn't showing any signs of slowing down.


Dawson Register to vote
Many crucial issues will be decided on Election Day 2013. Rosario Dawson says if you're not registered to vote, Tuesday is a perfect time to do it.


9 rules for surviving Oktoberfest
Raised steins, raised bosoms, leather-clad Bavarian thighs. And "beer corpses."


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