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News Feed Latest worldwide news Your Money Auto Leases Entice, but Theyre Still Costly A car lease may seem like a steal, but it still costs several thousands more than buying a new car, not to mention a newish used car. Love match for world No. 1 Djokovic It's been a good week for Novak Djokovic. First he celebrated 100 weeks at No. 1. Then he announced he was engaged to longtime girlfriend Jelena Ristic. Glowing moon created from recycled water bottles Sept. 16 - Hong Kong welcomes the traditional moon festival with a "rising moon" lantern made with 7,000 recycled water bottles. Tara Cleary reports. A New Senator Stops Talking, and a Vote on Spending Nears Senator Ted Cruzs verbal assault on the health care law ended when the Senate voted 100 to 0 to end debate and move to consider legislation that keeps the government open through Dec. 15. Families search for missing victims At a morgue in Nairobi, family members try to find their loved ones caught in the mall siege. City Opera Board Says It May Enter Bankruptcy If no one steps in to save the company, which has made an urgent appeal to raise $7 million, its current production of Anna Nicole could be its last. Mining stocks help Australia shares reverse losses SYDNEY, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Australian shares reversed early losses to rise 0.4 percent on Thursday as higher metals prices boosted mining stocks, helping to offset dampened sentiment on Wall... Al-Shabaab's American allies Of all al Qaeda's affiliated groups, the Somali terrorist organization Al-Shabaab has over the past several years had the deepest links to the United States. Some 15 Americans have died fighting for Al-Shabaab, as many as four of them as suicide bombers in Somalia, and an American citizen even took up a leadership role in the group. With Stepan Signed, Rangers Prepare to Face Tortorella Derek Stepan ended his holdout by signing a two-year deal with the Rangers on Thursday, when the team faces its former coach, John Tortorella, in Vancouver. 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... British Green MP charged over part in fracking protest LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's only elected member of parliament from the Green Party, Caroline Lucas, was charged with public order offences on Wednesday after taking part in a protest last month against the shale gas extraction process known as fracking. Grunge rock hero Kurt Cobain's childhood home for sale OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - The childhood home of the late grunge rock hero and Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain has been put up for sale in Washington state, with his family asking $500,000 for the property, more than seven times its assessed value. Breakingviews The sum of bad debt fears at China's banks Sept. 25 - Chinese banks could need new equity of about $500 billion in a scenario where bad debts increase sharply, according to an innovative new calculator introduced by Breakingviews' John Foley. NY gas station becomes virtual farmyard Sept. 16 - An abandoned gas station in the middle of Manhattan is now a new grazing ground for a flock of life-like sheep sculptures. Tara Cleary reports. Europe's oil refiners choke on flood of U.S., Asian imports * European oil refining margins fail to rise despite big maintenance Well Married Cancer Patients Live Longer The burdens of cancer treatment take a greater toll on single patients than married patients, a new study shows. Pawnshops hit paydirt as Southeast Asians sweat before pay day SINGAPORE/BANGKOK (Reuters) - Faced with rising living costs and unable to wait until pay day, growing numbers of Southeast Asians are putting their gold jewelry and designer watches in hock,... Disruptions Gawker Wants to Encourage More Voices Online, but With Less Yelling A site that will promote comments on Gawker Media sites wants to elevate the role of commenters while trying to keep needless vitriol at bay. Sprint will 'wait and see' on BlackBerry strategy -CFO NEW YORK, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Sprint Corp is in no rush to follow the strategy of smaller rival T-Mobile US , which plans to cut back on offering BlackBerry smartphones, the chief financial officer... No. 25 Texas Tech Upends Texas State 33-7 Backup quarterback Davis Webb threw for two touchdowns and 310 yards to lead No. 25 Texas Tech over Texas State 33-7 on Saturday night. Autonomous quadcopter takes humans out of flying equation Sept. 19 - A group of Austrian students has designed a quadcopter which flies autonomously using only the computing power of a smartphone. The reasearchers say the drone could one day be used for search and rescue scenarios or fighting fires without putting humans in harm's way. Jim Drury reports. Dance Review Roberto Bolle Performs With Friends at City Center Roberto Bolle and Friends, a dance gala organized as part of a year of Italian culture, was presented Tuesday night at City Center. Michael J. Fox's triumphant return to TV For sheer inspirational value, it will be hard to top one of this fall's new TV series, "The Michael J. Fox Show." Heart docs call for help for severely obese kids NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Rates of overweight and obesity in U.S. children and teens may be leveling off, but kids at the extreme - the severely obese - are still swelling in numbers and need attention, according to a new statement from the American Heart Association (AHA). Sports Oracle Team USA Completes Historic Comeback to Win Americas Cup Oracles victory in Wednesdays race capped an extraordinary comeback, after the team was down 8-1 in the series. New Zealand finished 44 seconds behind in the final race. ONeal Joining Kings Ownership Group Shaquille ONeal is joining the ownership group of the Sacramento Kings. Singapore Looks Below for More Room The city-state is looking at the possibility of an Underground Science City containing 40 interconnected caverns for data centers and research labs. Op-Ed Contributor For the U.N., Syria Is Both Promise and Peril The American-Russian agreement to rid Syria of chemical weapons should please and terrify anyone hoping to see the United Nations return to relevance in global security. Europe's oil refiners choke on flood of U.S., Asian imports * European oil refining margins fail to rise despite big maintenance Gas price spike spurs violent Sudan protests Civic unrest over a spike in gas prices roiled Sudan for a fourth straight day Wednesday, with gunshots ringing out around the capital of Kharthoum and elsewhere as government forces tried to clamp down. Economix Blog The Path to Government Dysfunction A loss of leadership leverage, gerrymandering and political donations are among the reasons for the looming government shutdown, but so is a disregard of facts, an economist writes. Domestic Lives When a House Falls in the Forest Remembering a childhood home that led to a lifelong appreciation of modernism. Joint Russian-U.S. crew blasts off for space station (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday to deliver three new crew members to the International Space Station. Amazon CEO talks new Kindles, newspapers Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos discusses his company's new line of tablets and his new newspaper. Dan Simon reports ArtsBeat The Lit Sets Day in the Sun Authors, publishers and readers came together Sunday for the eighth annual Brooklyn Book Festival. The Learning Network Blog Test Yourself | Math, Sept. 25, 2013 Can you calculate the number of points a certain college football team would need to score in its next two games to average 50 points in its first five games of the season? Is it ever OK to lie about money? NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lying to a spouse, or a parent, or a kid about one's financial affairs? Terrible idea. Sketch Guy Trying to Outguess the Unpredictable People subscribe to investing newsletters because they want some certainty about their financial decisions. But no one knows which way the markets will turn. GE invests $515 million in Turkish energy and other projects ISTANBUL (Reuters) - General Electric has already invested more than half of the $900 million it has earmarked for Turkey on projects ranging from energy to healthcare to locomotive production, Chief Executive Jeff Immelt said on Thursday. 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