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Healthcare site developers point fingers
Finger pointing over the technical blunders that gummed up the Obamacare website launch will ensue on Thursday, it appears.


Well Five Ways to Fill a Pepper
Peppers of all shapes and colors are still on offer at autumn markets. Ive been buying them by the bagful and stuffing them with all sorts of fillings, some traditional, most not.


Libya's big power play yet to come
Nic Robertson interviews the militia leader who helped free Libya's prime minister from kidnappers.


Economic Scene New Front in the Fight With Infant Mortality
The Affordable Care Acts benefits for pregnant women have the potential to lower infant mortality rates and change what Americans expect from their government.


Ferguson Says Beckham Had to Go After Celebrity Got in the Way
The longtime Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson criticized what he considered David Beckhams preoccupation with fame in a new autobiography.


Sebelius finds a silver lining in Obamacare 'data hub'
WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, besieged by bad news about the new government health care website, sought on Saturday to highlight a portion of the complex system that she said is working well.


Vocations For a Traveling Nurse, Freedom to Roam
Becoming a traveling nurse with good pay, a varied work environment and no office politics has been a good career choice for Monica Parks, 43, of South Carolina.


Wall Street's love affair with Facebook hinges on mobile
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc finally earned Wall Street's love in the second quarter. Now it needs to make the relationship last.


UPDATE 1-Tullow Oil suspends work at two Kenya exploration blocks
NAIROBI, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Tullow Oil said on Saturday it had suspended drilling operations on two blocks in northwest Kenya due to security concerns, after local residents held protests demanding for more jobs at the sites.


Well Concussions and the Classroom
The American Academy of Pediatrics on Sunday released new recommendations regarding students who return to school following a concussion.


Ex-Soviet Georgia votes for president, enters new era
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia voted for a new president on Sunday in an election that will bring the curtain down on Mikheil Saakashvili's decade-long rule but is unlikely to end political uncertainty in the former Soviet republic.


Lawmaker Offers Strong Defense of U.S. Surveillance Efforts in Europe
Representative Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said the National Security Agencys surveillance program was designed to protect the countries from the threat of terror.


Study higher temperatures coming
Average annual temperatures will start to consistently exceed the highest levels previously recorded in as little as seven years in tropical hotspots and within four decades for the majority of the globe if nothing is done to stop climate change, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal Nature.


Neighborhood Joint | Midwood A Restaurant in Brooklyn Offers the Food and Feeling of Moldova
While there is a sense of community among expatriate Moldovans in Brooklyn, there had been no authentically Moldovan place for them to gather.


Sham corporations aid drug lords
Stefanie Ostfeld and Dietlind Lerner say a new law could help stop drug dealers, weapons traders, income tax evaders and others from using our financial system to launder their money


In Response to Storm, New York Will Create a Gas Reserve
The pilot program, which will cost $10 million, was started to prevent shortages like the one that affected the region during Hurricane Sandy last year.


Wave of Car Bombs Kills Dozens in Baghdad
Ten car bombs targeting Shiite neighborhoods hit the Iraqi capital on Sunday morning, killing 41 civilians and injuring more than 100 others.


Critics Notebook Dracula With Jonathan Rhys Meyers on NBC
Jonathan Rhys Meyers stars as the title character in Dracula, a new vampire drama on NBC.


Mountain mirrors to bring light to dark Norwegian town
Oct. 22 - Three giant mirrors have been erected on a mountainside in Norway, to bring much needed sunlight to residents of a small town. The town is situated at the bottom of a narrow valley where the sun doesn't shine during the long Nordic winter, but its hoped the mirrors will change all that and bring its residents out of the shade and into the light. Jim Drury reports.


Lightning Beat Sabres 3-2
Ondrej Palat and Martin St. Louis scored third-period goals to help the Tampa Bay Lightning rally for a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.


Dispatch Maam, Your Burger Has Been Paid For
Drive on through. Its taken care of.


Snorkeler finds rare giant oarfish off California coast
(Reuters) - A California marine instructor's leisurely weekend snorkel turned into the discovery of a lifetime when she found the carcass of a massive, eel-like creature of a species thought to have inspired legends of giant sea serpents.


Pastor who banned fried chicken leads Mississippi Obamacare push
HERNANDO, Mississippi (Reuters) - When Dr Michael Minor first became pastor at Oak Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Hernando, Mississippi, in 1996, he discovered a population overcome by an epidemic of obesity.


Fountain of youth
In the hilltop town of Fiuggi, southeast of Rome, I discovered I have a drinking problem. Not with wine or beer, but rather water.


Longtime Times Editor Named Politico Executive
Richard L. Berke, Politicos new executive editor, said that he admired how it started from scratch and became a journalistic powerhouse and that he hoped to help it reach to even greater heights.


Investors turn their backs on "robot" hedge funds
LONDON (Reuters) - Investors in the $330 billion computer-driven hedge fund sector are pulling out money for the first time since 2008, data showed on Wednesday, signalling the possible start of a...


World Briefing | Europe Portugal Investigators Reopen Case of Missing British Child
The case, one of the most notorious recent child-abduction cases in Europe, was formally closed in 2008.


Jamie Dornan Named as New Lead in Fifty Shades
Mr. Dornan, an Irish actor and underwear model, will be the new male lead in the movie adaptation of Fifty Shade of Grey, the books author, E.L. James, confirmed.


Scene City Giorgio Armani Day in New York
A fashion extravaganza for Giorgio Armani at the SuperPier, with a marathon show, exhibition and celebrity-filled nightclub.


Editor's Choice
Our best photos from the last 24 hours.


UPDATE 2-Obama chides Republicans on spending cuts at school event
NEW YORK, Oct 25 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned congressional Republicans on Friday that their next budget negotiations will need to be about more than just spending cuts after a fiscal stalemate that resulted in a 16-day government shutdown.


Solar charity takes aim at Africa's kerosene lamps
Sept. 24 - Non-profit groups aiming to replace Africa's deadly kerosene lamps with safe, solar alternatives say their campaign is gaining momentum. The award-winning Solaraid project says the dangerous lamps could be eliminated from the continent by 2020. Jim Drury has more.


Marc Andreessen Why I hate going public - Felix TV
The Netscape co-founder and high-profile venture capitalist tells Reuters' Felix Salmon that he hates selling companies -- nearly as much as he hates taking them public. What will his investors say?


5 Dead in Brooklyn Stabbing
A woman and her four children were killed on Saturday night at their home in Sunset Park, and a cousin of the childrens father was arrested in the attack, the police said.


In Transit Blog A Hotel Chain Drops Pornography Channels
The Nordic Choice group will no longer offer pornography channels at its hotels in Scandinavia.


Hop aboard Kangaroo shuts Australian airport
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An injured kangaroo shut down part of Melbourne Airport on Wednesday after it hopped through the busy terminal and into a drug store.


Bill Mazer, Sports Fixture in New York, Dies at 92
Mr. Mazer, who spent more than 60 years in broadcasting, earned the nickname The Amazin for his encyclopedic recall of sports facts.


Dot Earth Blog Exploring Solar, Efficiency, Gas and More with Amory Lovins and Joel Makower
A spirited discussion with Amory Lovins of energy innovations that will matter in the next few decades.


Analysis Chile's Bachelet set to return to power, but obstacles await
RANCAGUA, Chile (Reuters) - Michelle Bachelet is a safe bet to return to power in Chile's presidential election, but she is now promoting a more ambitious program of leftist reforms and will need every ounce of her political skill to push them through.


Marcia Wallace of 'Newhart' dies
Marcia Wallace, whose four-decade television career included playing the secretary on "The Bob Newhart Show" and Bart's fourth-grade teacher on "The Simpsons," has died, her agent said Saturday.


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