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News Feed Latest worldwide news Inquiry of Ex-Charity Chief Sheds Light on Payments by 97 Council Campaign A criminal complaint filed against William E. Rapfogel casts new light on an oddly high insurance bill for his wifes City Council bid. Movie Review Blood Brother, About a Heart Bound to Children With H.I.V. A documentary by a first-time filmmaker, Steve Hoover, about a friend who finds his lifes work at a home for H.I.V.-positive children in India. USA wins America's Cup Team USA pulls off one of the greatest sporting comebacks to deny New Zealand sailing's premier prize with a dramatic victory in San Francisco. Obama to call healthcare website glitches 'unacceptable' as fix sought WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will declare the glitches in a new healthcare website "unacceptable" on Monday and outline ways for consumers to sign up for insurance while his team scrambles to fix problems that have tainted the rollout of his signature healthcare law. Kuwaiti conglomerate buys Red Bull distributor in UAE DUBAI, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Mezzan Holding Co, a diversified Kuwaiti conglomerate, will acquire the distributor of Red Bull energy drink in the United Arab Emirates, highlighting appetite for... Cruz, McCain, Cordray to headline Reuters Washington Summit WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A week after Senate leaders brokered a bipartisan spending deal to reopen the government and stave off a potentially disastrous default on American debt, Reuters will host several key players in the budget dispute as part of its annual Washington Summit. CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-Canada's Maple Leaf Foods explores sale of Canada Bread stake (Corrects last paragraph to show that Canada Bread's special committee, not Maple Leaf, hired CIBC) Essay A Washington Football Fan Breaks With Tradition Nostalgia has a limit, and asking children to knowingly embrace an ethnic slur crosses that line. Your Money Out of Network, Not by Choice, and Facing Huge Health Bills Consumers may face big payments to doctors who participate in their care, in an emergency or in a hospital, but are not in their insurance network. Tablet Makers Gear Up for Latest Skirmish The intense competition in the market for tablets will be highlighted on Tuesday, as Apple, Nokia and Microsoft each introduce new devices. Six Killings in New York End a Lull in Murders After a seven-day stretch in which no homicides were recorded in New York City, five occurred in 10 hours on Friday and Saturday, and a sixth on Sunday. Editors Choice Our best photos from the last 24 hours. FIFA delays Qatar decision No decision will be made on a shift in the date for soccer's Qatar 2022 World Cup before the 2014 World Cup is played, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said Friday. Meet the new Miss World A new Miss World was crowned Saturday, and though she competed as Miss Philippines, she hails from the United States. ArtsBeat Mullally and Offerman to Star Off Broadway The real-life husband and wife duo Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman will play a long-separated couple reunited by the husbands illness in Sharr Whites Annapurna. Xi Jinping in APEC box seat Courtesy of the U.S. government shutdown, Chinese President Xi Jinping finds himself in the box seat at his first Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum as leader of the world's second largest economy. IMF U.S. debt default worries Richard Quest speaks to the IMF's Olivier Blanchard about how a U.S. debt default could affect the global economy. The Texas Tribune After Misuse, a Push for Tutoring As No Child Left Behind awaits Congressional reauthorization, the tutoring industry is lobbying to include a version of the tutoring mandate in the updated law. Dashboard Today in Small Business Shutdown Beards Optimism and confidence are fading. Rethinking the smoke detector. Fighting the Better Business Bureau. GRAINS-Wheat retreats from 4-month high on profit-taking * Export demand supportive as USDA plans data catch-up (Updates to include close of U.S. trading, adds details of wheat technical moves, sale of U.S. soybeans to unknown buyers, adds commodity fund activity) Global Soccer In World Cup Soccer, Coaches Suffer Most The England manager Roy Hodgson said he suffered a thousand deaths before his team finally won passage to the World Cup finals. Its a familiar feeling for many coaches. Breakingviews The Dimon dilemma Oct. 21 - Breakingviews editors discuss why, despite a looming $13 bln fine, JPMorgan shareholders are willing to keep Jamie Dimon as CEO and how the board should prepare a successor. States Are Focus of Effort to Foil Health Care Law Conservative groups are increasingly taking the fight against President Obamas health care law to states like Virginia in an effort to block Medicaid expansion. Donations, prisoners aid cities, ranchers after South Dakota blizzard (Reuters) - Donations of money and some cattle have been rolling in for South Dakota ranchers after a blizzard last week killed tens of thousands of cattle in one of the state's worst agriculture tragedies, state officials said on Thursday. The origami kayak Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, is believed to date back as far as the 17th century. Traditionally done with a single sheet of paper, its elegant principles have come to influence package design, mathematics and -- more recently -- an unusual new folding kayak. In the Garden The Good-for-Nothing Garden James Golden has no interest in growing food or preserving native plants. His New Jersey garden is purely aesthetic. Fed's Evans says has seen no data that says "yes" to taper CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans, one of the most dovish policymakers at the U.S. central bank, on Friday said that while last month reducing the Fed's massive... Mikko Niskanens Eight Deadly Shots May Seem Familiar Eight Deadly Shots a five-and-a-quarter-hour film made as a mini-series for Finnish TV in 1972 is being promoted as a forerunner of todays crime shows. Cargo Ship Docking at Space Station Is Delayed A commercial cargo spacecraft, which was to dock at the International Space Station on Sunday, will not make its second attempt until at least Saturday. 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. Protecting Detroit pensions may violate bankruptcy code -judge DETROIT, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The federal judge overseeing Detroit's bankruptcy filing called the city's pension funds "unsecured creditors" and stated that any special protections for them would violate federal bankruptcy law. In Transit Blog Walkabout Record Numbers for American Tourism in Cuba; TripAdvisor Plans Expansion A weekly capsule of travel news curated by our writers and editors. Fergie backs struggling Moyes at Man Utd It's not easy taking over from one of the greatest managers in football history, but David Moyes has been assured that one trophy in his debut season at Manchester United will be considered a success. The Media Equation Tech Wealth and Ideas Are Heading Into News The technology industry and its various power brokers are suddenly investing significant sums of money in preserving news capacity and quality. Red, White and Blue Reprieve for Mexico The complicated relationship between American and Mexican soccer fans took an unusual turn when Mexico dodged elimination in qualifying for the World Cup thanks to a United States victory. Williams warns Istanbul rivals she can still get better ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Serena Williams aims to claim her 11th tournament trophy to round off one of the best years of her career, and warned her opponents at this week's WTA season-ending championships that she can still improve. UPDATE 1-Dutch govt asks sea law tribunal to release activists LUXEMBOURG, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The Dutch government on Monday asked the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to order Russia to release 30 people detained last month during an environmental protest in the Arctic Sea. Alabama zoo to probe death of artificially conceived rhino calf BIRMINGHAM, Ala (Reuters) - A necropsy will be performed on a four-month old rhinoceros believed to have been the first of its species to be born through artificial insemination in the United States, officials from the Montgomery Zoo in Alabama said on Monday. Fears over Australian 'megafire' As scores of fierce bush fires threatened communities near Sydney on Monday, Australian officials warned that the hot, dry and windy conditions could create a "megafire." New Report of N.S.A. Spying Angers France The National Security Agency has carried out extensive electronic surveillance in France, a French newspaper reported, drawing an angry condemnation from an important American ally.

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