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News Feed Latest worldwide news Sports Briefing | Soccer Record Goal for Red Bulls Tim Cahill scored the fastest goal in Major League Soccer history as the Red Bulls beat the Dynamo, 3-0, in Houston to extend their unbeaten streak to seven games. FOREX-Dollar climbs vs yen as investors look to U.S. jobs data NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The dollar climbed against the yen and the Swiss franc on Monday as a few investors positioned for an expected strong U.S. jobs data reading on Tuesday, which may revive... Questions About Politicians Use of Leadership PACs A new book, highlighting huge sums spent on meals and resorts, calls for reform of the committees, which allow politicians to raise and use money with fewer restrictions. Sports Briefing | College Basketball Four to Host N.C.A.A. Womens Regionals Notre Dame, Stanford, Louisville and Nebraska will host the N.C.A.A. tournament womens regionals this season. Indian sage dreams of gold to save economy, government starts digging NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government is digging for treasure after a civic-minded Hindu village sage dreamt that 1,000 tons of gold was buried under a ruined palace, and wrote to tell the central bank about it. Personal Health Scoliosis Can Hit Well Past Adolescence Often thought to be a problem of young people, scoliosis, an asymmetrical curvature of the spine, is far more prevalent among older adults. Madoff employees lived high on corporate money, prosecutors say NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Members of Bernard Madoff's inner circle indulged in expensive wine, cruises and jaunts to Las Vegas, all paid for by his investment firm, prosecutors said on Monday in a... Giant sea creature recovered off California coast Oct. 15 - An 18-foot-long oarfish is recovered by a snorkeler near Catalina Island. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Stocks Tread Water Ahead of Delayed Jobs Report The major indexes were fractionally mixed as investors focused on earnings and the key employment report that was postponed by the government shutdown. 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. What price golfing perfection? Pitch up with your credit card and your clubs if you want to walk the fairways at 10 of the world's finest golf courses. Justin Bieber carried up Great Wall Justin Bieber has broken one of the most sacred rules of travel -- don't use your bodyguards to carry you up the Great Wall of China. Wealth Want to buy an Irish castle? For those of means, the price is right. High-tech Halloween costumes Half the fun of Halloween is coming up with new, creative outfits that will blow your friends' minds and maybe scare a few impressionable children. (The other half, obviously, is candy.) Ailing Occupants of the Bronx Zoo Get Sophisticated Medical Care The treatment of Holli, a female gorilla with a stomach abscess, offers an inside look at how the Bronx Zoo cares for animals who fall ill. List of World Series Winners List of winners in Major League Baseball's World Series N.F.L. Roundup Seahawks Pick Up Road Win Russell Wilson threw three touchdown passes, Marshawn Lynch scored on a 2-yard run, and the Seahawks beat the Cardinals. Afghanistan says differences remain on U.S. security pact KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan and the United States have not yet agreed on several issues in a bilateral security pact, a senior Afghan spokesman said, raising the prospect that Washington could pull out all its troops from the war-ravaged nation next year if the differences could not be ironed out. In Practice Awareness Grows of Online Insurance Exchanges, and Their Problems, Survey Finds A survey by the Pew Research Center finds more people know about online health insurance exchanges, but most people are not buying yet. 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. SNC-Lavalin shares sink on profit warning TORONTO (Reuters) - Shares of embattled Canadian construction and engineering company SNC-Lavalin Group Inc tumbled as much as 7 percent on Wednesday, after the company again slashed its 2013 profit... Some Wary as Lobstermen Unite While hundreds have embraced a new union, others have questioned whether a local organized by a machinists association could, or should, unite lobstermen. The Week Ahead | Pop A Dominican Force in Latin Jazz The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, led by the pianist Arturo OFarrill, has often worked to tease out connections or pay living tribute. New app being tested to spot California whales so ships can avoid them SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Marine biologists have begun testing a smartphone application that would allow boaters and conservationists to identify whales outside San Francisco Bay so ships can avoid striking the endangered mammals. New evolution controversy Fragments of humans' ancient relatives are scattered across the globe. Sometimes a tooth or a few bones are all we have to tell us about an entire species closely related to humans that lived thousands or millions of years ago. U.S.-based stock mutual funds have $3.1 billion outflow ICI NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in U.S.-based mutual funds pulled $3.1 billion out of stock funds in the latest week on the extended U.S. government shutdown and concerns over the debt ceiling, data... UPDATE 1-Starbucks under media fire in China for high prices SHANGHAI, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp has been charging higher prices in China than other markets, helping the company realize fat profit margins, the official China Central Television (CCTV) said in a report. For hedge funds, debt crisis largely business as usual BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hanging tough seems to have been the right strategy for a good number of money managers now that it appears a stop-gap deal to avoid a federal debt default and reopen the... GLOBAL MARKETS-Dollar, shares gain on expected delay to Fed tapering * World shares firm on views Fed will delay stimulus taper Over When Celebrity Sex Videos Are Rated Y (for Yawn) Now the everyday celebrity sex video is generally greeted with a collective yawn, and you can blame the Internet or the ease of making smartphone videos. Bits Blog Mark Zuckerberg Starts Spending His Billion-Dollar Charitable Fund The Facebook co-founder is beginning to direct money to various causes, including a contribution to a group promoting computer science education in schools. Plundering Science, Bone by Bone Fossil poachers have become a major problem for paleontologists, wreaking havoc on the sites of dinosaur remains. Skydiving with tennis star Stan Wawrinka Stan Wawrinka talks to CNN about his return to the World top ten and his Olympic gold medal win with Roger Federer. Countdown to Ryder Cup Tom Watson, American captain at the 2014 Ryder Cup, reflects on his 36-year long history with the golf competition. Rihanna Pop princess Rihanna sells albums for her sultry, attention-grabbing poses. But during a visit to the United Arab Emirates, her poses got her into hot water. Typhoon hits Tokyo area At least 14 people have died and hundreds of flights have been canceled as Typhoon Wipha pummeled the Tokyo area on Wednesday. On Baseball Molina Helps Cardinals Pitch Beyond Their Years Catcher Yadier Molina, 31, is a defensive and offensive star, but his handling of the Cardinals young pitchers has made him indispensable to the teams success. Crazy like a fox Norwegian comedy duo big on YouTube OSLO (Reuters) - Norway has a population of 5 million, which perhaps explains why brothers Vegard and Baard Ylvisaaker are stunned that their joke video "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" has more than 130 million hits on YouTube. iPad upgrades What to expect from Tuesday's Apple event News From the Advertising Industry MakerBot Industries, Brooklyn, part of Stratasys, named Droga5, New York, to handle a new assignment.

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