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Contractors describe scant pre-launch testing of U.S. healthcare site
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration launched its troubled healthcare insurance website after only a minimum of crucial system-wide testing, despite contractors warning officials repeatedly about performance risks, a congressional panel heard on Thursday.


Cleric Driving could harm ovaries
A leading Saudi cleric warned women who drive cars could cause damage to their ovaries and pelvises and that they are at risk of having children born with "clinical problems."


Diesel exhaust pollution may disrupt honeybee foraging
LONDON (Reuters) - Exposure to pollution from diesel exhaust fumes can disrupt honeybees' ability to recognize the smells of flowers and could in future affect pollination and global food security, researchers said on Thursday.


Some Iranians Seek to Renew an Old Chant
Several hard-line groups have announced plans for a Down With U.S.A. conference next month, with an award for the best photograph, poster, video, song or caricature.


Key U.S. official faces grilling over Obamacare website
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two months before the troubled October 1 launch of Obamacare exchanges, a key administration official overseeing the program assured a congressional oversight panel that work was on track to roll out a tested website that would make it easy for Americans to enroll in affordable health insurance coverage.


TABLE-Foreign brokers set to buy Japanese stocks
TOKYO, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Following are orders for Japanese stocks placed through six foreign securities houses before the start of trade on Monday. Japanese Stocks BUY 16.4 million shares SELL 10.0 million shares ------------------------------------------------------ BUY 6.4 million shares


QA Editing Microsoft Word Files on an Android Tablet
Google Play has several apps for working with Microsoft Word files on Android tablets.


Skiing Ted 'Shred' takes charge
American Ted Ligety served notice he will be the man to beat in his favored giant slalom discipline with an emphatic victory in the season opener in Soelden Sunday.


America's rising tennis star
The top junior player in the world last year, 17-year old Taylor Townsend talks body image and those who've inspired her.


Kesler's OT Goal Gives Canucks Win Over Blues
Ryan Kesler scored his second goal of the game at 445 of overtime during a power play to lift the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Blues on Friday night.


5 people, 2 dogs dead at Phoenix condo complex
Police in Phoenix, Arizona, found a horrific scene Saturday morning at a condominium complex, where five people and two dogs were dead of gunshot wounds, a police spokesman said. The dead included the apparent shooter.


Clippers Hold Off Jazz for 103-99 Preseason Win
Darren Collison scored 14 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter and Blake Griffin had 15 points through the first three periods, helping the Los Angeles Clippers post a 103-99 preseason victory over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night.


Britain braced for hurricane-force 'St. Jude' storm
LONDON (Reuters) - Hurricane-force winds are forecast to disrupt road, rail and airport networks on Monday when one of the strongest storms in decades is expected to hit the southern half of Britain during rush-hour, forecasters warned on Sunday.


Bolivian food fair showcases indigenous culinary delights
Oct. 17 - Bolivians come together for their biggest and brightest food fair as the South American nation looks to unite its rich culinary diversity and pride in its traditional cuisine. Tara Cleary reports.


Medicaid Expansion Is Set for Ohioans
Defying the Republican majorities in both houses of the General Assembly, Gov. John R. Kasich, a Republican, pushed through the expansion under the health care law.


Twitter Illiterate? Mastering the @BCs
Only about 18 percent of American Internet users are active on Twitter, so here are some tips if youre still new to the microblogging service.


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.


Sports Briefing | Tennis Erste Bank Open to Feature Haase vs. Haas in Final
Robin Haase, a Dutchman ranked No. 63, upset top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 7-5, 7-6 (4), on Saturday to set up a final against Tommy Haas at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna.


Bulgarian police find suspected mother in Greek 'Maria' case
NIKOLAEVO, Bulgaria (Reuters) - Bulgarian police have identified a couple they suspect are the natural parents of a blonde girl found in a Roma camp in Greece, and prosecutors are investigating the...


REUTERS SUMMIT-Bahrain in early stages of bank merger wave -c.bank
(For other news from the Reuters Middle East Investment Summit, click on http//www.reuters.com/summit/MiddleEast13)


In Transit Blog From Orbitz, a New Loyalty Program
Orbitz Rewards is a new loyalty program that is designed to offer benefits that members can use immediately.


In Practice White House to Tweak Tax-Penalty Deadline
The Obama administration said Wednesday that people who obtained health insurance by March 31 would not face any tax penalties for being uninsured in the first three months of 2014.


The Getaway Looking for a Bus or Train? New Sites Aim to Help
Start-ups are trying to make searching across multiple bus and train companies as easy as comparing airline carriers.


S Korea to get first nude beach?
Cold water and nude beaches don't necessarily mix well.


Preoccupations The Horse Sense That Builds Trust
Horses are natural peacemakers, and their herd dynamic can be a model for human group behavior in the workplace.


With Snap of Group Photo, 3 Members of Advocacy Group Face Trial in China
Charged with illegal assembly, the members of the New Citizens Movement will be tried Monday in the first court test of how far the government will go to extinguish the group.


Design Notebook House Haunters
For designers who specialize in haunted houses, its high season. What scares them is how little time there is to furnish the home of your nightmares.


Venezuela's toilet paper takeover
When you're running low on toilet paper and getting desperate, what do you do?


Your Money Adviser The Alphabet Soup of Health Spending Plans
Most people dont know the difference between health savings accounts and flexible-spending arrangements.


White House Officials Career Twitters Out
Colleagues of Jofi Joseph, a National Security Council employee unmasked as an acerbic commentator on Twitter, say he was funny and smart. But many also saw a negative tendency.


Security Check Now Starts Long Before You Fly
The T.S.A. has at its fingertips a large range of personal records to prescreen passengers, including past travel, property records and vehicle registrations.


Preoccupations An Entrepreneur Who Took a Chance on Herself
Prerna Gupta, C.E.O. of Khush Inc. x2014; the creator of an iPhone app called LaDiDa x2014; discusses her journey to entrepreneurship.


On Location | Ghent, N.Y. For Her Next Production ...
While making a movie, Carrie Schoenfeld built a fossil-fuel-free country house with her husband.


Business Briefing | Regulatory News Tentative Approval for Faster-Acting Hepatitis C Drug
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously voted in favor of a hepatitis C drug from Gilead Sciences.


DealBook Goldman Sachs, Buying Redemption
Via its Goldman Sachs Foundation, led by Dina Powell, the firm many associate with Wall Street greed and excess has staked out a position as one of the nations leading corporate philanthropists.


Geisha-in-training hit Tokyo
Maiko, young apprentice geisha, try to drum up a tourism revival for typhoon-hit Kyoto


City Room A Thrill Now Sadly Rare
Bat sightings used to be common in New York, but millions of bats in the Northeast have died of disease since 2006.


Rebuilding a skiing superstar
It was the very first race of this year's World Championships and Lindsey Vonn was confident of wresting back her Super-G title. Just five seconds in, the story went off script, and Vonn off course.


Egyptian Satirist Returns to TV With Careful Barbs
In his first show since the military ousted President Mohamed Morsi in July, Bassem Youssef skewered the leadership with caution, in a test of what the government was prepared to allow.


Why Yemen must conquer graft
Yemen expert Peter Salisbury says the voice of Yemen's poor must be heard if it is to break free from the past.


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