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News Feed Latest worldwide news Plundering Science, Bone by Bone Fossil poachers have become a major problem for paleontologists, wreaking havoc on the sites of dinosaur remains. Music History at Caff Lena Since 1960, this venue in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., has been an important outpost of the folk music revival. Prospect Capital has size, diversification and a few Clydesdales NEW YORK, Oct 24 (RLPC) - Prospect Capital Corp, the second-largest actively managed business development company (BDC), is banking on its heft and diverse strategy in an increasingly competitive middle market lending business. Brit conquers 47th annual World Conker Championships Oct. 15 - They came, they saw, they conkered. British man wins World Conker Championships. Sharon Reich reports. Why Saudis must allow women to drive Opinion The world must denounce Saudi Arabia's ban on women drivers. Ford Maintains Profit Streak and Raises Forecast, Despite Charges Although net income fell from a year ago on charges, Fords pretax profit beat analysts expectations for the quarter. The Learning Network Blog Text to Text | Twelve Years a Slave, and An Escape That Has Long Intrigued Historians In this Text to Text, we pair an excerpt from Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup with a recent Times article that discusses Mr. Northups narrative in the context of the antislavery literary genre. Guthrie Grabs BMW Lead Ahead of Daly, McIlroy in Touch American Luke Guthrie left a quartet of former world number ones trailing in his wake with a blistering start to the BMW Masters in Shanghai on Thursday, firing a seven-under 65 to sit three shots clear of compatriot John Daly. UPDATE 1-Mexico broadcaster Televisa posts 16.5 pct fall in third-qtr profit MEXICO CITY, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Mexican media company Grupo Televisa, the world's biggest producer of Spanish-language content, said on Thursday its third-quarter profit fell 16.5 percent, hurt by a higher tax burden, interest payments and currency fluctuations. APEC's travel fashion woes From embarrassing photo op to embarrassing photo op, APEC never fails to deliver. Gadgetwise Paying a Premium for the Leica Name Under the stylish, Audi-designed body of a new point-and-shoot camera with the Leica logo is a Panasonic. Fantasy Football Week 8 Tiered Player Rankings Applying an algorithm called the Gaussian mixture model to an aggregation of expert ranking data reveals natural tiers and clusters within the data. Humans vs Sumatran elephants The conflict between humans and critically endangered Sumatran elephants in Indonesia has been going on for decades, with the elephants on the losing end of the battle. The villagers and farmers don't kill them for food. They do it to keep their homes and crops safe. The grim result is the killing combined with shrinking elephant habitat contributes to an 80% population loss since the 1930s, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. How F1 drivers are losing weight The formula appears simple lose weight, gain speed. Prospect Capital has size, diversification and a few Clydesdales NEW YORK, Oct 24 (RLPC) - Prospect Capital Corp , the second-largest actively managed business development company (BDC), is banking on its heft and diverse strategy in an increasingly competitive middle market lending business. Timelapse video shows nine years of 9/11 reconstruction Sept. 11 - Marking the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, webcam company EarthCam has released a timelapse video showing the nine year construction of One World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. The company says the video is made up of hundreds of thousands of images captured from 35 different angles by high definition cameras. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Pope holds crisis talks on fate of Germany's 'luxury bishop' VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis held crisis talks on Thursday on the fate of Germany's "luxury bishop" who is under intense pressure to resign for spending some 31 million euros ($42 million) on an ultra-luxurious residence. Darkest place in the world? At night, the ancient, barren Namib Desert is free from light pollution. The complete darkness makes it a perfect place for astronomers. DealBook Football App, a German Start-Up, Gets U.S. Investment A $7 million investment by Union Square Ventures comes as Berlin is gaining credibility as one of Europes largest technology hubs. 10 things to know New Mexico It's too easy to let New Mexico off as simply "The Land of Enchantment." ParkerVision gets $173 mln in Qualcomm lawsuit; shares slide Oct 24 (Reuters) - Chipmaker ParkerVision Inc said a jury awarded it damages of $173 million from Qualcomm Inc for infringement of its patents but its shares fell nearly 60 percent as it had sought... JR Alters the Blocklong Layout Its Known For JR Music and Computer World has abandoned its familiar horizontal shopping bazaar on Park Row in Lower Manhattan for a vertical one. Ick! What's in U.S. rivers? In the past 15 years, Chad Pregracke has helped pull more than 67,000 tires from the Mississippi River and other waterways across the United States. Pospisil Beats Hewitt in 2 Sets in Vienna Opener Vasek Pospisil of Canada defeated Lleyton Hewitt of Australia, 7-6 (6), 6-4, in the first round of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna. The world's best city is ... Not the same as last year's. Cond Nast Traveler has announced its latest Readers' Choice Awards. How many have you been to? 'Half of a Yellow Sun' on big screen "Half of a Yellow Sun" stars Thandie Newton and Chiwetel Ejiofor, and is one of the most eagerly awaited films to come out of Africa in recent years. DealBook In a Public Offering, a Symbol of New York Gains a Symbol ESRT Empire State Realty Trust, owner of the Empire State Building, has completed its initial public offering after months of legal wrangling, raising about $930 million. Before Playoff, Mexico Dismisses Another Coach Mexicos national coach Victor Vucetich says he has been notified by the countrys football federation that he is no longer in the job, according to an interview posted on ESPN.com. Fracking Fight Focuses on a New York Towns Ban A lawsuit against a zoning ordinance that effectively banning hydraulic fracturing in Dryden, N.Y., could decide the future of the oil and gas industry in the state. T Magazine Seven Days of Style | Pradas Latest Desert Outpost, Karl Lagerfelds Class on Being Karl, and Gwyneth Paltrows Newest Crusade Plus, Ted Cruzs personal style gets a thumbs down, Kate Middletown goes bargain shopping, Apple poaches from Burberry and more as we run the numbers from the last week in style and culture. US STOCKS-Wall St edges up as Fed hopes offset mixed earnings * Federal Reserve seen keeping stimulus for several months C. Gordon Fullerton, Early Space Shuttle Pilot, Dies at 76 A pilot who tested 130 different types of aircraft for the Air Force and NASA, and flew two shuttle missions, as the commander on the Challenger and one of two pilots on the Columbia. Daly Returns to Golf With a 68 in Shanghai John Daly spent three months putting ice on his elbow and chocolate milk in his belly, and he returned Thursday feeling better than he has in years. The 30-Minute Interview Dana L. Moskowitz She and three other principals bought Winoker Realty after its founder died in an accident; they renamed it Evo Real Estate Group. Dot Earth Blog A Climate and Energy Roundup Whats behind U.S. carbon emissions decline, rising concern over energy costs in Britain, and more. Ericsson Sales Slip, and So Does Its Stock The big maker of mobile network equipment reported a third-quarter revenue decline on a slowdown in projects by large cellphone carriers. 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. Scientists confirm most distant galaxy ever Scientists say they've found a galaxy that's not just far, far, away -- it's the most distant from our own that's been discovered yet. And it's helping them gain insight about the universe as it existed a long time ago. White House lists two dozen leaders to meet with Obama on deficit WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two dozen business, labor and civic leaders, including the chief executives of major U.S. corporations such as Ford, IBM and Wal-Mart, will meet President Barack Obama to discuss how to control the federal deficit, said the White House on Monday. Currents | Books What Would They Do with Axl Rose? Wild Art features artworks that flourish outside of galleries like a bacon portrait of Kevin Bacon.

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