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News Feed Latest worldwide news Eat, Pray, Love, Get Rich, Write a Novel No One Expects The post-guru literary career of Elizabeth Gilbert. Fall for Dance The festival brought back choreography to the Delacorte Theater for free shows on Monday and Tuesday. F1 season off to a racing start Ed Foster of Motor Sport Magazine previews the Formula One season with Amanda Davies. Canadian festival celebrates Africa Michael Stohr talks about organizing Toronto's Afro-Fest which has celebrated the continent's culture for 25 years. Yemen minister on child marriage 'Enough is enough' Yemen's human rights minister wants child marriage outlawed after an 8-year-old girl reportedly died of internal injuries that she suffered on her wedding night. Obama Highlights Fiscal Risks in Addressing Business Group President Obama used an appearance before the Business Roundtable to call out House Republicans who have threatened a fiscal default if the health care law is not repealed. Leadership Questions Plague Britains Labour Party Ed Miliband, party leader for three years, has not managed to convince the public that he is prime ministerial material. Keith Urban tops The Weeknd in tight race on Billboard chart LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Australian country singer Keith Urban beat out Canadian The Weeknd in a tight race to No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday. T Magazine Primer | What Not to Miss at This Years London Design Festival A wall of paper windmills, an Escher-like stairway to nowhere and the worlds largest lava lamp make the list of sites to see this year. China Finds Resistance to Oil Deals in Africa Some cash-starved African states are showing an assertiveness that suggests the days of Chinas unbridled influence as a mega-investor may be waning. UPDATE 1-Azerbaijan signs new gas deals with Europe, snubs Russia BAKU, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan signed contracts on Thursday to supply European buyers with gas, offering an alternative supply source to Russia towards the end of the decade. Lake bodies A lake training mission turned to horror when six bodies were discovered. They may have been there for decades. McEnroe Still going strong Seven-time grand slam champion John McEnroe is delighting fans on his PowerShares tour. CNN's Don Riddell reports. When the Fed throws markets for loop NEW YORK, Sept 19 (Reuters) - In the minutes before Wednesday's statement from the U.S. Federal Reserve, traders knew what to expect. Or so they thought. The simple pleasures of Eid For the world's Muslims, the festival of Eid al-Fitr is a perfect conclusion to Ramadan -- the month-long period of fasting and contemplation practiced by observers of Islam around the globe. One of the most festive periods in the religion's calendar, Eid is often commemorated with large feasts, family-time, and through charitable acts and donations. N.F.L. Roundup Rookie Running Backs Touchdowns Help Bengals Drop the Steelers to 0-2 Running back Giovani Bernard scored his first two N.F.L. touchdowns and the Cincinnati Bengals beat Pittsburgh, extending the Steelers early-season misery. Fiscal cliff All it takes is a superhero - Felix TV Reuters blogger Felix Salmon takes to kids toys to explain one of the most vexing problems facing Washington the fiscal cliff. (December 12, 2012) Emmys 2013 Cranston is having a moment Right now, Bryan Cranston is The Man. He's up for Emmy, has water-cooler talk for "Breaking Bad," in bunches of movies. 18 Under To Help a Shy Child, Listen Shyness is part of the range of the human normal, but it can also be an indicator of bullying, anxiety, a learning problem or other issues. Turkey vs. Iran vs. Saudi Arabia The Arab Spring has recalibrated the regional system by ushering in a tri-axial Middle East, Soner Cagaptay and Parag Khanna write. Movie Review Thanks for Sharing Focuses on Sex Addiction Thanks for Sharing centers on three mutually supportive men coping with sex addiction. Art in Review Carol Bove RA, or Why is an orange like a bell? Ms. Bove continues to cultivate her extraordinary garden, operating in the gaps between art and design, modernism (especially Minimalism) and nature. U.S. organist Carpenter bends rules of performing BONN, Germany (Reuters) - Flamboyant American organist Cameron Carpenter wants to wrest organ music from academics he says play solely for the initiated, and bring it back to the people. Bulldog carves across Peru's streets on skateboard Sept. 19 - Skateboarding bulldog wins hearts and minds in Peru and beyond. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Today in Small Business Rainbow Looms Patent Fight Rainbow Loom is battling a competitor. Twelve questions to ask yourself before firing an employee. A toilet-fan scam. Exclusive Univision in talks with banks about 2014 IPO - sources NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Spanish-language broadcaster Univision Communications Inc has in recent weeks held discussions with banks about an initial public offering, according to three people familiar with the matter, as strong stock markets encourage private equity owners to seek exits for their portfolio companies. Kleiner Perkins sex discrimination case to stay in public eye SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - A high-profile Silicon Valley sex discrimination lawsuit moved closer to trial Wednesday after California's highest court rejected an effort by venture firm Kleiner... Wrecked cruise ship pulled upright In a lengthy process involving massive pulleys, cables and steel tanks, a salvage crew managed to roll the 114,000-ton Costa Concordia off the rocks where it ran aground 20 months ago. Conviction of DeLay Is Overturned DeLays Conviction Is Overturned An appeals court said there was insufficient evidence for a jury in 2010 to have found Tom DeLay, the former House majority leader, guilty of money laundering charges. Powerball lottery says single winning ticket sold Sept 18 (Reuters) - A single winning ticket was sold for the $400 million Powerball lottery jackpot, the Multi-state Lottery Association announced on Wednesday. Home Depot to tap health insurance exchanges for part-timers (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc is shifting medical coverage for part-time workers to new public marketplace exchanges ahead of new benefits requirements under the U.S. Affordable Care Act, a spokesman said on Thursday. Unmetric raises $5.5 million as social media industry gains steam SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Unmetric, a "social media intelligence" provider, has won $5.5 million in Series B financing to build up its sales force, the company said Thursday. AllThingsD team to sever ties with Dow Jones at end of the year SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The team that produces technology blog All Things Digital will leave News Corp's Dow Jones publishing unit at the end of the year, the parties announced Thursday, severing a lucrative but sometimes rocky relationship between two of the most influential outlets in the technology press. UPDATE 2-Empire State Realty Trust IPO seen pricing at $13-$15/shr NEW YORK, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Empire State Realty Trust Inc, the real estate investment trust with the iconic New York skyscraper as its centerpiece, plans to launch an initial public offering of 71.5 million shares at $13 to $15 apiece, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday. New Van Gogh painting discovered Sept. 9 - The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam unveils a painting recently identified as an original Van Gogh that had been kept in a Norwegian attic for years. Tara Cleary reports. T Magazine Q. A. | The French Culinary Legend Anne Willan Dishes on the Changing Food Landscape The founder of the famed French cooking school La Verenne has a new memoir out this week. Here, she remembers her good friend Julia Child and early days at Le Cordon Bleu. Colsaerts Shares Lead in 1st Round of Italian Open Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium took a share of the lead in the first round of the Italian Open on Thursday. In Transit Blog A Year After Storm, Travel Deals in New Jersey New Jersey inns will offer discounts on rooms in a campaign to promote tourism a year after Hurricane Sandy. Bizarre Finish in the Desert Joel Stave stumbled as he kneeled, plopped the ball on the turf and hopped up like he had just completed a magic act. German literary critic and Holocaust survivor Reich-Ranicki dead at 93 BERLIN (Reuters) - Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Germany's best-known literary critic and a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto, died on Wednesday aged 93, his publisher said.

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