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Well Ask Well Sleep or Exercise?
The Phys Ed columnist Gretchen Reynolds responds to readers questions about fitness.


Gunman kills 3 American soldiers in Afghanistan
Coalition officials say an individual wearing an Afghan Army uniform shot and killed three U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan Saturday.


ATT explores potential sale of wireless towers
Sept 20 (Reuters) - ATT Inc said on Friday it is exploring options to "monetize" its wireless broadcast towers but noted that its ability to reach a deal would depend on terms it is able to reach with the buyer for long-term operation of the towers.


Small plane makes emergency landing along Chicago's busy Lake Shore Drive
Sept. 22 - A pilot made an emergency landing of his single-engine experimental aircraft along Chicago's Lake Shore Drive as early morning joggers did double takes. Rough cut (no reporter narration).


Butler Loses F Jones for Season to Wrist Injury
Butler's turbulent offseason isn't showing any signs of slowing down.


ArtsBeat New Getty Atlas to Preserve Data on Nondigital Photography
The Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles will collect and publish information about pre-digital photography to aid scholars and preservationists.


How does Galaxy Gear measure up?
It's tricky business comparing the handful of smartwatches publicly unveiled so far.


Statin use tied to cataract development study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The risk of developing cloudy lenses in the eyes may be linked to the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins, according to a new study.


F.A.A. Nears New Rules on Devices
Faced with the flood of personal electronics on airplanes, the Federal Aviation Administration has spent the last year looking for ways to modify its policy and keep passengers safe.


TSB may still attract a buyer ahead of share sale CEO
LONDON (Reuters) - More than 600 bank branches being rebranded as TSB by Britain's Lloyds Banking Group could be bought by a trade or financial buyer before a flotation being planned for next year, the head of the new business said.


Can cruising regain public trust?
Richard Quest speaks with Alan Buckelew, CEO of Princess Cruises, who says the industry cannot afford more accidents.


Road to financial distress in varies by city in U.S. report
Sept 19 (Reuters) - Detroit, Chicago and three other U.S. cities fell into financial distress for a variety of reasons, according to analyses of financial data released on Thursday.


Week 3 Matchup Giants (0-2) at Panthers (0-2)
Cam Newton is the first of several dual-threat quarterbacks the Giants will face, and Mark Herzlich, a third-year middle linebacker, will play a pivotal role in minimizing his options.


Analysis Benefit firms create tremors for insurers in U.S. healthcare shakeup
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American companies are sending shockwaves through the healthcare industry by moving a rapidly growing number of employees onto privately run online exchanges for their medical...


Music Review Vampire Weekend Brings Its Tour to the Barclays Center
Vampire Weekend, promoting its latest album, brought its brand of rock to the Barclays Center.


Transgender girl crowned homecoming queen at California school
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A 16-year-old transgender girl said on Sunday she experienced "ultimate joy" when it was announced she would be crowned homecoming queen at her Southern California high school.


Selfless act paying off for Boston homeless man
BOSTON (Reuters) - More than $68,000 in donations have poured in from people around the country for a Boston homeless man who turned over to police a backpack stuffed with cash that he had found outside a shopping mall.


Massive wreck claims 100 vehicles
At least 100 vehicles smashed into each other in a massive pile-up Thursday in England's southeastern county of Kent, police said, injuring six people seriously and leaving 200 others with minor injuries.


UPDATE 2-France must cut reliance on oil and gas, says Hollande
* Reiterates call on EU to target 40 pct CO2 emissions cut by 2030


Global Soccer Real Madrid Makes Its Intentions Known
The club, looking for its 10th European title, scored six times as it destroyed Galatasaray in the Champions League.


German eurosceptics on the rise, liberals in decline
BERLIN, Sept 22 (Reuters) - A new anti-euro party narrowly missed entering parliament in a German election on Sunday, drawing millions of voters with a eurosceptic message that may have laid the foundations for a strong challenge in a European Parliament vote next year.


Need help with Russian?
Aiming for Gold CNN's Amanda Davies brushes up on her Russian for the Sochi Winter Games.


India Adjusts Short-Term Interest Rates
The changes were aimed at maintaining control of inflation while also making credit somewhat more available to the countrys troubled industrial sector.


Music Review New York Philharmonic Plays 2001 A Space Odyssey
The New York Philharmonic performed music from 2001 A Space Odyssey on Friday as part of a new initiative, The Art of the Score.


UPDATE 1-Densely populated Hong Kong battens down as typhoon approaches
HONG KONG, Sept 22 (Reuters) - A powerful typhoon headed towards the southern Chinese city of Hong Kong, one of the most densely populated cities on Earth, on Sunday amid warnings of severe flooding as well as strong winds in the event of a direct hit.


Kenya death toll rises
Sept. 22 - Witnesses tell of their ordeal as the armed siege of a shopping mall unfolds in Nairobi and death toll grows. Paul Chapman reports.


Letters of grief to Jacqueline Kennedy brought to life in film
BOSTON (Reuters) - Three days after U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in 1963, some 45,000 condolence letters addressed to his young widow, Jacqueline Kennedy, poured into the White House.


Hit political blogger Nate Silver on future of predictive modeling
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nate Silver is an oxymoron come to life the famous statistician.


Today's Economist Yellens Credentials to Lead the Fed
Janet Yellens experience at the San Francisco Fed, on the Fed board and at the White House well qualifies her to lead the Federal Reserve, and Thomas Hoenig would be a worthy No. 2, an economist writes.


Merkel's conservatives shy of absolute majority-TV projections
BERLIN, Sept 22 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives are just shy of winning an absolute majority of seats in parliament, according to television projections on Sunday night.


Coaches share their wisdom
The world's best golf coaches share their wisdom with CNN's Living Golf.


Mystery letterbox may soon vanish
Sept. 11 - A red postbox has mysteriously appeared in the middle of a bridge in Sonning-on-Thames, Berkshire. Tara Cleary reports.


Intimacy on the Web, With a Crowd
Pornography by webcam is a money-making opportunity in a business eroded by the distribution of free sexual content on the Internet.


China Plans Its First Unmanned Moon Landing This Year
The mission, due by the end of 2013, will be the countrys first soft landing on an extraterrestrial body, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.


New wingman for Fidelity star Danoff could be his successor
BOSTON (Reuters) - Fidelity Investments' superstar portfolio manager Will Danoff has a new partner helping him run $120 billion in assets and there is a chance this wingman could become his eventual...


BRIEF-AstraZeneca says EU agency backs influenza vaccine Fluenz Tetra
Sept 20 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca PLC * Fluenz Tetra receives positive CHMP opinion in EU * Should the EC approve Fluenz Tetra, it will replace Fluenz from the 2014-2015 flu season * Source text for Eikon * For more news, please click here


Deadly storms batter Mexico
Mexico grappled Monday with a deadly double-punch of tropical weather.


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.


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Our best photos from the last 24 hours.


Court orders bus tsunami payout
In the first ruling of its kind in Japan, a court has ordered a kindergarten to pay almost $2 million to the parents of four of five children who were killed after staff put them on a bus that drove straight into the path of an oncoming tsunami.


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