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| Leafs Rally for 3-2 SO Win Over Sabres | | | The Toronto Maple Leafs rallied for two goals in the third-period and then went 15 rounds in the shootout to earn a 3-2 win and hand the Buffalo Sabres their first loss of the preseason Saturday night. |
| Jailed member of Russia's punk band on hunger strike | | | MOSCOW (Reuters) - A jailed member of Russia's Pussy Riot punk band said she was starting a hunger strike on Monday to protest against "slave labor" in her penal colony and said she had received a death threat from a senior prison official. |
| Bessemer goes on defense, on pace for best year | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Portfolio managers at Bessemer Trust, financial adviser to ultra-wealthy U.S. families, took an extremely defensive posture a few weeks ago amid some of the most volatile... |
| Triumphant Merkel starts tough task of seeking coalition | | | BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Angela Merkel began trying to persuade her centre-left rivals to keep her in power on Monday, after her conservatives notched up their best election result in more than two decades but fell short of an absolute majority. |
| Autonomous quadcopter takes humans out of flying equation | | | Sept. 19 - A group of Austrian students has designed a quadcopter which flies autonomously using only the computing power of a smartphone. The reasearchers say the drone could one day be used for search and rescue scenarios or fighting fires without putting humans in harm's way. Jim Drury reports. |
| Squabble Disrupts a Refuge for the Rich | | | The group that runs the Breakers, the Vanderbilt cottage in Newport, R.I., wants to build a visitors center on the grounds, a proposal that has provoked outrage from neighbors. |
| Apps find sitters, overnight lodging for furry friends | | | TORONTO (Reuters) - Dog owners need not worry about leaving their pets at home alone or finding a kennel because new apps can locate and book sitters in their neighborhoods who will lodge, feed and entertain their animals. |
| UK PM's views branded 'ludicrous' | | | British Prime Minister David Cameron has been fiercely criticized following his comments that Tottenham Hotspur supporters should be allowed to use the term 'Yid' in their chants at football matches. |
| Vettel breaks Ferrari hearts at Monza | | | Sebastian Vettel dashes Fernando Alonso's hopes of delivering a home victory for Ferrari at Monza with another commanding drive to win the Italian Grand Prix Sunday. |
| Murray's historic win | | | Andy Murray won Wimbledon, breaking Britain's 77-year drought for a men's singles champion. |
| Exclusive - Oaktree group to sell U.S. foreclosed homes sources | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oaktree Capital Group is leading an effort to put up for sale roughly 500 fully-leased homes, an indication some early investors are looking to cash-out on the recovery in U.S. housing prices, according to sources familiar with the market. |
| White House says up to Congress to avoid government shutdown | | | ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Sept 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama likely will meet with Congressional leaders ahead of the looming Sept. 30 deadline to keep the government funded, but a White House spokesman made it clear on Monday that it is up to Congress to come to an agreement to avoid a government shutdown. |
| Bank of America goes to trial over U.S. mortgage fraud charges | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp heads to trial this week over allegations its Countrywide unit approved deficient home loans in a process called "Hustle," defrauding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the U.S. government enterprises that underwrite mortgages. |
| German stocks - Factors to watch on September 23 | | | BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The DAX top-30 index looked set to open 0.1 percent lower on Monday, according to premarket data from brokerage Lang Schwarz at 0620 GMT. The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks |
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