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News Feed Latest worldwide news ThyssenKrupp talks with hedge funds on share issue DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp , which has said it risks breaching loan covenants, is in talks with hedge funds to persuade them to buy into an issue of new shares,... Tropical storm Karen forms over southeastern Gulf of Mexico NHC (Reuters) - Tropical storm Karen, the 11th named storm of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, has formed over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest bulletin. Carnegie Hall concert goes on, after strike canceled performance NEW YORK (Reuters) - A performance by the American Symphony Orchestra proceeded as planned at New York's Carnegie Hall on Thursday, a day after the famed concert hall canceled a separate performance for the first time in its 122-year history because of a labor dispute. Tom Clancy, Best-Selling Master of Military Thrillers, Dies at 66 Mr. Clancys books were successfully transformed into blockbuster Hollywood films, including Patriot Games, The Hunt for Red October and Clear and Present Danger. US Keeps Lead as Rain Interrupts Presidents Cup Nick Price and Fred Couples stood behind the seventh green, just long enough to get a snapshot of the exceptional golf Friday at the Presidents Cup. Well Living With Cancer Feeling Older Than My Age Sometimes cancer and its treatments make me feel as if I have entered a time machine that accelerates aging. The Learning Network Blog Poetry Pairing | September Midnight At the start of autumn, we present a Poetry Pairing featuring September Midnight, a poem by Sara Teasdale that was published in 1914, and an article from 2012, Finding Zen in a Patch of Nature. FOREX-Euro eyes 2013 peak, dollar hamstrung by Washington impasse * Euro holds firm, not far from this year's peak of $1.3711 Currents | QA Musings on a Structure for Heaven The architect Alexander Gorlin on his new book, Kabbalah in Art and Architecture. The Learning Network Blog Test Yourself | Editing Practice, Oct. 4, 2013 Can you identify the punctuation missing from a sentence in the article? Butler Loses F Jones for Season to Wrist Injury Butler's turbulent offseason isn't showing any signs of slowing down. Ineos writes down value of UK Grangemouth petchem plant to zero LONDON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Oil refiner Ineos has written down the value of its Grangemouth, UK petrochemical plant to zero, it said on Friday, further raising the stakes in a complex dispute with workers at the facility who are due to start industrial action next week. Thursdays Matchup Bills (2-2) at Browns (2-2) The Bills travel to Cleveland to take on the Browns. Italy shipwreck No more survivors will be found, rescuers say, after a migrant boat sank off Lampedusa, with the loss of at least 111 people. Hobbled Tropical Storm Karen hovers off U.S. Gulf Coast NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A severely weakened Tropical Storm Karen crept toward the Louisiana coast on Saturday after earlier fears it would reach hurricane strength prompted the evacuation of some coastal areas and disrupted U.S. energy output in the Gulf of Mexico. New York's MoMA exhibition explores Rene Magritte's surrealist work NEW YORK (Reuters) - Belgian painter Rene Magritte's work, featuring men in bowler hats, mysterious landscapes and bright blue skies, may be familiar to many art lovers, but a new exhibition focuses attention on the artist's surrealist pieces. Miriam Carey Was in Car When Police Fired, Official Says Relatives and associates gave differing accounts of the mental state and history of Miriam Carey, who was killed after trying to drive into the White House complex. Brokerages cut down on novice hires, turn to experience NEW YORK (Reuters) - As brokerages search for ways to grow in a tight economy, many firms are cutting back on new adviser training programs and instead investing in experience. Gadgetwise A Tablet for 3-D Spectacles, Minus the Spectacles The Neo3do tablet plays 3-D video and converts standard video into 3-D that you can see without the goofy glasses. Typhoon Usagi hits China, dozens dead At least 25 people have died after Typhoon Usagi slammed into southern China, state media reported Monday. Domestic Lives When a House Falls in the Forest Remembering a childhood home that led to a lifelong appreciation of modernism. Vestas Joins With Mitsubishi for Offshore Turbines The venture will develop Vestass 8-megawatt offshore turbines, each of which can power roughly 8,000 households. Poll Finds Support for de Blasio, if Not All His Ideas By an enormous margin, New York City voters support Bill de Blasio for mayor, though many are concerned about some of his policies, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll. Malala's voice stronger, not silenced The attack was meant to silence the outspoken teenager who dared to defy the Taliban's ban against girls in school. Instead, it only made Malala's voice more powerful. After a school year that started with a shooting, Malala now eyes a summer of speaking at the U.N., telling her story in a new book and amplifying the issue of girls education. 'Breaking Bad' goes out with a bang With Walter White dead, fans everywhere are mourning, celebrating, tallying up bets and discussing what just happened. Was the series finale of "Breaking Bad" satisfying? Did it tie up all loose ends? Did the character you wanted to live survive and did the ones you wanted to die get their just deserts? Is it sending you back to the beginning to binge watch it all over again? A Heaping Helping of Personality Adds a Missing Flavor to the Vanilla Nets Kevin Garnett will very likely emerge as an outsize presence for a Nets team that Coach Jason Kidd said did not have an identity last season. Music Review New York Philharmonic Plays Beethoven and Turnage Alan Gilbert paired Beethovens Ninth Symphony with Mark-Anthony Turnages Frieze, written last year, at the New York Philharmonic on Thursday. GLOBAL MARKETS-Japanese stocks slide, dollar pinned near 8-mth low * Asian shares dip, Samsung Elec Q3 guidance tops expectations Global food prices fall in Sept, FAO trims crop forecasts ROME (Reuters) - Global food prices are not expected to fall much further after their fifth consecutive monthly decline in September, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday, trimming its estimate for 2013/14 world cereals production. U.S. Captures Qaeda Leader Linked to 1998 Bombings Ending a 15-year manhunt, American forces captured a leader of Al Qaeda known as Abu Anas el-Liby, who was indicted in the 1998 bombings of the embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, United States officials said. Saving orphans or child trafficking? As international adoption becomes more difficult, a growing number of voices are pushing to reduce restrictions. That's a mistake, critics say. UPDATE 1-Jana Partners takes large stake in Redbox operator Outerwall Oct 4 (Reuters) - Activist investor Jana Partners LLC reported a 13.5 percent stake in Outerwall Inc and said it intends to explore options, including a possible sale, for the operator of the Redbox video rental kiosks. Ormet says shutting Ohio aluminum smelter immediately NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ormet Corp will immediately close its 270,000-tonne-per-year aluminum smelter in Hannibal, Ohio, a casualty of historically low metal prices and "uncontrollable" power costs, the company said on Friday. The greatest F1 driver ever? Who is the greatest F1 driver of all time? Past and present drivers give their verdict on the contenders to CNN. Op-Ed Contributor Why Italians Love Francis The new pope, a former bouncer, is shaking up Rome. 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. Immelt Economic efficiencies drive China ahead Jan 19 - In an exclusive interview with Reuters Global Editor-at-Large Chrystia Freeland, GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt says a large and educated workforce is fueling China's strength and not simply a deflated yuan. U.S. hearing postponed for accused operator of Silk Road online drug bazaar SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal magistrate judge postponed a bail hearing on Friday for the alleged mastermind of the Silk Road online drug bazaar in order to give the 29-year-old's lawyer more time to prepare. 'Mall was always full of friends' CNN's Zain Verjee, @zainverjeecnn, explains why the Westgate terror attack felt so personal. Lee Thornton, Ex-White House Reporter, Dies at 71 The first black woman to cover the White House for CBS News, Ms. Thornton also was a co-host of All Things Considered on NPR, a news program producer for CNN and a teacher of journalism.

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