| Latest worldwide news | Giant duck conquers Taiwan | | | Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman's giant rubber duck tours arrives in Taiwan, is expected to draw 3 million spectators. |
| Royal baby a retail giant | | | UK retailers are riding the wave of excitement over Prince William and Kate Middletons baby all the way to the bank. Spending, from collectibles to celebratory libations, is expected to exceed $300 million. |
| Italy migrant tragedy unveils plight of survivors | | | LAMPEDUSA, Italy (Reuters) - The survivors of a shipwreck off Sicily two days ago live in terrible conditions and face criminal prosecution, a delegation of lawmakers and officials said on Saturday... |
| First floating turbine seeks winds of change in U.S. | | | Sept. 29 - North America's first floating wind turbine, launched in May, is being hailed as a prototype for a future US offshore energy industry. While the small "pilot phase" unit, sitting off the Maine coast, produces only enough electricity to power four homes, it represents the first stage of a far more ambitious project. Tara Cleary reports. |
| Four reported killed in Egypt clashes | | | After weeks of relative calm, clashes erupted between supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsy and Egyptian Security forces in several areas in Cairo, Nile State TV reported. |
| Currents | Lighting A Lantern to Show the Way | | | Fuzzco, a Charleston creative agency, has opened a pop-up shop featuring collaborative designs. First up, a lighting collection they have created with the Brooklyn studio Workstead. |
| Twitter reveals rip-roaring growth, big losses ahead of IPO | | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc, racing toward the largest Silicon Valley IPO since Facebook Inc's 2012 coming-out party, hopes to woo investors with rip-roaring revenue growth despite having posted big losses over the past three years. |
| Brazils Internacional Fires Dunga | | | Former Brazil coach Dunga was fired by Internacional after a fourth successive defeat in the Brazilian Championship, the club said on Friday. |
| Crosby, Fleury Lead Penguins Over Devils 3-0 | | | The Pittsburgh Penguins stuck with goalie Marc-Andre Fleury in the offseason, convinced two straight playoff meltdowns have not robbed the former Stanley Cup winner of his confidence. |
| Kung fu meets breakdance | | | Tricking is a new sport combining martial arts, gymnastics and dance -- and it has to be seen to be believed. |
| 'Special' teen saves Manchester United | | | Much like his predecessor Alex Ferguson's success in introducing young talent in the 1990s, David Moyes' poor run of results as Manchester United manager is ended by an 18-year-old making his first EPL start. |
| Arielle Haves, Cliff Bayer | | | The bride is a student at New York University School of Medicine. The groom is a managing director for the investment banking division of UBS. |
| Dubai wants to be centre for Islamic business | | | DUBAI, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Dubai unveiled plans on Saturday to become a centre for business that follows Islamic principles in areas from banking and insurance to food processing, tourism and education. |
| Tweeter Home shares explode on apparent Twitter mix-up | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Excitement for Twitter's coming IPO is running pretty high - so much so that some investors on Friday mistook the nearly worthless stock of long-dead electronics retailer Tweeter for the "tweeting" site, sending shares up more than 1,000 percent. |
| The Frenzied Last-Act Effort to Save City Opera | | | In the final days before filing for bankruptcy protection, officials at New York City Opera learned that the 70-year-old company had lost the confidence of the donors it needed to survive. |
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