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Home made cars speed through
October 29 - Colombia's Medellin hosts annual roller cart festival.


Vocations For a Traveling Nurse, Freedom to Roam
Becoming a traveling nurse with good pay, a varied work environment and no office politics has been a good career choice for Monica Parks, 43, of South Carolina.


UPDATE 3-Barclays joins banks helping with forex probe
* CEO Jenkins says to exceed 80 bln stg asset reduction plan


Gadgetwise Review JBL Spark Bluetooth Speaker
The JBL Spark Bluetooth has mediocre sound quality, and needs to be plugged into the wall, but it is colorful.


Web.com shares fall after short-seller report
Oct 30 (Reuters) - Web.Com Group Inc's shares fell as much as 12 percent after a research group said the internet domain name registrar had changed past financial statements ahead of a debt offering...


ON THE MOVE-UBS lands team of four advisers from Merrill Lynch
NEW YORK, Oct 30 (Reuters) - UBS AG unit Wealth Management Americas said on Wednesday it hired a team of four financial advisers for its UBS Private Wealth Management office in Los Angeles.


Of Fact, Fiction and Defibrillators
Dick Cheney writes that to prevent terrorists from sending a fatal shock to his defibrillator, he had his doctors disable the wireless capability. Could somebody really kill you that way?


Profiling Complaints by Black Shoppers Followed Changes to Stores Security Policies
At least one shopper who was stopped after leaving Barneys has filed suit charging discrimination.


Dance Review Intermezzo Makes Its Debut, at the 92nd Street Y
In his new company, Intermezzo, Craig Salstein is a catalyst, bringing together dancers, choreographers and what he calls, in a mission statement, the great composers.


Global Soccer Time for UEFA to Stand Up, Not Back Off
If Yaya Tour's allegations of racial abuse by fans in Moscow hold up, the ruling body of European soccer needs to stand up for human rights.


The Who's Roger Daltrey performs at the U.S. Capitol
Oct. 30 - The Who's frontman, Roger Daltrey, performs Ben E. King's classic "Stand by Me" at an unveiling ceremony of a bust of Winston Churchill in the U.S. Capitol. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).


Wealth
Want to buy an Irish castle? For those of means, the price is right.


Six people killed in apparent murder-suicide in South Carolina
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A South Carolina man shot and killed his girlfriend and four members of her family, including two children, before turning the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide spurred by a custody dispute, police said on Wednesday.


Russian Bolshoi dancer denies ordering acid attack as trial starts
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to ordering an acid attack that nearly blinded the Bolshoi ballet's artistic director, and a jobless former convict...


Profiling Complaints by Black Shoppers Followed Changes to Stores Security Policies
At least one shopper who was stopped after leaving Barneys has filed suit charging discrimination.


White House concerned over Senate vote on mortgage regulator
WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The Obama administration expressed concern on Wednesday that Republicans may block a vote in the U.S. Senate on the nomination of the president's choice to regulate...


Octonauts Series Adds Federal Partner in Ocean Awareness
An office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will collaborate with Octonauts, an animated preschool show about undersea adventuring.


U.S. spy agency's defense Europeans did it too
WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The political uproar over alleged U.S. eavesdropping on close European allies has produced an unusual defense from the National Security Agency NSA says it was the Europeans themselves who did the spying, and then handed data to the Americans.


UPDATE 1-JP Morgan puts London FX chief on leave, Citi reported to do same
LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - JP Morgan has put its chief currency dealer in London, Richard Usher, on leave, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, and Bloomberg reported Citigroup Inc...


Sprint promises higher data speeds than rivals
BURLINGAME, California (Reuters) - Sprint Corp promised to gradually offer wireless data speeds far in excess of those offered by bigger rivals like Verizon, as it hopes to use recently acquired wireless airwaves to regain market share.


Obamacare data hub works for some states, but website is slow
Oct 30 (Reuters) - The federal data hub was operating again for the 14 state exchanges on Wednesday after the second outage this week in the data center where it is based, restoring a key link used to enroll Americans in the new health insurance exchanges, a government official said on Wednesday.


Rangers Rally in 3rd to Beat Islanders 3-2
The New York Rangers' last two wins have been satisfyingly similar.


McIlroy beats Woods in Chinese money match
Rory McIlroy has had a 2013 to forget but chose a lucrative exhibition match with World No.1 Tiger Woods in China to give promise of a return to his stellar best at season's end.


What happened to Malala's friend?
Today we can tell the remarkable story of Shazia Ramzan, a 15-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl.


N.F.L. Roundup Alworths Super Bowl Ring Is Found
Lance Alworths Super Bowl ring, which was stolen in 1992, has been recovered.


Dark Matter Experiment Has Detected Nothing, Researchers Say Proudly
Physicists based in a former mine in South Dakota said Wednesday that they had not found the particles thought to make up a quarter of the cosmos, but they took hope from how clearly they did not see anything.


App Smart Singing With Monsters and Playing Some Tunes
Games with a music element have been tailored for smartphones.


Fracking Fight Focuses on a New York Towns Ban
A lawsuit against a zoning ordinance that effectively banning hydraulic fracturing in Dryden, N.Y., could decide the future of the oil and gas industry in the state.


8 incredible African photographers
African photographers are giving voice to their own experiences like never before. Here are eight of the continent's best up-and-coming photographers.


In Boston, Obama Will Point to a Health Laws Success
President Obama will speak in Faneuil Hall, where the Massachusetts health plan was signed into law, and is expected to underscore similarities to the Affordable Care Act.


Learning From Veterans, Giants Lineman Earns Trust and Playing Time
Center Jim Cordle, set to play against the Eagles on Sunday in his fourth N.F.L. start, has helped solidify the offensive line after injuries to David Baas and others.


Chipotle vs. Taco Bell Einhorns short put to the taste test - Felix TV
David Einhorn, the investor known for betting against stocks like Green Mountain Coffee, now is targeting Chipotle Mexican Grill, saying it will face significant competition from "a resurgent Taco Bell." We put his theory to the taste test with Reuters blogger Felix Salmon, Reuters Social Media Editor Anthony De Rosa and Food and Wine Restaurant Editor Kate Krader. (October 3, 2012)


Well Concussions and the Classroom
The American Academy of Pediatrics on Sunday released new recommendations regarding students who return to school following a concussion.


Seeking dark matter, a mile below Earth
A mile down in an old gold mine in South Dakota, physicists in a state-of-the-art lab are searching for their version of gold -- the elusive "dark matter."


Lockheed signs deal to design largest ocean thermal electric plant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leading U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin signed a contract on Wednesday to design the biggest power station fueled by differences in ocean temperatures, a 10-megawatt plant that would provide electricity for a new Asian resort.


'Egypt's Jon Stewart' in hot water
Bassem Youssef, the comedian known as "Egypt's Jon Stewart," is drawing fire for his criticism of Egypt's military.


India Ink The Worlds of Dayanita Singh
Celebrated artist Dayanita Singh explores fluidity and mobility in her new work.


Conservative groups pouring millions of dollars into ad war against Obamacare
WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Buoyed by the troubled rollout of President Barack Obama's healthcare law, conservative groups are pouring millions of dollars into advertising campaigns that portray Obamacare as a disaster and target several Democratic senators who have supported the law.


How 'Black Sox' threw series
Bob Greene says when the Chicago White Sox purposely lost the World Series in 1919, one clever reporter let the team's manager say it without saying it


Surfer takes on monster wave
A Brazilian surfer who may have set a new world record tells CNN what it was like to ride a 100-foot wave in Portugal. It's not yet clear whether it's the biggest wave ever surfed.


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