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News Feed Latest worldwide news Editor's choice Our best photos from the last 24 hours. Cole, Pirates Reverse Roles, Top Cards, Tie Series Gerrit Cole and the Pittsburgh Pirates played a game of role reversal, and pulled even with the St. Louis Cardinals. FOREX-Dollar rises from 8-month low but shutdown, debt limit weigh * Dollar near eight-month low on U.S. government shutdown Out There Stars, Gold, Dung Beetles and Us Its hard to imagine a more humbling connection between the microscopic and the massive than that of a bug who navigates its carefully wrought investment by the light of the Milky Way. Charles Taylor Sentence upheld An international court in the Netherlands ruled Thursday to uphold the 50-year sentence handed down last year to Liberia's former president, Charles Taylor, after he was convicted of aiding war crimes in neighboring Sierra Leone. Leak prompts al Qaeda change Officials say al Qaeda is changing its communication methods after learning the U.S. intercepted some of its messages. UPDATE 1-Memories of Facebook cloud Twitter's IPO SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 4 (Reuters) - When Facebook Inc was preparing to go public last year, the telephones at Granite Investment Advisors rang off the hook as clients called about the social media's... French floor company Tarkett readies 2.5 billion euro IPO FT (Reuters) - French floor maker Tarkett, which is 50 percent owned by U.S. private equity firm KKR , is set to launch an initial public offering that could value the company at as much as 2.5 billion... The Softness, the Crunch, the Nostalgia of the Fish Taco Fish tacos are a nearly perfect food, but hold the salsa. And some object to the avocado. Novel by Michael Hastings to Be Published Posthumously The journalist and author, who died in a car crash in June, had been working on a novel based on his own life, which will be released next summer. With Federal Wallet Closed, States Consider Opening Theirs Governors across the United States are contemplating the use of state funds to keep closed parks and programs operating until the deadlock in Washington is broken. T Magazine Seven Days of Style | Saint Laurent Snubs Colette, Barneys Does Blowouts, and Marc Jacobs Says Goodbye Plus, the new face of Lancme, what modern couples are going dutch on now, and more as we run the numbers from the last week in style and culture. Five ways to quit your job in style Fed up with your boss? Can't think of the best way to exit stage left? Check out our list of some of the most memorable ways people have quit their jobs. BP boosts FTSE 100 but U.S. worries keep index in check LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 rose on Thursday, boosted by heavyweight BP which won a rare legal battle related to its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but ongoing U.S. government shutdown... Insight Little-known Hollywood investor poised to score with Twitter IPO LOS ANGELES/ SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When Twitter goes public in coming weeks, one of the biggest winners will be a 47-year-old financier who guards his secrecy so zealously that he employs a person to take down his Wikipedia entry and scrub his picture from the Internet. Can a case boost your iPhone 5's WiFi? Check the Linkase The Linkase for iPhone 5 boasts up to a 50 percent boost in Wi-Fi signal strength thanks to a small electromagnetic waveguide extension. Does it work? See for yourself in these mobile speedtests where Wi-Fi is usually terrible. For Lego, rising wealth means more play - and business SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The boss of Lego Group carries two business cards - one the usual kind and the other a Lego mini-figure in his likeness, complete with beard and glasses, with contact details on... Travel Warnings for Madagascar After Europeans Are Killed The mob killing, prompted by the discovery of mutilated body of a boy, is the latest blow to a country struggling to emerge from turmoil. Sports Briefing | Tennis Raonic Wins Title in Upset Milos Raonic upset top-seeded Tomas Berdych, 7-6 (4), 6-3, to win the Thailand Open in Bangkok. Global Shopper Louis Vuitton Revives Travel for the Genteel Louis Vuittons pop-up store in Paris takes shoppers back to a golden age of travel. Dawn of the super-ports? How are ports adapting to cope with the dominant new generation of giant cargo ships? Goc, Panthers Spoil Debut of Stars' Ruff, 4-2 Marcel Goc scored two third-period goals, and the Florida Panthers spoiled Lindy Ruff's debut as Dallas coach with a 4-2 victory against the Stars in the season opener on Thursday night. Echmiadzin Journal Armenian Church, Survivor of the Ages, Faces Modern Hurdles Leaders of the Apostolic Church, which has outlasted conquest, genocide and government-imposed atheism, are confronting challenges like entrenched secularism and disaffection with organized religion. U.N. nuclear agency sends new Fukushima expert mission VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear agency said on Friday it would send an international team of experts to Japan later this month to look into efforts to clean up affected areas around the crippled Fukushima atomic power plant. Golf Capsules Another rain delay cut short some exceptional golf Friday in the Presidents Cup. DealBook BlackBerry Said to Be of Interest to Cerberus It was not clear whether a confidentiality agreement would ultimately lead to a bid for BlackBerry, which has also received a preliminary bid for $9 a share from its largest shareholder. Movie Review Grace Unplugged, Starring AJ Michalka and James Denton Grace Unplugged takes its title character to Los Angeles for a career in the music industry and, ultimately, some life lessons from the Bible. Rookie Spieth Fired Up for Presidents Cup Challenge PGA Tour rookie Jordan Spieth is relishing teaming up with veteran Steve Stricker for the United States in Thursday's opening fourball matches against the Internationals at the 10th Presidents Cup. Half of British pilots admit to falling asleep in cockpit - survey LONDON (Reuters) - More than half of British airline pilots say they have fallen asleep in the cockpit, a survey said, ahead of an EU vote on flying hours which a pilots' association said could compromise flight safety. Pitino, One of 12 Inductees, Recalls Great Journey Rick Pitino, who has led three teams to the Final Four, winning two N.C.A.A. championships, was among those enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Reforms urged to make UN climate reports shorter, more focused OSLO (Reuters) - Climate experts on a U.N. panel should focus more on shorter reports on specialist subjects such as extreme weather in a shift from sweeping overviews of the kind being prepared this week in Stockholm, many scientists and governments say. Judge bikers without bias Danny Cevallos asks, in a potential trial in the driver assault case that pits a young man in a noisy biker rally against a dad in an SUV, can bias be overcome? 'Gravity' out of this world In "Gravity," George Clooney plays a veteran astronaut who looks amusingly like Buzz Lightyear, and Sandra Bullock is a medical engineer who is taking her first voyage into space and is having a hard time keeping her lunch down. Black men in pain need help Michaela Angela Davis says the case of Aaron Alexis shows how we need to pay more attention to the inner lives of black men. Don't play with fire on U.S. debt, say policymakers worldwide WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top officials of U.S. and international financial institutions ramped up warnings on Thursday that failure to raise the U.S. debt ceiling to prevent the world's largest economy... Somali Militants Mixing Business and Terror The Shabab, which claimed responsibility for the deadly mall siege in Nairobi, Kenya, makes money through illegal endeavors and even employs a team of accountants. Jessica Marie Krilivsky, Daniel Whitney Jr. The couple are associates at a Towson, Md., law firm. Week 5 Probabilities Why Offense Is More Important Than Defense You would think that in a symmetric zero-sum sport like football, offense and defense are equally important to winning. Jazz Listings for Oct. 4-10 A selected guide to jazz performances in New York. The Lede Drones Are Flying, Despite U.S. Shutdown Pakistanis ask, Are the drones still flying?

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