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Balloon Ride to Offer Expansive View, for a Price
World View, a new space tourism company, unveiled its plans on Tuesday to loft passengers to the stratosphere as early as 2015, not by rocket but by giant balloon.


Dance Review John Heginbothams Dark Theater, at BAM
Saties music and a contemporary choreographers movement combine in John Heginbothams Dark Theater, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.


Dolly Parton tired, sore, resting after crash
Dolly Parton suffered minor injuries in a traffic crash at a Nashville intersection on Monday, according to the singer and police.


New two-hormone Roche drug shows promise in diabetes, obesity
LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - An experimental drug that mimics the effects of two naturally occurring hormones appears to work significantly better than existing single-hormone medicines against...


Lee Wins Asia-Pacific to Earn Masters Invitation
Lee Chang-woo of South Korea won the Asia-Pacific Amateur by three shots Sunday to earn a trip to the Masters in April.


Ralph Pellecchio, James Wernz
A special counsel for Citigroup in Manhattan and an attending physician at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn are married by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.


Bubba on shaping shots
Defending Masters champion Bubba Watson talks family, Golf Boys, that playoff and shows us how he shapes those shots.


U.S. meat-labeling law, a WTO issue, now farm bill target
WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Members of a select House-Senate panel on Wednesday targeted for potential repeal a U.S. meat-labeling law that Mexico and Canada have challenged as a violation of world trade rules, and that U.S. meatpackers also oppose.


College Football Roundup Oregon Overpowers U.C.L.A. in Second Half
Byron Marshall ran for 133 yards and 3 touchdowns, and No. 2 Oregon wore down No. 12 U.C.L.A.s stout defense for a victory.


The Hunt After Second Thoughts, a First Home in Bedford Stuyvesant
Fabiola and Donald Roman were looking for a house, but found a co-op apartment fit their lives and budget.


Greenwich Village Zombies Rise From a Grave of Debt
Puppets were reassembled and an army of volunteers readied after organizers of the debt-ridden Village Halloween Parade, canceled last year, held a successful fund-raising drive.


Plane crashes; no one notices
The Federal Aviation Administration says the plane crashed and caught fire overnight but went unnoticed for hours.


RPT-Fitch rates Philadelphia School District's bank bonds 'AA-', underlying 'BB'; outlook negative
NEW YORK, October 30 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings affirms the underlying 'BB' rating to bank bonds corresponding to the following Philadelphia School District, PA (the district) variable rate general...


Advertising Stand Clear of Closing Doors! Protect Your Manicure
The beauty company LOreal is testing a kind of virtual vending machine inside a New York City subway station, which will offer advice and sell cosmetics to passers-by.


Canada again blocks Telus-Mobilicity spectrum deal
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's federal government has rejected a second attempt by big telecommunications company Telus Corp to acquire spectrum licenses from struggling wireless startup Mobilicity, Industry Minister James Moore confirmed on Wednesday.


Bitcoin goes mainstream with ATM in Vancouver coffee shop
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A silver and blue ATM, perched up next to the espresso bar in a trendy Vancouver coffee shop, could launch a new era for the digital currency bitcoin, offering an almost instant...


UPDATE 2-BBC to shrink as it shares in UK spending cuts
* 2,000 jobs to be axed, senior manager roles to be cut


Pope holds crisis talks on fate of Germany's 'luxury bishop'
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis held crisis talks on Thursday on the fate of Germany's "luxury bishop" who is under intense pressure to resign for spending some 31 million euros ($42 million) on an ultra-luxurious residence.


Colombia's anti-terror entrepreneur
Colombian innovator Mauricio Betancur shows off his latest range of defense gadgets in a country facing acute security problems.


DealBook U.S. Attorney to Recommend Lawsuit Against Bank of America Over Mortgages
The bank disclosed in a regulatory filing that it was facing a possible lawsuit over the packaging and selling of mortgage-related investments before the financial crisis of 2008.


Is Google behind mystery barge?
Moored on the waters of San Francisco Bay, just east of Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge, is -- well, a mystery.


RPT-Fitch rates Philadelphia School District's bank bonds 'AA-', underlying 'BB'; outlook negative
NEW YORK, October 30 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings affirms the underlying 'BB' rating to bank bonds corresponding to the following Philadelphia School District, PA (the district) variable rate general...


Plane crashes; no one notices
The Federal Aviation Administration says the plane crashed and caught fire overnight but went unnoticed for hours.


Vatican's 'culture minister' tweets Lou Reed song
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, the Vatican's 71-year-old culture minister, paid his own tribute on Monday to the late rocker Lou Reed, tweeting one of his best-known songs...


Real Life Movies
Hollywood has long drawn on real life for movies -- this year, more than ever! Check out 2013 in "Reel Life."


T Magazine Home/Work | In Belgium, a Housewares Designer Finds Transcendence in Simplicity
After stints as an industrial design student, a runway model and a handbag designer, Michael Verheyden found his calling as a maker of wonderfully elemental objects.


India's obsession with lighter skin
In India, many women are obsessed with lightening their skin. CNN writer Moni Basu recalls her own family's pressures to not get "too dark."


Kenya army hit by looting claims
A month after an attack on Kenya's Westgate Mall claimed at least 67 lives, leaked video footage from inside has sparked anger amid claims that it shows soldiers looting from stores as they hunted for the gunmen.


Moore Wins CIMB Classic in Playoff
Ryan Moore birdied the first hole of a playoff with Gary Woodland on Monday to win the CIMB Classic after an overnight wait caused by thunderstorms.


Golf Rory beats Tiger in China
Rory McIlroy has had a 2013 to forget but chooses 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.


'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.


New Confections, Coconut Chips and More
Recommendations for the week of Oct. 29.


Dining | New Jersey Tailgate Parties Far Beyond Burgers and Dogs
Some football fans are turning to caterers to help elevate the banquet-style celebrations that occur on stadium parking lots.


Cilic Makes Winning Comeback at Paris Masters
In his first match since returning from a four-month doping ban, Marin Cilic beat a qualifier, Igor Sijsling, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4, to reach the second round of the Paris Masters.


Nets Head Into Opener With Assortment of Aches
Brooklyns veteran team was built to make a title run and one of the things that could derail it is injuries.


Top U.S. intelligence chiefs call spying reports "false"
Oct. 29 - The director of the National Security Agency calls reports that the U.S. is spying on millions of European citizens "false" in front of the House Intelligence Committee. Nathan Frandino reports.


Kimberly Chandler Coming Into Her Own
Ms. Chandler, wife of the New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler, skillfully navigates the New York social circuit, where she has recently become a vivid presence.


Afghans to Visit Pakistan for Talks With Ex-Taliban Chief
Senior Afghan officials will travel to Pakistan soon to speak to former Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar following a breakthrough in negotiations during a London summit, the Afghan presidential palace said on Wednesday.


U.S.-based stock funds attract $13.5 billion in latest week ICI
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in U.S.-based mutual funds poured $13.5 billion into stock funds in the latest week on expectations the Federal Reserve would keep its easy money policies intact into...


Instagram prepares for ads
Instagram is easing users into ads with a first look at what the paid posts will look like. And it appears to be a much more cautious approach than Instagram's parent company Facebook took with its early ads.


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