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Thousands Rally Nationwide in Support of an Immigration Overhaul
With the focus on the government shutdown and a battle over health care and debt funding, few in Congress are giving much thought to immigration issues.


Meet the new Miss World
A new Miss World was crowned Saturday, and though she competed as Miss Philippines, she hails from the United States.


Speed of Eagles Gives Giants Pause
The Giants have simulated Chip Kellys fast-paced offense, which leads the league in yards per play and rushing yards but has struggled in the red zone.


Nowhere to Look but Ahead for Winless Giants
After four games they would rather forget, the Giants are left to focus on what safety Antrel Rolle called the 12-game season remaining.


Economic Reports for the Week Ahead
The European Parliament weighs how to regulate electronic cigarettes, while JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo kick off Wall Streets third-quarter earnings season on Friday.


Europe Threatens Gazprom With Antitrust Action
The European Union's two-year investigation into the company's practices has already created tensions with Russia's president, Vladimir V. Putin.


U.S. shutdown drags on, House votes to pay furloughed workers
Oct. 5 - House Democrats, Republicans pass a bill to retroactively pay furloughed federal workers once the government reopens, but there's no end in sight for the government shutdown. Mana Rabiee reports.


UPDATE 3-Tropical Storm Karen drops to a depression off U.S. Gulf coast
NEW ORLEANS, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Karen weakened to a depression as it hovered off the Louisiana coast on Saturday after earlier fears it would reach hurricane strength prompted the...


Tottenham fans defy police 'Yid' warning
Faced with the threat of arrest, fans of an English soccer club defy police Sunday by chanting an anti-Semitic term which they claim to have appropriated in a positive manner.


Nowhere to Look but Ahead for Winless Giants
After four games they would rather forget, the Giants are left to focus on what safety Antrel Rolle called the 12-game season remaining.


A Federal Budget Crisis Months in the Planning
The stand by conservatives that led to the current crisis was the outgrowth of a long-running effort, waged by a galaxy of well-funded groups, to undo President Obamas health care law.


Well Pastas for Fall
This week, Martha Rose Shulman takes the last of her summer vegetables to make fast and delicious pasta for a healthful fall meal.


You're the Boss Blog Today in Small Business Holiday Hiring
Leasing of business equipment declines. E-mail marketing isnt improving. Is the out-of-office auto-response message dying?


As Obama's Asia "pivot" falters, China steps into the gap
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 (Reuters) - When then U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared two years ago "We are back to stay" as a power in Asia, the most dramatic symbol of the policy shift was the planned deployment of 2,500 U.S. Marines in northern Australia, primed to respond to any regional conflict.


Rare gold coin sells for nearly priceless amount
Sept. 24 - Rare 1880 Stella coin makes $2.5 million at auction. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).


Death toll in Egyptian clashes rises to 28 - state media
CAIRO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The casualty toll in clashes during protests in Egypt on Sunday has risen to 28 dead and 94 wounded, state news agency MENA quoted the health ministry as saying.


Mexico monster truck accident kills 8, including kids, injures 79
MEXICO CITY, Oct 6 (Reuters) - At least eight people, including three children, were killed and 79 were wounded when a monster truck careened into a crowd at a show in northern Mexico, an official at the public prosecutor's office in the city of Chihuahua said on Sunday.


'I'm the original voice of Siri'
For the past two years, she's been a pocket and purse accessory to millions of Americans. She's starred alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Zooey Deschanel. She's provided weather forecasts and restaurant tips, been mocked as useless and answered absurd questions about what she's wearing.


China's Xi says political solution for Taiwan can't wait forever
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping told a senior envoy from self-ruled Taiwan on Sunday that a political solution to a standoff over sovereignty lasting more than six decades cannot be postponed forever, drawing a cool, non-committal response.


T Magazine On View | A Curious Path to Auction for Indias Modernist Furniture
The artist Amie Siegel realized the elegant midcentury chairs and tables she saw in an auction catalog were the same that had been left stacked in decaying piles in Chandigarh, the first built-from-scratch city in postcolonial India.


Workers and employers face off at U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Workplace disputes pepper the docket of cases the U.S. Supreme Court will take up during a nine-month term starting on Monday, with the justices having delivered a string of victories to businesses and employers in their last term.


Violence unsettles oil production
MME's John defterios sits down with Hussain Al-Shahristani, the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy.


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.


Well Reading Selections in the Study on Empathy
The reading materials were used in one or more of the experiments in the study on empathy by David Comer Kidd and Emanuele Castano.


Obama Points to Legitimate Concerns Over Redskins Name
The long-simmering debate over the Washington Redskins name took a new turn when President Obama said that he would consider changing it if he owned the team.


With Gusto and a Few Hiccups, Rose Makes an Electric Return to the Court
After being out for 526 days with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, Derrick Rose, the Chicago Bulls star guard, rejoined the team.


Dashboard Today in Small Business When Your Biggest Client Disappears
Four small-business myths about the Affordable Care Act, ADP reports fewer new jobs than expected and one of the most successful marketing campaigns in history.


No. 13 South Carolina Wins 35-28 Minus Clowney
Steve Spurrier promised this week to be more positive about No. 13 South Carolina. It was hard, though, to hide his displeasure about Jadeveon Clowney's absence.


In Transit Blog A Major Photography Museum in Marrakesh
The worlds largest photography museum is scheduled to open in Marrakesh in 2016.


Well Statins May Reduce Gum Disease Risk
A new study suggests statins may have a beneficial side effect reducing gum inflammation, which is a known risk factor for plaque buildup in arteries.


Sotheby's adopts "poison pill" after Loeb raises stake
Oct 4 (Reuters) - Sotheby's adopted a "poison pill" to ward off an unwanted takeover, two days after activist investor Daniel Loeb's Third Point LLC announced that it raised its stake in the...


WRAPUP 3-Boehner says U.S. on path to default if Obama won't negotiate
* House speaker says not enough votes to pass "clean" spending bill


Making Over Clergy Fashion
Even fashions for the clergy change every century or so.


Africa's inspiring spray can art
Street art has forever been a vibrant tool of personal expression manifesting in a variety of unique ways. In Africa it comes in the form of beautifully painted shop fronts, alternative methods of political campaigning and striking murals designed to inspire.


Why shutdown is huge cost to science
Physics professor says shutdown could risk Hubble's astronomy.


NEWSMAKER Carney on IMF, inflation how he got his new job
Incoming Bank of England governor Mark Carney explains where he differs with the IMF on austerity, central bank inflation targeting and how he was made Bank of England chief even though he's Canadian.


From NZ leader to U.N. heavyweight
There isn't much that rattles former New Zealand PM Helen Clark. But how has she become the third most powerful person at the United Nations?


Boehner says U.S. on path to default if Obama won't negotiate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican House Speaker John Boehner vowed on Sunday not to raise the U.S. debt ceiling without a "serious conversation" about what is driving the debt, while Democrats said it was irresponsible and reckless to raise the possibility of a U.S. default.


ArtsBeat Departing Director Conducts Locked-Out Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, who resigned as music director of the Minnesota Orchestra on Tuesday, conducted the players, who have been locked out for more than a year in a labor dispute.


Ashlan Gorse and Philippe Cousteau Jr. Across a Crowded Room
An explorer and environmental activist, who is also a grandson of the late Jacques-Yves Cousteau, marries a television correspondent and former model, in France.


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