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Books of The Times In David and Goliath, Gladwell Explores Two Ideas
Malcolm Gladwell sets out to explore two ideas in his new book that there is greatness and beauty in David-Goliath fights; and that we consistently get these kinds of conflicts wrong.


The Latino footprint in America
Once upon a time, the Latino presence in the United States was largely a regional phenomenon, and outside the Southwest, a big-city one. Mexicans and Mexican-Americans were concentrated in the border and Western states, with an outpost in the Great Lakes states; Cubans in South Florida and the Northeast; Puerto Ricans in New York and its suburbs. Certainly not exclusively, but the pattern was largely in place by World War II and remained that way for decades.


'Rush' F1's death or glory days
F1's wacky races run during the 1970s provided the sport with some of its most celebrated and reviled moments which are now the subject of two feature-length films released this autumn.


Op-Ed Contributor A Pause, Not an End, to Warming
The lull is consistent with historic temperature variability.


Gunmen open fire on sleeping college students in Nigeria
Under the cover of darkness, gunmen approached a dormitory in a rural Nigerian town and opened fire, killing and wounding students who sleeping.


DealBook Insider Trading Trial of Mavericks Owner Is Under Way
Oral arguments began Tuesday in the insider trading case against Mark Cuban.


Worried About Land Grabs, Group Presses 3 Corporations to Disclose Sugar Purchases
Oxfam accused Pepsico, Coca-Cola and Associated British Foods of buying from Brazilian and Cambodian plantations that reportedly took land from farmers without proper compensation.


US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St trims losses; Nasdaq turns positive
NEW YORK, Oct 2 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks trimmed losses in afternoon trading on Wednesday with the Nasdaq briefly turning positive.


GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, dollar fall on 2nd day of U.S. shutdown
* Euro at 8-month high; ECB holds rates, Italian crisis eases


EMERGING MARKETS-Brazil stock index slips while Oi shares soar
* Brazil telecom Oi to merge with Portugal Telecom * Brazil Bovespa falls 0.15 pct, Mexico IPC down 0.54 pct SAO PAULO, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Brazilian stocks traded slightly lower on Wednesday, a day after their biggest daily gain in nearly two weeks, though shares of telecommunications firm Oi SA soared after the company announced it would merge with Portugal Telecom. Mexico's IPC index fell for the fourth session in five, while Chile's bourse sank. Brazil's benchmark Bovespa stoc


US STOCKS-Wall St ends lower on worries of prolonged shutdown
* Obama to meet with congressional leaders as shutdown extends to second day


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?


No. 11 Oklahoma Gets TCU Before Rival Texas
The three-game stretch with Notre Dame, TCU and Texas in successive weeks loomed large for No. 11 Oklahoma at the start of the season.


NEWSMAKER Liberia must become a manufacturing economy
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says her country must move away from its reliance on commodity exports and won't be able to sustain job growth unless it focuses on manufacturing.


NBC Scraps Hillary Clinton Mini-Series
The project drew strong opposition from Republicans, who saw it as a potential boon to Mrs. Clinton as she considers a run for president in 2016.


Hormone therapy not for disease prevention study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hormone therapy may help some women manage hot flashes during menopause. But it should not be used to prevent conditions like heart disease and dementia, a new study confirms.


Star of NASA Planet Hunting Falls Idle With Broken Parts
NASA says it will look for a new mission for its Kepler spacecraft, which has broken wheels but a perfect telescope.


Rare white lion cubs born at S Korean zoo
October 2 - Visitors coo over the newest faces at a S Korean zoo. Sharon Reich reports


Greenpeace vows to appeal Russia's piracy charges
Oct. 2 - Greenpeace rejects Russia's charging of five members of the group with piracy for a protest last month against Arctic oil drilling. Nathan Frandino reports.


Doctor Ice's quest for Olympic glory
It is akin to Sebastian Vettel designing his own Formula One car, getting in the cockpit and driving it to the world title.


How Rose shines under pressure
CNN's Alex Thomas speaks with U.S. Open Champion Justin Rose, the first Englishman to claim the title since 1970.


UPDATE 1-Cisco, Facebook to work with businesses to expand free Wi-Fi use
NEW YORK, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc and Facebook Inc said on Wednesday they will work with big businesses such as hotels and retailers to provide free wireless Internet access to consumers who sign in using a Facebook log-in.


Israel Gutman, Who Survived and Documented Holocaust, Dies at 90
Professor Gutman took part in the Warsaw ghetto uprising, survived three Nazi concentration camps and wrote about the Jews of Poland, the Jewish resistance and Auschwitz.


T Magazine The Scene | Paris Fashion Week Valentino
Scenes from the Paris Fashion Week photo diary of Sonny Vandevelde.


Whats Also Under the Bridges
A roundup of events at the Dumbo Arts festival this weekend.


The Learning Network Blog Whats Going On in This Picture? | Sept. 30, 2013
On Mondays, we publish a New York Times photo without a caption, headline or other information about its origins. Join the conversation by posting about what you see, and why. Live moderation is offered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern time.


Marijuana The Uruguayan model
Views on marijuana are shifting, but nearly everywhere, it is too early to talk about substantive changes to drug policies.


The Latino footprint in America
Ray Suarez says Latinos are unique among American immigrants They were long-settled inhabitants of what would become the United States when the Declaration of Independence was written


Stern Advice-How to shop during Breast Cancer Awareness Month
NEW YORK, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Every October, my book group drops its strictly literary agenda and spends a weekend shopping the outlets at the Delaware shore. We love the fall weather, but there's another reason for the timing October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the malls sell pink cards for $1 each that get us 20 percent discounts on purchases and raise money for breast cancer research.


Woes Continue for Giants as Snee Considers Surgery
With guard Chris Snee weighing season-ending hip surgery, the Giants signed the former Eagles center Dallas Reynolds and cut DaRel Scott, the teams second leading rusher.


'Rush' F1's death or glory days
F1's wacky races run during the 1970s provided the sport with some of its most celebrated and reviled moments which are now the subject of two feature-length films released this autumn.


'Unsafe' plane hurts Tonga tourism
Latest problem with Chinese-made MA60 turboprop reignites concerns over the plane's safety.


Theater Review Not What Happened, a Next Wave Festival Play
Not What Happened, by Ain Gordon, looks at how we interpret the past.


Case Against Greek Far-Right Party Draws Critics
Efforts to eradicate the Golden Dawn party have raised questions about legality and concerns about drawing sympathy for the neo-fascist group.


Breakingviews Deflating strategic reserves
Sept. 30 - Reynolds Holding and Robert Cyran discuss the U.S. government's botched sale of helium stockpiles and why socking away valuable resources rarely makes sense.


Website development platform Wix.com files for $100 million IPO
(Reuters) - Wix.com Ltd, which helps companies build and operate websites, filed with the U.S. regulators on Tuesday to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering.


Lotus hopeful on Raikkonen
Eric Boullier, the Team Principal of Lotus F1, on the future of Kimi Raikkonen and the team's hopes for the remainder of the season.


Israel Gutman, Who Survived and Documented Holocaust, Dies at 90
Professor Gutman took part in the Warsaw ghetto uprising, survived three Nazi concentration camps and wrote about the Jews of Poland, the Jewish resistance and Auschwitz.


TransCanada plans end-2013 start for southern leg of Keystone XL
CALGARY, Alberta, Oct 2 (Reuters) - The southern portion of TransCanada Corp's 700,000 bpd Keystone XL oil pipeline is 95 percent complete and the company is focused on the line starting by the end of 2013, a TransCanada spokesman said on Wednesday.


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