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COMMODITIES-Natural gas sinks on warm weather, base metals fall
NEW YORK, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Natural gas and base metals led a gentle pull-back in generally lackluster commodity markets on Monday, dragging a key index to a 16-month low for a second day.


Top 2 Candidates Vow to Make City Hall More Faith-Friendly
The two leading candidates have pledged to break with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on a range of issues at the nexus of government and religion.


Chip designers see dollar signs in Bitcoin miners
SUNNYVALE, California (Reuters) - Tucked away in an air conditioned data center in Silicon Valley is a hodgepodge of black boxes, circuit boards and cooling fans owned by 27-year-old Aaron Jackson-Wilde, a modern-day prospector looking for Bitcoins.


News From the Advertising Industry for the Week of Nov. 4
Account assignments, executive appointments and miscellaneous news from advertising agencies.


DryShips loss wider than expected but revenue jumps
(Reuters) - Drybulk shipper and offshore contract driller DryShips Inc's quarterly loss was wider than analysts' estimates as interest and finance costs more than doubled, but the company reported an...


Wealth Matters Jon Huntsman Sr.s Early Calling to Philanthropy
The billionaire businessman is among the few people who have given away more than $1 billion. His focus is on cancer research, but he has supported many causes.


Editor's Choice
Our best photos from the last 24 hours.


Wolverines Hoping for Another Banner Season
John Beilein hopes his team has learned the right lessons from last season's NCAA tournament run, when Michigan came within a few points of a national title.


Seeking More Pay for Delayed Play
With the pace of delayed television viewing increasing, networks want advertisers to pay for seven days of commercial viewing to cover computer screens and tablets as well as TV sets.


Japan eyes government support for military aircraft exports
TOKYO, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Japan is considering providing low-interest loans from a state-run bank to support exports of aircraft designed for military use, the first time such sales are being considered since the end of World War Two, according to officials with knowledge of the still-developing policy.


Fred Couples Leads Charles Schwab Cup Championship
Fred Couples extended his lead to five strokes Saturday after the third round of the Champions Tour's season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.


Ryanair Cuts Annual Profit Outlook Again
Shares of Ryanair tumbled nearly 13 percent after the airline slashed its earnings forecast as economic weakness and intensifying competition drove ticket prices down.


Critics Notebook The Body and Raimes Halloween Shows in Brooklyn
The bands Raime (electronica) and the Body (metal) put on Halloween night shows in Brooklyn that were genuinely eerie.


Why the Indian protests were not a surprise
Nov. 14 - Tulsi Tanti, the chairman and managing director of Suzlon Energy, sits down with Chrystia Freeland to discuss the Anna Hazare movement in India, and why protests like this are not surprising in emerging economies.


Lawmaker Offers Strong Defense of U.S. Surveillance Efforts in Europe
Representative Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said the National Security Agencys surveillance program was designed to protect the countries from the threat of terror.


Why disc drives are an endangered species
Could the phrase "burn a disc" soon be interred in the computing graveyard, resting peacefully alongside 8-bit graphics and the chirping, buzzing hum of a dial-up modem? Some of the most influential computer makers in the world say yes.


Pakistan Drone kill harms peace effort
A U.S. drone strike that killed the Pakistan Taliban's leader hindered efforts to talk with the Taliban but won''t derail them, Pakistan's prime minister says.


U.S. military doctors abetted prisoner abuse, study says
MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. military doctors violated medical ethics by collaborating in the abuse of prisoners during interrogations after the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001, an independent study concluded on Monday.


Football Real's defensive 'disaster'
On one hand, Cristiano Ronaldo is still scoring goals for fun and Gareth Bale is starting to justify his mammoth transfer fee.


Being number one is not the goal anymore, says Nadal
LONDON (Reuters) - Barring an unlikely set of circumstances over the next fortnight, Rafael Nadal will end a year as the world's top-ranked player for the third time but it will cut no ice with the Spaniard.


10 scariest places in Asia
Gallery and QA with Robert Joe, host of National Geographic's "I Wouldn't Go In There," introduces Asia's scariest spots.


UPDATE 5-BlackBerry calls off sale, spurring doubts and stock plunge
TORONTO, Nov 4 (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd abandoned on Monday its plan to sell itself and said its CEO is stepping down, sparking a 16 percent dive in its share price and raising fears the struggling smartphone maker is running out of options.


Record for Frankel half-sister
Qatari Sheikh Joann Al Thani has broken the world record paid for a yearling filly by splashing out $8.38 million for a daughter of 2001 Epsom Derby winner Galileo at the Tattersalls bloodstock auction in Newmarket, eastern England.


No. 24 Michigan St Batters No. 23 Michigan 29-6
Mark Dantonio has always embraced Michigan State's rivalry with Michigan, but this week the confident coach took a fairly calm approach.


Katherine Ludlow, Ricardo Palmerola
The couple, both doctors, are married in Philadelphia.


Egyptians Following Right Path, Kerry Says
In Cairo, Secretary of State John Kerry indicated that additional steps needed to be taken to establish an inclusive, civilian-led government.


Toronto mayor apologizes for 'mistakes'
Nov. 3 - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford urged his police chief to release a video that media reports say show him smoking what appears to be crack cocaine and issued a broad apology for mistakes in his past. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).


Biden to emphasize Asia pivot on trip to China, Japan, South Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will travel to China, Japan and South Korea in the first week of December, a trip designed to emphasize the U.S. commitment to a policy pivot toward Asia.


Thursdays Matchup Bengals (6-2) at Dolphins (3-4)
The Bengals travel to Miami to face the Dolphins.


UPDATE 2-Google lifts post-Nokia hopes with Finnish data centre investment
HAMINA, Finland, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Google will invest another 450 million euros ($607 million) over the next few years in a data centre in Finland, boosting a country struggling with Nokia's decline and weakness in its paper and steel industries.


Well Babies Can Learn Music in the Womb
A new study suggests that babies can learn a melody they hear while still in the womb, and recognize it after they are born.


Dying teen covers Perry's 'Roar'
When she was healthy, Olivia Wise would sit at her school locker and sing for her friends. Now the 16-year-old, who's dying of a brain tumor, has gotten Katy Perry's attention with her version of "Roar."


Cosmic Census Finds Billions of Planets That Could Be Like Earth
With the help of the Kepler spacecraft, astronomers calculate the number of habitable Earth-like planets in the Goldilocks zone not too hot, not too cold.


Fed in no rush to cut bond buys, top policymakers say
SAN FRANCISCO/BOSTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should scale back its asset purchases only when the U.S. economy shows clearer signs of improvement and even then it should act slowly, one senior...


Kellogg to cut 7 percent of workforce by 2017, lowers forecast
(Reuters) - Kellogg Co , the world's largest maker of breakfast cereals, said it would cut about 7 percent of its workforce by 2017 and also trim production capacity, after reporting another quarterly decline in sales in its cereals business.


At Least 55 Die as Rival Sects Clash in Yemen
The death toll in four days of clashes in northern Yemen rose, one of the clans said, as the government tried to broker a cease-fire in a region that is largely outside its control.


Two French Journalists Are Kidnapped and Killed by Gunmen in Mali
Two reporters for Radio France Internationale had been interviewing a leader with a separatist group in Malis unstable desert north. Their bodies were found with their throats slit.


This Little LED of Mine
The common complaint about compact fluorescent lights, the harsh glow, may have an energy-efficient answer, especially as LED bulbs fall under $10 each.


Riding the Hashtag in Social Media Marketing
Gary Vaynerchuk, a social media marketer, pounces on any trend tweeted or otherwise in his quest to sell, sell, sell.


Building Blocks Tracking Privilege Signs as They Vanish
Promotional signs installed by large corporations on mom-and-pop storefronts proliferated from the 1930s but are difficult to find in these days of computer graphics and printed vinyl.


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