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Angry Over U.S. Surveillance, Tech Giants Bolster Defenses
What began as a public relations predicament for American technology companies has evolved into a moral crisis that threatens the foundation of their businesses.


Well Youre Going to Need a Bigger Bowl
In this weeks Recipes for Health, Martha Rose Shulman offers hearty vegetarian meals in a bowl (or on a plate) inspired by the Korean dish bibimbap.


Serious Danger of Blood Clots Halts Sale of Leukemia Drug
The drug, Iclusig, has been linked to severe heart attacks and strokes, blindness and loss of blood flow in the extremities that can require amputation.


Profit Surpasses Forecasts at Italian Oil Giant Eni
Although Eni encountered setbacks in almost all of its business lines, net income rose and operating income beat analyst estimates.


Barclays suspends several traders in FX probe source
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Barclays has suspended several traders amid multiple investigations into possible manipulation of benchmark foreign exchange rates, a banking industry source said on...


Adoption group calls for U.S. laws to stop online child trading
(Reuters) - A study by a major U.S. adoption research group calls for "targeted laws, policies and practices" to stop adoptive parents from giving their unwanted children to strangers through the Internet.


YouTube hopes to boost music profile with new awards show
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Does the world really need another music video awards show? The answer is yes - at least according to YouTube.


Domestic Lives Face to Face With My Inner Mean Old Man
The writer takes retribution against noisy neighbors by screaming at them in a haunted house. By invitation, of course.


Judge denies California town's request to halt hot sauce production
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles suburb that sued to curb the strong, spicy odor emitted from a chili-processing plant lost its initial bid for a court injunction against the makers of the popular Sriracha-brand hot pepper sauce on Thursday.


Philadelphia Inquirer Majority Owners Seek to Buy Out Others
The majority owners said they wanted to provide stability to the newspaper after a month of upheavals and lawsuits.


The Week High-Flying Tourism, Toddlers Who Read Faces
This week a $75,000 ride into the stratosphere, a rare earth element cleanup in China and theres no fooling the baby.


WRAPUP 3-Sony suffers TV relapse as Japan peers change channel
* Weak numbers stir doubts over Sony CEO Hirai's strategy


Fans inhale Apple's iPad Air
Nov. 1 - Fans lined up to get their hands on the new iPad Air, willing to pay top dollar try out the latest tablet from Apple. Bobbi Rebell reports.


Airline's outrageous safety video
This airline safety video might be a musical step too far.


Matter A Far-Flung Possibility for the Origin of Life
A leading expert on the origin of life suggests that based on available evidence, Mars might be a more likely place for life to have started than Earth.


Johnson Ties Course Record and Builds 5-Shot Lead
Dustin Johnson tied the course record with a 9-under 63, four shots better than anyone else Friday, and built a five-shot lead in the HSBC Champions. It was the kind of score that might make everyone else wonder which course he was playing.


Fisheries chief says some EU cod stocks facing collapse
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's fisheries chief proposed on Wednesday a cut of up to a third in the amount of cod the bloc's fishermen can catch next year, warning that stocks are at risk of collapse in some areas.


As body ages, Jackie Chan longs for Hollywood's full embrace
BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - Jackie Chan wasn't in the mood for proclamations.


Katy Perry tops Billboard in worst week for album sales since 1991
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop singer Katy Perry shot to the top of the weekly Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday with her latest album, "Prism," although overall album sales for the week were the lowest since the publication began charting in 1991.


U.S. Farm Credit says quarterly earnings up 20.6 pct
CHICAGO, Nov 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Farm Credit System, a government sponsored enterprise and the single largest lender to U.S. agriculture, on Friday said third-quarter earnings were up 20.6 percent, reflecting the strength in the agricultural sector.


You vs. Ghana president
Is Africa on the cusp of change? Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama shares his vision of the future.


Observatory A Dogs Tail Wag Can Say a Lot
When watching a tail wag to the left, dogs showed signs of anxiety, scientists found. When the tail went in the opposite direction, they remained calm.


Snedeker's health fightback
World no. 7 Brandt Snedeker targets strong finish to 2013 after fighting back from a bone disease.


Kate Winslet on Screen
A look back at the career of the actress.


Will UK press charter help?
British newspaper publishers have failed in their bid to block a new government-backed royal charter on press regulation, clearing the way for a new system of regulation proposed by UK lawmakers but opposed by news publishing companies.


Earthquake Shakes Remote Area of Taiwan
Taiwans government-backed Central News Agency said that the 6.3-magnitude tremor was felt all over the island, but that no injuries or damage had been reported.


Augusto Odone, Father Behind Lorenzos Oil, Dies at 80
Mr. Odone, who had no medical training, helped concoct an experimental medicine that extended the life of his son and inspired a Hollywood film.


Driving lesson Johnson powers clear in China
With arrow straight driving, Dustin Johnson powers his way clear of the field at the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai Friday as first round leader Rory McIlroy drops five back tied second.


UPDATE 2-Sony near buying Ericsson out of phone venture-WSJ
* Sony and Ericsson decline to comment on reported talks


On the Market in the Region
A New Jersey farmhouse built with beams from an 18th-century barn and an 1878 Victorian in Nassau County with a pool house/cottage.


Movie Review One PM Central Standard Time Recounts Kennedys Death
One PM Central Standard Time recalls Nov. 22, 1963, as Walter Cronkite delivered the news.


Israel vows to deny Hezbollah weapons as details of Syria raid emerge
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said it would not allow advanced weapons to fall into the hands of Hezbollah, after a raid on Syria that opposition sources said had hit an air force garrison believed to be holding Russian-made missiles destined for the militant group.


'Stranded player' to leave Qatar
Footballer Zahir Belounis' limbo existence is almost at an end. After two years of legal wrangling, threats of a hunger strike and thoughts of suicide, he has been told he will finally receive his Qatari exit visa on October 21.


Diwali goes global
Tens of millions of people are celebrating the festival of lights.


QA China's restive far west
A connection to Xinjiang, a restive autonomous region in northwestern China, has emerged in the investigation into the jeep that plowed into crowds in Tiananmen Square on Monday, killing five and injuring at least 40.


Snags reported on first day of Bosphorus Strait train tunnel
Istanbul's new transcontinental train tunnel under the Bosphorus Strait had a bumpy first day of operation, a day after Turkey's Prime Minister called it a "project for whole humanity" at an inaugural ceremony.


10 golden rules for soccer books
They are global sporting superstars, and they've got a story to tell.


Business Activity Exceeds Predictions
The Institute for Supply Managements Chicago business barometer jumped to 65.9 from 55.7, the highest since March 2011.


NASA's new moon probe settles into lunar orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Oct 7 - Politics may be keeping most of NASA's workers home, but that didn't stop the U.S. space agency's new moon probe from achieving lunar orbit, officials said on Monday.


Marcia Wallace, Simpsons Voice Actor, Dies at 70
Ms. Wallace was the voice of Edna Krabappel on the The Simpsons and earlier Carol Kester, the receptionist on the 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show.


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