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News Feed Latest worldwide news Gator caught in Chicago's O'Hare Airport Carrying an alligator bag on an airline flight is fine, but live alligators are banned from boarding. That might explain why a toothy reptile was slithering around Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Friday. The Health Issue Jumper Cables for the Mind Would you give your brain a jolt if a Harvard scientist said it could make you smarter, more creative and less depressed? Page by Page, Men Are Stepping Into the Lean In Circle Sheryl Sandbergs book, written to encourage women to pursue their professional goals, is finding male champions. On Tennis On Road to Fed Cup Final, Top Russians Jump Off Russia, once the dominant force in womens tennis, is playing the Fed Cup finals against Italy without any of its top-ranked players. Short life, lasting legacy of Jimi Hendrix chronicled in new film LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - With a soft voice and a downward gaze, Jimi Hendrix seemed to shrink in his pastel blue kimono-like shirt as talk show host Dick Cavett called him one of the best guitarists in the world in 1969. Business Briefing | Regulatory News F.D.A. Clears New Cancer-Fighting Drug From Roche The Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug from Roche to help treat patients with a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow. INSIGHT-U.S. farm kids lavish shampoos and drugs on their prize cattle DALLAS, Nov 4 (Reuters) - For more than a century, ranchers and their kids have paraded cattle around the dusty show ring at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas, in a rite of passage that is part farm economics, part rural theater. Moore and Kutcher settle, Gaye estate files lawsuit Oct. 31 - The day's top showbiz news including Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher are close to finalizing their divorce, and Marvin Gaye's estate files a lawsuit again Robin Thicke. Roselle Chen reports. Riff As Long as Youre Watching People Have Sex, You Could Be Learning Something The quandary for Masters of Sex How do you make a smart TV show about sex when every TV show is jampacked with sex? Plants With Spirit What to grow in your own prayer garden. Art in Review Michaela Eichwald Ergriffenes Dasein Artist, Writer, Mentalist Ms. Eichwald paints effortlessly in ways at once nasty and nice, fluid and crusty, weird and astute. Fairfax struggles to raise funds for BlackBerry bid sources NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd is struggling to raise financing for its $4.7 billion bid for BlackBerry Ltd, with several large banks declining to participate on concerns that the smartphone maker will not be able to reverse its fortunes, according to people familiar with the matter. The Pour Pairings for Tasting Menus A 30-Piece Puzzle Multicourse meals really test the sommelier. Breakingviews HSBC's getting fitter on that treadmill Nov. 4 - A lack of fines, few bad debts and lower costs help HSBC to lift pretax profit. Its fate will depend on interest rates and GDP growth, but expect steady dividends in the meantime, says Breakingviews. Red Bulls Prepare for a Seasoned Rival The Houston Dynamo, hosts in the opening game of an Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series, have reached the M.L.S. title game four times in seven years. Tap on Merkel Provides Peek at Vast Spy Net The National Security Agencys monitoring is not limited to politicians like Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany it also includes party leaders and aides, and its all part of efforts to gain an edge over other nations. Former Pakistan Dictator Musharraf Granted Bail Pakistan's former military dictator, Pervez Musharraf, was granted bail on Monday in a case related to the killing of a cleric, taking him a step closer to freedom after months under house arrest and legal wrangling over his fate. Beckham reveals franchise 'passion' David Beckham stresses his desire to launch a new Major League Soccer franchise on Wednesday, as the former England captain reveals his passion about becoming a future club owner. World's unusual camping spots Camping used to mean a canvas tent, freeze-dried ration packs and a local muddy field. No longer. CNN Ratings Fall as Health Care Coverage Rises CNN fell to fifth place during the week, below Fox News and MSNBC, as well as HLN and CNBC. Outside Money at Issue in Boston Mayors Race as Labor Unions Weigh In The first competitive race for mayor of Boston in three decades is coming down to the wire, and outside cash has poured into the race. Can anyone dethrone Messi? Time for a change? Well Eat Your Broccoli Five ways to prepare broccoli, with cooking and without, to benefit from its many nutrients. 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. COLUMN-Why it's so hard to settle student loan debt Nov. 4 (Reuters) - Settling student loan debt isn't easy, but it can be possible - if you're in exactly the right circumstances. World Bank urges better cookstoves in developing states to curb deaths OSLO (Reuters) - (Release at 2301 GMT, Sunday Nov 3) Simple measures to reduce pollution from cooking stoves in developing nations could save a million lives a year and help slow global warming, a World Bank study showed on Monday. Giant rubber duck bids farewell to Beijing Oct. 24 - Beijing residents say goodbye to the 18-metre-high rubber duck conceptualized by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman. Tara Cleary reports. Hollande calls emergency meeting after journalists killed in Mali French President Francois Hollande called an emergency meeting with ministers Sunday, a day after two French journalists were killed in northern Mali. Dot Earth Blog To Those Influencing Environmental Policy But Opposed to Nuclear Power Four climate scientists press environmental organizations to embrace efforts to develop and deploy a new generation of nuclear power plants. Netiquette Saying farewell So many folks manage to lose their netiquette heads when they scramble, legs flailing and akimbo, toward the denouement of events and life chapters. So here is the ultimate (get it?) digital-etiquette guide to a polite big finish. Schumer "Run Hillary, run!" Nov. 3 - Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer of New York endorses Hillary Clinton as candidate for 2016 presidency, although she hasn't formally announced she's running. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Storms spook some U.S. cities into postponing Halloween fun NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Forecasts for heavy rain and strong winds spooked dozens of U.S. cities and towns into postponing Halloween trick-or-treating on Thursday as a storm system that flooded parts of Texas, killing at least one person, churned north toward the Great Lakes. Texans coach Kubiak hospitalized Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak collapsed on the field during a game against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday night, petrifying the home crowd as he was wheeled away on a stretcher. World Series star Not shaving soon Rachel Nichols talks to Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester about the team's run from worst to first and those Boston beards. On the Market in New York City An Upper East Side one-bedroom; a Midtown East two-bedroom; and another two-bedroom in Boerum Hill. Johnson Determined to Get Back on the Team Dustin Johnson is starting to compile the kind of numbers that are difficult to ignore. Global Update Vaccine Approved for Brain Fever The World Health Organization has approved a vaccine for brain fever, also known as Japanese encephalitis, which kills up to 15,000 children a year and disables many more. Al Qaeda-linked group gains strength on NATO's border It's an odd experience flying in to Hatay, southern Turkey, on the border with Syria and its nasty and seemingly infinite war these days there is a truly international flavor to the passenger manifests. Life on Mars? Well, Maybe Not In more than a year on Mars, Curiosity has found no evidence of methane, a gas that is considered a possible calling card of microbes, NASA announced Thursday. Possessed Lisa Kron Life Through Gray-Tinted Glasses The playwright, who wrote the book for a musical depicting a family tug of war, possesses her own reminder of how complicated our stories can be.

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