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News Feed Latest worldwide news ArtsBeat New Italian Sculptures Will Have a Park View Two works by the architect and designer Antonio Pio Saracino, gifts from Italy to the United States, will be installed next to Bryant Park. Investors get extra yield for New Jersey bridge muni bonds Nov 5 (Reuters) - Municipal investors demanded extra yield to buy some of the $462 million of low-rated tax-free private activity bonds sold on Tuesday to finance a bridge project between New Jersey... Malala's voice stronger, not silenced The attack was meant to silence the outspoken teenager who dared to defy the Taliban's ban against girls in school. Instead, it only made Malala's voice more powerful. After a school year that started with a shooting, Malala now eyes a summer of speaking at the U.N., telling her story in a new book and amplifying the issue of girls education. Facebook a growing teenage wasteland Nicole Uvieghara is only 18, but that's old enough to remember the good old days on Facebook. Dot Earth Blog 10,000-Year Study Finds Oceans Warming Fast, But From a Cool Baseline Recent ocean warming is from a relatively cool baseline, a new study finds. Gadgetwise Earbuds Built of Sterner Stuff, With a Few Quirks The housings, fittings and plug of the RHA 750i are made from stainless steel, not plastic. Recipes for Health Whole Wheat Almond Biscotti A less sweet version of the classic biscotti de Prato. Personal Health Tapping Medical Marijuanas Potential Despite growing acceptance of the drug, researchers have been able to do relatively little to test its most promising ingredients. Sports Briefing | Soccer Barcelona Edges Espanyol Alexis Sanchez scored a second-half goal as Barcelona and Lionel Messi struggled past crosstown rival Espanyol, 1-0, to remain atop the Spanish league. Far-Off Planets Like the Earth Dot the Galaxy 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. UPDATE 1-Global markets help propel Brazil's BTG Pactual profit SAO PAULO, Nov 5 (Reuters) - A rally in global equity markets that drove U.S. markets to all-time highs helped spur a 22 percent jump in profit at Grupo BTG Pactual SA, Latin America's largest... A Plea for Catholic Schools to Ignore New Guidelines A group of Roman Catholic scholars wrote to the nations bishops, saying that the new educational standards called Common Core would lower standards. UConn's Women Rout Gannon Breanna Stewart had 21 points and 13 rebounds in defending national champion Connecticut's 101-35 victory over Division II Gannon in a women's exhibition game Friday night. 152 Bangladeshi Border Guards Get Death Penalty Over Revolt The sentence was imposed on members of the Bangladesh Rifles in connection with a 2009 mutiny in which scores were killed. Hong Kong luxury home buyers queue amid talk of last hurrah HONG KONG (Reuters) - In a shopping mall in one of Hong Kong's prime retail districts, more than 100 people wait patiently to take a lift to the sales floors - not to buy luxury bags or clothes, but... Williams' toughest challenge Serena Williams opens up about her fifth U.S. Open victory and the medical condition that almost ended her career. The weirdest things recently found on Mars Mars is a crazy place. In recent years we've discovered some of the strangest things on the Red Planet ice spiders, Swiss cheese terrain, and perfectly spiral-shaped lava tubes. DealBook Building a Portfolio With a Focus on a Single Sector Water Rebuffing a strategy of diversification, the venture capital firm XPV Capital believes it can find success by developing expertise in one area. Brazilian footballer's head left on doorstep Brazilian police are investigating the murder of a former pro footballer whose decapitated head was left in a bag on his doorstep. Brazil admits spying but says it wasn't like NSA Brazil, a leading critic of American spying, appeared caught in a bind when a news report claimed that the South American giant conducted espionage of its own. See him admit using while drunk Toronto Mayor Rob Ford admits to smoking crack cocaine. Immunogen halts trial of lung cancer drug; shares drop (Reuters) - Immunogen Inc said it would discontinue a mid-stage trial of its experimental small-cell lung cancer drug following the death of a patient, sending its shares down 17 percent. ArtsBeat Banksy-Altered Painting Brings $615,000 at Auction A thrift-store painting is now worth well over half a million dollars, thanks to the imprimatur of Banksy. Johnson Holds Off Poulter to Win First WGC Event American Dustin Johnson pitched in for an eagle two at the 16th hole to set up a three-stroke victory over England's Ian Poulter and win his first World Golf Championship title at the $8.5 million HSBC Champions on Sunday. Bookends What Would Aldous Huxley Make of the Way We Consume Media and Popular Culture? Adam Kirsch and Jennifer Szalai on the prescience or lack thereof of the Brave New World author, who died 50 years ago this month. Toronto Mayor Admits Smoking Crack, but Wont Step Down After months of denials, Mayor Rob Ford told reporters that he had probably tried crack cocaine in one of my drunken stupors. He later apologized to city residents, but refused to resign. UPDATE 1-Obama administration pushes back over cancelled health plans WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The Obama administration, under pressure over the botched opening of its healthcare website, announced new efforts on Tuesday to appease hundreds of thousands of people whose coverage is being cancelled as insurers prepare for reforms in 2014. In Rodriguez Arbitration, Two Sides Play Hardball In the months since several players were linked to a Florida anti-aging clinic, Major League Baseball and Alex Rodriguez have engaged in a cloak-and-dagger struggle surpassing anything the sport has seen. Dutch take Russia to maritime court to free Greenpeace activists HAMBURG, Nov 6 (Reuters) - The Netherlands will ask an international court on Wednesday to order Russia to release 30 people detained during a protest against oil drilling in the Arctic. Iran's supreme leader 'not optimistic' about nuclear talks Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Sunday that he supports his nation's nuclear negotiations with world powers, but he is not so "optimistic" about the talks. CNN Heroes announced Today CNN announced the Top Ten Heroes of 2013. Anderson takes a look at each of their causes. State of the Art Lighter and Faster, Its iPad Air The improvements on the new tablet are incremental, not revolutionary, but Apple still holds the edge compared with the other tablets on the market. Prominent Muslim Brotherhood Leader Is Seized in Egypt The capture of Essam el-Erian, a political adviser to the ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, appears to complete the jailing of the organizations top leaders. 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. Shanghai's marriage market Liu Jianle smiles as he spots a potential suitor for his recently divorced niece among a sea of white personal ads pegged to a board. Tabloid Hacked Phone of Prince Harrys Secretary, Jury Is Told A message seeking help on a term paper led to an article in The News of the World, with some details left out, the prosecution said. Kerry says Israeli, Palestinian talks face difficulties JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday Israeli- Palestinian peace talks had run into difficulties but thought it still possible some agreement could be reached. ArtsBeat Tavis Smiley to Write Book on Martin Luther King Jr.s Final Days The TV and radio hosts new book, Death of a King, was acquired by Little, Brown and Company and will show the real Martin, a man hounded and set upon by all comers in the 12 months before he died. Sports Briefing | Baseball Mets Opt to Buy Out Santana The Mets declined a $25 million option on the injured pitcher Johan Santana and will pay him a $5.5 million buyout. Netflix Acquires Streaming Rights to a Highly Praised Documentary The services deal for The Square, about protests in Egypt, follows its strategy of extending its reach beyond television series.

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