| Latest worldwide news | Annan Stop 'war on drugs' | | | Each year, hundreds of thousands of people around the world die from preventable drug-related disease and violence. Millions of users are arrested and thrown in jail. Globally, communities are blighted by drug-related crime. Citizens see huge amounts of their taxes spent on harsh policies that are not working. |
| The art of curling | | | It was once a game of luck using misshapen stones from Scotland's riverbeds first thought to be played out on frozen waters in the mid-16th Century. |
| Singapore's Keppel gets $1.1 bln Transocean order | | | SINGAPORE, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Singapore's Keppel Corp , the world's largest builder of offshore oil rigs, said it has secured a $1.1 billion order to build five jackup rigs from a unit of U.S.-listed Transocean Ltd. |
| Sony to charge monthly fee for multiplayer games on PS4 Nikkei | | | (Reuters) - Sony Corp plans to charge a monthly fee of $9.99 in the United States and 6.99 euros ($9.40) in Europe for playing multiplayer online games on its PlayStation 4 (PS4) console scheduled to debut this month, the Nikkei business daily reported without citing sources. |
| Monkey uses thoughts to control virtual arms | | | Nov. 6 - Neuroscientists at Duke University have taught monkeys to control a pair of virtual arms using only their thoughts. It's the first demonstration of brain activity controlling two limbs simultaneously and represents a major advance in the development of a brain-machine interface system that could one day restore mobility to people with severe paralysis. Ben Gruber reports. |
| 30 Seconds Q. and A. With Ron Duguay | | | A former Ranger and now a hockey analyst for the MSG Network, Duguay provided his take on the evolution of the sport and the teams he has his eye on this season. |
| Sub-Elite Runners Chase Improvement | | | Greg Cass is part of a mostly invisible and underappreciated group known as the sub-elites, who have respectable times but no chance to win the biggest marathons. |
| Bomb blast in Damascus square kills 8 | | | A bomb exploded at the entrance of Syria's railway headquarters in the country's capital on Wednesday afternoon, killing at least eight people and injuring others, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported. |
| A gift of U.S. diplomacy to Iran? | | | A 2,700 year-old silver chalice may be a new token of friendship between the United States and Iran, at least that's the way Iran's cultural heritage chief sees it. |
| India's obsession with lighter skin | | | In India, many women are obsessed with lightening their skin. CNN writer Moni Basu recalls her own family's pressures to not get "too dark." |
| Bill de Blasios Path to Mayoral Success | | | With his mantra "A Tale of Two Cities," Bill de Blasio captured voters' concerns about inequality in New York City. But he had to overcome far more famous rivals to get to City Hall. |
| Astronomers discover most distant galaxy yet | | | CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronomers have found the most distant galaxy yet, a discovery that pushes back scientists' view of the universe to about 700 million years after it is thought to have come into existence. |
| 'Feel' objects in thin air The future of touch technology | | | Touch technology has come a long way in the last decade. Just six years ago, most phones used traditional keypads; today, almost all smartphones have a touchscreen, and the technology has spread to tablets, handheld consoles and laptops as well. |
| Horford Leads Hawks Over Kings 105-100 | | | Al Horford had 27 points and 10 rebounds, Paul Millsap had 25 points and 11 rebounds and the Atlanta Hawks held off the Sacramento Kings for a 105-100 victory on Tuesday night. |
| Breakingviews Fines o'plenty | | | Nov. 5 - SAC Capital and JJ have agreed to pay a combined $4 billion to resolve unrelated U.S. probes. Breakingviews columnists discuss the price of doing business. |
| UKs Osborne has faith in U.S. | | | Oct. 22 - UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne says U.S. politicians recognise the serious consequences of a default, and hopes that financial services arent excluded from any transatlantic trade deal. |
| U.S./Canada daily earnings hits misses Nov 6 - 1000 ET | | | Nov 6 (Reuters) - The following U.S.- and Canada-listed companies reported earnings on Wednesday. This list shows whether they beat, met or missed Wall Street analysts' forecasts. It also shows the difference between analysts' expectations and reported results. The figures are provided by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Company Name Ticker Qtr Industry Curr EPS Est EPS Act Diff EPS Rev Est Rev Act Diff Rev ABIOMED INC Q2 MEDICA |
| NSA denies Google, Yahoo hack | | | The National Security Agency's director flatly denies reports the agency secretly broke into links connecting Google and Yahoo data centers. |
| UPDATE 3-Advertising, TV show licensing boost CBS profit | | | LOS ANGELES, Nov 6 (Reuters) - CBS Corp recorded a higher profit that met Wall Street expectations as the company collected more revenue from advertising and the licensing of television shows including hits "NCIS Los Angeles" and "The Good Wife." |
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