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Mickelson Schedule Cuts Will Come but Not Before Majors
Phil Mickelson plans to play in the week before each of the major championships next year despite making as yet unspecified cuts to his overall schedule for 2014, the British Open champion said on Wednesday.


F.A.A. Allows Use of Electronic Devices Throughout Flights
The Federal Aviation Administrations change, expected before year-end, will allow passengers on most flights to use tablets, MP3 players and other personal electronic devices.


Zombies take to the streets
Hundreds of zombies took over the streets of suburban Atlanta to benefit a local organization.


UPDATE 1-Energy Future plans to make interest payment on Friday - source
Oct 30 (Reuters) - Energy Future Holdings (EFH), the embattled Texas power generator, is planning to make a $270 million interest payment due on Friday, according to a person familiar with the...


UPDATE 3-Microsoft, Infineon suits to proceed in Canada, not ADM
OTTAWA, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Consumers may join class action lawsuits against Microsoft Corp and Infineon Technologies AG over allegations of unfair pricing for computer products, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday.


Former Premier Can Be Charged, Czech Court Rules
The Czech Supreme Court ruled that Petr Necas was not entitled to immunity from prosecution on possible corruption charges for the period when he was prime minister.


L.P.G.A. Tour Will Admit 16-Year-Old
The L.P.G.A. Tour waived its age requirement Monday for Lydia Ko, clearing the way for her to join the tour in 2014.


Director finds echoes of Egypt in Cairo's traffic chaos
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Someone once told Egyptian filmmaker Sherief Elkatsha that you can tell much about the personality of a nation from the conduct of its drivers.


Dance Review Houston Ballet Opens Its Joyce Theater Run
The Houston Ballet is presenting works by Stanton Welch, Ben Stevenson and, most notably, Mr. Morris, in Chelsea.


Air France-KLM Writes Off Alitalia Stake
The move raises doubts that the French-Dutch airline will take part in a plan to inject 300 million euros into the struggling Italian flag carrier.


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.


Howard Leads Rockets Over Bobcats 96-83 in Opener
Dwight Howard had 17 points and a career-high-tying 26 rebounds in his Houston debut, James Harden added 21 points and the Rockets cruised to a 96-83 win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday night.


Aziz Ansari gets 'Buried Alive'
Aziz Ansari's never pulls punches in his stand-up, but there is a joke in his new comedy special that really pushes the envelope (forget worrying about a spoiler; we couldn't tell it here if we wanted to). Let's just say it involves child molestation, and the audience loves it.


Youre the Boss Blog Today in Small Business Crowdfunding Rules Released
The shutdown pain lives on. An interview question that reveals leadership. Whats a good printer for your home office?


Missoni, More Than a Zigzag
After a year of tragedies, the Missoni family begins to chart a new course forward.


Dot Earth Blog Exploring Solar, Efficiency, Gas and More with Amory Lovins and Joel Makower
A spirited discussion with Amory Lovins of energy innovations that will matter in the next few decades.


Under fire in Iraq
(WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT) Oct. 31 - Several people are killed and dozens wounded in three explosions in a residential area in the northern Iraqi town of Tuz Khurmato. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.


Movie Review In Sweet Dreams, Rwandan Entrepreneurship
Sweet Dreams looks at how a Brooklyn ice cream company helped a group of Rwandan women start their own business.


McIlroy Beats Woods in 18-Hole Exhibition
Rory McIlroy won for the first time this year even if it was an 18-hole exhibition against Tiger Woods.


Mobile phones lift banking reach in Kenya to 67 pct of adults
NAIROBI, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Mobile phone-based money transfer services helped raise the percentage of Kenyan adults with access to banking services to 66.7 percent this year from 41 percent in 2009, a financial access survey showed.


Jury acquits Florida sheriff who freed gun-toting man
BRISTOL, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida sheriff was acquitted on Thursday of charges that he committed misconduct and falsified public records when he freed a jailed man who carried a loaded gun without a permit.


Roommate Held in Killing at Queens Nursing Home
A previous disagreement over a privacy curtain ended in the beating death of a resident at Beacon Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in the Rockaways and the arrest of his roommate.


Susan Lester and Petra Mertens
A member of corporate boards marries a veterinarian.


CNN Heroes announced
Today CNN announced the Top Ten Heroes of 2013. Anderson takes a look at each of their causes.


Tursunov's tour of KL
Open Court's Pat Cash takes Dmitry Tursunov on a sightseeing tour of Kuala Lumpur.


Director finds echoes of Egypt in Cairo's traffic chaos
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Someone once told Egyptian filmmaker Sherief Elkatsha that you can tell much about the personality of a nation from the conduct of its drivers.


Marcia Wallace, voice of 'The Simpsons' Edna Krabappel, dies at 70
(Reuters) - Actress Marcia Wallace, the voice of Edna Krabappel on the Fox show "The Simpsons" and earlier Carol Kester, the receptionist on the 1970s sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show," has died at 70.


Monaco's F1 transformation
The most famous race in Formula One -- the Monaco Grand Prix -- brings a change of pace to Monaco's Mediterranean idyll.


Under fire in Iraq
(WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT) Oct. 31 - Several people are killed and dozens wounded in three explosions in a residential area in the northern Iraqi town of Tuz Khurmato. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.


Market Ready Should I Remove Built-Ins?
Advice on repairing or redecorating a home before selling it.


Facebook smashes analyst targets but executive comments spook Street
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc posted strong growth in its mobile advertising business on Wednesday but rattled investors after saying that it did not plan to boost the frequency of ads shown to users.


UPDATE 4-Batista's OGX sells stake in gas unit to Brazil fund, E.ON
RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista's oil company OGX Petrleo e Gas Participaes SA agreed on Thursday to sell its 67 percent stake in its natural gas unit...


Bavarian conservatives get boost from EU on foreign-driver road toll plan
BERLIN (Reuters) - Bavarian conservatives have received an unexpected boost from Brussels for a controversial plan to impose a motorway toll on foreign drivers, giving impetus to their push for the idea in German talks to form a coalition government.


Libya gunmen reportedly seize $50M
Libyan forces are searching for armed men who seized a truck carrying more than $50 million in cash, the state news agency reports.


Cronut mania spreads to London
When the love child of the doughnut and the croissant was created by the Dominique Ansel Bakery in New York, fans queued for hours to sample the tasty hybrid snack.


U.S. Accuses Germany of Causing Instability
A Treasury Department report accused Germany of hindering economic growth by relying too heavily on exports and by failing to build up its domestic economy.


Extended Stay America IPO could value company at up to $4.2 bln
Oct 31 (Reuters) - Hotel chain Extended Stay America Inc said it expects to sell 28.3 million common shares at $18-$21 each in an initial public offering, valuing the company at as much as $4.2...


7 killed when knife-wielding inmates riot in Mexico prison
Seven inmates were killed during a prison riot Saturday in Mexico's Gulf Coast state of Tamaulipas, authorities said.


Contributing Op-Ed Writer Now This Is Natural Food
Can we break away from monoculture and eat perennial plants?


F.A.A. Allows Use of Electronic Devices Throughout Flights
The Federal Aviation Administrations change, expected before year-end, will allow passengers on most flights to use tablets, MP3 players and other personal electronic devices.


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