| Latest worldwide news | Fed's Plosser floats setting a cap on QE3 | | | (Reuters) - A top U.S. Federal Reserve official on Friday floated the idea of setting a maximum dollar amount for its current bond-buying program, which is now tied to an improved job market. |
| 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. |
| Brazil's local Internet data storage plan runs into opposition | | | BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A government plan to shield Brazil from alleged U.S. spying by forcing global Internet companies to store data on Brazilian users inside the country has run into mounting opposition in Congress, politicians said on Monday. |
| Stockton sales tax plan set to end bankruptcy, pensions spared | | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When Stockton, California, filed for bankruptcy last year, the stage was set for a precedent-setting battle with Wall Street over whether bondholders or retired public employees should pay the price when a local government goes broke. |
| Texas women turned away at abortion clinics after court ruling | | | AUSTIN/DALLAS, Texas (Reuters) - Women seeking to terminate their pregnancies were turned away at clinics across Texas on Friday, providers said, after strict new regulations for physicians who perform abortions prompted a dozen facilities to stop offering them. |
| Roma's record 100% run ends | | | Roma's hopes of a record-extending 11th successive Italian Serie A victory are thwarted Sunday by a team that hadn't won in six matches. |
| U.S. Girl's burned body in trash can | | | Georgia police discovered a badly burned body of a 10-year-old girl Saturday in an apartment complex's trash can -- pointed out by her father, who was standing nearby. |
| Town brightens up, with mirrors | | | A sun-starved Norwegian town has finally seen the light -- by installing giant mirrors on the surrounding mountains to reflect rays onto its market square. |
| Vettel wraps up F1 title | | | Sebastian Vettel clinches a record equaling fourth successive world title Sunday with another superbly judged drive to win the Indian Grand Prix. |
| Hedge fund managers discuss their top stock picks | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge fund managers presented their stock-picking ideas at a conference this week organised by the Sohn Conference Foundation. The Foundation raises money to support initiatives to... |
| UK-built keyboard hailed as world's thinnest | | | Sept. 9 - Scientists at British technology firm, Cambridge Silicon Radio, say they've devised the world's thinnest keyboard. Just half a millimetre thick, the device could be available to consumers within a year. Jim Drury has more. |
| Red Bulls Cahill a Soccer Globetrotter | | | Tim Cahill, a midfielder for the Red Bulls and Australias national team, might have been the most well-traveled player in the world in the past 16 months. |
| Suspected L.A. airport gunman planned 'suicide' mission congressman | | | (Reuters) - The suspect in a deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport wrote that he intended to die after killing at least one security officer, the head of a key congressional security committee said on Sunday, as authorities stepped up patrols at the airport and considered changes to aviation security rules. |
| U.S. girls keep hitting puberty earlier | | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Girls are developing breasts at younger and younger ages, a new study confirms. And upward trends in childhood obesity seem to be playing a major role. |
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