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Exploring Sicily's fiery Mount Etna
At approximately 3,350 meters, it's Europe's highest and most active volcano.


Motherlode Blog A.D.H.D. Medication Is a Hit for Red Sox Hero
Shane Victorino of the Red Sox is like many athletically talented children with A.D.H.D. who are not just impulsive or energetic, but also perpetually one incident away from being asked to skip Little League tryouts next year. Without medication to manage his condition, its unlikely hed be playing in the major leagues.


Whats on Sunday
Television highlights.


Phys Ed How Music Can Boost Our Workouts
Making music and not just listening to it while exercising makes the exercise easier, a remarkable new experiment finds, suggesting that the human love of music may have evolved, in part, to ease physical effort.


Motherlode Blog A.D.H.D. Medication Is a Hit for Red Sox Hero
Shane Victorino of the Red Sox is like many athletically talented children with A.D.H.D. who are not just impulsive or energetic, but also perpetually one incident away from being asked to skip Little League tryouts next year. Without medication to manage his condition, its unlikely hed be playing in the major leagues.


More buildings evacuated ahead of Japan storms
Oct. 25 - Slow moving tropical storm Francisco dumps rains on Japan, triggering more building evacuations and people moved from the island of Izu Oshima. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).


Well Eat Your Broccoli
Five ways to prepare broccoli, with cooking and without, to benefit from its many nutrients.


Observatory Algorithm Can Identify Dolphin Whistles
In the past, researchers charted the signature whistles of bottlenose dolphins on a spectrograph, which maps sound waves visually. But the algorithm, also used to identify songs, is much faster.


Square Feet Staten Island Property Puts Nascar Flop Behind It
The former oil tank farm in Bloomfield that stirred opposition when a racetrack was proposed for the site will become a marine port and logistics center.


Credit markets see Morgan Stanley as less risky than Goldman
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley is now seen in derivatives markets as less likely to default on its debt than Goldman Sachs, a reversal of long-term price trends that signals investors'...


Lists That Rank Colleges Value Are on the Rise
Purists might regard it as an insult to the intellectual, social and civic value of education, but dollars-and-cents tabulations are the fastest growing sector of the college rankings industry.


Get the strength of Hercules
The Titan Arm, is the brainchild of four mechanical engineering students who built an upper-body exoskeleton that can more than double the average person's strength


T Magazine For These Young Visionaries, Design is an Illusion
All under 40, theyre deploying next-level technologies to create products, projects and experiences that test the limits of design and our imaginations.


JPMorgan's $13 billion deal at risk of collapse -WSJ
Oct 29 (Reuters) - The preliminary $13 billion deal set by JPMorgan Chase Co CEO Jamie Dimon and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is at risk of falling apart, the Wall Street Journal reported on...


Monthlong Chase Around New York City for Banksys Street Art
A little army has been scurrying to wherever in New York the anonymous street artist and trickster known as Banksy has placed his almost daily graffiti.


Letter From Paris Turning the Hunt Into a Trip to the Market
In France, the point of the pursuit of game is the journey from fields and forests to the tables of starred restaurants and rural bistros.


Your Money Adviser The Alphabet Soup of Health Spending Plans
Most people dont know the difference between health savings accounts and flexible-spending arrangements.


Chipotle vs. Taco Bell Einhorns short put to the taste test - Felix TV
David Einhorn, the investor known for betting against stocks like Green Mountain Coffee, now is targeting Chipotle Mexican Grill, saying it will face significant competition from "a resurgent Taco Bell." We put his theory to the taste test with Reuters blogger Felix Salmon, Reuters Social Media Editor Anthony De Rosa and Food and Wine Restaurant Editor Kate Krader. (October 3, 2012)


Rocker Lou Reed of Velvet Underground dies at 71
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lou Reed, the pioneering songwriter and musician behind the Velvet Underground, one of the most influential rock bands which fused art and music in collaboration with artist Andy Warhol, died on Sunday at the age of 71, his literary agent said.


Lost dentures, loose eyeball among sick-day excuses survey
(Reuters) - A heavy turkey dinner caused one worker to sleep through his shift. Another said his false teeth flew out the car window as he was driving along the highway.


Dish wins dismissal of Harbinger's LightSquared lawsuit
Oct 29 (Reuters) - Charlie Ergen's Dish Network Corp won dismissal on Tuesday of a lawsuit brought by Phil Falcone's Harbinger Capital Partners in a fight over LightSquared Inc, a wireless communications business that is in bankruptcy.


Around The Country College Football Around the Country
Teams, players and games that stood out in the ninth week of college football.


Photos In their own words
The top 10 CNN Heroes of 2013


Myanmar's best treasures
Myanmar's turnaround from social pariah to becoming this year's must-see destination has been remarkable.


Dance Review Boris Charmatzs Leve des Conflits Extended at MoMA
In Leve des Conflits Extended (Suspension of Conflicts Extended), 24 dancers are cycling through a sequence, whose core concept is mathematical.


T Magazine Artists on Artists | Will Cotton on the Elegant Iraq War Watercolors of Steve Mumford
Though their subjects couldnt be more different Cotton paints candy-colored dreamscapes, Mumford, war zones the two men have long had a close kinship.


On Tennis Much Left to Learn for Younger Version of Federer
Although he has slipped to No. 6, Roger Federer had little trouble in his first meeting with Grigor Dimitrov, a young Bulgarian opponent sometimes called Baby Fed.


UPDATE 1-Medtronic heart valve found to reduce death, stroke rate
(Adds FDA decision on panel, analyst comment, share activity)


Did Obama keep drone promises?
Peter Bergen says the President has restrained the drone program, but changes still need to be made to ensure safety of civilians.


CORRECTED-Sudan arrests 7 university professors in crackdown on protests
KHARTOUM, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Sudanese authorities arrested seven university professors, a human rights lawyer said on Tuesday, extending a crackdown on opposition activists after fuel price increases touched off the country's worst unrest for years.


Lens Blog Artful, Aerial Views of Humanitys Impact
Using aerial photographs that render imperiled landscapes almost abstract, Edward Burtynsky explores the consequences of human activity bearing down on the earths resources.


Activist hedge fund Sarissa moves in on Ariad Pharmaceuticals
Oct 29 (Reuters) - Sarissa Capital Management LP, a hedge fund run by investor Carl Icahn's former healthcare lieutenant, has taken a 6.22 percent stake in the wounded biotechnology company Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc.


Memo From Britain British Tabloids on Trial, Along With Ex-Editors
The trial of former editors in Rupert Murdochs media empire is expected to be aggressive and detailed, with the potential for more revelations about the inner workings of British tabloid journalism.


T Magazine Seven Days of Style | Rihannas Abu Dhabi Moment, 50 Shades of Jamie Dornan and New Model Rules
Plus, Giorgio Armani Day comes to New York, the fall of the necktie, the latest in Kanye West news and more, as we run the numbers from the last week in style and culture.


Ballet Gambles With Flash and Sparkle
With "Le Corsaire" and a new star dancer, Tamara Rojo hopes to start the transformation of the English National into a higher-profile ensemble.


ArtsBeat Johnny Knoxville and Latest Jackass Movie Are No. 1 at Theaters
Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa generated $32 million in ticket sales at North American theaters over the weekend. Gravity fell to second place.


Satellite problems cut phones in Canada's Arctic
*Flights canceled, bank machines, cell phones stop working


Investor Starboard asks chipmaker TriQuint to consider unit sale
Oct 29 (Reuters) - Activist investor Starboard Value LP asked TriQuint Semiconductor Inc to consider selling or restructuring its mobile power amplifier business, which it says is dragging down the...


10 must-see animal migrations
Journeying herds of wildlife can make for an awe-inspiring sight. In many communities throughout the world, the arrival of the animals marks the beginning of festivities.


Contributing Op-Ed Writer Make Em Pay
In the case of the federal shutdown, the price for the economic damage ultimately caused by one political faction could be paid at the ballot box.


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