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Tipsarevic's clay master class
Pat Cash caught up with world number 10, Janko Tipsarevic at the Tecnifibre clay court training camp in Nice, France.


Sowing a Change in Kitchens
Luminaries from the world of food gathered in Westchester to discuss using seeds to explore a new frontier of flavor.


Pakistan's minorities under threat
All Saints Church was designed to look like a mosque -- to symbolize unity amidst a community of many religions. Completed in 1883, it was built within the old walled city of Peshawar during a century of relative peace and harmony.


Gordon-Levitt Takes On Directing With Don Jon
The actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt is directing his first feature film, an edgy romantic comedy he stars in and also wrote.


40% odds of a U.S. shutdown and default Analyst
Guggenheim Partners analyst Chris Krueger says a government shutdown, however messy and disruptive, may be the only way to avoid a far worse U.S. default when the debt ceiling is reached in mid-October.


UPDATE 2-At U.N., Brazil's Rousseff blasts U.S. spying as breach of law
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff used her position as the opening speaker at the U.N. General Assembly to accuse the United States of violating human rights and international law through espionage that included spying on her email.


Tunisia's struggling economy
CNN's Errol Barnett speaks with Tunisia's president about how the country is dealing with its protests.


GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares lower, dollar struggles on policy debate
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Stocks on Wall Street struggled on Tuesday, with benchmark indexes swinging between losses and muted gains to finally turn lower, amid a lack of clarity on U.S. fiscal...


Now comes the real test in Syria
Over the weekend, the U.S. and Russia hashed out a plan to get Syria to give up control of its chemical weapons. But will Syria actually hand over the weapons, or is this just a delay tactic?


'Modern Family' wins Emmy for best television comedy series
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Modern Family" won the Primetime Emmy for best comedy series on Sunday, the highest honors in U.S. television.


Swiss banks tout stability and secrecy to lure rich
GENEVA (Reuters) - Switzerland's banking industry is relying on its stability and expertise to ensure it has a bright future as a leading center for managing the assets of the rich, despite a...


T Magazine Model-Morphosis | Caroline Brasch Nielsen at Anthony Vaccarello
The photographer Greg Kessler captures the transformations of the Spring 2014 Fashion Week in Paris.


Museum Review At Autry National Center in Los Angeles, Histories Converge
The Autry National Center in Los Angeles, based on the collection of the singing cowboy Gene Autry, is fine-tuning its mission and message.


Canadian Natural told to drain Alberta lake due to oil sands leak
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canadian Natural Resources Ltd has been ordered to drain a lake on the site of its northern Alberta oil sands project so that contamination on the lake's bottom, from a leak that has been spilling tar-like bitumen for months, can be cleaned up.


No. 15 Michigan Dodges Upset, Beats UConn 24-21
Michigan was making a mess of another game against a heavy underdog, when Desmond Morgan snatched away Connecticut's chance for a huge upset.


Star of NASA Planet Hunting Falls Idle With Broken Parts
NASA says it will look for a new mission for its Kepler spacecraft, which has broken wheels but a perfect telescope.


Judge rejects proposed member of LightSquared auction committee
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked a proposed appointee to a committee to oversee the bankruptcy auction of broadband company LightSquared LP, citing a conflict of interests, and admonished the company for making the nomination.


UPDATE 2-Fed following up on report of unusual trading around FOMC statement
WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Tuesday it was following up with news organizations over a report of unusual trading around the release of its monetary policy statement last week.


Advertising Small Fry Feed Off Merger of Big Fish
Is big actually better or is small beautiful? Small is at least funnier, in the hands of rivals of the soon-to-merge Omnicom and Publicis.


America's rising tennis star
The top junior player in the world last year, 17-year old Taylor Townsend talks body image and those who've inspired her.


As tallying goes on, top Florida Democrat cheers Obama's win
MIAMI (Reuters) - The chairman of Florida's Democratic Party congratulated President Barack Obama on Thursday on winning the battleground state on Tuesday, while blasting the state's Republican governor for his handling of the election.


Television Review Goldbergs, Back in the Game, Crazy Ones Make Debuts
Three sitcoms with different angles on parent-child relationships have their premieres The Goldbergs, Back in the Game and The Crazy Ones.


Television Review Trophy Wife, on ABC, Hopes to Repeat Sitcom Magic
Trophy Wife is an ABC comedy revolving around the latest spouse of a man who has already been married twice.


Driverless Mercedes debuts in Frankfurt
Sept. 11 - Daimler has unveiled its much anticipated self-driving Mercedes Benz at the Frankfurt International car show. The luxury auto-maker is making incremental improvements to its autonomous technology and plans to have a fully-autonomous vehicle available to consumers by 2020. Rob Muir reports.


Several killed as bus, train collide
A double-decker bus and a passenger train collided in Ottawa Wednesday morning, killing six people and injuring at least 30 others, authorities said.


Neymar Opens La Liga Account as Barca March On
Barcelona extended their winning start to their title defence to six games when Neymar scored his debut La Liga goal and Lionel Messi netted his seventh of the season in an entertaining 4-1 victory at home to Real Sociedad on Tuesday.


Will Ferrari's drivers deliver success?
CNN's Ben Wyatt looks at Ferrari's decision to bring Kimi Raikkonen in to partner Fernando Alonso in 2014.


Gotham Where Bettors Go to Lose, Some Doubts
The way the New York Racing Association is overseen raises questions about Gov. Andrew M. Cuomos plan to add seven casinos in the state.


Russia sends another navy ship towards Syria
Sept. 12 - Another Russian destroyer heads towards the Syrian coast as Moscow, a key ally of Damascus, rotates its navy vessels in the Mediterranean for what it calls a security guarantee. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).


Mom, son were beaten and burned
Her ankles bound, her mouth covered with duct tape, Christina Anderson was bashed at least 12 times in the head. Her 8-year-old son Ethan's body was burned beyond recognition.


UPDATE 5-Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron deal would create titan
* Applied Materials shareholders to hold 68 pct of company


Jailed American's family appeals to visiting Iranian president
The family of former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati has a message for Iran's new president Their American son is not a spy, has never been one, and he should be released immediately from prison in Iran.


Retrophin offers to buy insomnia drugmaker Transcept for $4 per share
(Reuters) - Drugmaker Retrophin Inc said it offered to buy the rest of Transcept Pharmaceuticals Inc shares it does not already own for $4 per share, valuing Transcept at about $250 million.


Back to His Working-Class Roots
Christopher Abbott, formerly of HBOs Girls, has found a milieu closer to his working-class roots in the play Where Were Born, at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.


ArtsBeat Book Review Podcast Professor in Chief
A. Scott Berg discusses his new biography of Woodrow Wilson.


Pimp my flight Crazy paint jobs for jets
Does the paint job of an airplane -- otherwise known as its livery -- make a difference to you?


Obama calls on U.N. members to enforce chemical weapons ban
Sept. 24 - In his address to the United Nations General Assembly, U.S. President Barack Obama says the U.N. must prove its capability to enforce international laws. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).


Mexico storms death toll rises to 123, crop lands damaged
ACAPULCO (Reuters) - The death toll from a pair of storms that flooded much of Mexico rose to 123 on Monday, and large tracts of farmland were declared lost as the country cleans up some of the worst storm damage in decades.


Bits Blog The Human Behind a Favorite Spambot, Horse_eBooks
Jacob Bakkila, a 29-year-old artist and Buzzfeed employee, said he had been operating the Twitter account for the last two years.


Dozens Killed in Earthquake in Pakistan
The magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in a remote area of Baluchistan Province, killing at least 39 people.


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