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Ligety Wins Mens Opener in Austria | | The American Ted Ligety won the season-opening mens World Cup giant slalom race in Slden, Austria, on Sunday, and Bode Miller finished 19th in his return to the circuit. |
Graphene is creeping into your home | | Just under ten years ago, the Dutch-British physicist Andre Geim stumbled across a substance that would revolutionize the way we understand matter and win him and his colleague Kostya Novoselow the 2010 Nobel Prize for Physics. It was graphene -- a one atom thin substance. The Professor of Physics at Manchester University talks to CNN about discovering the first ever 2-dimensional material. |
Dozens killed as bomb blasts rock Iraq | | At least 44 people died and scores were wounded when a string of car bombings shook the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Mosul. One blast detonated just as Iraqi soldiers were lining up to collect their monthly paychecks. |
Del Potro dashes Federer's final hopes | | Juan Martin Del Potro put on hold Roger Federer's hopes of qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals by inflicting a second straight defeat on the Swiss maestro in the final of his hometown tournament in Basel. |
Bolshoi acid trial | | After a brief delay the trial is set to resume for an ex-dancer for the Bolshoi Ballet. CNN's Ralitsa Vassileva reports |
RPT-Telefonica gives Italy assurances on Telecom Italia future | | ROME, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Telecom Italia will remain an Italian company and investments in technology and employment levels will be guaranteed, the chairman of Spanish rival Telefonica said on Tuesday after a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta. |
Mythbuster Edoardo Molinari | | Ryder Cup star Edoardo Molinari shows how you can improve your golf game using technology, among other things. |
Rookie Lifts Penguins Past Hurricanes | | Jayson Megna, a rookie, had his first career goal and assist, and the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins snapped a three-game skid by defeating Carolina, 3-1. |
Boehner "Obamacare is law of the land" | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Republican lawmaker John Boehner said on Thursday he would not make it his mission to repeal the Obama administration's healthcare reform law following the re-election of President Barack Obama. |
China pulls plug on 'vulgar' TV | | Chinese authorities have banned satellite broadcasters from buying the rights to more than one foreign-made program per year in a bid to tackle "vulgar" and "excessive" entertainment in Chinese television. |
Merkel still needs to focus on euro zone | | Sept 23 - Investors liked the German election result but what's first on Merkel's to do list when it comes to the rest of the euro zone? The EU's top economic official tells Reuters what he thinks she must focus on. Sonia Legg reports |
Alyssa Cass and Sam Howard | | The bride is a director at a public relations firm; the groom is an advertising producer for the National Football League. |
Can Merkel really be surprised the NSA spied on her? | | BERLIN (Reuters) - When Angela Merkel was growing up in communist East Germany, she recalls her parents getting nervous whenever she talked for too long on the phone. "Hang up! The Stasi is listening and it's all being recorded," warned her mother, according to one biography. |
Anne Becker, Randy Wolfe | | The bride is the director of marketing for the Tribeca Film Institute; the groom is a vice president at a hedge fund. |
Breakingviews Apple's asterisks | | Oct 29 - The iPad maker beat expectations, expanded in China and should have a new product soon. Jeffrey Goldfarb talks to Rob Cyran about the two ways investors can interpret Apple's latest results. |
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