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| Woods paired with Kuchar for opening Cup fourballs | | | DUBLIN, Ohio (Reuters) - Tiger Woods will link up with his 19th different partner in team play for the United States after being paired with Matt Kuchar for Thursday's opening fourballs at the Presidents Cup. |
| Court orders new tests in Knox retrial | | | The latest chapter in Amanda Knox's long legal battle begins Monday in Florence, Italy, with a retrial over the 2007 killing of her British roommate Meredith Kercher. |
| Today's Economist The Push for Universal Pre-K | | | Despite apathy and opposition, publicly financed pre-kindergarten programs are likely to continue expanding in the United States, offering important economic benefits, an economist writes. |
| U.S. Congress still gets paid | | | In the U.S. shutdown, most federal workers go without pay, but the checks will keep coming to the members of Congress -- and that's in the U.S. Constitution. |
| Hollywood Advancing Clinton Film | | | Though CNN and NBC both scrapped plans to produce projects about Hillary Rodham Clinton, Rodham, a feature film about Mrs. Clintons years as a young lawyer, is moving ahead. |
| Vader's saber inspires light-matter | | | A beam of light is supposed to shine off into infinity, but when Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker whip out their lightsabers for some spark-flying action, the light blades extrude like stick deodorant and then just stop. Scientists have created a new matter out of light, and they compare it to lightsabers in "Star Wars" movies. |
| Giant duck conquers Taiwan | | | Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman's giant rubber duck tours arrives in Taiwan, is expected to draw 3 million spectators. |
| Hello Kitty makes first U.S. flight | | | Cute and adorable or simply odd? The first of EVA Air's long range Hello Kitty jets completed its maiden flight to Los Angeles last week, drawing a litter of curious Kitty enthusiasts. |
| Royal baby a retail giant | | | UK retailers are riding the wave of excitement over Prince William and Kate Middletons baby all the way to the bank. Spending, from collectibles to celebratory libations, is expected to exceed $300 million. |
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