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News Feed Latest worldwide news Shrinking List of Video Games Is Dominated by Blockbusters As video game players tastes shift toward smartphones and tablets, more and more of the money spent on console games goes to a small number of blockbusters. Exhibition Review Take Note! at Mount Vernon A new library and exhibition at Mount Vernon make abundantly clear that George Washington was not simply a man of action. Argentina's Nalbandian Announces Retirement Argentina's 2002 Wimbledon finalist David Nalbandian announced on Tuesday that he will quit tennis next month citing physical problems that have sidelined him for most of the year. End of an Aimless Summer 3 Youths Charged in a Killing After the Australian native Christopher Lane was gunned down while visiting Duncan, Okla., three young men said they had shot him because they were bored and looking for a thrill. Shannon Sweeney, Tyson Seely The bride is a Ph.D. candidate in planning and public policy; the groom is a financial analyst at a food manufacturer and marketer. Iran president's phone call with Obama stirs hardline suspicions DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's historic phone call with U.S. President Barack Obama is likely to provoke resistance from powerful hardliners in the Islamic Republic who have built their support on enmity with the West. Stella McCartney daisy-filled spring Sept. 30 - Daisies take centre stage with lightweight jacquards at Stella McCartney's ready-to-wear collection at Paris FashionWeek. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Gadgetwise For Your iPhone, a Photo and Extra Juice A battery case from Uncommon can be customized with a picture from the user. Government Shuts Down in Budget Impasse The federal government will shut down for the first time in nearly two decades after last-minute moves in both chambers of Congress failed to break a bitter budget standoff over the presidents health care law. Mississippi town sued after refusing to license gay bar TUPELO, Miss., Oct 1 (Reuters) - A rural northeast Mississippi community discriminated against a lesbian woman by denying her a license to reopen a bar catering to gays and lesbians, a federal lawsuit filed on Tuesday claims. Wealth Matters Financing Start-Up Dreams With Retirement Savings You can use 401(k) money to create a new business, but beware the rules are complicated and the Internal Revenue Service will be watching closely. Timelapse video shows nine years of 9/11 reconstruction Sept. 11 - Marking the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, webcam company EarthCam has released a timelapse video showing the nine year construction of One World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. The company says the video is made up of hundreds of thousands of images captured from 35 different angles by high definition cameras. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Diplomat's touch, no pushover The less-than-confrontational comments coming from new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani are not what the West is used to hearing from that country's office in recent years. Insight Saudi Arabia boosts Salafist rivals to al Qaeda in Syria AMMAN (Reuters) - Alarmed by the rise of al Qaeda in Syria, Saudi Arabia is trying to strengthen rival Islamists with ties to Riyadh and this week helped engineer a consolidation of rebel groups around Damascus under a Saudi-backed leader. Rupert Friend of Homeland on the Value of Experience Rupert Friend, who plays Peter Quinn, an enigmatic agent on Homeland, prefers life experience as the key to a persuasive performance. Parisians cat lovers relax in "purrfect" cafe Sept. 24 - Paris' first feline cafe opens, where customers can order cats with their cappuccinos. Elly Park reports. UPDATE 2-U.S. Supreme Court to weigh taxability of severance pay WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to consider whether severance pay to workers laid off involuntarily is subject to federal payroll tax in a case the Obama... Americans Abroad Totally Immersed in European Soccer The writer, a United States international midfielder, also plays for Kopparbergs/Goteborg in Sweden. Louvre hit by Chinese scam First it was Chinese tourists apparently being targeted by criminal gangs in Paris. How mall attack changed Kenya I can't get the image of the bodies lying near the freezer at Westgate out of my mind, and recognizing two of the victims, their bodies splayed, their blood splashed against the stark white floor. Secret to beating tennis' big four Tennis legends Jim Courier and John McEnroe show us why Djokovic, Murray, Nadal and Federer are so tough. Survival increased with bystander CPR in Denmark study NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More people survived cardiac arrests in Denmark after the country encouraged bystanders to step in and perform CPR, a new study shows. Rouhani to change U.S. relations? Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has made a series of gestures in an effort to end Iran's nuclear row with the West. But why has the move come and can it succeed? Report Drug war is failing The global war on drugs is failing, new research suggests, as the price of heroin, cocaine and cannabis has fallen while their purity has increased. Raonic Beats Berdych to Win Thailand Open Milos Raonic upset top-seeded Tomas Berdych, 7-6 (4), 6-3, to win the Thailand Open in Bangkok. Obama puts blame on House Republicans for shutdown Oct. 1 - Americans woke up to a partially shut down federal government Tuesday after lawmakers failed to come to an agreement on the budget. President Barack Obama says House Republicans are responsible. Euro Tour denies U.S. takeover The chief executive of golf's European Tour has dismissed reports the organization could be bought out by its American counterpart the PGA Tour. UPDATE 1-OPEC relaxed about cost-sensitive shale oil LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - A rise in output of North American tight oil will not trouble OPEC, the group's secretary general said on Tuesday, maintaining his view that the new supply source will not significantly impact the group's market share. Amazon to hire more than 70,000 seasonal employees (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said it expects to hire more than 70,000 full-time seasonal employees across its order fulfillment centers in the United States, a 40 percent increase from last year. Why sex is better in hotels Some people hate living out of a suitcase; but they just aren't trying hard enough. Tibetan Dies After Setting Himself on Fire The man in Sichuan Province was the 122nd person to carry out a self-immolation protest in Tibetan areas since 2009. U.S. federal shutdown impact minimal for municipals-Fitch NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The impact of the U.S. federal government shutdown is minimal for U.S. municipalities, credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings said on Tuesday, adding that failing to increase the government's borrowing limit by later in the month is a bigger concern. T Magazine Model-Morphosis | Cameron Russell at Stella McCartney The photographer Greg Kessler captures the transformations of the Spring 2014 Fashion Week in Paris. Dot Earth Blog Why More Climate Science Hasnt Led to More Climate Policy Yet Why theres a gap between climate science and climate policy. U.S. Reckons With Impact of Shutdown Barricades and padlocks closed access to federal facilities across the country Tuesday as the vast machinery of the federal government began shutting down for the first time in nearly two decades. Breakingviews Activision's shareholder showdown Oct. 1 - Breakingviews editors discuss how an investor-inspired, court-mandated vote on the video games maker's $8.2 bln deal to buy out Vivendi may do nothing but cost shareholders more. China's rich wealthier than thought China's urban rich are making far more than they officially report, suggesting the wealth gap in the world's second largest economy is much higher than previously thought, according to a new study. 'Raging Bull' copyright fight headed for U.S. Supreme Court WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Emotionally raw boxing movie "Raging Bull" may have come out 33 years ago, but a copyright fight over an early screenplay has found its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. 'The system is down' Obamacare glitches go public, reasons unclear NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Blank boxes where security questions are supposed to appear. Pleas to "be patient." Error messages galore. Notices that "the system is busy right now." Web pages timing out before they load. Garbled lines of text riddled with stray question marks. SE Asia Stocks-Thailand, Indonesia rebound after inflation data BANGKOK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Most Southeast Asian stocks gained on Tuesday, with upbeat inflation data helping lift sentiment on Thailand and Indonesia, but trading was subdued across the region with global markets wary of the U.S. government shutdown. Thai SET index climbed 1.8 percent as a lower-than-expected annual inflation rate of 1.42 percent in September helped ease concerns over inflationary pressure, supportive for the prospect of corporate earnings, brokers said. A handful of la

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