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Sports Briefing | Soccer Neymar Scores as Barcelona Stays Perfect in League Play
Neymar scored his first league goal and helped host Barcelona ease past Real Sociedad, 4-1, in Spains top league and stay perfect after six matches.


'Unsafe' plane hurts Tonga tourism
Latest problem with Chinese-made MA60 turboprop reignites concerns over the plane's safety.


Webdenda Accounts and People of Note in the Advertising Industry
Sponsorship spending for cause marketing is expected to total $1.78 billion this year, up almost 5 percent over last year.


Motherlode Blog Pregnant and Unemployed
I didnt mean to get pregnant at the beginning of my job search, but when I did, my search felt doomed.


Gareth Bale's Spanish lessons
Why have British footballers struggled to succeed after moving to play abroad?


White House lists two dozen leaders to meet with Obama on deficit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two dozen business, labor and civic leaders, including the chief executives of major U.S. corporations such as Ford, IBM and Wal-Mart, will meet President Barack Obama to discuss how to control the federal deficit, said the White House on Monday.


Can business learn from soccer?
Football coaches are high-profile leaders of the sporting world, but can they also offer valuable insights in management to aspiring business or industry executives?


Orecchiette With Basil and Pistachio Pesto and Green and Yellow Beans
The small ear-shaped pasta provides hollows for the delicious sauce to settle into.


Computer problems won't halt September 11 hearings at Guantanamo, judge rules
MIAMI (Reuters) - Pretrial hearings in the September 11 conspiracy case will go forward at the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal while computer network problems are addressed, a U.S. military judge ruled on Tuesday.


National Briefing | New England Massachusetts Fishery Group Limits Herring Catch
According to the rules, the Atlantic herring fleet can incidentally catch no more than 311.4 metric tons of river herring and shad.


EPA to be hit hard in shutdown, could delay renewable fuel standard
(Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will take one of the biggest hits of any federal agency if the government shuts down this week, operating with under 7 percent of its employees, according to guidance issued by the agency.


First floating turbine seeks winds of change in US
Sept. 29 - North America's first floating wind turbine, launched in May, is being hailed as a prototype for a future US offshore energy industry. While the small "pilot phase" unit, sitting off the Maine coast, produces only enough electricity to power four homes, it represents the first stage of a far more ambitious project. Tara Cleary reports.


Well Eating the Color Purple
Even though its officially autumn, the summer crop of eggplant is still in full swing at farmers markets across the country.


New DNA tests order in Italy retrial
Oct. 1 - Italian court orders new DNA tests in the murder retrial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito. Paul Chapman reports.


Well Eating the Color Purple
Even though its officially autumn, the summer crop of eggplant is still in full swing at farmers markets across the country.


Bessemer goes on defense, on pace for best year
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Portfolio managers at Bessemer Trust, financial adviser to ultra-wealthy U.S. families, took an extremely defensive posture a few weeks ago amid some of the most volatile...


Iran studies fuel price rises under sanctions pressure
* Iran avoiding external payments crisis but reserves falling


Marijuana The Uruguayan model
Views on marijuana are shifting, but nearly everywhere, it is too early to talk about substantive changes to drug policies.


De Niro to Replace James Gandolfini in HBO Drama
Robert De Niro, the Oscar-winning actor, has agreed to take over the part played by Mr. Gandolfini in the pilot of Criminal Justice. Mr. Gandolfini died in June.


DealBook Financial Watchdog With Bite to Depart His Agency
The head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commissions enforcement unit, who has taken on the financial industry, is stepping down.


NASA spacecraft finds plastic ingredient on Saturn's moon Titan
(Reuters) - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found propylene, a chemical used to make household plastic containers, on Saturn's moon Titan, the space agency said.


'I did it my way,' says F1's 'Lazarus'
He was given last rites by a priest after suffering life-threatening injuries in a race accident, but returned to the track just 42 days later and went on to win two more world titles. Niki Lauda reveals how he defied his rivals, his employers and even his family to create a career that has been immortalized on the big screen.


Violin Memory strikes sour note in market debut
(Reuters) - Shares of flash storage provider Violin Memory , backed by Toshiba Corp , fell nearly 21 percent in their market debut, as investors remain skeptical about an intensely competitive data...


'Mad Men' star Hamm ditches suave for macabre in 'Young Doctor'
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jon Hamm's new TV role takes him far from the stylish 1960s Madison Avenue setting of "Mad Men" to a dreary, isolated and bloody hospital in a small Russian village during the 1917 revolution.


FDA approves Lundbeck's antidepressant Brintellix
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Lundbeck's antidepressant Brintellix to treat adults with major depressive disorder.


Miller Seeks Fresh Start Following Hardships
Bode Miller, considered one of the greatest American male Alpine skiers, has his sights set on a bold return this winter, just in time to bid for his fifth Winter Olympics.


UPDATE 1-Some US industries say Wall Street commodity bets a help
WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Several of America's largest enterprises including Boeing Co and United Parcel Service Inc warned the Federal Reserve on Tuesday that restricting Wall Street's trading...


Serena I apologized to Maria
Serena Williams refuses to get drawn into a pre-Wimbledon war of words with Maria Sharapova Sunday -- claiming she has apologized to her Russian rival for comments made about her personal life.


Alonso still wants cycling team
Fernando Alonso won't be bailing out Euskaltel Euskadi. But the Spaniard still wants a cycling team and hasn't ruled out starting one up from scratch.


U.N. Climate Panel Endorses Ceiling on Global Emissions
Top climate scientists on Friday embraced an upper limit on greenhouse gases while warning that it is likely to be exceeded within decades if efforts to curb emissions are not rapidly accelerated.


Obama hopes Congress will "do the right thing"
Sept. 30 - In a press conference hours before a looming U.S. government shutdown, Obama calls upon Congress to pass a fiscal budget that includes "Obamacare." Rough Cut (no reporter narration).


U.S. Supreme Court takes no action on Argentina bonds case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday took no action on Argentina's appeal of a lower court ruling in favor of hedge funds that refused to take reduced payments under a restructuring agreement the country reached with other bondholders after its 2002 default.


Fantasy Football Week 5 Mining for Waiver Wire Gold
With a quarter of the season done, there are still useful players sitting on waiver wires who are ripe for the taking, including Alex Smith, Danny Woodhead and Justin Blackmon.


Doctor Ice's quest for Olympic glory
It is akin to Sebastian Vettel designing his own Formula One car, getting in the cockpit and driving it to the world title.


Nicklaus Ready to Enter New Territory, on Ice
Golfing great Jack Nicklaus was a master of his environment out on the course but he will enter very foreign territory when he drops the puck to start a National Hockey League (NHL) game in Columbus on Friday.


India Ink Aftermath of the Mumbai Building Collapse
Survivors recount the horrors of the building collapse that killed more than 60 in Mumbais Mazgaon dockyard area.


The Latino footprint in America
Once upon a time, the Latino presence in the United States was largely a regional phenomenon, and outside the Southwest, a big-city one. Mexicans and Mexican-Americans were concentrated in the border and Western states, with an outpost in the Great Lakes states; Cubans in South Florida and the Northeast; Puerto Ricans in New York and its suburbs. Certainly not exclusively, but the pattern was largely in place by World War II and remained that way for decades.


Bats Live Analysis 2013 Postseason, Reds vs. Pirates
Live updates and analysis of Tuesday nights win-or-go-home playoff game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds.


Jane Connell, Agnes Gooch of Mame, Is Dead at 87
Ms. Connell appeared in musicals, TV and movies, but was best known for her Agnes Gooch in the musical Mame, on Broadway and on screen.


Chinese dissident Chen to join conservative U.S. think tank
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese dissident and legal rights activist who accused New York University of forcing him to leave this summer because of alleged pressure from the Chinese government, will be joining The Witherspoon Institute, a conservative think tank.


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