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| Walker, Bobcats Rally, Spoil Knicks' Return to MSG | | | Kemba Walker scored 18 points and made the tiebreaking basket with 131 remaining as the Charlotte Bobcats spoiled the New York Knicks' return to Madison Square Garden with an 85-83 preseason victory Friday night. |
| Visiting Nurse Service Cuts 500 Workers | | | The Visiting Nurse Service of New York laid off 500 employees on Wednesday, part of the fallout from state scrutiny of enrollment practices that drew fit seniors into programs meant for the frail and disabled. |
| '2 million to police internet' | | | China has around two million people policing public opinion online, according to a state media report that sheds light on the country's secretive internet surveillance operations. |
| Egypt's top TV satirist back on air, pokes fun at all political camps | | | CAIRO, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Egypt's most prominent television satirist, Bassem Youssef, known for his fierce jabs at ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi, returned to the airwaves on Friday following a summer break, poking equal fun at the fan frenzy surrounding Egypt's defense minister that has gripped the nation in recent months. |
| Italy's Etna volcano erupts | | | Oct. 26 - Europe's most active volcano, Italy's Mount Etna, erupts, sending lava and ash into the sky. Nathan Frandino reports. |
| World Cup trophy trip | | | The FIFA World Cup Trophy will visit 89 countries before Brazil 2014 -- and it will travel in style. |
| After tough week, White House buys time for Obamacare website fix | | | WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama promised on Saturday that his troubled healthcare website was just weeks away from a cure as he struggled to convince Americans he is on top of what has become a self-inflicted wound to his signature first-term achievement. |
| Mozambique says Renamo ambush kills one, injures 10 | | | MAPUTO, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Suspected Renamo guerrillas ambushed a passenger minibus in central Mozambique on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 10 more in an attack condemned by President Armando Guebuza, state media said. |
| Women's leadership style | | | Flexibility, autonomy, support -- that's the culture at one company where eight of 15 executives are women. Why, Kelly Wallace asks, aren't more companies trying to achieve the same? |
| Serving Museum Patrons Something More | | | With the opening of a multimillion-dollar restaurant, the Brooklyn Museum joins the ranks of culture centers offering high-end dining experiences to their visitors. |
| Dyson Disqualified for Touching Line of Putt | | | Simon Dyson, in a six-way tie for second going into the weekend at the BMW Masters, was disqualified Saturday morning for a rules violation that was discovered a few hours before he was to tee off in one of the final groups at Lake Malaren. |
| Diesel exhaust pollution may disrupt honeybee foraging | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Exposure to pollution from diesel exhaust fumes can disrupt honeybees' ability to recognize the smells of flowers and could in future affect pollination and global food security, researchers said on Thursday. |
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