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News Feed Latest worldwide news U.S. public university tuition posts slowest rise in decades study (Reuters) - The average tuition and fees charged by public four-year universities in the United States rose 2.9 percent for the 2013-14 school year, the smallest annual increase in more than three... Matter Christening the Earliest Members of Our Genus A recently discovered 1.8-million-year-old hominid and his comrades didnt belong to our own species, Homo sapiens, but figuring out their lineage is a complicated task. Astronaut Scott Carpenter, fourth American in space, dies at 88 DENVER (Reuters) - Astronaut Scott Carpenter, who in 1962 became the fourth American in space and the second to orbit the Earth, died on Thursday in Colorado at age 88 of complications from a stroke, his wife Patty Carpenter said. Earthquake, and Much Smaller Tsunami, in Japan No major injuries or damage were reported after a 7.1 magnitude quake off the coast where the effects of the 2011 disaster are still felt. BRIEF-Royal Mail says Singapore's GIC stake in co above 4 pct Oct 25 (Reuters) - Royal Mail PLC * Gic pvt ltd raises stake in Royal Mail to above 4 percent Europe Turns Its Eye to Migration Policies, Amid Another Sea Rescue The scale and urgency of the challenge was brought into stark focus by the rescue of more than 700 refugees overnight near Sicily. Golf Capsules Chris Stroud and Ryan Moore overcame mistakes and bogeys on the back nine Saturday for a share of the lead after the third round of the CIMB Classic. Has Italy found the fountain of youth? Italian spring water reportedly has healing powers, as CNN's Ben Wedeman reports. Polyamory Revelers in the rainbow-washed crowd smiled and cheered this month as the little blond girl in the parade float pageant-waved to the B-52's "Love Shack." Letters Atoms Everywhere (1 Letter) Letter to the editor. Music Review Charles Dutoit Leads the Philharmonic in Concerto Grosso The conductor Charles Dutoit brings back some favorites, including Pendereckis Concerto Grosso, with three solo cellos, in a New York Philharmonic appearance. More than 250 students sick after eating in school cafeteria in China At least 253 students are undergoing treatment following suspected food poisoning this week in northern China, state media reported. UKs Osborne on Help to Buy bubble threat Oct. 22 - George Osborne argues that the UKs Help to Buy housing scheme solves a financial problem that has made the provision of mortgages more difficult. WiLan plunges after losing patent case against Apple TORONTO (Reuters) - Shares in Canadian patent licensing company WiLan Inc plunged almost 23 percent on Thursday after a jury ruled that Apple did not infringe a patent it held, leading several... UPDATE 1-Tullow Oil suspends work at two Kenya exploration blocks NAIROBI, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Tullow Oil said on Saturday it had suspended drilling operations on two blocks in northwest Kenya due to security concerns, after local residents held protests demanding for more jobs at the sites. 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. Seven injured as Howard University crowd rams a gate WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Seven people were injured at Washington's Howard University on Friday when a crowd tried to ram a gate during the school's homecoming weekend, a police spokesman said. City Room Big Ticket | A Nascar Star Sells for $25 Million A three-bedroom condominium owned since 2007 by the Nascar driver Jeff Gordon included a built-in sushi bar and treetop vistas of Central Park. Couple adopts subway kittens The famous frisky felines who fouled up traffic on the New York City subway this summer have found a forever family. DealBook Icahn Urges Apple to Begin Share Buyback The activist investor Carl C. Icahn posted a letter on his new Web site to Timothy D. Cook urging Apple to immediately begin an offer to buy back $150 billion in Apple shares. Theater Review | New Jersey A Review of The White Snake, Adapted From a Chinese Fable A serpent transforms herself into a maiden and falls in love with a poor but upright man. Trouble follows. Team rebuilding world's first website Twenty years ago, a team of researchers shared the Web with the world. Now they want to show a generation that grew up online what it was like in its earliest days. Social change in Kenyan slums African Voices meets Aggrey Otieno, a human rights activist who tackles high rates of maternal mortality in his hometown. Your Money A Guide to the New Exchanges for Health Insurance Details on the Obama administration health care plan are scheduled to be disclosed next week, but its never too early to examine the basics. 7.3-Magnitude Quake Rocks Japan The earthquake struck early Saturday morning off Japans east coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage on land. Paul Reichmann, Who Helped Develop the World Financial Center, Dies at 83 Mr. Reichmann took enormous business risks, made and lost billions of dollars and built extensively in Toronto, New York and London. Well Air Pollution Linked to Lower Birth Weights A European study found that air pollution is associated with a significant increase in the risk of having a low-birth-weight baby. Militants say ex-army major carried out Cairo suicide attack CAIRO (Reuters) - A Sinai-based Islamist militant group that claimed a September assassination attempt on Egypt's interior minister released a video on Saturday saying a former major in the army carried out the suicide bombing. Scene City Giorgio Armani Day in New York A fashion extravaganza for Giorgio Armani at the SuperPier, with a marathon show, exhibition and celebrity-filled nightclub. Bankers warn of long crisis as rich seek comfort LONDON (Reuters) - Private banks are telling their clients financial volatility surrounding Europe's debt crisis will continue for at least a year as more of the continent's rich seek the comfort of... 7.3 quake strikes off Japan; no tsunami threat A 7.3 magnitude earthquake rumbled early Saturday in the Pacific Ocean about 200 miles east of Japan's main island, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Not your average steering wheel Explore our interactive of one of F1's most important and complicated pieces if kit. Italy's Mount Etna volcano erupts ROME (Reuters) - Europe's tallest and most active volcano Mount Etna erupted on Saturday, spewing glowing lava into the air and sending a vast plume of smoke over the southern Italian island of Sicily. Restaurant Review Le Restaurant in TriBeCa Le Restaurant, in a basement under the food market All Good Things in TriBeCa, features uncommon ingredients and focused flavors. Bruised by Romney criticism, Bain Capital thanks investors (Reuters) - Bain Capital LLC, the private equity firm co-founded by defeated presidential candidate Mitt Romney, thanked its investors on Thursday for their support and patience over the last year as it confronted "political hyperbole and distortion." The Trouble With Blue Is the Warmest Color It isnt sex that makes Blue Is the Warmest Color problematic; its the patriarchal anxieties about sex, female appetite and maternity. Phys Ed How Music Can Boost Our Workouts Making music and not just listening to it while exercising makes the exercise easier, a remarkable new experiment finds, suggesting that the human love of music may have evolved, in part, to ease physical effort. League Plans to End a Longtime Relationship With Riddell, Its Helmet Maker The manufacturer has had an exclusive license since 1989 preventing the name of any other company from appearing on N.F.L. helmets. South Africa Toddlers raped and murdered In a country where several rapes are said to occur every minute, in a township where violence is commonplace, this was a crime that shocked the entire community of Diepsloot, South Africa. Hands-on with the iPad Air, new Mini There is nothing terribly surprising in Apple's refreshed line of tablets, but that's OK.

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