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| Obama blames 'bad apple' insurers for canceled coverage | | | BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that "bad apple" insurance companies, not his signature healthcare law, are to blame for hundreds of thousands of people losing their coverage in the past few weeks. |
| U.S./Canada daily earnings hits misses Oct 30 - 1820 ET | | | Oct 30 (Reuters) - The following U.S.- and Canada-listed companies reported earnings on Wednesday. This list shows whether they beat, met or missed Wall Street analysts' forecasts. It also shows the difference between analysts' expectations and reported results. The figures are provided by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Company Name Ticker Qtr Industry Curr EPS Est EPS Act Diff EPS Rev Est Rev Act Diff Rev ACADIAN TIMBER CORP Q3 FOREST |
| Can Messi be dethroned? | | | The nominees for the 2013 Ballon d'Or -- the award handed to the year's best player -- have been unveiled and once again Barcelona star Lionel Messi heads up the list. |
| Wider seats mean better sleep | | | Richard Quest and Samuel Burke discuss a study that found widening airplane seats by an inch helped people sleep better. |
| Football Real deal for Ronaldo and Bale | | | Cristiano Ronaldo provides the perfect riposte to FIFA chief Sepp Blatter's mocking comments as the Portuguese claims a hat-trick in Real Madrid's 7-3 win over Sevilla, with Gareth Bale scoring twice. |
| The biggest wave ever surfed? | | | Brave or reckless? A group of thrill-seeking surfers plunged into raging waters during one of the biggest storms to hit Europe in recent times -- one of them thinks he might have broken the record for riding the biggest wave, while another is recovering in hospital after taking "the hardest beating by man or woman anywhere in the ocean." |
| Wider seats mean better sleep | | | Richard Quest and Samuel Burke discuss a study that found widening airplane seats by an inch helped people sleep better. |
| NSA chief defends agency amid U.S. spy rift with Europe | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the National Security Agency defended his beleaguered organization on Tuesday, saying it acts within the law to stop militant attacks and calling reports that the NSA collected data on millions of phone calls in Europe false. |
| Why disc drives are an endangered species | | | Could the phrase "burn a disc" soon be interred in the computing graveyard, resting peacefully alongside 8-bit graphics and the chirping, buzzing hum of a dial-up modem? Some of the most influential computer makers in the world say yes. |
| See who is coming to 'The Blacklist' | | | Here's a few new names coming to NBC's breakout hit "The Blacklist" this season. The show has booked the following guest stars for an upcoming episode |
| Turbulent tennis love matches | | | Speculation abounds that sport's foremost golf and tennis love match have called it quits. Double major winner Rory McIlroy and former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki are staying tight lipped on their alleged break up, but when it comes to sport the path of true love rarely runs smooth. |
| Ask Well Glucosamine and MSM for Joint Pain? | | | Many people swear by the dietary supplements glucosamine and MSM for lessening the creaking and soreness of knees, backs, hips and other joints. But the science on their effectiveness is mixed. |
| Los Angeles creates 'Cyber Intrusion Command Center' | | | LOS ANGELES, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, citing warnings by President Barack Obama and National Intelligence Director James Clapper about the threat of attacks on computer networks, on Wednesday announced the creation of the city's first "Cyber Intrusion Command Center." |
| 7 labyrinths worth exploring | | | Labyrinths around the world have been used as pleasure walks, meditative journeys and symbolic life-into-death pilgrimages. |
| Federer seals record-tying 12th Tour Finals spot | | | PARIS (Reuters) - Roger Federer booked his place in the ATP World Tour Finals for a record-tying 12th consecutive year when he dismissed South African Kevin Anderson 6-4 6-4 to reach the third round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday. |
| Coach Rivers Gives Clippers a Championship Pedigree | | | Widely viewed as the best team in the West, the Los Angeles Clippers harbor realistic hopes of winning their first NBA title this season with the championship pedigree of coach Doc Rivers now at the helm. |
| '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. |
| A new sense of optimism in Iran | | | From bakery to barber shop, cafe to carpet store, Iranians stroll their capital with a renewed step, uplifted by how their newly elected president seeks something remarkable after decades of cold war-like relations between their country and the West. |
| Leve des Conflits Extended | | | Dancers performed the work by the French choreographer Boris Charmatz, in the atrium of the Museum of Modern Art. |
| Emilie Williams, David Snyder | | | The bride is a trial lawyer for Brooklyn Defender Services, a public defenders office; the groom is a litigation associate at the Manhattan law firm Boies, Schiller Flexner. |
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