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| Aussie America's Cup bid? | | | Australian tycoon Bob Oatley turns from wine to water as he announces plans to build a team to challenge defending America's Cup champions Oracle Team USA. |
| Augusto Odone, maker of "Lorenzo's Oil," dies | | | ROME (Reuters) - Augusto Odone, whose invention of "Lorenzo's Oil" to prolong the life of his son was made into an Oscar-nominated film, has died at the age of 80 in Italy, his family said on Friday. |
| No. 23 N. Illinois Improves to 8-0 | | | Jordan Lynch threw four touchdown passes and caught another as No. 23 Northern Illinois reached its best start as a major program with a 59-20 victory over Eastern Michigan on Saturday. |
| Dance therapy could help treat dizziness | | | Oct. 22 - Scientists have discovered differences in the brain structure of ballet dancers that may help them avoid dizziness while performing pirouettes. The findings could lead to the development of dance therapy to treat patients with chronic dizziness, a condition experienced by one in four people during their lives. Jim Drury has more. |
| Few Problems With Cannabis for California | | | At a time when polls show widening public support for legalizing marijuana, Californias 17-year experience as the first state to legalize medical marijuana offers surprising lessons, experts say. |
| Lou Reed | | | Lou Reed, who took rock 'n' roll into dark corners as a songwriter, vocalist and guitarist for the Velvet Underground and as a solo artist, has died at the age of 71, his publicist said Sunday. |
| Study higher temperatures coming | | | Average annual temperatures will start to consistently exceed the highest levels previously recorded in as little as seven years in tropical hotspots and within four decades for the majority of the globe if nothing is done to stop climate change, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal Nature. |
| India and Pakistan Exchange Gunfire Over Border | | | Indian and Pakistani troops fired machine guns and mortar shells over the border in Kashmir, wounding at least 12 people including children as the disputed region sees some of the most serious tensions in a decade, officials said Friday. |
| EU court opinion says Spain fuel tax breaches law | | | MADRID (Reuters) - An adviser to the European Union's top court recommended it rule that a Spanish fuel tax breaches EU law, potentially obliging Spain to pay billions of euros in compensation to fuel consumers. |
| U.S. government shutdown benefits art museum | | | CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The U.S. federal government shutdown has forced the closure of monuments and tourist sites across the country, but it has brought some benefits to at least one private art museum. |
| Gold grows on trees in Australia | | | Parents beware You're about to have one less idiom in your repertoire. Scientists in Australia have discovered gold deposits on eucalyptus trees in the Outback. |
| Morsy supporters battle police in Cairo | | | Tear gas shrouded the streets outside the Sunni Muslim world's most prestigious university after Egyptian police battled thousands of pro-Muslim Brotherhood demonstrators Sunday in Cairo, authorities reported. |
| Attacks in Iraq kill 7 officers | | | Seven police officers were killed and nine were injured Tuesday in a series of attacks at security checkpoints in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, police said. |
| Colombia Rebels Free American Hostage | | | The guerrilla group FARC turned Kevin Scott Sutay, a former American service member, over to an international delegation after he had been held for more than four months. |
| TBR Inside the List | | | Keith Richardsx2019;s autobiography, x201C;Life,x201D; hits the hardcover nonfiction list at No. 1, unsurprisingly. |
| London keeps global edge as top transport finance hub | | | LONDON (Reuters) - London remains the top financing centre for the global transport industry, although it faces stiff competition from New York and capitals in Asia Pacific as companies seek to tap more funding sources, a survey showed on Friday. |
| 48 hours in Rochester, New York | | | ROCHESTER, New York (Reuters) - Synonymous with film photography, lilacs and classical music, Rochester offers an unusual array of attractions for a mid-sized U.S. city that brought industrial prowess to a scenic river gorge on Lake Ontario's southern shore. |
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