| Latest worldwide news | Microsoft beats profit forecasts, shares jump | | | SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp cruised past Wall Street's quarterly profit and revenue forecasts on Thursday, helped by strong sales of its Office and server software to businesses, sending its shares up more than 5 percent after hours. |
| The WTA hits 40th | | | Serena Williams and a host of No.1 ranked women's players gather at a unique celebration event Sunday to mark the 40th anniversary of the WTA founded by her 'inspiration' Billie Jean King. |
| Best-selling author Patterson reflects on success | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - When it comes to bestselling authors James Patterson is hard to beat. He has been called the busiest man in publishing and is the first author to achieve 10 million in ebook sales. |
| Life on Mars? Well, Maybe Not | | | In more than a year on Mars, Curiosity has found no evidence of methane, a gas that is considered a possible calling card of microbes, NASA announced Thursday. |
| Marathon as Melting Pot | | | The membership of West Side Runners, a top New York City running club, is made up of mostly working class immigrants who find marathons less of a trial than their hardscrabble lives. |
| Anne Becker, Randy Wolfe | | | The bride is the director of marketing for the Tribeca Film Institute; the groom is a vice president at a hedge fund. |
| Nice save, James Taylor | | | James Taylor was set to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Game 2 of the World Series, but when he opened his mouth a different song came out instead. |
| Cuban city struggling to recover a year after Hurricane Sandy | | | HAVANA (Reuters) - A year after Hurricane Sandy left Santiago de Cuba in shambles, the streets are clear and power, communications and water are back to normal, but residents of Cuba's second city are still struggling with the aftermath of the mighty storm. |
| The cost of the war on rhinos | | | As organized crime syndicates take rhino poaching to brutal new levels, conservation parks are struggling to keep up. |
| Al Qaeda suspect denies charges | | | An alleged al Qaeda operative accused of playing a role in the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges brought against him. |
| Museum Explores The Power of Poison | | | The American Museum of Natural History will show poison in its animal and plant forms, as well as its workings on victims, hopefully without frightening children. |
| Design Notebook House Haunters | | | For designers who specialize in haunted houses, its high season. What scares them is how little time there is to furnish the home of your nightmares. |
| Britain braced for hurricane-force 'St. Jude' storm | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Hurricane-force winds are forecast to disrupt road, rail and airport networks on Monday when one of the strongest storms in decades is expected to hit the southern half of Britain during rush-hour, forecasters warned on Sunday. |
| Colombia's FARC frees ex-U.S. marine after four months in jungle | | | BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC guerrillas have freed a former U.S. marine who was kidnapped in June while he trekked through the jungle in a known guerrilla area, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the U.S. government said on Sunday. |
| CNN Parts Unknown Challenge HK | | | To kick off season 2 of Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, CNN hosted a whirlwind scavenger hunt in Hong Kong last weekend. |
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