пятница, 1 ноября 2013 г.

News Feed

Your RSS feed from RSSFWD.com. Update your RSS subscription
RSSFWD

News Feed

Latest worldwide news

Pan de Muerto Is Bread That Gets Into the Spirit
On the Mexican holiday meant to honor the dead, Da de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, this treat is in demand.


DealBook From Anonymity to Scourge of Wall Street
A onetime engineer who earned his law degree at night has been behind the governments campaign to punish Wall Street for the financial crisis.


U.S. budget panel may take only 'small steps' -Treasury's Mazur
WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - A senior U.S. Treasury Department official on Friday said modest achievements may be all that can be expected from a congressional panel tasked with finding federal...


New Obama order aims to prepare communities for severe weather
WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - In another move to address the impact of climate change, President Barack Obama ordered a bipartisan task force on Friday to help U.S. communities brace for longer heat...


Sports Briefing | Soccer Fighting in Brazil Disrupts Clubs
The Brazilian league leader Cruzeiro will have to play one home match away from its stadium because of fan violence.


Israeli planes strike Syria base U.S.
Israeli warplanes struck a military base near the Syrian port city of Latakia on Thursday, an Obama administration official told CNN.


Listening Post One Casualty of Eavesdropping on Merkel A Warm Rapport
For President Obama, the collateral damage the National Security Agency surveillance has inflicted on his relationship with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany is, perhaps, a more painful cost of the episode.


Sports Briefing | Baseball Matt Williams to Manage Nationals
Williams, a former major league third baseman, will be introduced Friday as the teams fifth manager since it moved to Washington from Montreal in 2005.


Triesman FIFA has 'ugly' culture'
It should be a shining light in leading football forward, but FIFA has an "ugly" culture according to one former leading administrator.


World Briefing | Africa Kenya Soldiers Punished Over Looting
The Kenyan military said Tuesday that it dismissed and jailed two soldiers for looting from the Westgate mall in Nairobi last month, as security forces fought off armed militants.


BRIEF-Shunfeng wins bid to acquire main China unit of Suntech
* Says wins bid for acquisition, reorganisation of Wuxi Suntech, Suntech Power's main China unit


UPDATE 2-Canada auto sales jump in October, annual sales record in sight
TORONTO, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Automakers reported a 7.4 percent sales gain in Canada last month, selling the most vehicles ever for the month of October and putting the sector on track to break Canada's annual auto sales record set more than a decade ago.


Sports Briefing | Baseball Rodriguez Inquiry Defended by Selig
Commissioner Bud Selig said he was satisfied baseballs investigators did nothing wrong in obtaining evidence against Alex Rodriguez in the Biogenesis case.


Recipes for Health Millet Polenta With Mushrooms and Broccoli or Broccoli Raab
A savory mix of mushrooms that would pair well with a variety of grains.


Possessed Lisa Kron Life Through Gray-Tinted Glasses
The playwright, who wrote the book for a musical depicting a family tug of war, possesses her own reminder of how complicated our stories can be.


US STOCKS-Futures edge higher after two-day decline
NEW YORK, Nov 1 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged slightly higher on Friday, indicating a Wall Street rebound following two days of losses spurred by concerns over Federal Reserve policy.


Google, Samsung, Huawei sued over Nortel patents
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The group that owns thousands of former Nortel patents filed a barrage of patent lawsuits on Thursday against cell phone manufacturers including Google, the company it outbid in the Nortel bankruptcy auction.


Quagliarella back for Juve, Bonucci dropped from squad
ROME (Reuters) - Striker Fabio Quagliarella returns for Italian champions Juventus for the trip to Parma on Saturday (1700 GMT) after recovering from a thigh injury.


T Magazine Profile in Style | Chinas Fashion Matchmaker
The worlds luxury brands and the worlds fastest-growing consumer market are longing to connect. Melvin Chua is the man bringing them together.


The business of social brains
Neuroscientist Matthew Lieberman explains that we can make ourselves happier and more productive by building on our social intuition as new research reveals that our need to connect with other people is even more fundamental than our need for food or shelter.


Theater Review Across a Span of Realism in London Theater
Different degrees of realism are at play in James Macdonalds production of Roots, Tamara Harveys From Here to Eternity and Mark Rylances Much Ado About Nothing.


Fantasy Football Week 9 Tiered Rankings Overview
Applying an algorithm called the Gaussian mixture model to an aggregation of expert ranking data reveals natural tiers and clusters within the data.


Mashable Names Jim Roberts to Oversee Content Expansion
The editor, Jim Roberts, worked for much of his career at The New York Times and worked briefly at Reuters.


Sushis New Vanguard
All over New York, a more adventurous attitude awaits.


Week 8 N.F.L. Quick Hits The Pure Arm of Matthew Stafford
Overlooked in Detroits dramatic victory over Dallas was a high-reward, high-risk throw that was a perfect concoction of arm strength, accuracy and timing.


Classy Federer sets up clash with Djokovic
PARIS (Reuters) - Former world number one Roger Federer looked like his old self when he beat Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro 6-3 4-6 6-3 at the Paris Masters on Friday to set up a semi-final clash with Novak Djokovic.


Common Sense High Income, Low Taxes and Never a Bad Year
Even in 2009, when the global economy hit the wall, the richest Americans were able to cash in thanks to regressively low rates on capital gains.


Movie Review Mariel Hemingway Pursues Health in Running From Crazy
In a Barbara Kopple documentary, Mariel Hemingway discusses the struggle against a genetic predisposition to mental illness.


Sports Briefing | Baseball Rodriguez Back on the Attack
With the World Series over, Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez resumed his criticism of Major League Baseball and Commissioner Bud Selig.


Phys Ed The Marathon Runner as Couch Potato
On an average workday, runners training for a marathon reported sitting for more than 10 hours a day, raising provocative questions about the growing prevalence of sedentary behavior and its accompanying health risks.


Up-Tempo Spread Making Waves Across the SEC
Gus Malzahn and his no-huddle offense have faced more than their fair share of doubters and critics over the years, dating back to his days as a high school coach in Arkansas.


The top films at the North American box office
LOS ANGELES, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Following are the top 10 movies at North American box offices for the three days starting Oct. 4, led by "Gravity," according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters. 1 (*) Gravity.............................$ 55.6 million 2 (1) Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 $ 21.5 million 3 (*) Runner Runner.......................$ 7.6 million 4 (2) Prisoners...........................$ 5.7 million 5 (3) Rush................................$ 4.4 million


T Magazine In Tbilisi, Georgia, Bold New Buildings Rise From the Ruins of Dead Empires
The historic citys shiny new skyline is a source of both aesthetic and political controversy.


The Amazon's World Cup race
For the World Cup in 2014, the 42,618-seater Arena Amazonia will be one of the event's most striking stadiums. If it is finished on time.....


Snags reported on first day of transcontinental train tunnel
Istanbul's new transcontinental train tunnel under the Bosphorus Strait had a bumpy first day of operation, a day after Turkey's Prime Minister called it a "project for whole humanity" at an inaugural ceremony.


Singer Kelly Clarkson ties the knot in Tennessee
(Reuters) - Pop singer Kelly Clarkson, the first contestant to win the Fox singing competition "American Idol," married talent manager Brandon Blackstock in a ceremony over the weekend in Tennessee, the singer said on Monday.


Economic Scene Perils in Philosophy of Austerity in the U.S.
Without a new budget agreement, impending cuts could inhibit the federal governments ability to do its basic job.


Bill Limiting Pesticide Use on Hawaii Island Is Vetoed
The legislation, vetoed by the mayor on the ground that it was flawed, was aimed at seed companies developing genetically modified crops on the island of Kauai.


The Week Ahead | Dance Its Time to Parse Pole-Dancing
Pole-dancing may be a fitness fad, but for the Filipina performance artist Eisa Jocson, its the politically complex subject at the heart of her one-woman show.


Contractors See Weeks of Work on Health Site
Experts involved in fixing the online health insurance marketplace say the technological problems are extensive.


RSSFWD - From RSS to Inbox
3600 O'Donnell Street, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21224. (410) 230-0061
WhatCounts

Комментариев нет:

Отправить комментарий