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News Feed Latest worldwide news Disruptions Gawker Wants to Encourage More Voices Online, but With Less Yelling A site that will promote comments on Gawker Media sites wants to elevate the role of commenters while trying to keep needless vitriol at bay. Ex cons turn curators September 25 - Nine inmates from a French penitentiary select works of art for an exhibition. Sharon Reich reports. As ad war heats up, White House pushes to enroll millions in Obamacare WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday kicked off a six-month campaign to encourage millions of Americans to sign up for health coverage under "Obamacare," an effort in which the president and other political celebrities promote the law's promise of subsidized health coverage. Bits Blog Internet Pioneer RealNetworks Seeks Revival The company has reinvented its venerable RealPlayer software as a cloud service that it says will make it easier to privately share personal videos between mobile devices, television sets and computers. 'Snake Man' moves like a serpent The "Snake Man" is real. The mythical creature with the body of a serpent and face of a human folds himself into a tight coil for the gasping crowds, before slithering into his next impossible position. Batman's crime-ridden Gotham metropolis comes to Fox TV LOS ANGELES, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Batman's crime-ridden gritty fictional metropolis of Gotham City will be the focus of a new Fox drama, the latest comic book-inspired series to tap superheroes' ability to draw audiences to both film and TV. The Buzz Today Cher sounds-off on Miley Cyrus, Hailee Steinfeld's shakespearen romance and Chris Hemsworth's secret revealed! Motherlode Blog 6 Ways to Overcome Anxiety and Talk Money With Your Children Many parents would rather talk to their children about sex than about money, but far too few have stopped to figure out why and how to get over it. JPMorgan in talks to settle government probes for $11 billion sources NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase Co is in talks with government officials to settle federal and state mortgage probes for $11 billion, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The Boss Margaret Minson When the Gamex2019;s on the Line As an athlete, Margaret Minson of Student Sponsor Partners learned how to take risks x2014; a quality that has helped her in her career. Cartoonists draw dangerous lines In many ways, the Middle East makes a strange -- and at times perilous -- hotbed for caricature. World's first 3D-printed gun The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, UK has acquired two models of the world's first 3D-printed gun. Back in Seoul, Johnson hopes for 'new chance' SEOUL (Reuters) - Cheat. Disgrace. Canada's shame Ben Johnson has been called all these things and more in the last 25 years. Panic button-equipped Amazon Kindles join gadget battle SEATTLE (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has begun selling a juiced-up line-up of new Kindle tablets, many sporting a unique video helpdesk feature it hopes will give it a leg-up over Apple Inc and Google Inc during the holiday season. Cost to add more solar, wind to U.S. West power grid is small - study (Reuters) - Wear-and-tear costs on coal and natural gas power plants from adding high levels of wind and solar energy in the U.S. West is small compared with the benefits of generating less power using fossil fuels, a federal study said Tuesday. 92nd Street Ys Poetry Center Celebrates 75 at 75 As part of its 75th-anniversary celebration, the 92nd Street Ys Unterberg Poetry Center digs deep into its archive of rare photographs and correspondence. Speaking ill of the dead After a scathing obituary written by the adult children of an allegedly abusive mother went viral, grief experts weigh in on how to mourn a less-than-loved one. The Sun That Did Not Roar The Sun appears to slack off at the height of the solar cycle, the solar maximum, usually a time of roiling activity as the stars magnetic fields reverse. The laser light that could cut cyclist deaths It looks like a regular bike light, but one day a Blaze could save your life. The Yankees Farewell Sundays of 2008 and 2013 In the rare instances of not making the playoffs, the end of two disappointing seasons featured goodbyes to big pieces of the Yankees legend. A Rutgers Walk-On Rushes to the Top The Scarlet Knights have two nonscholarship athletes starting in the backfield running back Paul James and fullback Michael Burton. The quest for info on Syrian inmate A woman writes of her struggle for information about a loved one, arrested and jailed in Syria. Recipes for Health Balkan Eggplant and Chile Pure A delicious spread that works well with warm pita bread or toasted pita triangles. China Gains New Friends in Its Quest for Energy A Chinese presence at a vast new oil field in Kazakhstan is another indication that Chinas influence has eclipsed even Russias across the former Soviet republics of Central Asia. 'INF1DL' OK for vanity plate? It's time to do away with vanity plates. 10 smartphone habits to avoid How annoying and rude and antisocial have we all become with our smartphones? We're embarrassing ourselves all over the place. Please stop. TPG agrees to sell China leasing business to Haitong for $715 mln HONG KONG, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Global private equity firm TPG Capital has agreed to sell its China leasing business UT Capital Group Co Ltd to Haitong International Holdings, a unit of Haitong... Sailing-Oracle Team USA wins America's Cup SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Oracle Team USA won the 34th America's Cup on Wednesday, coming from behind to defeat Emirates Team New Zealand in the tie-breaking 19th race of the finals. Fashion designers look to patents to fight knockoffs NEW YORK (Reuters) - Design companies tending to the details of fashion shows have more to think about than skirt lengths and handbag clasps - they must decide whether to seek U.S. patent protection... UPDATE 1-Fed will be able to smoothly wind down aggressive policy-Dudley NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Winding down the Federal Reserve's unprecedented policy accommodation is feasible even with the U.S. central bank's swollen balance sheet, though there are bound to be... DealBook BlackBerry Buyout Offer Raises Array of Questions BlackBerry said that it had reached an agreement to sell the company for $9 a share to a group led by Fairfax Financial Holdings. 10 wild things about Scotland This small country contains some of the most unspoiled territory in Europe. You're the Boss Blog How I Hire Got Any Questions? Jay Goltz and Eilene Zimmerman, Youre the Boss bloggers, are standing by to answer them. UPDATE 1-ABC TV's 'S.H.I.E.L.D' opens big with 12.2 mln viewers Sept 25 (Reuters) - New ABC drama "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." garnered strong ratings in its Tuesday debut, grabbing 12.2 million viewers overall and ranking first in its time slot among viewers ages 18 to 49, the group most prized by advertisers, according to Nielsen ratings data. Limited Service on Metro-Norths New Haven Line The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said that the problem was caused by the loss of a feeder cable, and that the disruptions could persist for at least a few days. Japan's Chubu Electric to apply for nuclear plant safety approval TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Chubu Electric Power Co said on Wednesday it will apply for safety approvals of the No. 4 reactor at its sole Hamaoka nuclear plant by the end of March 2014, aiming to restart the facility which was shut after the Fukushima crisis due to fears it was vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis. Obama and Iranian Leader Miss Each Other, Diplomatically The near miss between President Obama and President Hassan Rouhani of Iran illustrates the political sensitivities that will affect both leaders as they try to embark on a diplomatic path. Rouhani Nuclear weapons have no place in Iran's security Iran is prepared to engage in nuclear talks and nuclear weapons have no place in his country's security, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday. Pop singer Pink named Billboard's Woman of the Year LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop singer Pink has been named Billboard's Woman of the Year after scoring her first ever No. 1 album this year, the music industry trade magazine said on Monday. Becca Aronson, Matthew Makover The bride is a senior consultant at a management consultancy; the groom is an associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton Garrison.

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