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News Feed Latest worldwide news New York's MoMA exhibition explores Rene Magritte's surrealist work NEW YORK (Reuters) - Belgian painter Rene Magritte's work, featuring men in bowler hats, mysterious landscapes and bright blue skies, may be familiar to many art lovers, but a new exhibition focuses attention on the artist's surrealist pieces. T Magazine On View | Art Comes to the Interstate The Manifest Destiny Billboard Project is a cross-country exhibition of roadside posters stretching from Jacksonville to Los Angeles. Recipes for Health Miso-Peanut Spread A nutty, sweet and salty spread that can stand in for peanut butter. Kessel, Leafs Get Brawl-Marred 5-3 Win vs Sabres Buffalo Sabres tough guy John Scott was looking for a fight. The Toronto Maple Leafs weren't happy when he picked Phil Kessel as his opponent. UPDATE 2-UK's Labour takes on utilities with price freeze plan * Twenty-month freeze will cost utility firms 4.5 bln pounds The Backlash to the American Invasion of the Booker Prize Next year, the Man Booker Prize will be open to any work originally written in English and published in Britain, bringing concerns that American novels will dominate. Struggling, San Jose Tests a Way to Cut Benefits The city that calls itself the capital of Silicon Valley is planning to cut pensions and other benefits to fight its escalating fiscal woes, and other municipalities are watching. Judge rejects proposed member of LightSquared auction committee NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked a proposed appointee to a committee to oversee the bankruptcy auction of broadband company LightSquared LP , citing a conflict of... Books of The Times Francos Crypt Spanish Culture and Memory Since 1936 Mr. Treglown, a former editor of The Times Literary Supplement, challenges the idea that Spanish dissidents were completely stifled under Franco. Along a Stretch in Brooklyn, Moving Beyond the Bars Stylish boutiques, antiques dealers and upscale restaurants now mix with local watering holes on the western end of Atlantic Avenue. Greek Civil Servants Start 2-Day Strike Public sector workers were striking against plans to cut thousands of jobs, with anger fueled by the killing of an rap artist. New Music New Releases From Kings of Leon, Claudia Quintet and Frankie Rose Good things can happen after a band goes on hiatus. UPDATE 1-Undeterred by recall, Fonterra seen pushing on with own-brand China plan * Fonterra's branded push into China seen on track, despite recall '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. Enigmatic Leader of Iran Backs Overture, for Now Irans new president, Hassan Rouhani, is getting all the attention, but Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, remains the man behind the curtain. Eileen Tucker, Matthew Spiro The bride is a research associate at an investment firm; the groom works for an asset management unit of JPMorgan Chase. Weight loss tied to knee arthritis benefits NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Intensive weight loss together with regular exercise did more to ease knee arthritis than exercise alone for overweight and obese adults in a new U.S. study. New York man hits 3 million miles in 1966 Volvo Sep. 20 - Irv Gordon hits 3 million miles in his 1966 Volvo continuing his place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the driver with the most miles driven in one car by a single owner. Gavino Garay reports. UPDATE 5-Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron deal would create titan * Applied Materials shareholders to hold 68 pct of company BlackBerry bid is credit negative for Fairfax-Moody's TORONTO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Fairfax Financial Holding Ltd's plan to lead a consortium to buy BlackBerry is credit negative for Fairfax but does not have rating implications, Moody's Investors Service said on Tuesday. Israeli researchers walk the walk with gait analysis device July 14 - An Israeli company is developing an inexpensive gait analysis device it believes will help doctors diagnose previously undetected medical conditions. The study of a person's walking style can reveal much about their health, and the company says it can now done at a price that most people can afford. Jim Drury has more. 'Rush' relives F1's death or glory days F1's wacky races run during the 1970s provided the sport with some of its most celebrated and reviled moments which are now the subject of two feature-length films released this autumn. UPDATE 2-UK's Labour draws 2015 election battle lines against "privileged few" * Labour blames PM Cameron for slowest recovery in 100 years California law allows kids to erase digital indiscretions SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California teenagers, who post photographs of themselves wearing too little clothing or having had too much to drink, will have the legal right to erase their online indiscretions under newly enacted first-in-the-nation legislation. Op-Ed Contributor Those Are Our People Watching terrorists attack a mall just miles from my home in Nairobi. Serbia Reaches Davis Cup Final Serbia reached the Davis Cup final after Janko Tipsarevic won the decisive singles match against Vasek Pospisil to clinch a 3-2 victory over Canada. Arctic Ice Makes Comeback From Record Low, but Long-Term Decline May Continue The sea ice coverage in the Arctic Ocean is 50 percent greater than last year at this time. T Magazine Threes a Trend | Tropical Prints Get a Serious Upgrade In the spring/summer 2014 collections, designers have given kitschy warm-weather patterns a forward-thinking makeover with unexpected materials and surprising styling choices. List of missing Colorado flood victims down to just one DENVER (Reuters) - The list of people still missing in the devastating Colorado floods dwindled to one person on Tuesday, a woman who is presumed dead, after six others once among the hundreds unaccounted for notified authorities that they were alive and well. Reuters Today Blackberry - Gimme some privacy! Sept. 24 - Smartphone maker BlackBerry agrees to go private in a $4.7 billion deal led by its biggest shareholder Fairfax, allowing it to regroup away from public scrutiny after years of falling fortunes. Jews Challenge Rules to Claim Heart of Jerusalem Tensions are growing as more mainstream Jews seek to visit and pray at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, a sacred site controlled for centuries by Muslims, who call it the Noble Sanctuary. Germany has most of its winter emergency power reserves regulator FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany has secured 2,022 megawatts (MW) of the 2,540 MW emergency electricity capacity it needs to get through the winter, the energy regulator said on Monday, confirming a forecast that possible shortages were being managed. Kenyas President Says Mall Attackers Are Defeated President Uhuru Kenyatta said fighting at the Westgate mall had ended, only hours after the militants inside said they would stand their ground. N.F.L. Roundup Burleson, Lions Receiver, Is Injured in Car Accident Detroit wide receiver Nate Burleson sustained a broken arm in an auto accident early Tuesday and could miss the rest of the season. Breastfeeding concerns common among new mothers NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - During their child's first two months of life, most new mothers have concerns about breastfeeding that make them consider giving up and switching to formula, according to a new study. Scientists grow new stem cells in a living mouse LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have succeeded in generating new stem cells in living mice and say their success opens up possibilities for the regeneration of damaged tissue in people with conditions ranging from heart failure to spinal cord injury. Scientists confirm Voyager 1 probe is in interstellar space CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Scientists have been debating for more than a year whether NASA's 36-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft has left the solar system and become the first human-made object to reach interstellar space. Encounters Zachary Quinto A Playwrights Home, an Actors Muse An actor in The Glass Menagerie finds inspiration in a visit to the playwright Tennessee Williamss last home. UPDATE 2-Noble Corp to spin off older drilling rigs into new company Sept 24 (Reuters) - Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corp unveiled on Tuesday a long-planned spin-off of older rigs into a new company that may make an initial public offering next year, as Noble seeks a premium valuation for its best assets. Currents | Gardens Changing Perspectives The Monks Garden at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum gets a makeover by Michael Van Valkenburgh.

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