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News Feed Latest worldwide news 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. Officials Struggle With Tangled Web of Financing for Somali Militants The Shabab, which claimed responsibility for the deadly mall siege in Nairobi, Kenya, makes money through illegal endeavors and even employs a team of accountants. After the Floods in Colorado, a Deluge of Worry About Leaking Oil As waters recede from Colorados drilling epicenter, the sight of drowning oil wells has inflamed the debate over the environment. Pogue's Posts The Many Mysteries of Air Travel Air turbulence wont crash a plane, and nothing happens when lightning hits a plane. A pilot and blogger answers the questions that many fliers have. Rangers Force AL Wild-Card Tiebreaker, Beat Angels The Texas Rangers had to keep winning to keep playing. After seven wins in a row, they have to do it one more time to get into the playoffs. Itineraries Hotels Fight Comparison Shoppers With Lower, Locked Rates Repeatedly booking and canceling rooms can help a customer get a deal, but the snubbed hotels get empty rooms and no revenue. Russia's field of dreams? "If you build it, they will come." REUTERS SUMMIT-Steel firm Outokumpu should help itself -Finland's state fund (Updates with more comments from Solidium CEO on investments) Westerners Smuggled Letters Offer Glimpse of Egyptian Prisons Missives by two Canadians and one American caught up in the crackdown in Egypt reveal a new willingness to subject Westerners to the same brutal treatment as Egyptians. Fight Over Energy Finds a New Front in a Corner of Idaho The Nez Perce Indians were drawn into the national brawl over the future of energy last month when they tried to stop a load of oil-processing equipment from moving through their lands. Column Lane Kiffin a Boy Wonder No Longer The end for Lane Kiffin came in the middle of the night at the airport, as his team sped off into the darkness without him. Giants Close-Up A quick look at key moments from the Chiefs win over the Giants. India's cinemas by satellite A new way of getting movies to theaters in India. Mallika Kapur reports on the significance. National Briefing | New England Massachusetts Fishery Group Limits Herring Catch According to the rules, the Atlantic herring fleet can incidentally catch no more than 311.4 metric tons of river herring and shad. New Zealand bails out stricken state coal miner, bank lenders hit WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The New Zealand government said it will pump up to NZ$155 million ($128 million) into Solid Energy and private lenders will swap some debt for equity under a plan to save the troubled coal miner, which is slated for partial privatization. Munich decides to bid for 2022 Winter Olympics BERLIN (Reuters) - Bavarian capital Munich, which hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics, will make a bid to stage the Winter Games half a century later in 2022, the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) said on Monday. Next Fed chair must not trim stimulus Kocherlakota MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Whoever takes over next year as chair of the U.S. central bank must show the world the Federal Reserve will do "whatever it takes" to boost employment and resist the... The Week Ahead | Film Dizzying Search for God Particle Although you have to be knowledgeable in physics to fully grasp the concepts in Mark Levinsons documentary Particle Fever, this movie is a mind blower. Family comes first for risk-averse fund managers LONDON (Reuters) - Investors seeking less volatile returns from their stock portfolios are turning their attention to family-owned firms that play for pride as well as profit. Op-Ed Contributor Nixon and Kissingers Forgotten Shame They aided a regime as it killed thousands of Bangladeshis. For Eli Manning, 150 Games and Counting On Sunday, Manning started his 150th consecutive game for the Giants. Compare his streak to the streaks of nearly 500 quarterbacks who have started a game since 1970. Increase in Jihadi Attacks in Africa May Reflect Movements Weakness Some terrorism experts say an uptick in violence has occurred because Islamist militants are making a statement as they feel themselves threatened. Mancini moves to Galatasaray The managerial merry-go-round has stopped for Roberto Mancini -- the Italian has been named as the new boss of Galatasaray. Argentine Judge Seeks to Put Franco Officials on Trial The judge wants to extradite police officials who are accused of torturing opponents of the dictatorship until 1975, when Francisco Franco died. In Transit Blog One Fine Stay Expands to Los Angeles and Paris One Fine Stay, the house rental service, now offers homes in Paris and Los Angeles. Cuba to allow athletes abroad Ever since the Cuban Revolution more than 50 years ago, athletes on the communist island have been able to garner gold medals and glory, but not big paychecks. Termites' powerful weapon against extermination? Their own poop ORLANDO (Reuters) - Scientists trying to understand why destructive wood-eating termites are so resistant to efforts to exterminate them have come up with an unusually repugnant explanation. Mumbai mayor Decorator responsible for deadly building collapse Authorities say they now know what may have caused a five-story building in Mumbai to collapse last week a decorator who removed a central wall and supporting beams without permission. Straight Sets After U.S. Open, Stephens Stays for Fashion Week Sloane Stephens walked the runway Thursday night in the Just Dance With Boy Meets Girl fashion show, modeling the designs of Stacy Igel. Tokyo Electric reverses earlier losses on financing hopes TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Tokyo Electric Power Co reversed early losses on Monday after a source said creditors of the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant are set to provide some $5.9... Out There Astronaut and a Writer at the Movies Watching the new film Gravity with the astronaut Michael J. Massimino, who flew missions to service the Hubble Space Telescope, gives insight into the films fidelities, and its flaws. 20 answers The looming shutdown Let's start with the obvious question Will the government shut down this week? Most likely. T Magazine Model-Morphosis | Magdalena Jasek at Giambattista Valli The photographer Greg Kessler captures the transformations of the Spring 2014 Fashion Week in Paris. Warrior yoga Maasai strike a pose From Maasai warriors teaching yoga to their communities, to classes held in orphanages in city slums, Kenya is embracing yoga. Gadgetwise With New Stylus, LeapFrog Tackles Reading and Writing The LeapReader is an electronic pen that sounds out letters and words in LeapFrog books and teaches children how to write them. USDA will mostly "go dark" in case of federal shutdown WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department will shut off its gusher of statistical reports in the event of a federal government shutdown, leaving traders and food producers in the dark about most activities in the world's largest farm exporter. Tesco puts U.S. grocery chain in bankruptcy, seeks sale (Reuters) - Britain's Tesco Plc put its U.S. grocery store chain into bankruptcy on Monday as part of a plan to sell most of the 167 stores to a private equity firm led by billionaire Ron Burkle. Music Review Atoms for Peace Makes Its Songs Subject to Tweaking Atoms for Peace played songs from the albums Amok and The Eraser at Barclays Center on Friday. The New Old Age Many Nursing Homes Operate Without Adequate Sprinkler Systems More than 1,100 older nursing homes do not have sprinklers or have only partial systems. Obama Criticizes G.O.P. as Senate Rejects Houses Terms on Budget President Obama castigated House Republicans after they pushed forward a new plan to tie further government spending to a one-year delay in a requirement that individuals buy health insurance.

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