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News Feed Latest worldwide news Sunshine and Tears at Ancient Olympia Flame Rehearsal Dressed in long, cream robes, priestesses praying to the Greek sun god Apollo bathed in warm sunshine at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics on Saturday in the final rehearsal for the flame that will burn at the Sochi Winter Games. Breakingviews Hong Kong's Alibaba loss is New York's gain? Sept. 26 - Chinese Internet giant Alibaba has chosen New York over Hong Kong for its $15 billion IPO. Breakingviews' Peter Thal Larsen and Rob Cox debate the pros and cons for the company and the exchanges. Will this man ever end his drought? Julien Benneteau is a talented player. He has beaten Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. But the Frenchman just can't win a tournament. When he lost to rising star Joao Sousa in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, he slumped to 0-9 in finals to tie an unwanted record. Can Tiger win 15th? Shane O'Donoghue previews the PGA Championship and discusses Tiger Wood's elusive 15th major. Aerial engineers seek inspiration from slo-mo hummingbirds Oct. 1 - Researchers at Stanford University are looking to one of nature's most agile creatures - the hummingbird - for design tips as they build the next generation of aerial search and rescue vehicles. Using high-speed cameras, the engineers are slowing down time to study the birds in flight. Ben Gruber reports. F.A.A. Panel Backs Easing of Device Rules Passengers should be allowed to use the entertainment features on their phones and tablets throughout the flight, the panel said. Olympic torch begins its journey The Winter Olympic torch will travel 40,000 miles in 123 days on its way to Russia. U.S. Sees Direct Threat in Attack at Kenya Mall Dozens of F.B.I. agents are investigating the wreckage, hoping to glean every piece of information possible to help prevent such a devastating attack from happening again, possibly even on American soil. UPDATE 2-Bank of Canada cuts Q3 growth forecast as exports sluggish * Says growth of 2.5 pct needed to absorb economy's slack Sports Briefing | College Football Pasqualoni Fired at Connecticut After 0-4 Start Connecticuts football coach, Paul Pasqualoni, was fired Monday with his team 0-4 in his third season and the most recent loss by 41-12 at Buffalo. The Learning Network Blog 6 Qs About the News | Budget Standoff Leads to Government Shutdown How do you feel about the government shutdown? Why? Major new course taking shape Living Golf explores how work at the new private members club is progressing in the heart of the home of golf. Oil and Money Special Report With Returns From Dry Land Diminishing, Russian Oilmen Look to Arctic Waters Without Arctic off-shore drilling, Russias oil production is projected to decline by about 1 million barrels a day by 2020. But drilling in the far north presents some vexing problems. The Week Ahead | Dance Interpreting Rite in 2 Parts The courageous Nora Chipaumire examines the notion of sacrifice through a contemporary lens. You're the Boss Blog What Does the Affordable Care Act Mean for Your Business? If you are a small-business owner with employees, please take a few minutes to fill out the survey. Ronaldo agrees new deal Cristiano Ronaldo pledged his future to Real Madrid as he signs a new five-year deal Sunday which ties him to the Spanish giants until 2018. Ghana's tricky commute CNN's Errol Barnett discovers some of the innovative and creative ways Ghanaians handle the challenges of commuting. Two die as Singapore crane fails Oct. 1 - Two killed as a crane partially collapses on a construction site in the city state. Paul Chapman reports. Bonita Spence, a Referee Who Had a Cheering Section, Dies at 52 Well known in the world of basketball, Ms. Spence also worked as an investigator in the public defenders office in Newark, N.J. Preoccupations An Entrepreneur Who Took a Chance on Herself Prerna Gupta, C.E.O. of Khush Inc. x2014; the creator of an iPhone app called LaDiDa x2014; discusses her journey to entrepreneurship. Nielsen Deal For Arbitron Is Complete The deal will allow Nielsen to better track the publics media consumption across television, radio and range of electronic devices. Op-Ed Contributor A Pause, Not an End, to Warming The lull is consistent with historic temperature variability. End of an Aimless Summer 3 Youths Charged in a Killing After the Australian native Christopher Lane was gunned down while visiting Duncan, Okla., three young men said they had shot him because they were bored and looking for a thrill. In Practice A Scramble as Day 1 Approaches With fewer than 24 hours to go, officials are still working to prepare and explain the new health insurance exchanges scheduled to open on Tuesday. Yemen Militants kill 4 at military headquarters Four Yemeni soldiers were killed and more than 20 injured when suspected al Qaeda militants stormed the headquarters of the Army's 2nd Division in the southern Yemeni city of Mukalla on Monday, three local security officials told CNN. California to sell $2 bln of general obligation debt in October STOCKTON, Calif., Oct 1 (Reuters) - California aims to sell about $2 billion of its general-obligation bonds the week of Oct. 21, a spokesman for state Treasurer Bill Lockyer's office said on Tuesday. Venezualan media in firing line Oct. 1 - Venezuela's president tears the media off a strip for 'instilling panic' over shortages of goods from milk to toilet paper. Paul Chapman reports. WRAPUP 8-White House rejects latest Republican offer to end shutdown * Republicans proposed restoring funding for certain programs Sports Briefing | Soccer Neymar Scores as Barcelona Stays Perfect in League Play Neymar scored his first league goal and helped host Barcelona ease past Real Sociedad, 4-1, in Spains top league and stay perfect after six matches. Global Soccer There Is Much More to Soccer Than Statistics Numbers have their uses, but they cannot indicate what is going on between mind, body and soul. They cannot (yet) give a reading on creative imagination. Exports key to U.S. success Jan 19 - In an exclusive interview with Reuters Global Editor-at-Large Chrystia Freeland, GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt says that the American consumer is no longer the driver of the global economy and that high-tech exports are the key to future growth of the U.S. economy. 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. HarperCollins Joins Scribd In E-Book Subscription Plan The deal will make the publishers backlist books available to monthly subscribers in a Netflix-style service. The Search How to Rebound From a Wrong Career Choice Many young people can be steered into careers and discover much later that the choice was wrong. 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... Business lost after government shutdown With the government shutdown in effect, CNN is following stories of Americans in different walks of life and how they are affected. Web traffic, glitches slow Obamacare exchanges launch (Reuters) - Technical glitches and heavy internet traffic slowed Tuesday's launch of new online insurance exchanges at the heart of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform, showcasing the challenge of covering millions of uninsured Americans. Shutdown sets off scramble to delay U.S. court deadlines WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Faced with an indefinite government shutdown, U.S. government lawyers sought delays on Tuesday in court cases across the country on subjects ranging from competition... Op-Ed Contributor A Pause, Not an End, to Warming The lull is consistent with historic temperature variability. South Sudans Army Faces Accusations of Civilian Abuse Witnesses have described soldiers from the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army indiscriminately firing on market squares, beating people and raping women.

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