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News Feed Latest worldwide news U.S. Womens Team Cry, Laugh, Love and Compete The U.S. womens national team faces New Zealand on Sunday in an international friendly match in San Francisco. Mythbuster Edoardo Molinari Ryder Cup star Edoardo Molinari shows how you can improve your golf game using technology, among other things. World Briefing | the Americas Brazil Consortium Wins Oil Rights The Brazilian authorities on Monday awarded a license to develop oil production in a coveted deep-sea area to a consortium of five companies. Phys Ed How Music Can Boost Our Workouts Making music and not just listening to it while exercising makes the exercise easier, a remarkable new experiment finds, suggesting that the human love of music may have evolved, in part, to ease physical effort. Dubai launches much-delayed passenger services at new airport DUBAI, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Dubai officially launched passenger services at its new Al Maktoum International airport on Sunday after a delay of nearly four years, with three airlines agreeing to operate from the facility for now. Your Money Adviser Keeping a Foot in the Office Door Can Ease Mothers Anxiety Experts recommend that women stay connected to the working world, which can help in case of divorce and also narrow the wage gap between men and women. Syria Meets Deadline for Arms Destruction Plan The watchdog charged with monitoring and destroying Syrias chemical weapons program said it had received the nations formal declaration on its arsenal ahead of schedule. Domestic Lives Face to Face With My Inner Mean Old Man The writer takes retribution against noisy neighbors by screaming at them in a haunted house. By invitation, of course. Iran border guards killed in clashes with bandits -- report As many as 17 Iranian border guards have been killed in armed clashes with bandits in the Saravan city area of southeast Iran, Iran's state news agency said Saturday. Health Site Woes Undermine Obamas Vow on Government Flaws in the rollout of the online federal exchange could have serious implications for President Obamas promise of a more efficient government. Opinion Riding Out Sandy in the Rockaways A view of Hurricane Sandy from Arverne in the Rockaways. Zynga firms up mobile efforts, shares up 13 percent SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Zynga Inc said it expects a full-year profit after reporting better-than-expected third-quarter results due to cost-cutting and a renewed focus on mobile games and core franchises like "Zynga Poker" that lifted shares 13 percent. UPDATE 4-Fernandez coalition loses clout but keeps majority in midterm BUENOS AIRES, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Argentine leader Cristina Fernandez's allies took a beating in Sunday's midterm election, shrinking her congressional majority, snuffing out chances of a... Economix Blog How the Budget Debate Could Help the Economy By aiming at limited goals more susceptible to agreement, Congressional conferees may reallocate sequestered spending in a way that stems job losses and trims future deficits, an economist writes. Music Review Charles Dutoit Leads the Philharmonic in Concerto Grosso The conductor Charles Dutoit brings back some favorites, including Pendereckis Concerto Grosso, with three solo cellos, in a New York Philharmonic appearance. Hockney Returns A look at works in a David Hockney exhibition in San Francisco. Gadgetwise An iPhone Case That Doubles as a Charger The flip-out prongs of the PocketPlug can go right into an electrical outlet without the need for wires. Global Soccer In One Night, Soccer's Beauty and Ugliness on Full Display The beauty of the strikers. The hatred of the mob. The incompatibility of a game that wants to be, and by now ought to be, beyond racial prejudice. China's Dongfeng still weighing benefits of investing in Peugeot SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Dongfeng Motor Group is still weighing the benefits of investing in loss-making PSA Peugeot Citroen , a top Dongfeng executive said, hinting that a deal with the French... GE CEO says equal access in China is crucial Jan 19 - In an exclusive interview with Reuters Global Editor-at-Large Chrystia Freeland, GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt says true free trade between the the world's top two economies of U.S. and China is crucial. Ghana's pioneering heart surgeon Errol Barnett meets Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, a heart surgeon and founder of Ghana's first and only Cardiothoracic center. Microsoft beats profit forecasts, shares jump SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp cruised past Wall Street's quarterly profit and revenue forecasts on Thursday, helped by strong sales of its Office and server software to businesses, sending its... Is the iPhone 5C a flop? When Apple unveiled not one but two new iPhones last month, it was the dawning of a new strategy for the company, which for six years had championed its single iconic smartphone even as competitors rolled out an array of shapes, sizes and features. Bubba on shaping shots Defending Masters champion Bubba Watson talks family, Golf Boys, that playoff and shows us how he shapes those shots. YouTube Said to Introduce Paid Service for Music The company plans to introduce the subscription service by the end of the year, perhaps as early as next month, according to people briefed on YouTubes plans. Typhoon sparks island evacuation Oct. 23 - Some elderly residents are evacuated from a Japanese island before the arrival of Typhoon Francisco. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Jimenez toasts vintage ace! If ever there was an appropriate prize for a hole in one, the organizers of the Portugal Masters certainly found it when fun-loving Spanish veteran Miguel Angel Jimenez struck it lucky on the eighth at the Oceanico Victoria Course on the Algarve. Syria meets weapons deadline Syria has met its deadline for submitting a plan for getting rid of its chemical weapons, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Sunday. A Reason for Hope in Congos Perpetual War Defeats last year jolted both the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the United Nations into action, bringing new leadership and vigor to the fight. Music Review Baden-Baden 1927 From the Gotham Chamber Opera Ernst Tochs Princess and the Pea was part of the Gotham Chamber Operas Baden-Baden 1927, a reconstruction of the four one-act operas commissioned for an avant-garde festival in Germany. Online dating now widely accepted If eHarmony or Match.com features more prominently in your "how we met" story than a smoky nightclub or the produce aisle, you're probably not so reluctant to admit it. Tens of thousands march for same-sex marriage in Taiwan TAIPEI (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators, many displaying rainbows and glitter, thronged the center of Taiwan's capital on Saturday to press demands to legalize same-sex marriage amid an... UPDATE 1-Orrick, Pillsbury in talks to form big 10 U.S. law firm NEW YORK, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Two U.S. law firms are in advanced merger discussions to create one of the 10 largest in the country, according to the firms' chairmen. Connecticut official reports Obamacare data system down WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - A U.S. federal data system used to verify information for the Obamacare health exchange is experiencing an outage, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services... A Poet With Words Trapped Inside Ntozake Shange, suffering from the effects of two strokes and a neurological disorder, is unable to write or type, and even voice recognition software is working against her, auto-correcting her very personal style. Growing Libya's new nation CNN's Christiane Amanpour speaks with Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan. Publishing Executive at Amazon to Depart Laurence Kirshbaum also worked at Random House and eventually became the chairman and chief executive of the Time Warner Book Group. CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-China Construction Bank earnings slow on increased bad-loan provisions (Corrects Q3 net profit to 56.8 billion yuan from 56.5 billion, percent change to 9.4 from 8.9) New video shows rescue of 700 migrants off Italian coast Oct. 26 - Italian Coast Guard releases new footage of rescue of 700 migrants Thursday, on the same day they intercepted a separate boat carrying more than 130. Gavino Garay reports. Today's Economist The Power of the Individual Mandate Powerful incentives in the Affordable Care Act are likely to bring a sharp reduction in the number of working Americans who go without health insurance, an economist writes.

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