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News Feed Latest worldwide news U.S. Plans Global Network of Free Online Courses The classes, offered in partnership with the California company Coursera, will include weekly sessions in which students will meet in person. Thinking Entrepreneur How a Start-Up Retailer Can Manage Cash Flow In the last of a three-part series, a business owner talks about how she can come up with the cash to stock her store. Lockheed signs deal to design largest ocean thermal electric plant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leading U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin signed a contract on Wednesday to design the biggest power station fueled by differences in ocean temperatures, a 10-megawatt plant that would provide electricity for a new Asian resort. CEE MARKETS 2-Stocks retreat, currencies ease post-Fed By Jason Hovet and Radu Marinas PRAGUE/BUCHAREST, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Central European stocks weakened on Thursday after the Federal Reserve sounded less concerned about the economy than some had expected, weighing on riskier assets that have been supported by U.S. monetary stimulus. Warsaw, Prague and Budapest stock markets fell 0.3-0.8 percent on the day. Hungarian pharmaceuticals firm Richter bucked the trend and rose as high as 0.6 percent after reporting higher than expected thi Man trapped in desert pens final notes No one knows why David Welch hopped into his maroon Pontiac van last month and drove for hours. His last moments appear to have been trapped in the desert. City Room The Ad Campaign De Blasios Tone Poem to a Diverse City Bill de Blasio begins running what is likely to be his final ad in the mayoral race. Georgia Elects New President, but Real Power Will Rest With Next Premier Giorgi Margvelashvili, a former deputy prime minister and education minister, was headed to a decisive victory, according to surveys of voters leaving the polls. Contrite White House Spurns Health Laws Critics While the secretary of health and human services apologized profusely for the troubled rollout of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama traveled to Massachusetts to offer a forceful defense of the law. Obamacare controversy hits close to home for Capitol Hill staff WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers opposed to Obamacare are grappling with a predicament of their own making as they decide whether to move their staff into the new insurance marketplaces tied to President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul. India Ink A Conversation With Jazz Pianist Vijay Iyer A conversation with celebrated Jazz pianist, composer, and scholar Vijay Iyer. Times Co. Posts a Loss, Hurt by Sale Of The Globe The company said the results were positive because the company is now free to concentrate on its profitable core product, The New York Times and its affiliated publications. Tennis greats gather for reunion A group of exclusive players, including Roger Federer and Andy Roddick, met on the sidelines of the U.S. Open. App Smart Singing With Monsters and Playing Some Tunes Games with a music element have been tailored for smartphones. 'The Exorcist' still turns heads at 40 Pea soup. That crucifix. Those stairs. DealBook From Anonymity to Scourge of Wall Street A onetime engineer who earned his law degree at night has been behind the governments campaign to punish Wall Street for the financial crisis. This Land A World Away, the Seventh Game; Close at Hand, Condemned Nazis For two American chaplains at Nuremberg prison in Germany, the climactic end of the initial phase of postwar judgment coincided with Game 7 of the 1946 World Series. Cilic Makes Winning Comeback at Paris Masters In his first match since returning from a four-month doping ban, Marin Cilic beat a qualifier, Igor Sijsling, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4, to reach the second round of the Paris Masters. The Cape Town Rollergirls Inside Africa looks at how the team stays in shape between competitions which take place every six months. Baylor Climbs to No. 5 in AP College Football Poll Baylor climbed to No. 5 in The Associated Press college football poll, the best ranking for the Bears in 60 years. World's most extreme courses From Greenland to Afghanistan to Bolivia playing golf in some of the world's wildest, most beautiful and most dangerous places. 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. Big Papi Delivers in World Series David Ortiz capped an already stellar career by winning the Most Valuable Player award in the World Series on Wednesday and capturing the hearts of the Boston Nation. Astronomers Find Earthlike Planet, but Its Infernally Hot Kepler 78b, a planet 400 light-years away, is the first planet that seems to be of similar size and made of the same mixture of rock and iron as Earth. Twitter hit with $124 million lawsuit over private stock sale NEW YORK (Reuters) - Twitter Inc was sued for $124 million on Wednesday by two companies claiming the social media darling fraudulently had them organize a private sale of its shares to stoke... Spook your appetite with creepy cakes The creepy cakes of Miss Cakehead, which mix the delicious with the disgusting. Protests as Palestinians released Israel released 26 Palestinian prisoners early Wednesday, part of an agreement that fueled new peace talks. But Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said all prisoners must be released before any peace deal. Psychic scammers find fertile haunting ground in Internet age GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - As pre-Halloween witches and ghouls sprout up on U.S. lawns, experts are warning people to be wary of modern occult scammers who have moved online to hawk virtual... Colombia defense minister says troop cuts after peace 'big mistake' BOGOTA (Reuters) - It would be a "big mistake" for Colombia to reduce troop numbers or cut its security budget if a peace agreement is signed with Marxist FARC rebels to end a half century of war, the defense minister said on Thursday. Fall TV scorecard What's hot, what's not Fall TV can be so hit ... or miss. In Response to Storm, New York Will Create a Gas Reserve The pilot program, which will cost $10 million, was started to prevent shortages like the one that affected the region during Hurricane Sandy last year. Books of The Times American Mirror, About Norman Rockwell, by Deborah Solomon American Mirror grapples with the aesthetic and psychological influences on the illustrator Norman Rockwells work. In Response to Storm, New York Will Create a Gas Reserve The pilot program, which will cost $10 million, was started to prevent shortages like the one that affected the region during Hurricane Sandy last year. Today's Economist Work Now, and Let Uncle Sam Pay You Later The rise in payroll taxes without an increase in a workers ultimate benefits from Social Security is a disincentive to work, an economist writes. The Saturday Profile Mexican Writer Mines the Soccer Field for Metaphors Juan Villoro, one of Mexicos most decorated and esteemed writers, also happens to be a leading soccer analyst, extracting lessons about society and life from the game. UPDATE 1-Australia's Nine seeks to raise $570 mln in IPO -source SYDNEY, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Australia's Nine Entertainment Co Pty Ltd is seeking to raise as much as $570 million in an initial public offering, a person familiar with the process said, a move that... Obama administration says shares views with lawmakers on tax reform WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Thursday called on Congress to engage it on tax reform, saying plans currently considered by lawmakers "share much in common" with the White House's approach to the issue. Bosnia mtel Q3 profit down 11 pct due to economic crisis SARAJEVO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Bosnia's second-largest telecoms firm, mtel, posted third-quarter profit of 78.7 million Bosnian marka ($55 million) on Thursday, down 11 percent on lower revenue that the company said was due to a worsening economic situation. Twitter's 'anti-Facebook' IPO tactics win over some investors NEW YORK (Reuters) - Institutional investors who met with Twitter Inc this week say they are optimistic about its initial public offering and see little sign of the irrational exuberance that... 'Ender's Game' explores complexity of youth, isolation and warfare LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Based on a story written three decades ago and set in a future dystopian Earth where children are manipulated into fighting an enemy race, the film "Ender's Game" could make its young adult and family audience ponder what ails present-day society. Marcia Wallace, Comic Actress on The Simpsons, Dies at 70 Ms. Wallace was a bubbly comic actress who greeted doctors and group-therapy patients on The Bob Newhart Show and was the Emmy Award-winning voice of Edna Krabappel on The Simpsons.

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