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News Feed Latest worldwide news Philadelphia Inquirer Majority Owners Seek to Buy Out Others The majority owners said they wanted to provide stability to the newspaper after a month of upheavals and lawsuits. New Confections, Coconut Chips and More Recommendations for the week of Oct. 29. Wealth Matters With Giving Season in Full Force, Seeking to Understand Donors A new report challenges some accepted wisdom about how people give money and why they sometimes dont. UPDATE 1-Audience forecasts lower orders from Samsung * Sees Q4 adj loss of .12-.16/shr vs est loss of .03 Kimye forever Kim, Kanye get engaged Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are now engaged, according to E! News, the network that airs Kardashian's reality show. No. 4 Buckeyes Score Early, Often in 63-14 Win Ohio State was looking for a lopsided win to impress the voters and boost its BCS numbers. The Buckeyes made Penn State pay the price. Mickelson Eyes Sheshan Hat-Trick as Tiger Sits Out The absence of Tiger Woods will not go unnoticed at this week's WGC-HSBC Champions tournament but the attendance of 40 of the world's top 50 players suggests the tournament is living up to its billing as a World Golf Championships tournament. N.F.L. Roundup Alworths Super Bowl Ring Is Found Lance Alworths Super Bowl ring, which was stolen in 1992, has been recovered. 'After Midnight' brings music of legendary Cotton Club to Broadway NEW YORK (Reuters) - "After Midnight," a Broadway musical featuring original arrangements by jazz great Duke Ellington, melds classic songs from the 1920s and 30s with dance to recreate Harlem's Golden Age and the legendary Cotton Club. Toyota plans to launch large hybrid SUVs in 2016 Nikkei (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp plans to roll out hybrid versions of its large sport utility vehicles from 2016 to prepare for tougher environmental regulations, the Nikkei reported, quoting sources. In a Breathtaking First, NASAs Voyager 1 Exits the Solar System Voyager 1, launched back in 1977, has become the first man-made object to pass into the unknown vastness of interstellar space. Niger says 92 migrants found dead in Sahara after failed crossing NIAMEY (Reuters) - Rescuers have found the bodies of 92 migrants, most of them women and children, strewn across the Sahara desert in northern Niger after their vehicles broke down and they died of thirst, authorities said on Thursday. Republican cautions against blocking Yellen's Fed nomination WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Republican on the Senate Banking Committee said on Thursday he would oppose efforts to block the nomination of Janet Yellen as Federal Reserve chairwoman with a filibuster unless some disturbing disclosure emerged. '12 Years A Slave' Agonizingly magnificent Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave is an agonizingly magnificent movie the first great big-screen dramatization of slavery. Based on actual events, it begins in 1841 and tells the story of a free black man from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., a musician named Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), who walks around in a natty gray suit, secure in the courtly modesty of his life as a husband and father of two. But then he accepts an offer to go to Washington, D.C., with a pair of traveling entertainers, and when they're out at a restaurant drinking wine, we get the queasy feeling this is too good to be true. It is. Solomon isn't being hired for his talents. He's being trafficked. N.F.L. Roundup Younger Players Face Bigger Concussion Risk, Report Says High school football players are nearly twice as likely to get concussions as college football players and high school athletes in other sports, according the Institute of Medicine. Tool Kit Wrangling Data From a Huge Variety of Fitness Gadgets Measuring and tracking your bodys functions and activities has never been easier but what to do with all that data? Cellphones, e-readers usage expanded on airplanes Oct. 31 - Airline passengers will be able to use their e-readers and watch movies for more of the flight according to new guidelines announced by U.S. aviation officials. Deborah Gembara reports. French former hostages held in the Sahara return home Oct. 31 - Four Frenchmen held hostage in the Sahara by al Qaeda-linked gunmen for three years arrive at a Paris military airport, welcomed by French President Francois Hollande and their families. Sarah Toms reports. Vatican denies knowledge of NSA eavesdropping Oct. 31 - The Vatican denies knowledge of NSA eavesdropping after media reports said the Catholic Church was monitored. Sarah Toms reports. 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. CBS Said to Be Developing Streaming News Channel The 24-hour channel would mostly repurpose video and reporting already produced by CBS News, according to executives. The Learning Network Blog Test Yourself | English, Oct. 31, 2013 Can you choose the correct meaning of quintessential, as it is used in the article? Watch CNN FC episode 16 Champions League veterans Owen Hargreaves and David Ginola discuss the game between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. Building Blocks A Modern Flood Barrier Aims to Protect Verizons Landmark Building The portable wall should protect Verizon equipment from inundation and keep stock exchange communications open should another hurricane strike. In Transit Blog Dancin in the Aisles Virgin Gives Its Safety Message Some Song and Dance A new in-flight safety video on Virgin America flights will set regulations to music (there will be dancing too). T Magazine In Store | Waris Ahluwalia Opens an Old-World Market in Venice The jeweler, actor and man-about-town will stock unique items from artisans in his new boutique, opening in November, which takes inspiration from ancient trade routes. Syria chemical weapons destroyed Syria has destroyed all its declared chemical weapons mixing, filling and production facilities, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Thursday. Inside the Walls of Fez Relying on instinct, hospitality and a bit of technology, the author discovers the rewards of exploring the Moroccan citys medina without a guide. N.F.L. Roundup Younger Players Face Bigger Concussion Risk, Report Says High school football players are nearly twice as likely to get concussions as college football players and high school athletes in other sports, according the Institute of Medicine. Murdoch editors must have known of phone hacking, court hears Oct. 31 - A London court begins the trial of Rebekah Brooks, a former top editor, and Andy Coulson, Prime Minister David Cameron's ex-media chief over charges of phone-hacking and illegal payments when they ran Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Sketch Guy An Eye for Bargains Can Be Bigger Than the Stomach Indigestion results when consumers lose the connection between their money and their needs, as when a sale price induces the purchase of unnecessary items. UPDATE 1-Obamacare controversy hits close to home for Capitol Hill staff WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers opposed to Obamacare have been 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. UK's Frieze Art Fair gets smaller, but big players still hopeful LONDON (Reuters) - The Frieze Art Fair got smaller in 2013, but industry insiders said that would make it no less important for international players who flock to London every October to see cutting-edge contemporary works. Letter From Europe The Royal Family on Twitter Approved Disclosure, in Short Bursts When it comes to reinvention, the British royal family is no laggard, even if its rumpuses do not always shoehorn so easily into Twitter's brief confines. Movie Review | 'a Perfect Man ' Liev Schreiber as a Womanizer in A Perfect Man In A Perfect Man, Liev Schreiber plays an architect who, after his affairs lead his wife to leave him, begins to rethink his behavior. Movie Review Musicwood Looks at a Threat to Instrument Makers Musicwood, a documentary by Maxine Trump, examines the thicket of issues that pit Native Americans in Alaska against the makers of acoustic guitars. Confederate flag is for traitors Dean Obeidallah asks why Americans would want to fly a flag that represented a splinter nation that considered the U.S. an enemy and slaughtered U.S. soldiers. UPDATE 3-Avon's turnaround stalls; shares plummet Oct 31 (Reuters) - Avon Products Inc's quarterly sales slipped, missing forecasts and sending its shares plummeting as investors questioned whether its turnaround plan was working. UPDATE 3-U.S. to allow expanded electronic device use on flights WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Airline passengers will soon be able to use certain electronic devices throughout their entire flight after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration ended a long-standing ban on Thursday. UPDATE 4-Batista's OGX sells stake in gas unit to Brazil fund, E.ON RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista's oil company OGX Petrleo e Gas Participaes SA agreed on Thursday to sell its 67 percent stake in its natural gas unit...

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