Latest worldwide news UPDATE 4-UK039;s Royal Mail privatisation subscribed in hours-sources | | LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Britain039;s Royal Mail privatisation garnered orders for all of the shares on offer in the space of a few hours on Friday, sources said, marking a strong start for a selloff that stands to flush up to 2 billion pounds ($3.2 billion) into government coffers. |
John Grisham's 'Time to Kill' adapted for Broadway stage | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Best-selling author John Grisham's first novel, "A Time to Kill," has been adapted for the stage and is heading for Broadway next month with an ensemble cast that includes Fred Dalton Thompson of TV's "Law and Order" and Tom Skerritt, an Emmy-award winner for "Picket Fences." |
Government shutdown would hit Pentagon civilians - again | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department will put half its 800,000 civilian employees on unpaid leave next week and halt military activity not critical to national security if Congress fails to resolve a looming funding crisis, Pentagon officials said on Friday. |
Most powerful female politician? | | Frugal, discreet and boring -- just some of the ways Angela Merkel has been described by peers and in the global press. As Germans head to the polls Sunday, CNN looks at how the German chancellor became the most powerful woman in the world. |
Marijuana The Uruguayan model | | Views on marijuana are shifting, but nearly everywhere, it is too early to talk about substantive changes to drug policies. |
The rise of golf's multimillionaires | | The PGA Tour can make instant millionaires at virtually every one of its tournaments -- but it was not always that way. It took golf pioneer Billy Casper almost 15 years to reach seven figures in the nascent days of the pro circuit. |
MARKET PULSE-J.C. Penney, Lumber Liquidators, Nektar, Violin, Enduro | | (For more market insights, including options activity, click on ; for the Day Ahead newsletter http//link.reuters.com/mex49sfor the Morning News Call newsletter http//link.reuters.com/nex49s) U.S. stocks fell at the open on Friday, with the SP 500 and Dow poised to drop for the first week in four, as concerns grew over a lack of compromise in debt and budget negotiations by congressional lawmakers in Washington. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 0.27 percent, the SP 500 was down 0. |
Love match for world No. 1 Djokovic | | It's been a good week for Novak Djokovic. First he celebrated 100 weeks at No. 1. Then he announced he was engaged to longtime girlfriend Jelena Ristic. |
E.A. Sports Settles Lawsuit With College Athletes | | The settlement in the suit filed by student-athletes seeking to be paid included the Collegiate Licensing Company, and the court filing came after E.A. Sports announced it would not publish a college football video game in 2014. |
Documenting a Massacre in Kenya | | New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks narrates a look at his photographs from inside the Westgate mall in Nairobi, Kenya, after gunmen opened fire. |
Brazil's railroad plan has yet to leave the station | | BRASILIA (Reuters) - More than a year has passed since Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced an ambitious plan to raise billions of dollars to lay much-need railroad tracks across this continent-sized nation. |
Bans for Jamaican player, doctor | | FIFA suspended veteran Jamaican midfielder Jermaine Hue nine months for doping but handed the team doctor a more severe four-year punishment. |
Well Cooking With Miso | | Many people know and love miso soup. But this week Martha Rose Shulman goes beyond soup and explains how miso can be used for glazes, dips and dressings. |
Football Messi testifies in tax trial | | Soccer star Lionel Messi and his father testified in a Barcelona court Friday in a preliminary hearing over allegations they defrauded Spanish tax authorities of more than $5 million. |
Rainbow laces spark criticism | | It was supposed to provide the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow but the latest effort to fight homophobia in football is in danger of fading into monochrome. |
Mars Science Lab launch delayed two years | | NASA's launch of the Mars Science Laboratory -- hampered by technical difficulties and cost overruns -- has been delayed until the fall of 2011, NASA officials said at a news conference Thursday in Washington. |
Planned Parenthood sues Texas over abortion restrictions | | (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood, the largest U.S. abortion provider, filed a lawsuit in federal court on Friday challenging part of a new Texas law which the group said will dramatically reduce access to safe abortions, especially in rural areas of the huge state. |
Roma Moves to First in Serie A | | Roma maintained its perfect start to the Serie A season in Italy with a 2-0 win at Sampdoria and took possession of first place after Napoli was held to a 1-1 draw at home against Sassuolo. |
Jackson deathLast arguments | | Jurors who will decide if a concert promoter shares blame in Michael Jackson's death begin deliberations Thursday after five months of testimony and three days of closing arguments. |
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