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Josh OHarra, Paul Massey | | Mr. OHarra is an assistant general counsel for Eli Lilly Company; Mr. Massey is an executive vice president at Weber Shandwick, a public relations agency. |
Potential blockbuster in Davis Cup | | Switzerland was drawn to face Serbia in the 2014 Davis Cup, which means Roger Federer could play Novak Djokovic. Federer, though, doesn't usually show up for first round ties. In another intriguing pairing, record champion the U.S. hosts Andy Murray's Great Britain. |
Lab grown brain to open doors for disease research | | Sept. 11 - Scientists have grown human brain tissue from stem cells in a laboratory in Vienna. The researchers say they can replicate the organ's development in its early stages of life in the womb, potentially increasing our understanding of neurological and mental disorders. Jim Drury reports. |
Turkey presents reforms aimed at pressing Kurdish peace process | | ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey on Monday announced reforms seen as designed to salvage a peace process with Kurdish insurgents, including changes to the electoral system, broadening of language rights and permission for villages to use their original Kurdish names. |
Injured Gamecocks QB Shaw Out at Least 2 Weeks | | South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said that he is hopeful starting quarterback Connor Shaw will be back on the field in two weeks after being knocked out of the Gamecocks' 28-25 win over UCF Saturday with a sprained right shoulder. |
Notre Dame Exits Top 25 | | Notre Dame dropped out of the Associated Press top 25 after losing its second game of the season, and Arizona State entered the poll after a victory over Southern California. |
UPDATE 1-SEC would operate as normal in early weeks of shutdown | | WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission would continue reviewing IPO applications and monitoring markets as normal in the early weeks of a government shutdown, but market players are increasingly anxious about the prospect of a prolonged funding gap. |
Timelapse video shows nine years of 9/11 reconstruction | | Sept. 11 - Marking the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, webcam company EarthCam has released a timelapse video showing the nine year construction of One World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. The company says the video is made up of hundreds of thousands of images captured from 35 different angles by high definition cameras. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). |
Sonar jamming moths hinder hungry bats | | Sept. 25 - A tiger moth native to the deserts of Arizona has developed a highly evolved sonar jamming system it uses to fend of attacks by hungry bats. The discovery, described in a paper published in the journal PLOS One, could have applications in the design of acoustic deterrents to protect bats from dangerous wind turbines. Rob Muir reports. |
Hong Kong's 'poor' hit 15% | | CNN's Patricia Wu talks with Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Matthew Cheung, about the city's plan to help the poor. |
Glow | | Scenes from the all-night, interactive art festival in Santa Monica, Calif. |
Kenya attack | | CNN's Zain Verjee says Westgate Mall was like a second home for her Nairobi-based family who -- like many other Kenyans -- have been left unnerved by the attack there. |
Foam landing | | An Alitalia aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Rome's Fiuminco airport on Sunday night after landing gear failed to function, Italy's state-run ANSA news agency reported. |
Ferrari's white flag? | | Sebastian Vettel has already won the 2013 Formula One world championship -- at least that's the view of his Ferrari rivals with six races still remaining this season. |
ArtsBeat Breaking Bad Your Series Finale Predictions | | We asked readers to predict on Twitter how they believed the five-season run of Breaking Bad would come to an end. It turns out that a lot of theories can be packed into 140 characters, especially when so many of them boil down to two simple words Everyone dies. |
EU stands firm on aviation emissions position | | MONTREAL/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Europe cannot accept a global deal to curb the growth of aviation emissions through a markets-based scheme starting in 2020 unless it allows for regional measures to operate in the interim, its top climate change official said Friday. |
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