| Latest worldwide news | Dog eats dog as Britain's tabloids bare all | | | LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Fleet Street's finest jostled furiously at the start on Thursday of a government inquiry, trying to grab public attention with tales of shock and horror. |
| Will Kimi deliver success? | | | CNN's Ben Wyatt looks at Ferrari's decision to bring Kimi Raikkonen in to partner Fernando Alonso in 2014. |
| Tiger Woods dropped by EA Sports | | | Tiger Woods' face has adorned the cover of EA Sports video games for well over a decade, but the world No. 1 has been dropped by the developer. |
| Tech companies seek fast action on U.S. 'patent troll' bill | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Technology companies on Tuesday urged fast action on a patent reform bill in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, including tackling what they termed the rising tide of costly lawsuits by "patent trolls." |
| A Bounty ship survivor's private goodbye | | | Before she died in the sinking of the HMS Bounty during Hurricane Sandy, rookie sailor Claudene Christian looked forward to tossing a message in a bottle into the ocean. A year later, survivors reached out to Christian beyond the grave with their own bottle messages. |
| The origami kayak | | | Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, is believed to date back as far as the 17th century. Traditionally done with a single sheet of paper, its elegant principles have come to influence package design, mathematics and -- more recently -- an unusual new folding kayak. |
| Rocker Lou Reed of Velvet Underground dies at 71 | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lou Reed, the pioneering musician who fronted influential rock band The Velvet Underground in the 1960s and won mainstream acclaim with solo songs "Walk on the Wild Side" and "Perfect Day", died on Sunday aged 71. |
| Dissent Magazine Connects With Younger Readers | | | Dissent Magazines circulation has long hovered around 5,000, but its influence has been outsize, and a new generation of editors and writers is helping with its appeal to younger readers. |
| The WTA hits 40th | | | Serena Williams and a host of No.1 ranked women's players gather at a unique celebration event Sunday to mark the 40th anniversary of the WTA founded by her 'inspiration' Billie Jean King. |
| Jonas Brothers split, Tatum working on docuseries | | | Oct 29 - The day's top showbiz news and headlines including the Jonas Brothers break-up, Britney Spears' music is used to ward off pirates, and Channing Tatum is working on a reality show. Bob Mezan reports. |
| UK-built keyboard hailed as world's thinnest | | | Sept. 9 - Scientists at British technology firm, Cambridge Silicon Radio, say they've devised the world's thinnest keyboard. Just half a millimetre thick, the device could be available to consumers within a year. Jim Drury has more. |
| Vatican's 'culture minister' tweets Lou Reed song | | | VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, the Vatican's 71-year-old culture minister, paid his own tribute on Monday to the late rocker Lou Reed, tweeting one of his best-known songs... |
| U.S. House passes bill to delay fiduciary rules at SEC, Labor Dept | | | WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a controversial bill on Tuesday that would delay two government regulators from adopting rules requiring stock brokers and retirement account financial advisers to put their customers' interests ahead of their own. |
| Dow joins SP 500 at record heights | | | Oct. 29 - Summary A jump in IBM shares helps push blue chips to a lifetime high; JPMorgan's record $13 billion settlement may be at risk; LinkedIn hooks in more subscribers; Retail sales, consumer confidence fall. Conway G. Gittens reports. |
| Science of whiskey drinking | | | The smell of grass or a bar bathed in a red glow can affect your enjoyment of whiskey. CNN's Jim Boulden reports. |
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