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Recipes for Health Whole Wheat Almond Biscotti
A less sweet version of the classic biscotti de Prato.


Could ad kick-start your career?
Millennials are suffering more than most right now. Large numbers are unemployed and despondent about the future. Author Dan Schwabel highlights how millennials can improve their economic prospects.


The App Generation, by Howard Gardner and Katie Davis
Teenage life in a wired age.


Kelly Has 7 TDs, No. 25 Arizona St Routs WSU 55-21
Arizona State has qualified for a bowl. Todd Graham has much bigger plans.


Shale gas fracking a low risk to public health -UK review
LONDON (Reuters) - The risks to public health from emissions caused by fracking for shale oil and gas are low as long as operations are properly run and regulated, the British government's health agency said on Thursday.


Harden Leads Houston Over Dallas 113-105
James Harden scored 34 points and Dwight Howard had 13 points and 16 rebounds in the Houston Rockets' 113-105 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night.


U.S. Farm Credit says quarterly earnings up 20.6 pct
CHICAGO, Nov 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Farm Credit System, a government sponsored enterprise and the single largest lender to U.S. agriculture, on Friday said third-quarter earnings were up 20.6...


No. 4 Ohio St Rolls Past Boilermakers 56-0
Urban Meyer thought Ohio State needed a pregame wake-up call Saturday. The Buckeyes answered with a quick flurry.


Obama will use executive powers to conserve lands Interior secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will use his executive powers to protect more mountains, rivers and forests from development if Congress does not act to preserve such wild spaces, the U.S. Interior Secretary said on Thursday.


UPDATE 3-Bondholders lose bid to lift U.S. stay in Argentina litigation
NEW YORK, Nov 1 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday said it would leave a freeze in place on an order requiring Argentina to pay $1.33 billion to bondholders suing for repayment in the wake of...


Can Esther Duflo eradicate poverty?
Poverty and hunger are two plagues of human society that are usually synonymous with each other. Economist, Esther Duflo, is trying to change that old way of thinking about hunger. Foreign Policy magazine has ranked Duflo as one of its "Top 100 Global Thinkers," for "Poor Economics," a book she co-authored, which says that the impoverished may be suffering from hunger because of where they choose to spend their money.


Cavani double helps PSG thrash Lorient 4-0
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris St Germain's in-form striker Edinson Cavani scored twice to help them crush lowly Lorient 4-0 and move three points clear at the top of Ligue 1 on Friday.


Italy justice minister faces calls to quit over influence allegations
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Justice Minister Anna Maria Cancellieri faced calls to resign on Saturday over accusations she used her influence to get the ailing daughter of a former insurance magnate out of prison.


Team rebuilding world's first website
Twenty years ago, a team of researchers shared the Web with the world. Now they want to show a generation that grew up online what it was like in its earliest days.


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 before clarifying he was not condoning any reference to drugs some have seen in the song.


Brazil regulator may fine OGX for natural gas unit sale -paper
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 1 (Reuters) - OGX Petrleo e Gas Participaes SA, the oil company controlled by embattled tycoon Eike Batista, might face a penalty because it did not notify Brazilian regulator...


Sports Briefing | Tennis Cilic Wins in Return From Doping Ban
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.


Twitter roadshow less exuberance, more 'nuts and bolts'
NEW YORK (Reuters) - During the roadshow leading up to Facebook Inc's initial public offering a year-and-a-half ago, New York's institutional investors were greeted by snaking queues, beefed up...


Bankrupt LightSquared sues Deere Co, GPS industry titans
NEW YORK, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Bankrupt LightSquared on Friday sued leaders in the GPS industry, including Deere Co and Garmin International Inc, saying they kept mum about interference concerns stemming from LightSquared's wireless network until the company had already pumped $4 billion into building it.


China to end use of prisoners' organs for transplants in mid-2014
HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - China plans to end its controversial practice of using the organs of executed prisoners for transplants by around the middle of next year, a senior official told Reuters...


Johnny Kucks, Who Pitched Yanks to Title, Dies at 81
Kucks had a mostly undistinguished six-season career in baseball, except when he helped the Yankees clinch the seventh game of the 1956 World Series with a shut out of the Brooklyn Dodgers.


Hong Kong CVs for toddlers?
Ryo Desmidt is in his first year at a kindergarten in Hong Kong and seems like an especially gifted child.


Mindfulness Getting Its Share of Attention
A term for mental training reaches the height of trendiness, and like yoga before it, may be leaving its mark.


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.


Harden Leads Houston Over Dallas 113-105
James Harden scored 34 points and Dwight Howard had 13 points and 16 rebounds in the Houston Rockets' 113-105 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night.


F.C.C. Plans Sweeping Changes to Bolster AM Radio
The Federal Communications Commission has proposed loosening or eliminating rules that govern nighttime transmissions by AM stations.


As Buffalo Sabres Rebuild, Fans Say Team Should Also Reform
The Sabres have been so widely criticized for a handful of violent incidents that fans in Buffalo and commentators across the continent are calling for Coach Ron Rolstons ouster.


Dubai's mega-airport opens
Dubai's aviation industry achieved its biggest milestone yet on Sunday, when the emirate's new airport celebrated the arrival of its first commercial flight.


U.S. preterm births fall to 15-year low, still worst in developed world
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The rate of preterm births in the United States dropped to a 15-year low of 11.5 percent in 2012, according to a report released on Friday, but the country still came in dead last among industrialized nations on this measure of infant health.


Obama tells Iraqi leader U.S. wants 'inclusive' Iraq
Nov. 1 - U.S. President Barack Obama told visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki the U.S. wants an inclusive, prosperous Iraq free of violence. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).


Billie Jean King's equality fight
Mark McKay reports on Billie Jean King's campaign for equality in tennis.


Phys Ed The Marathon Runner as Couch Potato
On an average workday, runners training for a marathon reported sitting for more than 10 hours a day, raising provocative questions about the growing prevalence of sedentary behavior and its accompanying health risks.


Possessed Lisa Kron Life Through Gray-Tinted Glasses
The playwright, who wrote the book for a musical depicting a family tug of war, possesses her own reminder of how complicated our stories can be.


British Tabloid Editors Charged in Hacking Scandal Had Affair, Prosecutors Say
Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, former editors of The News of the World, now defunct, are charged with conspiracy in connection with phone hacking.


How to recruit a diamond in the rough
Danish footballer Rasmus Ankersen had been looking forward to the new season. He was lining up for top division club FC Midtjylland, and at just 19 had been identified by coaches as having a bright future in the game.


UKs Osborne on Help to Buy bubble threat
Oct. 22 - George Osborne argues that the UKs Help to Buy housing scheme solves a financial problem that has made the provision of mortgages more difficult.


Square Feet Transactions
Notable properties that have been recently listed for sale, sold or leased.


Closing of Live Poultry Markets Is Called Effective in Flu Fight
However, experts warn that shutting such markets permanently would be impractical because consumers in many countries demand live birds, and small farmers cannot afford refrigerated slaughterhouses and trucks.


Sports Briefing | Tennis Police Question Hingis
Martina Hingis has been questioned by the Swiss police after her estranged husband, Thibault Hutin, said he was attacked by her and her family, a police spokesman said.


ArtsBeat Popcast Sky Ferreiras Time, Finally
Jon Caramanica and Ben Ratliff discuss Night Time, My Time, the debut album by Sky Ferreira.


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