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Bengals 49, Jets 9 Jets Up-and-Down Pattern Holds, and Crumples Them
Andy Dalton passed for 325 yards and 5 touchdowns as the Bengals crushed the Jets, who were seeking their first winning streak of the season but instead fell to 4-4.


Movie Review In Immigrant, a Familys Hard Landing in the U.S.
Immigrant, a tale of a Russian familys move in the 1970s, shows the United States as anything but welcoming.


Life on Mars? Well, Maybe Not
In more than a year on Mars, Curiosity has found no evidence of methane, a gas that is considered a possible calling card of microbes, NASA announced Thursday.


Obamacare website to be down again for maintenance late Saturday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The glitch-ridden website used to sign up for insurance under President Barack Obama's healthcare law will be down for "extended maintenance" overnight on Saturday, the Department of Health and Human Services said.


UPDATE 2-Office Depot-OfficeMax deal gets U.S. antitrust nod
NEW YORK, Nov 1 (Reuters) - A deal to combine No. 2 U.S. office supply retailer Office Depot Inc with smaller rival OfficeMax Inc has won approval from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the...


Sinosphere Blog Another Look at the Empress Dowager Cixi, This Time as the Great Modernizer
Jung Chang presents the subject of her biography as neither the cruel despot nor the easily manipulated ruler that the Chinese Communist Party and other critics have long portrayed.


Diwali
Fireworks boom, bulbs flash, and flames flicker as tens of millions of people across the globe celebrate the beginning of the Festival of Lights.


Deadly sins Good for your career?
Greed, envy, pride and wrath Four of the seven deadly sins and the subtext of many a cautionary tale. But could these dark, often suppressed aspects of the human psyche also offer up clues to the secret of career success?


Applied Science Maybe Heaven Can Wait, but a Customer Cant
Sometimes, a company can build excitement for a product or service by keeping consumers waiting. But when the delay is forced, they just see red.


Strategies Riding Out the Political Storm
Investment strategists say its likely that long-term investors who stick to a well-thought-out plan can ride out awkward periods like the current conflict in Washington with few ill effects.


NY eatery gives diners the silent treatment
October 22 - Eating in silence is the latest trend at a Brooklyn restaurant. Sharon Reich reports.


Filly Sustains Fatal Injury at Breeders Cup
Secret Compass fell during the Juvenile Fillies race and was euthanized after sustaining a lateral condylar fracture with dislocation.


Streetscapes | Equine Watering Holes Where Horses Wet Their Whistles
Of the few horses that remain in New York, many may soon be out of a job.


'Dark universe' beckons as research target after Higgs boson wins Nobel
GENEVA (Reuters) - With the Higgs boson in the bag, the head of the CERN research center urged scientists on Tuesday to push on to unveil the "dark universe" - the hidden stuff that makes up 95 per cent of the cosmos and is still a mystery to earthbound researchers.


Holiday Movies Costume Design in The Hunger Games Catching Fire
The costume designer Trish Summerville used feathers, froth and haute couture in a chilly winter palette for The Hunger Games Catching Fire.


Amanda Peet, Playwright, With The Commons of Pensacola
Amanda Peet turns playwright, with The Commons of Pensacola, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Blythe Danner.


Pitcher on being 'Boston Strong'
Red Sox pitching ace Jon Lester talks about being accused of cheating in the World Series and being "Boston Strong."


Square Feet Staten Island Property Puts a Nascar Failure Behind It
The former oil tank farm in Bloomfield that stirred opposition when a racetrack was proposed for the site will become a marine port and logistics center.


Did 'White Widow' spy on Kenya?
The manager of a Nairobi apartment complex speaks about former tenant and terror suspect Samantha Lewthwaite, dubbed the "White Widow."


Oden Has a Fragile Body but a Strengthened Spirit
The first overall pick by Portland in the 2007 draft, Greg Oden signed as a free agent for what feels like a last-chance comeback with the Miami Heat.


Sushis New Vanguard
All over New York, a more adventurous attitude awaits.


Sony slashes profit outlook with TV business back in red
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp cut its full-year profit targets after slipping to a quarterly net loss as its recovering TV operation relapsed into the red.


On Horse Racing Breeders Cup Trainers Arent Helping as Drugs Damage Sport
As the Breeders Cup, a two-day showcase of horse racing, begins Saturday, the sport is still mired in credibility and image problems linked to drug violations.


Federer looks to London for redemption
Roger Federer has endured a 2013 which has seen him slip out of the world's top four for the first time in a decade.


UPDATE 1-Brazil's BRF to get 15 pct of Minerva in beef swap
SAO PAULO, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Brazilian beef producer Minerva SA said in a filing on Friday it will take control of the beef division of meat processor BRF in exchange for 15 percent of Minerva's...


Oden Has a Fragile Body but a Strengthened Spirit
The first overall pick by Portland in the 2007 draft, Greg Oden signed as a free agent for what feels like a last-chance comeback with the Miami Heat.


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


Off the Shelf The Frackers and the Birth of an Energy Boom
A new book focuses on the half-dozen Texas and Oklahoma energy companies behind the surging growth of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas in the last two decades.


Sports Briefing | Soccer Club Declines De Rosarios Option
D.C. United declined its contract option on midfielder Dwayne De Rosario, two years after he was the leading scorer and the most valuable player of Major League Soccer.


Obamacare website to be down again for maintenance late Saturday
WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The glitch-ridden website used to sign up for insurance under President Barack Obama's healthcare law will be down for "extended maintenance" overnight on Saturday, the Department of Health and Human Services said.


U.S. Says It Wont Back New International Coal-Fired Power Plants
The Obama administration acted aggressively to impose its environmental policies in coal projects financed by the World Bank and others.


Pilotless jets within reach?
"We're ready to take control" confirms Bob Fraser, a well-seasoned pilot who has been flying for 37 years.


Estonia flush with oil shale - for now.
Nov 1 - Euro zone member Estonia is the first country in the world to meet almost all its energy needs through oil shale, and its economy is reaping the rewards. But as Ivor Bennett reports, the benefits may not last for long.


Shareholder wealth The largest creators, the biggest destroyers
Reuters blogger Felix Salmon shares a surprising list of which companies over the last 90 years have generated the most wealth for shareholders, and which ones have destroyed it.


Couple fined for inflight sex
A pair of high fliers were each fined $250 for allegedly engaging in oral sex in front of other passengers on a commercial Allegiant Air flight in the U.S.


Nishikori ends Tsonga's ATP finals hopes
One French tennis star keeps alive his hopes of a long-awaited return to the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday, but another misses out on a third successive appearance.


Q. and A. How the Pakistani Taliban Became a Deadly Force
Formally founded in 2007, a group traces its roots to cross-border radicalization spread by the Afghan Taliban and fighters from Al Qaeda.


The Learning Network Blog Teenagers in The Times | October 2013
The latest monthly collection of stories about young people published in The New York Times.


Retailer Container Store's shares double in debut
Nov 1 (Reuters) - Shares of Container Store Group Inc , which sells products ranging from laundry baskets to luggage, doubled in their market debut, valuing the company at about $1.63 billion.


Momentum Shifts in Congos Battle Against Rebels
Until last summer, rebels had the upper hand in their battle against the Congolese government. But the government, backed by the United Nations, has brought new leadership and vigor to the fight.


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