Stross and Doctorow Collaborate on Singularity Novel

Stross and Doctorow Collaborate on Singularity Novel

Stross and Doctorow Collaborate on Singularity Novel

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 10:52 PM PDT

Sci-fi authors Charles Stross and Cory Doctorow have collaborated on a post-singularity novel.


Polish PM's party expected to win Sunday election (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 10:41 PM PDT

Reuters - Poles are voting in a parliamentary election on Sunday, likely to give the ruling center-right Civic Platform four more years in power to press on with gradual economic reforms and closer ties with the European Union.


'Secret memo made case for Awlaki killing'

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 10:38 PM PDT

US media says memo argued it would be lawful to kill Yemen-based cleric only if it were not feasible to take him alive.


Europe's ailing Dexia faces 'bad bank' split

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 10:47 PM PDT

Negotiations over troubled assets taking place between France and Belgium as embattled bank Dexia looks for state help.


Polish PM's party expected to win Sunday election

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 10:41 PM PDT

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poles are voting in a parliamentary election on Sunday, likely to give the ruling center-right Civic Platform four more years in power to press on with gradual economic reforms and closer ties with the European Union.

Sympathy for an Assassin: The Worrisome Protests in Pakistan (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 09:10 PM PDT

Time.com - Judges quake as hundreds of people pour into the streets to protest a possible death sentence for the murderer of the governor of Punjab


A glance at main parties in Poland's elections (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 10:10 PM PDT

AP - A glance at the main parties expected to reach the 5 percent threshold of votes for entering parliament in Poland's Sunday election:


IAEA team in Japan; Fukushima starts thyroid tests (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 10:14 PM PDT

A boy is taken by his mother to Fukushima Medical University Hospital for a thyroid test in Fukushima, northern Japan, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. Local doctors began a long-term survey of children for thyroid abnormalities, a problem associated with radiation exposure. Officials hope to test some 360,000 people who were under the age of 18 when the nuclear crisis began in March, and then provide follow-ups throughout their lifetimes. Japanese on the board reads: a thyroid test entrance. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAAP - Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in the Japanese city of Fukushima on Sunday to observe the massive decontamination effort following the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.

Abbas Takes Palestinian Statehood on the Road (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 09:10 PM PDT

Time.com - The President of the Palestinian Authority starts a tour to drum up support for U.N. membership among countries critical to the Security Council vote


Venture Capitalist Mark Suster On Getting An MBA

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 09:19 PM PDT

It?s funny, yesterday I was on Twitter when I noticed Mark Suster tweet out a post that he wrote two years ago. It?s about whether or not an MBA is necessary for working in startups or venture capital. I remember reading it not long after I tabled my HBS application and started at True/Slant at ...


China's Jiang appears in public after speculation (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 10:27 PM PDT

China's retired President Jiang Zemin waves as he attends a ceremony commemorating the centennial anniversary of the 1911 revolution that overthrew imperial rule on the mainland at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. Jiang, 85, has made a rare public appearance at the ceremony months after speculation that he had died or was close to death. (AP Photo/Minoru Iwasaki, Pool)AP - Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin made a rare public appearance at a Beijing ceremony on Sunday, months after speculation that he had died or was close to death.

Polish ties with Germany, Russia at stake in vote (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:44 PM PDT

AP - Poles will vote in parliamentary elections that will determine whether the country continues on its conciliatory course with Russia and Germany, or whether it returns to a more combative stance with those historic foes.


Death toll from Philippine typhoons hits 101 (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 07:54 PM PDT

Reuters - The death toll from the two strong typhoons that cut across the north of the Philippines' main island and left behind widespread flooding has risen to 101, the national disaster agency said Sunday.


Estate Of Al Davis Could Face Huge Tax Bill On Oakland Raiders

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 07:53 PM PDT

The Davis family could face estate taxes in the hundreds of millions of dollars.


Death toll from Philippine typhoons hits 101

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 07:54 PM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - The death toll from the two strong typhoons that cut across the north of the Philippines' main island and left behind widespread flooding has risen to 101, the national disaster agency said Sunday.

VIDEO: Iran's rivers run dry in drought

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 07:25 PM PDT

Iran was hit by one of the worst heatwaves on record in 2011, causing some of the country's largest rivers to run dry.


Plan under way to pump fuel off stranded ship

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 07:40 PM PDT

Experts hope to siphon about 1,500 tonnes of heavy fuel off container ship Rena to prevent environmental disaster.


VIDEO: Iran's rivers run dry in drought

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 07:25 PM PDT

Iran was hit by one of the worst heatwaves on record in 2011, causing some of the country's largest rivers to run dry.


Poles vote in parliamentary elections

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 06:49 PM PDT

The vote will determine whether PM's Civic Platform party gets another term after four years of strong economic growth.


VIDEO: Shakira opens Euro 2012 stadium

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 06:41 PM PDT

The Colombian pop star Shakira and Ukraine's President, Viktor Yanukovych, have opened a 70,000-seat stadium in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.


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Tunisia Islamists storm university over veil ban

Tunisia Islamists storm university over veil ban

Tunisia Islamists storm university over veil ban

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 02:06 PM PDT

TUNIS (Reuters) - Islamists stormed a university in Tunisia Saturday after it refused to enrol a woman wearing a full-face veil, a staff member said, highlighting tensions over religion that are likely to dominate an election later this month.

Obama honours 1985 Chicago Bears

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 12:56 PM PDT

The all-conquering 1985 Chicago Bears finally enjoy a White House visit and audience with the President - 25 years after their Super Bowl win.


Syrian Security Forces Fire on Kurdish Mourners

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 01:12 PM PDT

More than 50,000 mourners marched through the capital of Syria's Kurdish heartland in a funeral procession for one of the country's most prominent opposition figures a day after his assassination. Security forces fired into the crowds, killing five people, witnesses said.


Yemen Leader Talks of Leaving, Offers No Plan

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 10:38 AM PDT

Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh made vague comments that he is willing to leave power, but gave no concrete plan for the future of the country, and opposition members cast doubt on the seriousness of his offer.


China Cuts Fuel Prices

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:37 AM PDT

China cut government-controlled fuel prices on declining international oil prices, saying the move will help combat domestic inflation pressures.


Bus Crash Kills Dozens in China

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:31 AM PDT

Three major road accidents in China killed 56 people on the last day of a weeklong holiday, including 35 people who died after a bus collided with a car on an expressway.


In Online Poker, a Push to Legalize and Regulate the Game

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 01:41 PM PDT

Legalizing and regulating poker on the Internet could bring billions of dollars to government coffers, supporters say.

Liechtenstein 0-1 Scotland

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 12:25 PM PDT

Scotland move second in Euro 2012 qualifying Group I thanks to Craig Mackail-Smith's first-half winner against Liechtenstein.


In Jersey City, Ex-Mayor Gerald McCann Keeps an Eye on Trash

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 11:52 AM PDT

Gerald McCann, a twice-elected former mayor of Jersey City who was removed from office in 1992 after a felony conviction, is now an inspector with the city's incinerator authority.

Domestic Workers Convention May Be Landmark

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 01:22 PM PDT

Governments from around the world have signed a pact intended to help protect the millions of workers, mostly women, who travel to other countries for employment.

Media Decoder Blog: Sony Buying Film Rights to Steve Jobs Biography

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 12:34 PM PDT

Sony Pictures Entertainment has concluded a deal to buy film rights to the authorized biography "Steve Jobs," from Walter Isaacson, according to a person who was briefed on the deal.

Social Issues Pose New Test for Mitt Romney

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 02:05 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is again being forced to explain his Mormon faith and his stance on social issues to his party's base.

Casey in front as Woods makes cut

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 10:20 AM PDT

England's Paul Casey leads the Frys.com Open by one shot after a fog-delayed second round, while Tiger Woods makes the cut on his competitive return.


Seven arrested at Syrian embassy

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 09:53 AM PDT

Seven people are arrested after intruders gain access to the roof of the Syrian embassy in central London.


Ministers mull airports rail link

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 05:39 AM PDT

New ways of connecting airports, such as a high-speed rail link between Heathrow and Gatwick, are to be considered by ministers in the coming months.


UK defence minister probed over friend's role

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 12:07 PM PDT

Liam Fox investigated over claims that he allowed a close friend to influence government business.


In Georgia, a Lawsuit Over Guns in Church

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 12:04 PM PDT

A case religious leaders and Second Amendment groups are closely watching hinges on whether keeping weapons out of houses of worship violates religious freedom.

Georgia says no deal in talks on Russia WTO entry

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 01:16 PM PDT

TBILISI (Reuters) - Talks between bitter rivals Georgia and Russia over Moscow's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) ended without agreement on Saturday, and Georgia said it would block Russian accession unless Moscow's position changes.

Iraq postpones handover of city security to police

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 11:32 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq is delaying handing over security to police in major cities over concerns that some forces were not ready to take on a stubborn insurgency as the last U.S. troops prepare to withdraw at the end of 2011.

The Texas Tribune: Inmate’s Release Brings Call for New Evidence Law

Posted: 08 Oct 2011 10:54 AM PDT

Prosecutors are required to provide exculpatory evidence to defendants, but Texas law doesn't say what that is.
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