LATEST NEWS | Vampire fans to sail off Alaska coast next year | ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Hundreds of vampire enthusiasts will sail Alaska's fabled Inside Passage in a summer 2012 cruise tailored to their interests that combines gazing at glaciers with a late-night costume ball, organizers said on Thursday. | Full Article | | Republican gun raffle in Giffords' county draws criticism | September 02, 2011 10:51 AM ET | TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - The Republican Party in Representative Gabrielle Giffords' home county is raising eyebrows by raffling off a Glock handgun -- the same brand handgun with which Giffords, a Democrat, was shot through the head in January. | Full Article | Logger says cut off toes to free himself | September 02, 2011 12:01 PM ET | DENVER (Reuters) - A western Colorado logger said on Wednesday that he amputated all the toes on his right foot with a pocket knife to free himself after a 7-ton trailer landed on his foot, trapping him in an isolated forest. | Full Article | Polanski film cheered for wit, Winslet's vomit | September 01, 2011 03:50 PM ET | VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - He may have been absent, but Roman Polanski made his presence felt at the Venice film festival on Thursday with his comedy "Carnage," in which Oscar-winner Kate Winslet's projectile vomit prompted the biggest laugh. | Full Article | Bones of bush icon Ned Kelly identified | September 01, 2011 03:48 PM ET | SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities have identified the remains of bushranger Ned Kelly, 131 years after the iconic outcast was hanged for murder and his body buried in the yard of a Melbourne gaol. | Full Article | | | US TOP NEWS | Job growth grinds to halt | September 02, 2011 12:24 PM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employment growth ground to a halt in August as sagging confidence discouraged already skittish businesses from hiring, piling pressure on the Federal Reserve to provide more stimulus to aid the economy. | Full Article | Wall St tumbles after dismal jobs report | September 02, 2011 11:31 AM ET | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street stocks tumbled on Friday, with major indexes falling as much as 2 percent as data showed U.S. jobs growth flatlined in August, exacerbating worries the economy is faltering. | Full Article | Regulator to sue major banks over mortgages | September 02, 2011 12:03 PM ET | WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. regulator will soon file lawsuits against major banks accusing them of bundling subprime home loans into bonds that never should have been sold to investors and causing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to lose billions, according to a source familiar with the matter. | Full Article | 9/11 firefighters have higher cancer risk: study | September 02, 2011 08:18 AM ET | CHICAGO (Reuters) - Male firefighters who were exposed to toxic dust and smoke from the 9/11 attacks on New York's World Trade Center have a 19 percent higher risk of getting cancer of all kinds than colleagues who were not exposed, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. | Full Article | | | BUSINESS NEWS | | | | RELATED VIDEO | | | | | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. | | Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today. | | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day.. Register Today. | | » MORE NEWSLETTERS | | TECHNOLOGY NEWS | | | |
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