FANLING, Hong Kong | Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:55am EST FANLING, Hong Kong (Reuters) - World number one and defending champion Rory McIlroy missed the cut at the Hong Kong Open on Friday after he suffered a nightmare with the putter and double bogeyed his final hole. The U.S. PGA champion four-putted the 10th green, his last of the tournament, to cap a frustrat...

SHANGHAI | Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:29am EST SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Suppliers for what was one of China's largest online iPhone stores have been hauled to court for allegedly evading taxes by smuggling Apple Inc's iPhones and iPads into the country, official media reported on Friday. On Wednesday, 26 suppliers of Lanyou Shuma.com were tried in a Shenzhen court a...

ATHENS | Fri Nov 16, 2012 4:34am EST ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek journalist who published the names of more than 2,000 Greeks with Swiss bank accounts will stand trial again after a prosecutor appealed a decision to acquit him of breaking data privacy laws, court officials said on Friday. The speedy arrest, trial and acquittal of magazine editor Costas Va...

By Satarupa Bhattacharjya NEW DELHI | Fri Nov 16, 2012 4:30am EST NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian authorities are investigating claims that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N) violated foreign exchange rules when it invested $100 million in a domestic unit owned by its wholesale joint-venture partner, a law enforcement official said. An Indian lawmaker fir...

By Kathy Finn and David Ingram NEW ORLEANS/WASHINGTON | Fri Nov 16, 2012 4:09am EST NEW ORLEANS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP Plc will pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to criminal misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which caused the worst U.S. offshore oil spill ever. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called the deal a "critic...

By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE | Fri Nov 16, 2012 3:30am EST MELBOURNE (Reuters) - World number five Adam Scott held firm in blustery conditions to finish three strokes back of journeyman Matthew Guyatt after the second round of their home Australian Masters on Friday. Joint-second overnight, Scott grinded his way through a gusty afternoon to card a two...

Fri Nov 16, 2012 3:29am EST (Reuters) - The defending champion Miami Heat claimed a rare road win over the Denver Nuggets 98-93 on Thursday despite being without the services of eight-times All-Star Dwayne Wade. The Heat led throughout but needed to survive a late Nuggets rally to claim a first victory in Denver since January 2002.Despite trailing by as many as 1...

AMSTERDAM | Fri Nov 16, 2012 3:00am EST AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch delivery group TNT Express (TNTE.AS), which has agreed to be bought by U.S. rival United Parcel Service (UPS) (UPS.N), has conditionally sold its airlines operations to ASL Aviation Group. The flight operations' sale depends on the completion of the merger of UPS and TNT Express, the Dut...

Fri Nov 16, 2012 2:49am EST (Reuters) - David Beckham could be set to move to the A-League after Football Federation Australia (FFA) said on Friday they had been approached by the former England captain's management. According to FFA officials, the approach was made in relation to Beckham playing in the A-League during the current 2012-13 season."The approach fro...

Fri Nov 16, 2012 2:12am EST (Reuters) - Miami Dolphins' rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill threw two late interceptions as the Buffalo Bills held on for a 19-14 win in the AFC East divisional clash on Thursday. Miami suffered their third consecutive loss and slipped to 4-6 in the division with their playoff hopes becoming increasingly marginal."We had a couple of ...

By Bill Rigby and Alexei Oreskovic SEATTLE/SAN FRANCISCO | Fri Nov 16, 2012 2:05am EST SEATTLE/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The sudden departure of powerful Windows boss Steven Sinofsky this week is the first step in a plan by CEO Steve Ballmer to remodel Microsoft Corp as a much more integrated operation in an attempt to take on Apple Inc and Googl...

By Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO | Fri Nov 16, 2012 1:15am EST SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - There have long been the tools of warfare associated with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: warplanes, mortars, Qassam rockets. Now that list includes Twitter, Facebook, YouTube. This week the worldwide audience got a vivid look at conflict in the social media era...

By Alistair Barr Fri Nov 16, 2012 1:13am EST (Reuters) - Retailers are targeting "post-pie" commerce, the jump in shopping created by the boom in smartphones and tablet computers which Thanksgiving diners grab as they collapse onto the couch after eating turkey and pumpkin pie. While people relax with family and friends or watch football on TV, they are i...

Source: John McAfee Facebook Fri Nov 16, 2012 1:07am EST By Dudley Althaus SAN PEDRO, Belize (Reuters) - To the many people who crossed his path on a tropical island in Belize, it was apparent John McAfee's life had taken some bizarre turns in the last few years. The anti-virus software guru, who started McAfee Associates in 1989, has been in hiding since police said they want...

By Larry Fine NEW YORK | Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:48am EST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants added to a career's worth of accomplishments by winning the National League Most Valuable Player award on Thursday in just his third season. Yet the humble, 25-year-old catcher said what he took away from the 2012 season was a heart...

By Larry Fine NEW YORK | Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:23am EST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers, the first player to win the Triple Crown in 45 years, added the American League's Most Valuable Player award on Thursday for the 2012 Major League Baseball season. Cabrera became the first player since Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Re...

By Larry Fine NEW YORK | Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:23am EST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers, the first player to win the Triple Crown in 45 years, added the American League's Most Valuable Player award on Thursday for the 2012 Major League Baseball season. Cabrera became the first player since Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Re...

MELBOURNE | Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:32pm EST MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Triple Olympic champion Leisel Jones has retired from the pool at the age of 27, after swimming a record fourth Games for Australia at London. Jones, who won selection at the age of 14 for the 2000 Sydney Games, signed off at London with a silver in the 4x100 meter medley, her ninth Olympic m...

By Nate Raymond Thu Nov 15, 2012 9:30pm EST (Reuters) - A U.S. judge allowed Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to pursue claims the iPhone5 infringes its patents on Thursday, while also allowing Apple Inc to add claims that the Samsung Galaxy Note, Galaxy S III and the Jelly Bean operating system violate its patents. The ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grew...

By Mark Lamport-Stokes EL SEGUNDO, California | Thu Nov 15, 2012 8:27pm EST EL SEGUNDO, California (Reuters) - Mike D'Antoni, controversially appointed over 11-time NBA championship winner and fan favourite Phil Jackson as the new Lakers head coach, has promised to try to return 'Showtime' basketball to Los Angeles. D'Antoni is renowned for the o...

By Larry Fine NEW YORK | Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:28pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers, the first player to win the Triple Crown in 45 years, added the American League's Most Valuable Player award on Thursday for the 2012 Major League Baseball season. Cabrera became the first player since Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red...

By Ori Lewis JERUSALEM | Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:18pm EST JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israel Football Association have called off two Premier League fixtures set for Saturday due to the offensive Israel launched on Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. The matches between Hapoel Beersheba and Hapoel Ramat Gan, and Ashdod SC and Hapoel Acre were postp...

By Steve Keating AUSTIN, Texas | Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:11pm EST AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The $400 million Circuit of the Americas stepped into the spotlight on Thursday as Formula One's best surveyed the track that could crown a driver's champion and breathe life into a sport largely ignored in the United States. The eyes of the motor racing world ...

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON | Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:04pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As President Barack Obama and congressional leaders prepared for budget and tax talks on Friday aimed at preventing the economy from falling back into recession next year, Democrats and Republicans dug in on their long-held opposing positions. "What we won't do is ra...

By Leah Schnurr NEW YORK | Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:02pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks were little changed on Thursday as the prospect of a drawn-out battle over impending tax and spending changes made investors wary of getting into the water, while retailer Wal-Mart tumbled after disappointing sales. The S&P 500 is down nearly 2 percent for the ...

LOS ANGELES | Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:58pm EST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Avengers" led the movie nominations for the annual People's Choice Awards on Thursday in a field packed with action films, while Maroon 5 and frontman Adam Levine won six nods in music and television categories. Justin Bieber, Channing Tatum - People magazine's latest "sexiest man ali...

LOS ANGELES | Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:56pm EST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The earliest known surviving feature in which Alfred Hitchcock is credited was released online on Thursday after sitting under the noses of archivists for decades. The recovered parts of 1924's "The White Shadow," in which Hitchcock served as an assistant director among other credits, will...

By Larry Fine NEW YORK | Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:49pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Buster Posey of the World Series champion San Francisco Giants won the National League's Most Valuable Player award on Thursday for the 2012 Major League Baseball season. The hard-hitting Posey posted the highest batting average in the major leagues at .336 and pounded 24 h...

By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO | Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:35pm EST SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge said he would consider whether to preliminarily approve Facebook's second attempt to settle allegations the social networking company violated privacy rights. Earlier this year, U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg rejected a proposed class action sett...

STATEN ISLAND, New York | Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:28pm EST STATEN ISLAND, New York (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday pledged ongoing federal support for areas still digging out of the damage caused by Superstorm Sandy two weeks ago, and said that the area needed a long-term recovery plan. "There's a lot of short-term immediate stuff that has to b...

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES | Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:23pm EST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As vampires Bella and Edward take their last bites on the big screen, Hollywood studios are on the hunt for the next "Twilight," a movie that plays on teenage angst and, more importantly, lights up the movie box office. The first four "Twilight" movies earned $2.5 ...

Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:22pm EST (Reuters) - Drug charges against the daughter of rock star Jon Bon Jovi were dropped on Thursday, a day after she suffered a suspected heroin overdose, officials in New York said. Oneida County District Attorney Scott D. McNamara said in a statement that Stephanie Bongiovi could not be charged because New York law prohibits the prosecu...

LOS ANGELES | Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:16pm EST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Time Warner Cable has reached a deal that will bring Los Angeles Lakers games to local customers of satellite provider DirecTV, one of the biggest pay television distributors in Southern California. As of Thursday, DirecTV will carry Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Spanish-language sister ...

Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:15pm EST (Reuters) - Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said on Thursday he was reviewing the controversial trade in which the Miami Marlins would move some $160 million worth of players to the Toronto Blue Jays for a batch of young prospects. "What I would say to you today is that I have this entire matter under thorough review," Sel...

By David Morgan WASHINGTON | Thu Nov 15, 2012 5:46pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican lawmakers said on Thursday they would alter the regulation of drug compounding pharmacies in hopes of preventing more crises like the rare fungal meningitis outbreak that has now cost 32 lives. The outbreak of 461 cases in 19 states has been ...

By Poornima Gupta SAN FRANCISCO | Thu Nov 15, 2012 5:37pm EST SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc's profit slid 47 percent, hurt by lower PC sales and weaker demand from large corporations, but the No. 3 personal computer maker said it expects revenue to grow as much as 5 percent in the current quarter. Dell shares fell 2.3 percent in after-hours ...

By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES | Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:21pm EST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The American Music Awards rings in its 40th year on Sunday, with top nominees like Rihanna and Nicki Minaj battling for the top trophies and Stevie Wonder leading a tribute to the show's late founder, Dick Clark. Variety is the key to this year's three-hour ceremo...

By Robert Evans GENEVA | Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:10pm EST GENEVA (Reuters) - A new elementary particle whose discovery was announced with fanfare to a waiting world in July may be just a little less exciting than scientists had hoped. Reporting on a conference in Kyoto where the latest data from their Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was presented, scienti...

LOS ANGELES | Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:07pm EST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "30 Rock" perpetual unlucky-in-love heroine Liz Lemon is finally getting her happy ending, as NBC invited fans on Thursday to watch her get married this month. After a string of bad boyfriends and unsuccessful romances, Lemon, played by comedienne Tina Fey, finds her soul mate in budding e...

LOS ANGELES | Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:46pm EST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The New York Yankees story will move from the baseball diamond to the Broadway stage, the sports franchise and theater producer Kirmser Ponturo Group said on Thursday. The project, which has yet to be titled, will focus on the out-sized personalities of Yankees lore, their championship run...