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Good Morning Bit, WED 20 Oct 2010    Investors and White House press banks over mortgages France faces more protests as pension vote looms Stock index futures signal small rebound Canada's privacy watchdog bites Google Dead Sea scrolls going digital on Internet Rangers thump Yanks, one win from World Series Tom Bosley of "Happy Days" dies at 83 Dropped phone leaves man otherwise engaged in toilet Tom Bosley dies Wall Street hit by mortgage fears Conduct unbecoming TOP NEWS Investors and White House press banks over mortgages October 20, 2010 05:19 AM ET NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investors threatened to seek redress over questionable mortgage bonds and the White House warned it would hold lenders accountable for any illegal foreclosure practices, sending the shares of major banks lower on Tuesday. Full Article WORLD NEWS France faces more protests as pension vote looms October 20, 2010 04:39 AM ET PARIS (Reuters) - The French government sent police to clear access to barricaded fuel depots as trade unions kept up their resistance on Wednesday to an unpopular pension reform due for a final vote in the Senate this week. Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Stock index futures signal small rebound October 20, 2010 05:33 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) U.S. stock index futures pointed to a slight rebound on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.34 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.12 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.51 percent at 0921 GMT. Full Article INTERNET NEWS Canada's privacy watchdog bites Google October 19, 2010 03:13 PM ET VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canada's privacy watchdog accused Google Inc on Tuesday of violating the rights of thousands of Canadians by inappropriately collecting their personal information in building its Street View service. Full Article SCIENCE NEWS Dead Sea scrolls going digital on Internet October 19, 2010 08:26 AM ET JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Scholars and anyone with an Internet connection will be able to take a new look into the Biblical past through an online archive of high-resolution images of the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls. Full Article SPORTS NEWS Rangers thump Yanks, one win from World Series October 20, 2010 01:41 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bengie Molina crushed a three-run homer in the sixth inning to help inspire the Texas Rangers to a 10-3 win over the New York Yankees Tuesday as the visitors moved to the brink of a first World Series appearance. Full Article ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Tom Bosley of "Happy Days" dies at 83 October 19, 2010 07:03 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Tom Bosley, whose career spanned five decades and included his role as the father of a typical American family on popular 1970s TV comedy "Happy Days," has died after a long battle with lung cancer, age 83. Full Article ODDLY ENOUGH NEWS Dropped phone leaves man otherwise engaged in toilet October 19, 2010 05:15 PM ET BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese man who got his arm stuck in a toilet pipe in an attempt to retrieve his dropped mobile phone was freed by rescuers, state television reported on Tuesday. Full Article   REUTERS www.reuters.com Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book.Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Send this mailing to a friend or colleague Reuters.com: Help and Contact Us | Advertise With Us | Mobile | Newsletters | RSS | Interactive TV | Labs | Reuters in Second Life | Archive | Site Index | Video Index Thomson Reuters Corporate: Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy | Professional Products | Professional Products Support | About Thomson Reuters | Careers