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Good Morning Bit, MON 04 Oct 2010    Racial predatory loans fueled U.S. housing crisis: study Brazil vote goes to runoff as Rousseff falls short U.S. stock index futures signal dip Microsoft hopes to bury iPhone, Android Test-tube baby pioneer wins medicine Nobel prize Westwood and Stricker get Ryder Cup under way "Social Network" passes first test with Oscar voters Chippendales stumbles in trademark attempt Germany celebrates unification Mideast Tensions Pope Benedict visits Sicily TOP NEWS Racial predatory loans fueled U.S. housing crisis: study October 04, 2010 12:22 AM ET CHICAGO (Reuters) - Predatory lending aimed at racially segregated minority neighborhoods led to mass foreclosures that fueled the U.S. housing crisis, according to a new study published in the American Sociological Review. Full Article WORLD NEWS Brazil vote goes to runoff as Rousseff falls short October 04, 2010 05:39 AM ET SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff placed a strong first in Brazil's presidential election on Sunday but will face a runoff after some voters were turned off at the last minute by a corruption scandal and her views on social issues. Full Article BUSINESS NEWS U.S. stock index futures signal dip October 04, 2010 05:58 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuter) - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.54 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.45 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.68 percent at 3:55 a.m. ET. Full Article INTERNET NEWS Microsoft hopes to bury iPhone, Android October 02, 2010 10:17 AM ET SEATTLE (Reuters) - Last month, a few hundred Microsoft Corp employees acted out their fantasy with a mock funeral for Apple Inc's iPhone at its Redmond, Washington campus. Full Article SCIENCE NEWS Test-tube baby pioneer wins medicine Nobel prize October 04, 2010 06:02 AM ET STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - British physiologist Robert Edwards, whose work led to the first "test-tube baby," won the 2010 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology, the prize-awarding institute said on Monday. Full Article SPORTS NEWS Westwood and Stricker get Ryder Cup under way October 04, 2010 05:29 AM ET NEWPORT, Wales (Reuters) - Britain's Lee Westwood and American Steve Stricker halved the par-four first as the last-day singles matches finally got under way at the weather-hit Ryder Cup on Monday. Full Article ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "Social Network" passes first test with Oscar voters October 03, 2010 10:28 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Columbia Pictures' fall hopeful "The Social Network" passed two crucial hurdles during the weekend. Full Article ODDLY ENOUGH NEWS Chippendales stumbles in trademark attempt October 01, 2010 01:21 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The male erotic dancer company Chippendales stumbled on Friday when an appeals court ruled that it could not trademark the bow tie and shirt cuffs that the men wear. 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