Morning Digest: Obama sees prospect of deals on tax cuts, START

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Good Morning Bit, MON 15 Nov 2010    Obama sees prospect of deals on tax cuts, START Myanmar people overjoyed but worry about Suu Kyi Stock index futures signal small rebound Online viewers still loving regular TV, poll shows Experts find lost genes in wild soybean Brady drives Patriots past Steelers Singer Jessica Simpson to marry again Sexy bikini posters enliven Polish municipal polls "Megamind" No. 1 Congressional freshmen get oriented Pope calls for aid for Haiti TOP NEWS Obama sees prospect of deals on tax cuts, START November 15, 2010 01:04 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday he was hopeful of working out a deal with Republicans over tax cuts and of winning ratification of a new nuclear weapons treaty with Russia. Full Article WORLD NEWS Myanmar people overjoyed but worry about Suu Kyi November 15, 2010 05:23 AM ET YANGON (Reuters) - The release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is still being celebrated in Myanmar but fears about her safety or re-arrest are running high among her adoring supporters. Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Stock index futures signal small rebound November 15, 2010 05:08 AM ET (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.13 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.04 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.27 percent at 0957 GMT (4:57 a.m. ET). Full Article INTERNET NEWS Online viewers still loving regular TV, poll shows November 15, 2010 12:49 AM ET NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The Pay TV industry has heatedly debated this fall whether consumers are dropping their cable or other TV subscriptions to watch more TV content online. A new study by Nielsen, commissioned by the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing, argues that most people who watch at least some content from the Web on their TV sets are "cord keepers" rather than "cord cutters." Full Article SCIENCE NEWS Experts find lost genes in wild soybean November 15, 2010 04:31 AM ET SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Researchers have found genes in wild varieties of soybean that make them resistant to certain diseases and hope to use them in cultivated species of soy to make them more hardy. Full Article SPORTS NEWS Brady drives Patriots past Steelers November 15, 2010 01:14 AM ET PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Tom Brady helped the New England Patriots recover from their worst performance of the season with a 39-26 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday in a pulsating AFC showdown. Full Article ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Singer Jessica Simpson to marry again November 14, 2010 07:14 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress and singer Jessica Simpson is ready to get married again -- this time to American football player Eric Johnson. Full Article ODDLY ENOUGH NEWS Sexy bikini posters enliven Polish municipal polls November 12, 2010 11:59 AM ET WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish singer and tabloid celebrity has put up posters of herself stretched out on the sand in a provocative bikini as part of her campaign to win a Warsaw district council seat in municipal elections on November 21. 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