From the Wires

CNN.com: The tech giant has ended Coca-Cola’s 13-year run as the world’s most valuable brand on a highly regarded annual list.

Globe and Mail: Canada is launching a $1.3 billion free market in medical marijuana, that will cater to an expected 450,000 Canadians.

CNN: A business jet crashed into a hangar at the Santa Monica Airport.

CNN: The days of the old-fashioned component stereo system are pretty much over.

BBC: A US government shutdown looms as Democrat and Republican lawmakers remain unable to strike a deal on a new plan to continue funding its operation.

Reuters: At least a dozen U.S. National Security Agency employees have abused secret surveillance programs in the past decade, most often to spy on their significant others.

BBC: The online directory and consumer review site, says a quarter of the reviews it receives could be fake.

King 5: Bill Gates admitted in front of a live audience that the three-key logon system known as “Ctrl-Alt-Del” was a mistake.

BBC: Analysis by Nasa’s Curiosity rover on Mars has found more water than expected saturating Martian soil.

Business Insider: Pope Francis called out the global economic system, saying it could no longer be based on a “God called money.”