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News Feed Latest worldwide news Lady Gaga lives for the applause Aug 22 - The pop star releases the first music video for her new album "ARTPOP". Rough Cut (no reporter narration) Well Supplements Fail to Relieve Joint Pain in Study A randomized clinical trial found that vitamin D and calcium supplements are no better than a placebo for relieving joint problems. Prison inmate rebuilds career Former Bayern Munich player Breno is being allowed to leave prison on day release and has been given the chance to rejoin the club as part of the coaching staff at their youth academy. About New York With Ships, Silt and a Giant Straw, a Beach in the Rockaways Is Reborn Between now and next Memorial Day, a federal project will put 3.5 million cubic yards of sand on the beaches eroded by Hurricane Sandy, at a cost of $37 million. Venus Williams Upsets No. 12 Seed at U.S. Open The earliest first-round matches at the United States Open were lopsided affairs, including Venus Williamss win over No. 12 Kirsten Flipkens. Japan firms standing pat on hiring, brace for tax hit Reuters survey TOKYO (Reuters) - Most Japanese companies will not increase hiring in 2014 and more than one in six will take additional cost-cutting steps as a planned sales tax hike next year worsens economic... Guardian teams up with New York Times over Snowden documents WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Guardian has agreed with the New York Times to give the U.S. newspaper access to some classified documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, the British newspaper said on Friday. IceArizona Completes Purchase of Coyotes The Phoenix Coyotes spent four years looking over their shoulders as numerous potential owners came forward then fell away. Golden Calls Will China embrace a champagne iPhone? BEIJING (Reuters) - If Apple hopes to woo more Chinese by adding a glitzy coating - some call it champagne, some gold - to its next iPhone, it may be in for a surprise. Arts, Briefly A Final Book Is Planned From Elmore Leonard Peter Leonard, a son of the author Elmore Leonard, who died last week at 87, hopes to complete his fathers last novel, BBC News reported. As Amazon Stretches, Seattles Downtown Is Reshaped Jeffrey P. Bezos, Amazons founder, is helping remake the corporate giants hometown with an ambitious plan for a new headquarters, one of the biggest development projects in city history. Dance Review Indian Dances at the Erasing Borders Festival A two-hour concert on Thursday at the Erasing Borders festival at Battery Park featured five of the classical dance forms of India and one of its many folk forms. Rival ends Zimbabwe election challenge to Mugabe Zimbabwe's prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, said late Friday that "with deep regret and sadness" he has withdrawn a court case challenging President Robert Mugabe's re-election on July 31. Mexico moving to grow trade ties with Asia PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (Reuters) - Asia could become twice as important to Mexico as an export market over the next five years as the country strengthens trade ties with the fast-growing economies of the region, Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Monday. NZ Amateur Ko No Closer to Going Pro After Canada Triumph Lydia Ko's successful defence of her Canadian Open title on Sunday will make her "think" more about turning professional, but the trophy and $300,000 in foregone prize money would not hasten her decision, New Zealand's 16-year-old golf sensation said. Gingrich Will Be Back in the Crossfire on CNN As a host of CNNs revived Crossfire, Newt Gingrich will become a member of the news media that he once bashed. And I hope to move it to the right, he said. Letters Atoms Everywhere (1 Letter) Letter to the editor. CORRECTED-Brazil's Anima hires Ita, Bank of America for IPO -sources (Corrects paragraph 5 to change name of company mulling IPO to Ser Educacional instead of Ser Educao, removes reference to Abril Educao as Ser is not a unit of Abril; adds new story number for IFR report) Urgent Task for Insect Stop a Relentless Vine The city will release some 5,000 Asian weevils in several parks on Friday as part of a strategy to combat the mile-a-minute vine, which can engulf nearby plants and trees. Kerry Syria guilty of a "moral obscenity" Aug. 26 - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in a forceful statement, said all nations must stand up for accountability on the use of chemical weapons in Syria. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Last year's top ten The top 10 Heroes In their own words Norway opens doors for a major onshore wind power boost * Investment will help catch up with Swedish wind advances Critics Notebook Dominic Walsh and Others at the Joyce Theater Ballet v6.0, featuring six small companies from around the nation, has programs with the Dominic Walsh and Company C troupes. Gadgetwise To Build a Better Lego Robot Lego updated its Mindstorms robotics platform with a kit that includes features like Bluetooth compatibility and a remote control app. What? | Under the Flight Path A Rumble in the Sky, and Grumbles Below The Federal Aviation Administration has quietly altered the routes of planes taking off from La Guardia Airport, infuriating Queens residents who say the noise has become unbearable. U.S. top court dismisses shareholder case against UBS WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - UBS Financial Services Inc of Puerto Rico on Monday prevailed in a legal battle over a shareholder derivative lawsuit filed by pension plans in Puerto Rico, when the U.S. Supreme Court formally dismissed the case. NEWSMAKER Liberia must become a manufacturing economy Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says her country must move away from its reliance on commodity exports and won't be able to sustain job growth unless it focuses on manufacturing. In Transit Blog Mergers Pros and Cons for Fliers Would the consumer benefit from the merger of American Airlines and US Airways? CORRECTED-Cheating scandal threatens Oracle's America's Cup defense (In paragraph nine, changes "overweight" to "illegally modified") Aerodynamics of F1 Christina MacFarlane explores the role aerodynamics play in boosting a Formula One car's performance. Google Street View tours A380 Not content with climbing Mount Fuji or scaling the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Google Street View team has once again stretched the limits of their brief, this time with a full tour inside an Emirates Airbus A380. Healthcare group Fresenius warned over Puerto Rico plant FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have issued a third warning this year for German healthcare group Fresenius to improve procedures at its sites, this time a blood bag manufacturing plant in Puerto Rico. Trying to Inspire a New Generation The anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington is less a commemoration, organizers say, than an effort to inject fresh energy into issues of economics and justice that still leave racial gaps. Nadal Beats Harrison in Straight Sets at US Open The slips and slides of the soft clay have been replaced by the squeaks of sneakers on the hard courts. Biggest Sale of Year in Europe Appears to Be Near Finish Tottenham would move Gareth Bale, its talented Welsh wing, to Real Madrid for a price that would almost certainly top the world-record fee that Madrid paid to acquire Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009. Win a Trip 2013 As Erin Luhmann travels with Op-Ed columnist Nicholas D. Kristof, she reports on malnutrition in Mali, treatments for clubfoot in Niger and the refugee crisis from the conflict in Darfur. Did race cliches drive murder stories? Murder coverage of an Australian student shows stereotypes at play, Eric Deggans says. At War Blog Remembering Iraq on an Indian Reservation Nathan S. Webster asks why Lance Marottek, 25, returned to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana after five years in the Army. Bo Ex-police chief 'a liar' Calling his former deputy a "liar with extremely bad character," fallen high-flying politician Bo Xilai on Sunday rebutted the testimony of the prosecution's star witness as his increasingly dramatic trial stretched into a fourth day. Gilbert Enjoys Playing Name Games The coach and broadcaster Brad Gilbert has a nickname for many of the top (and not so top) players on the tour.

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