| Latest worldwide news | Britain drafts military plans for Syria, recalls parliament | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron recalled parliament to debate Britain's response to a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria as he began to make the case for targeted military action to punish and deter President Bashar al-Assad. |
| Rebuilding lives of child refugees | | | The UNHCR has announced that we have reached the one millionth Syrian child refugee mark. It is a terrifying statistic if you really digest it and don't just read it as a sanitized account of a tragic war. |
| Nadal, Williams sisters cruise at U.S. Open | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal made an ominous return to the U.S. Open on Monday while the sister act of Serena and Venus Williams shared the spotlight as the last grand slam of the year got underway. |
| Aerodynamics of F1 | | | Christina MacFarlane explores the role aerodynamics play in boosting a Formula One car's performance. |
| 'Queen of Pacific' deported | | | Sandra Avila Beltran, known as the "Queen of the Pacific" for alleged drug dealings, was deported Tuesday from the United States to Mexico, where she will face money-laundering charges, the third set of criminal accusations against her. |
| Entergy to shut controversial Vermont nuclear plant | | | HOUSTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - Entergy Corp will shut the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, citing high costs tied to regulation and competition from cheap natural gas, bringing to an end a long battle with politicians and environmentalists seeking to close it. |
| Can a team win 79-0? | | | Two Nigerian matches that produced an incredible 146 goals are referred by the country's football authorities to the police as a "criminal matter." |
| Masters Champion Scott Wins Barclays | | | Masters champion Adam Scott of Australia won The Barclays by one stroke on Sunday in the opening event of the FedExCup playoffs at Liberty National. |
| Syria a problem from hell | | | Peter Bergen says President Obama has to decide what to do about a rogue regime that is warring on its people, confronting a classic problem that has bedeviled the U.S. |
| Former JPMorgan Employee Arrested in Spain | | | Javier Martin-Artajo, who is wanted by the United States for allegedly falsifying bank records to cover up $6 billion in trading losses, was arrested Tuesday in Madrid, Spanish police said. |
| Boston mayor reaches deal for Caesars casino at horse racetrack | | | BOSTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Boston Mayor Thomas Menino reached a proposed deal with developers on Tuesday to build a $1 billion Caesars casino in the city's East Boston section that he said would generate at least $32 million in annual revenue for the city and create thousands of jobs. |
| Guardiola's Bayern drop first points | | | Bayern Munich dropped their first Bundesliga points of the season under new manager Pep Guardiola Tuesday -- frustrated by a late SC Freiburg equalizer in a 1-1 draw. |
| Green Column Wind Farms Take Root Out at Sea | | | Now on the same scale as gas- or coal-fired power stations, wind farms have grown large offshore. Though costs are slowly decreasing, the industry still has a long way to go to become competitive. |
| T Magazine The Writers Room | | | A view of Rome, a pristine computer screen, a photograph of Basquiat, an I.B.M. 196c typewriter, the ghost of another author. For these writers each of whom releases a new book this fall all they need to inspire is within these walls. |
| Holder pressed on U.S. drug agency use of hidden data evidence | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eight Democratic senators and congressmen have asked Attorney General Eric Holder to answer questions about a Reuters report that the National Security Agency supplies the Drug Enforcement Administration with intelligence information used to make non-terrorism cases against American citizens. |
| Phys Ed How Exercise Can Help Us Sleep Better | | | If you habitually experience insomnia, exercise can help you sleep better, a new study found. But it can take up to four months before you see results, and you may sleep worse on days you exercise. |
| Jessica Rambo and Ibert Schultz | | | The bride is the director of programs and partnerships at the Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction in Manhattan; the groom is an associate in the Manhattan office of the law firm Hughes, Hubbard Reed. |
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