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International Real Estate House Hunting on ... Grand Cayman Island
The market in Grand Cayman, the largest and liveliest of the three-island archipelago known as the Cayman Islands, remains tilted much in favor of buyers, as one broker put it.


UPDATE 3-Brazil's Batista sells more of stake in oil company OGX to pay debt
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista, the controlling shareholder of OGX Petrleo e Gas Participaes SA, sold 1.54 percent of the oil company's stock to pay debts of his Grupo EBX, according to a securities filing on Thursday.


Can an expanded army of seniors stem Medicare fraud?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Enrolled in Medicare and want to join the ground war against fraud? All you need now is a pen and a pair of reading glasses.


T Magazine The Moment | Demure With a Twist
This fall, feminine clothes take on small accents of masculinity, from the fullness of a skirt with brogues to a cluster of jewels on an oversize lapel.


Ghosts of Iraq war force Britain to delay Syria strike
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron's plans for joining a looming military strike on Syria were in disarray on Thursday after a revolt by lawmakers warning him to heed the "lessons of Iraq".


Mom of autistic Canadian boy Letter writer 'cowardly'
An Ontario mom is speaking out after a family received an anonymous letter imploring them to move or euthanize their autistic son because of the "nuisance" the teen poses to the community.


Bits Oxford Dictionaries Online Adds Selfie, Emoji and Other Tech-Oriented Terms
Oxford Dictionaries has updated its online lexicon to include a number of youthful and relevant terms.


Global Soccer In Premier League, a Shuffle of Players, Then a Reshuffle
Trying to make sense of a system that encourages the buying and selling of players just as Europes major soccer leagues get under way.


Sports Briefing | Hockey Report of Devils Takeover Is Denied
Commissioner Gary Bettman said a news report claiming that the N.H.L. was on the verge of taking over the Devils was inaccurate.


Outraged by Miley Cyrus? Don't watch
Christopher Ferguson says the predictable outrage drummed up by the Miley Cyrus performance mostly misses the mark


UPDATE 1-Canada says emerging-market volatility on G20 agenda
OTTAWA, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Next week's Group of 20 summit will discuss the volatility in emerging markets that erupted after the U.S. Federal Reserve started to talk about scaling back its massive...


Mothballed telescope gets new life as asteroid hunter
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA will reactivate a mothballed infrared space telescope for a three-year mission to search for potentially dangerous asteroids on a collision course with Earth, officials said on Wednesday.


Yingli Green's loss shrinks on China demand
Aug 30 (Reuters) - Yingli Green Energy Holding Co Ltd posted a smaller quarterly loss mainly due to surging demand for its solar panels in China, where the solar power generating capacity is expected to more than quadruple in the next two years.


Currents | Furniture The Scandinavian Way
A Norwegian trio designs their first product a chair called Oslo.


High Low Finance Not Crying for Argentina but Fearful of a Ruling
The U. S. and the International Monetary Fund are concerned about a decision that would force Argentina to pay all its creditors equally and hold processing banks responsible if the country did not.


Your Money Win a Lottery Jackpot? Not Much Chance of That
The odds of winning the top prize in Powerball or other big lottery is on a par with finding that needle in a haystack. A tall haystack.


Modern Love Just Holding on Through the Curves
As I became involved with one young woman, I learned how profoundly the child welfare system could fail its teenagers.


Bwin.party warns overhaul to cut full-year revenue
LONDON (Reuters) - Online gambling company bwin.party warned that full-year revenue would fall by up to 17 percent as it shrinks the business to focus on fewer markets where it can make higher returns.


Federer and Serena cruise in New York
They are two titans of Flushing Meadows and on Thursday both Roger Federer and Serena Williams breeze into the third round of the U.S. Open.


Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac 2013 bill sale calendar
Aug 30 (Reuters) - The following is a list of scheduled U.S. agency bill sales from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2013. Freddie Mac said 3-month and 6-month bills will be auctioned every week. In...


Israeli researchers walk the walk with gait analysis device
July 14 - An Israeli company is developing an inexpensive gait analysis device it believes will help doctors diagnose previously undetected medical conditions. The study of a person's walking style can reveal much about their health, and the company says it can now done at a price that most people can afford. Jim Drury has more.


Tiny island boasts golf legacy
Shane O'Donoghue explores how golf legend Harry Vardon helped the British island of Jersey develop a golf legacy.


Roundup Hunters Shot Caps Tigers Comeback
Detroit scored four runs in the ninth, three of them on Torii Hunters two-out home run, to defeat Oakland and avoid a four-game sweep.


Analysts Strikes may worsen war
The United States and its allies face a variety of risks in taking direct military action against Syria over allegations that it used chemical weapons against civilians, including more poison gas attacks and retaliation against American interests.


Sports Briefing | College Football No. 6 South Carolina Opens With a Victory
Mike Davis ran 75 yards for a touchdown, Connor Shaw and Dylan Thompson each threw long scoring passes, and No. 6 South Carolina defeated North Carolina, 27-10.


Recipes for Health Bulgur Salad With Greens, Barberries and Yogurt
Barberries are a tart dried fruit that add an interesting flavor to this salad.


App Smart Learning to Read, With the Help of a Tablet
Using sound and animations, apps guide children through the process of recognizing letters, to actually reading.


The TV Watch At Ceremony for Civil Rights Milestone, an Image That Spoke Volumes
Commemorating a famous civil rights speech, a black president was at center stage, as two white former presidents looked on deferentially.


Elite coaching with Graf, Agassi
CNN's Patrick Snell looks at how the famous couple is helping groom the next generation of tennis stars.


Square Feet Worker Bees on a Rooftop, Ignoring Urban Pleasures
At One Bryant Park in Manhattan, the Durst Organization is cultivating bees as part of an environmental program for the 51-story building.


AEG expert MJ was a drug addict
Michael Jackson suffered a "quite extensive" drug addiction the last 15 years of his life, according to an addiction expert testifying Tuesday in the AEG Live wrongful death trial.


Late UTEP Coach Haskins Among Lapchick Winners
Naismith Hall of Famer Don Haskins, who led Texas Western to one of the most memorable NCAA championships, women's basketball pioneer Theresa Grentz and former Iowa and USC coach George Raveling have been selected as the 2013 recipients of the Lapchick Character Award,


After a Recession in Portugal, the Tiny Green Fruits of Success
Recent data suggest that the country is indeed hitting its export stride, but the balance sheets of the nations banks could weigh on the fragile economic comeback.


Business Briefing | Company News Early Date Set for U.S. Suit to Block Airlines Merger
A federal judge set a trial date of Nov. 25 in the governments legal challenge to the merger of American Airlines and the US Airways Group.


Former rebels sow terror in Central Africa Republic residents
BANGUI (Reuters) - Former rebels who seized power in Central Africa Republic are looting and killing indiscriminately in the country's remote northwest, residents said on Friday, amid mounting pressure for a firm international response to the crisis.


Where the Arty Flock in Seoul (Hint Its Not Gangnam)
The Hapjeong neighborhood is lined with narrow streets full of cafes, music spaces and galleries.


India feels impact of weak rupee
CNN's Mallika Kapur reports how India's weakening rupee is having an impact on its economy.


Anthony Pawson, Biologist in Cell-Protein Breakthrough, Dies at 60
In 1990, Dr. Pawson and his research team in Toronto identified the SH2 domain, which offered insights about how cells communicate with one another and resolved one of sciences oldest mysteries.


Kimberly Carnahan and James Warner
The bride works for the State Department; the groom is an analyst in the Energy Department.


Dining Review | Connecticut A Review of Grants, in West Hartford
Grants now offers a number of overlapping menus lunch, brunch, tavern, happy hour and dinner and a visitor may spend some time figuring out what can be eaten and when.


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