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News Feed Latest worldwide news When racial clichs drive story Eric Deggans Misidentified race and false photos in reports on the Trayvon Martin and Chris Lane killings feed racial stereotypes and distort a more complex truth. At War Blog Building a Bridge From Combat to Civilian Life The military knows how to turn on hypervigilance. A transition center at Ramstein Air Base in Germany teaches service members how to turn it off. One planet, 31 incredible sights These 31 amazing spectacles may not change your life, but they could change your vacation plans. Bronze foundry reinvents itself CNN's Nina Dos Santos looks at how the William Lane Foundry in northern England has reinvented itself to survive. Weighing Pain of Traffic for Preseason Games Giants fans reflected on their decisions to wait in an endless string of brake lights for an inconsequential preseason game at MetLife Stadium. Bessemer goes on defense, on pace for best year NEW YORK (Reuters) - Portfolio managers at Bessemer Trust, financial adviser to ultra-wealthy U.S. families, took an extremely defensive posture a few weeks ago amid some of the most volatile... US STOCKS-Wall St rebounds as energy stocks rise over Syria * Chevron, Exxon boost Dow as oil prices rise on supply concerns James Sterling Young, Oral Historian, Dies at 85 Mr. Young was an award-winning historian of 19th-century American politics. Prison inmate rebuilds career In 2008, the future looked bright for Breno. GLOBAL MARKETS-Syria pushes up oil prices; Wall Street rebounds NEW YORK, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Concerns about a possible U.S.-led military strike on Syria sent oil prices higher on Wednesday and triggered a safe-haven run to gold and the dollar. Straight Sets Federer Has Company on Tenniss Artists Colony Roger Federer is often described as an artist, but is he the only tennis player creating art on the court? UPDATE 1-Ghosts beat minions as 'Conjuring' horror flick leads box office NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, July 21 (Reuters) - "The Conjuring," a low-budget horror movie about a haunted farmhouse, spooked two pricey competitors and the "Despicable Me" minions to win a crowded weekend box office contest at U.S. and Canadian theaters. Obama Weighs Limited Strikes Against Syrian Forces President Obama is exploring a range of military actions against Syria designed to deter and degrade the ability of President Bashar al-Assads regime to launch chemical weapons, officials said. You can go home again I remember the exact moment when I first thought I could move back to Ohio from California. It hit me on a hot August morning on a visit to my sister in Columbus, as I walked to a local coffee shop. Justin Timberlake wins big at MTV VMAs as 'N Sync reunites NEW YORK (Reuters) - Justin Timberlake won big on Sunday at MTV's annual Video Music Awards, taking home the top prize for video of the year for "Mirrors" and a special achievement honor, and also led a much-anticipated onstage reunion of the boy band 'N Sync. SA's history-making jockey CNN's Nkepile Mabuse meets S'manga Khumalo, the first black jockey to win South Africa's Durban July. BRIEF-UK's competition watchdog says private patients pay more for lack of competition Aug 28 (Reuters) - Competition Commission * UK's Competition Commission - private patients pay for lack of competition * UK's Competition Commission - higher private medical insurance premiums and Endo Health to buy private generic drugs firm for $225 million (Reuters) - Specialty pharmaceutical company Endo Health Solutions Inc said it would buy privately-held Boca Pharmacal for $225 million to boost its generics business, as two of its biggest drugs are set to lose patent protection. 5 reasons to intervene in Syria Frida Ghitis says inaction in Syria is riskier and costlier than smart, limited intervention. Every passing day makes Syria more America's -- and the world's -- problem. State of the Art A Better Way to Bring Your Desktop to Your iPad The new Parallels Access app eases the compatibility obstacles between the tablet and a Mac or PC computer. Teenager defies the odds 17-year old Charley Hull will be the youngest player in Solheim Cup history after receiving a wildcard pick. Johnson happy to be back on Tour after best man duties (Reuters) - With his best man duties now out of the way, Zach Johnson is delighted to be back in PGA Tour action for this week's Deutsche Bank Championship after missing the first event of the lucrative FedExCup playoffs. Celebrating the Beach Boys' 50th year The Beach Boys are concluding their 50th-anniversary year with a boxed set. Their music has become a pop culture touchstone. New York Times, Twitter hacked by Syrian group SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Media companies, including the New York Times, Twitter and the Huffington Post, lost control of some of their websites Tuesday after hackers supporting the Syrian government breached the Australian Internet company that manages many major site addresses. Exclusive T. Rowe bans some American Air employees from fund trading NEW YORK (Reuters) - T. Rowe Price Group Inc has permanently banned about 1,300 American Airlines employees from trading among its funds in their 401(k) retirement plans, a rare move to curb... 'Walking Dead' creator on show's success "The Walking Dead" creator Robert Kirkman explains why the show resonates. See the full interview Friday at 11 p.m. ET. Stacy Lewis Returns at Safeway Classic Stacy Lewis is back. Inbee Park is out. DealBook Merrill Lynch in Big Payout for Bias Case The brokerage firm has agreed to pay $160 million to settle a racial bias lawsuit that wound through the federal courts for eight years, including two appeals to the United States Supreme Court. China's trials of the century CNN's Jamie FlorCruz takes a look at the Bo Xilai trial and other big trials in Chinese history. UPDATE 1-GMO corn failing to protect fields from pests -report Aug 28 (Reuters) - Researchers in the key corn-growing state of Illinois are finding significant damage from rootworms in farm fields planted in a rotation with a genetically modified corn, a combination of measures that are supposed to protect the crop from the pests, according to a new report. The TV Watch Keith Olbermanns Show Has Its Debut on ESPN2 At the premiere of his hourlong show Olbermann, on ESPN2, Keith Olbermann didnt talk all that much about sports. John J. Gilligan, 1970s Governor of Ohio, Dies at 92 A liberal Democrat whose creation of the state income tax proved to be the undoing of his political career. UPDATE 4-Argentina has new bond swap plan same terms, no end date By Hugh Bronstein and Walter Bianchi BUENOS AIRES, Aug 28 (Reuters) - President Cristina Fernandez on Wednesday proposed a new bond swap offer aimed at "holdout" creditors who have refused to settle... Pilgrim's Pride to invest $25 mln in new feed mill, upgrades CHICAGO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Pilgrim's Pride Corp, the second largest chicken producer in the world, will invest $25 million to build a new feed mill and renovate its poultry processing plant, both in... Highest-paid U.S. CEOs are often fired or fined -study NEW YORK, Aug 28 (Reuters) - About 40 percent of the highest-paid CEOs in the United States over the past 20 years eventually ended up being fired, paying fraud-related fines or settlements, or... Really? The Claim Yawning Is Contagious Between Dogs and Their Owners Researchers have confirmed what many pet owners have long suspected Dogs, too, are contagious yawners. Attack under way on Polish military base in east Afghanistan KABUL (Reuters) - An explosion rocked a base shared by Polish and Afghan forces in a restive eastern Afghan province on Wednesday and a gun battle was under way, a Reuters witness said. CORRECTED-Chinese shoppers set to become world leaders online (Corrects to clarify that the forecast that online spending could account for half of the market within a decade is not from the Bain report) World's weirdest food fests "It's quite a site to watch people wrestling around in mashed potatoes." We concur. Check out the word's strangest food festivals. HP shuffles top ranks, dashes 2014 growth hopes SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co shuffled its top ranks on Wednesday, shifting a star executive to a role identifying acquisition targets after a disappointing performance from the...

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