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News Feed Latest worldwide news The Learning Network Blog Word of the Day | artifice This word has appeared in 105 New York Times articles in the past year. No. 16 Miami Overmatches Savannah State 77-7 Dallas Crawford and Gus Edwards both scored three touchdowns and No. 16 Miami got into the end zone on its first seven possessions, rolling to a 77-7 victory over Savannah State on Saturday night. World Briefing | Africa Zimbabwe 81 Elephants Killed Zimbabwean authorities say at least 81 elephants have been killed for their ivory tusks by poachers using cyanide poison in water holes in a vast western national park. Ex cons turn curators September 25 - Nine inmates from a French penitentiary select works of art for an exhibition. Sharon Reich reports. U.S. new home sales rise but hold near lowest levels of 2013 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of new single-family homes in America rose in August but held near their lowest levels this year, a sign that a sharp rise in interest rates is weighing on the U.S.... 2013 Emmy Awards Who's nominated The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, with help from "Breaking Bad's" Aaron Paul and this year's host, Neil Patrick Harris, on Thursday revealed the nominees for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards. T Magazine All the Rage | Bright, Cheerful Colors at the London Design Festival This years edition of the annual mega-fair found designers using an unexpectedly playful color palette that included a smorgasbord of neons and pastels. International Real Estate Real Estate in South Africa The market in Cape Towns affluent beachfront suburbs like Camps Bay and nearby Clifton has improved over the last year. New cargo ship's docking at space station delayed to Saturday CAPE CANAVERAL (Reuters) - A traffic jam at the International Space Station is prompting a second delay in the arrival of a new commercial cargo ship that is making a test run to the orbital outpost, officials said on Monday. National Briefing | Washington Former Justice Department Official Is Nominated to Appeals Court President Obama on Tuesday nominated David Barron to be a federal appeals court judge in Boston. Critics Notebook Nature Theater of Oklahoma Presents More Life and Times Episodes 4.5 and 5 of Life and Times, from Nature Theater of Oklahoma, continued over the weekend, in film and with a book modeled on early medieval illuminated manuscripts. Art in Review Carol Bove RA, or Why is an orange like a bell? Ms. Bove continues to cultivate her extraordinary garden, operating in the gaps between art and design, modernism (especially Minimalism) and nature. U.S. metal scrap firm files for bankruptcy due to weak nickel prices, sales NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Keywell LCC, a Chicago-based metals recycler, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming weak nickel prices and poor stainless steel demand, according to a court filing that outlined plans to sell the company to a larger rival. Pakistan troops aid quake victims Sept. 25 - Troops launch relief effort after a powerful quake in Pakistan that has killed more than 200. Paul Chapman reports 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. N.F.L. Roundup Burleson, Lions Receiver, Is Injured in a Car Accident Detroit wide receiver Nate Burleson sustained a broken arm in an auto accident early Tuesday and could miss the rest of the season. Atomic Goal 800 Years of Power From Waste TerraPower, a start-up led by Bill Gates, is at work on a new kind of reactor that would be fueled by todays nuclear waste. Fitch Applied Materials' Acquisition of Tokyo Electron Positive for SemiCap Equipment (The following statement was released by the rating agency) NEW YORK, September 25 (Fitch) Fitch believes semiconductor capital (semicap) equipment-maker, Applied Materials Inc.'s (Applied Materials), acquisition of competitor, Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TEL), strengthens the credit profile of the semicap equipment industry and combined company. If approved, the deal better matches supply with demand, given ongoing consolidation of capital spending among semiconductor-makers. Credit Positive for Sonar jamming moths hinder hungry bats Sept. 25 - A tiger moth native to the deserts of Arizona has developed a highly evolved sonar jamming system it uses to fend of attacks by hungry bats. The discovery, described in a paper published in the journal PLOS One, could have applications in the design of acoustic deterrents to protect bats from dangerous wind turbines. Rob Muir reports. U.S. oil lobby open to all options on biofuel reform API head WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With Congress split over the future of the U.S. biofuel mandate, the head of a powerful lobbying group working to dismantle the policy said on Tuesday he was willing to consider legislative options beyond a simple repeal of the law. On Baseball Yankees Can Only Wish to Spend as Wisely as Rays The Yankees have asked themselves why they must spend so much for players, while other teams, such as the Tampa Bay Rays, can win for much less by making hard choices. Telecom Italia fixed-line spinoff better with company's plan - junior min ROME, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The fixed-line access network of Telecom Italia could be spun off by law but it would be better to do so by using the telecom group's own plan, a junior minister in Italy's government said on Wednesday. Lawrie Unhappy at Seve Trophy Snub Paul Lawrie says he's disappointed that eight of his Ryder Cup teammates have snubbed next week's Seve Trophy in France. National Briefing | Washington Money Awarded for Tobacco Research The Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health are awarding millions of dollars to create 14 centers to research tobacco products. Well Rethinking Motion Sickness Thomas Stoffregen, a kinesiologist, believes that motion sickness is connected to posture and gait, not imbalances in the inner ear. Final season of 'Mad Men' split in half The final season of "Mad Men" will be expanded to 14 episodes, but you'll only get half of it next year. AMC announced today that it will split the seventh season of the Madison Avenue-in-the-'60s drama into two parts, with the first half airing in spring 2014 and the second half debuting in spring 2015. You're the Boss Blog S.E.C. Advances New JOBS Act Rule, but Not Crowdfunding The JOBS Act set the end of last year as the deadline for final rules on crowdfunding, but the S.E.C. has not yet proposed those regulations, much less completed them. Rambus asked about shredded records in Nvidia case * Appeals judge says Rambus doesn't know what was shredded Sports Briefing | Tennis Murray to Have Surgery Andy Murray will have surgery for a lingering back problem and will miss the rest of the season. DealBook Alibaba Is Said to Move Toward an I.P.O. in the U.S. The Chinese Internet company has ended talks with the Hong Kong stock exchange over an initial public offering. Dog looks like Putin CNN's John Berman shows a dog that looks similar to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Shopping With Evan and Oliver Haslegrave Bookends Embracing Literature They dont necessarily have to begin their lives that way. Grenade blast in Kenyan town kills man, wounds three others ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) - One person was killed and three others were wounded in a grenade blast in the Kenyan town of Wajir, including a man suspected to have hurled the device at a supermarket, police said. Did Iran sanctions work? Sanctions on nations may be a debatable strategy, but it appears to have worked on Iran's new leadership. List of missing Colorado flood victims down to just one DENVER (Reuters) - The list of people still missing in the devastating Colorado floods dwindled to one person on Tuesday, a woman who is presumed dead, after six others once among the hundreds unaccounted for notified authorities that they were alive and well. US charges ex-Qualcomm executive, adviser in insider-trading scheme WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors announced Monday they had indicted a former executive vice president of the wireless technology company Qualcomm Inc for insider-trading and conspiring with... Minimal Desktop Speakers With Maximum Sound Logitechs Z600 Bluetooth speakers deliver some serious volume from a streamlined package. Emergency declared around Olympic city Sochi because of floods SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Regional authorities declared a state of emergency in Sochi and evacuated a village because of flooding and mudslides less than five months before the Russian city hosts the Winter Olympics. Well Cooking With Miso Many people know and love miso soup. But this week Martha Rose Shulman goes beyond soup and explains how miso can be used for glazes, dips and dressings. Exclusive Hundreds of U.S. security clearances seen falsified WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have documented at least 350 instances of faulty background investigations done by private contractors and special agents for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in recent years, illustrating what some lawmakers call systemic weaknesses in the granting of federal security clearances.

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