| Latest worldwide news | Detroit eyes freezing pensions, probes city's dysfunction | | | DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit's emergency manager proposed freezing pension benefits for some current city workers starting in 2014 and will launch a two-month probe into the city's dysfunctional and error-prone handling of employee benefits. |
| Putin says Greenpeace activists not pirates, but did break law | | | SALEKHARD, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Greenpeace activists arrested for staging a protest at Russia's first Arctic offshore oil platform had violated international law but signaled they should not face charges of piracy. |
| 'Wall of trees' to save wildlife | | | Nairobi National Park is that rarest of things -- a conservation park located within a city -- and it is now a physical manifestation of the front lines in Kenya's human-wildlife conflict. |
| 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. |
| Back to His Working-Class Roots | | | Christopher Abbott, formerly of HBOs Girls, has found a milieu closer to his working-class roots in the play Where Were Born, at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. |
| U.S. judge allows lawsuit against Google over email ads | | | SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss most of a lawsuit against Google Inc over allegations the company improperly scanned the content of customers' emails in order to place ads. |
| South Carolina man who won nearly $400 million jackpot withholds name | | | CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The winner of a nearly $400 million Powerball jackpot has declined to be named, lottery officials said on Monday, but they said the winner who lives near Columbia, South Carolina, told them he bought the ticket while on a mission to buy hot dog buns. |
| Mind Guru's Return Was All Important for Stenson | | | Henrik Stenson's game was a mess 18 months ago but his decision to reunite with a former mind guru sparked a dramatic change in fortunes that culminated in a remarkable $11.4 million FedExCup payday in Atlanta on Sunday. |
| Oliver Wilson Shoots 64, Shares Lead in Scotland | | | Former Ryder Cup player Oliver Wilson boosted his chances of regaining his European Tour card by shooting an 8-under 64 Thursday to share the lead after the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. |
| Navratilova vs. Cash | | | Open Court's Pat Cash takes to the court with 18-time grand slam winner Martina Navratilova. |
| No. 5 Stanford Routs No. 23 Arizona State, 42-28 | | | Tyler Gaffney ran for 95 yards and two touchdowns, Anthony Wilkerson added 68 yards and another score, and No. 5 Stanford started strong in a 42-28 victory over No. 23 Arizona State on Saturday night in the Pac-12 opener for both teams. |
| Sport's most dangerous job? | | | One of the scariest scenarios of any sport must be the realization by a jockey that the half-tonne animal underneath him is not going to land successfully as it flies over a fence six feet high at nearly 50 kilometers per hour. |
| When terrorists tweet their deadly acts | | | The group that mounted the Kenya operation used Twitter to announce it was responsible, while carrying out a bloody massacre. Terrorism has always been about theater, but use of social media takes it further, writes Peter Bergen. |
| Playoff Chase Tigers Win AL Central, Cards Close | | | Miguel Cabrera and the Detroit Tigers won their third straight AL Central title and the St. Louis Cardinals clinched a tie for their first NL Central crown since 2009. The top three AL wild-card teams won, both NL wild-card contenders lost. With four days left in the regular season, a quick look at baseball's playoff picture |
| Well Rethinking Motion Sickness | | | Thomas Stoffregen, a kinesiologist, believes that motion sickness is connected to posture and gait, not imbalances in the inner ear. |
| PRESS DIGEST-Canada-Sept 26 | | | Sept 26 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. |
| U.S., Russia agree on Syria U.N. chemical arms measure | | | UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Ending weeks of diplomatic deadlock, the United States and Russia reached an agreement on Thursday on a draft U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at ridding Syria of its chemical weapons arsenal. |
| Report U.S. spied on Mexico, Brazil | | | The U.S. National Security Agency directly targeted the communications of the presidents of Brazil and Mexico, according to a Brazilian news report. |
| Iwakuma Knocks Royals Out of Wild-Card Race | | | Hisashi Iwakuma pitched eight scoreless innings and Mike Zunino homered twice to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 6-0 win against Kansas City, ending the Royals' playoff hopes Wednesday night. |
| Jets Replay Week 3 | | | The Jets amassed 513 yards of offense in their 27-20 victory over the Buffalo Bills at MetLife Stadium. |
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