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News Feed Latest worldwide news State of the Art In Arrival of 2 iPhones, 3 Lessons Consider Apples two new iPhones, the 5C (budget model) and the 5S. Not exactly innovative, but they look good and the software is more efficient to navigate. 'Breaking Bad' finally makes good with best drama Emmy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Television drama "Breaking Bad" won the top Primetime Emmy award for the first time on Sunday, just as the gritty tale of a chemistry teacher turned meth cook and drug kingpin winds down to widespread acclaim. GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares lower, dollar struggles on policy debate NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Stocks on Wall Street struggled on Tuesday, with benchmark indexes swinging between losses and muted gains to finally turn lower, amid a lack of clarity on U.S. fiscal... iOS 7 What you need to know Apple is releasing its latest operating system for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch today. Greek Civil Servants Start 2-Day Strike Public sector workers were striking against plans to cut thousands of jobs, with anger fueled by the killing of an rap artist. Wealth Matters Younger Generations Approach to Investing Three reports by big financial institutions show how the younger generations want to set themselves apart from the baby boomers. Victims Push Laws to End Online Revenge Posts Posting explicit images of former sexual partners can ruin lives, yet mostly goes unpunished. But the law may be catching up with technology. NASCAR pioneer Nicole Nicole Lyons sets the pace for African-American woman in NASCAR. George Howell reports. Hill Leads No. 6 LSU Past Auburn 35-21 Whether Jeremy Hill deserves a prominent role in LSU's offense this early in the season is a matter for debate. ArtsBeat New Getty Atlas to Preserve Data on Nondigital Photography The Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles will collect and publish information about pre-digital photography to aid scholars and preservationists. Gay Rights Protest Greets Opening Night at the Met A Russian-themed gala at Lincoln Center to celebrate Tchaikovskys Eugene Onegin has become a lightning rod for critics of Russias antigay laws. Pipeline Reopens in Libya, Bolstering Oil Production A striking militia opened the valves on a pipeline between two major western oil fields and Mediterranean port terminals. Dance Review A Fall for Dance Prelude at the Delacorte Theater A celebratory prelude to the Fall for Dance festival brought back choreography to the Delacorte Theater for free shows on Monday and Tuesday. Editors Choice Our best photos from the last 24 hours. Arts Review | Connecticut A Review of An Artificial Wilderness, at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art An Artificial Wilderness, now at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, showcases a different vision of nature, marked by human intervention. 'Unsafe' plane hurts Tonga tourism Latest problem with Chinese-made MA60 turboprop reignites concerns over the plane's safety. The Boss Margaret Minson When the Gamex2019;s on the Line As an athlete, Margaret Minson of Student Sponsor Partners learned how to take risks x2014; a quality that has helped her in her career. 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. Insider trading trial of SAC's Martoma delayed until January NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday pushed back the insider trading trial of former SAC Capital Advisors portfolio manager Mathew Martoma to January 6. Speaking ill of a dead 'unloved one' After a scathing obituary written by the adult children of an allegedly abusive mother went viral, grief experts weigh in on how to mourn a less-than-loved one. A Data Broker Offers a Peek Behind the Curtain The Acxiom Corporation plans to open a Web site that will allow individual consumers to see some of the information that the company has collected about them. Israel bleak about U.S.-Iran rapprochement at U.N. summit JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Tuesday the world should not be fooled by Iran's conciliatory overtures over its disputed nuclear program after U.S. President Barack Obama told the United Nations that Washington was ready to engage Tehran diplomatically. Greenpeace Activists May Face Russian Piracy Charges Russian officials have opened a piracy investigation against Greenpeace members who scaled a Gazprom offshore oil platform in the Arctic. Chinas Crackdown Prompts Outrage Over Boys Arrest After a public outcry, the authorities on Monday released Yang Zhong, 16, who was among the first people charged under new rules that criminalize the spreading of online rumors. UPDATE 2-Smithfield shareholders OK sale to China's Shuanghui Sept 24 (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods Inc shareholders on Tuesday approved the pork giant's $4.7 billion sale to Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd in what is shaping up as the biggest acquisition... Global Health Arsenic Contamination Threatens Water in Hanoi Aggressive pumping is draining aquifers, creating an opening for arsenic-contaminated water to leach into a major drinking-water aquifer that serves Hanoi, Vietnam, researchers say. Roundup Michigan Hangs On After Scare, Again Michigan dodged another upset by beating unranked Connecticut. The Wolverines took their first lead in the second half. Mexico storms death toll rises to 123, crop lands damaged ACAPULCO (Reuters) - The death toll from a pair of storms that flooded much of Mexico rose to 123 on Monday, and large tracts of farmland were declared lost as the country cleans up some of the worst storm damage in decades. On the Market in the Region A Tudor in Yonkers with five bedrooms and a contemporary home in Nassau County set on the Long Island Sound. CreatureCast As Normal as Rabbits Weights and Dragons Wings In this weeks CreatureCast we look at a common pattern used to statistically describe of the world the so-called normal distribution with some familiar and fanciful examples. CANADA FX DEBT-Loonie strengthens as investors gauge Fed timetable * C$ at C$1.0285 against U.S. dollar * Fed in focus, Canadian retail sales on tap for Tuesday * Bond prices rise across the curve By Leah Schnurr TORONTO, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar... In Funding Fight, Senate Republicans Back Away From Cruz Ahead of a vote scheduled for Wednesday, many Senate Republicans abandoned Senator Ted Cruz in his fight over funding the government, but he pressed ahead. Advertising Debating the Changing Economics of Editorial Content Much attantion was focused on content as the 10th annual Advertising Week began in New York on Monday. UPDATE 2-Fed following up on report of unusual trading around FOMC statement WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Tuesday it was following up with news organizations over a report of unusual trading around the release of its monetary policy statement last week. Virginia man charged with abduction in teen's disappearance RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - A Virginia grand jury indicted a used car lot worker on Tuesday on charges of abducting a high school girl, in a case that has generated headlines nationwide. UPDATE 2-Fed following up on report of unusual trading around FOMC statement WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Tuesday it was following up with news organizations over a report of unusual trading around the release of its monetary policy... East Germany's secret police The sometimes ludicrous disguises and complex surveillance techniques used by East Germany's Stasi secret police to psychologically brutalize the population have been revealed, more than two decades after the fall of the Iron Curtain. In the Shadow of Old Smokey, a Toxic Legacy Years after a trash incinerator stopped operating in the West Grove neighborhood in Miami, its legacy might be more ominous than soiled laundry contaminants like arsenic remain in the soil. Merkel camp eyes tie-up with Social Democrats, shuns Greens BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel's conservatives appeared headed towards coalition talks with their main center-left rivals on Tuesday after heavyweights from the German chancellor's camp ruled out a marriage with the environmentalist Greens. China's smartphone shipments to exceed 450 million in 2014 IDC SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The world's biggest smartphone market China will likely ship in more than 450 million devices in 2014, at least a quarter more than this year, research firm IDC said.

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