| Latest worldwide news | Rainbow laces spark criticism | | | It was supposed to provide the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow but the latest effort to fight homophobia in football is in danger of fading into monochrome. |
| Sports Briefing | Pro Football Sayers Suit Withdrawn | | | The Hall of Fame running back Gale Sayers wants to withdraw a lawsuit filed last week against the N.F.L. and the helmet maker Riddell that claimed they failed to prevent repeated head injuries, a lawyer said. |
| U.S. to exhaust borrowing capacity by October 17 Treasury | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warned Congress on Wednesday that the United States would exhaust its borrowing capacity no later than October 17, at which point it would have only about $30 billion in cash on hand. |
| Township girl to opera diva | | | Abbey Road Studios in London. This is where The Beatles produced some of their classic records. It's a long way from the Cape Town townships where Pumeza Matshikiza grew up, but this is where the South African soprano is recording her debut album. |
| Ashe legacy burns bright | | | Arthur Ashe was the first African American to win a tennis grand slam. It's a measure of his influence that 20 years after his death his legacy burns as brightly as ever. |
| Israel showcases Botticelli fresco | | | Sept. 17 - The Israel Museum displays a Botticelli masterpiece, "The Annunciation of San Martino alla Scala," on loan from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. Tara Cleary reports. |
| Bruised by Romney criticism, Bain Capital thanks investors | | | (Reuters) - Bain Capital LLC, the private equity firm co-founded by defeated presidential candidate Mitt Romney, thanked its investors on Thursday for their support and patience over the last year as it confronted "political hyperbole and distortion." |
| Former Nintendo chief's legacy | | | Former Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi dies at age 85. Richard Quest speaks with Steve Butts of IGN about his impact. |
| China's Bo Xilai appeals conviction | | | One day after a court in eastern China sentenced him to life in prison for corruption, former Communist Party leader Bo Xilai appealed his verdict and sentencing, a source told CNN. |
| 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. |
| Alonso cycle deal stalls | | | Fernando Alonso won't be saving Euskaltel Euskadi after all. But Alonso still wants a cycling team and might start one up from "scratch." |
| Pakistan's first gay website blocked | | | Pakistan, ranked by the Pew Research Center as one of the least tolerant countries in the world for gays, has pulled the plug on its only online resource for the Muslim nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. |
| From township girl to opera diva | | | Pumeza Matshikiza grew up in the townships of Cape Town, South Africa, during Apartheid. Now she's an opera star who's performed at the world's biggest opera houses. |
| Out There Stars, Gold, Dung Beetles and Us | | | Its hard to imagine a more humbling connection between the microscopic and the massive than that of a bug who navigates its carefully wrought investment by the light of the Milky Way. |
| Search continues for New York gunman who shot two on Long Island | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The search for a suspected gunman who shot two people, killing one, in what was described as a workplace incident in the New York suburb of Garden City, Long Island, shifted on Thursday to the town where the man's abandoned SUV was recovered, authorities said. |
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