| Latest worldwide news | Oilers Win 4th Straight, 5-3 Over Rangers | | | Jordan Eberle had a goal and two assists, David Perron scored twice and the Edmonton Oilers won their fourth straight preseason game, defeating the New York Rangers 5-3 Tuesday night. |
| Rio's 'Big brother' tech | | | Rio de Janeiro's state-of-the-art Operations Center is gathering real-time information on traffic jams and environmental emergencies around the clock. It's part of the mayor's vision to make the city safer and more sustainable. |
| Fourth officer arrested in Mexico mass kidnapping case | | | As Mexico City authorities unravel the workings behind the mass kidnapping and killing of 13 bar-goers, some unsettling developments have surfaced. Four of those arrested in connection with the crimes are police officers. |
| Steal My Vacation Norma Kamalis Provence | | | The designer always returns to Provence because of the quality of its olive oil, which she considers the best in the world. Heres her take on getting a taste of the region. |
| Google introduces new 'Hummingbird' search algorithm | | | MENLO PARK, California (Reuters) - Google Inc has overhauled its search algorithm, the foundation of the Internet's dominant search engine, to better cope with the longer, more complex queries it has been getting from Web users. |
| Tiger deception scares off crop-raiding elephants | | | Sept. 24 - Using a system of sensors and speakers, researchers in California are exploiting elephants' natural survival instincts to stop them encroaching on farms and villages in India. By fooling the elephants into believing there are predators nearby, the researchers say crops and lives can be saved. Ben Gruber reports. |
| White House urges Senate to confirm Binz as FERC chairman | | | WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's pick for the head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Ron Binz, is qualified for the role and the U.S. Senate should move quickly to confirm the appointment, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters on Thursday. |
| Human remains found on wrecked Costa Concordia | | | Human remains have been found on the wrecked Costa Concordia, possibly answering what happened to the last two missing passengers of the cruise liner that ran aground off Italy's Giglio Island in 2012, a spokesman for the head of Italy's civil protection agency said Thursday. |
| Dream Advance to Conference Finals | | | Erika de Souza scored 10 of her 18 points during a decisive fourth quarter and the host Atlanta Dream beat the Washington Mystics, 80-72, in the decisive Game 3 of their W.N.B.A. first-round series. |
| 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. |
| Mythbuster Edoardo Molinari | | | Ryder Cup star Edoardo Molinari shows how you can improve your golf game using technology, among other things. |
| "I'm not Tarzan," Pope Francis tells young crowd | | | CAGLIARI, Sardinia (Reuters) - Pope Francis brought laughter to a crowd of young people on Sunday when he told them he was not "Tarzan" but gets his staying power during times of difficulty from his faith. |
| Al-Shabaab leader eyes the West | | | He is merciless toward opponents, secretive to the point of being a recluse and a true believer in the cause of global jihad. And from his hideout somewhere in southern Somalia, Mukhtar Abu Zubayr, the emir of Al-Shabaab, planned the most devastating terror attack in Kenya since the U.S. Embassy bombing in 1998. |
| Pakistani General Attacked in Quake Zone | | | Militants shot two rockets at a helicopter carrying Maj. Gen. Saeed Aleem, the Pakistani general in charge of disaster relief for the devastating earthquake this week. |
| Baseball Selig to retire in '15 | | | Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig will retire when his current term ends January 24, 2015, Major League Baseball said Thursday. |
| Sandra Bullock takes on paparazzi | | | Sandra Bullock is one of the highest-profile actresses in Hollywood and also one of the world's most photographed moms. It's hard to pick up a tabloid that doesn't feature a photo of the Oscar-winner with her adopted 3-year-old son, Louis Bardot. And now Bullock is speaking out in support of a new law that increases penalties for paparazzi harassing the children of celebrities. |
| Peter Matthiessen to Publish New Novel | | | Mr. Matthiessen, 86, said the new novel, about a group that comes together for a meditation retreat at the site of a World War II concentration camp, may be my last word. |
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