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News Feed Latest worldwide news UPDATE 1-US regulator unveils plan for universal broadband * Cable group says gives phone companies unfair advantage Richard III The story of the king buried under a car park made headlines, but where should Richard III's bones be laid to rest? World Briefing | Europe Russia Bill Would Allow Children to Be Taken Away From Gay Parents A member of the State Duma, the lower house of Parliament, has proposed legislation allowing the authorities to take custody of children if one or both of their parents are gay. Donovan Signs Contract Extension With Galaxy The high-scoring United States national team star Landon Donovan signed a multiyear contract extension with the Los Angeles Galaxy. Major Surge Is Unlikely for Prices of U.S. Gas Ample inventories and North American production are expected to hold down prices, despite tensions in the Middle East and North Africa. Sesame Street Widens Its Focus With its usual silliness, Sesame Street is introducing serious concepts about nature, science, math and engineering to its target audience of children too young to read. Maasai lease ancestral land to elephants Aug. 7 - Maasai communities in Kenya's Amboseli region have joined the fight to save endangered elephants by leasing their ancestral lands to conservationists. The agreement is designed to protect migratory routes used by the the elephants for thousands of years, giving them breathing room in an era of unprecedented human encroachment. Matthew Stock reports. EU agrees to deal on aviation emissions BRUSSELS, Sept 5 (Reuters Point Carbon) - - The EU agreed to a deal late Wednesday to scale back its law regulating carbon from flights as U.N. negotiators pledged to craft a global pact on aviation emissions that would not take effect for seven years. Missouri homeless man nearly crushed in trash truck KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A homeless man sleeping in a dumpster behind a Kansas City shopping center was picked up by a trash truck and nearly crushed in the compactor before his cries for help alerted the driver, officials said on Thursday. Hurricane Sandy's gift of sea glass Professed "Jersey girl" Christeena Hockin-Minopetros began collecting sea glass from the New Jersey shore when she was 5. She recalls that when she was younger, before the glass became scarce, you could walk home with a bucketful after a day at the beach. The New Old Age Blog Online Lessons in Dementia Management Professors at Johns Hopkins University plan to offer an online course in coping with dementia. U.S. economy growing at 'modest to moderate' pace Fed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy expanded at a "modest to moderate" pace in most of the country between early July and late August, according to a Federal Reserve report that was just strong... Art Review Eleanor Antins Selves at Columbia University Eleanor Antins Selves, at Columbia University, displays how the title artist made herself into character-based performance art, again and again. Special Report Front Row Center Wagner Veteran Offers His Final Laps of the Ring Pierre Audi begins his 25th-anniversary season as artistic director of the Netherlands Opera this year with Siegfried, and will stage a complete cycle of Wagners Ring. The Search How to Rebound From a Wrong Career Choice Many young people can be steered into careers and discover much later that the choice was wrong. UPDATE 2-U.S. moves to ease employers' Obama health-law burden WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday issued proposed rules aimed at easing the requirements for companies and insurers when they report employees' health coverage information to comply with President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law. 3D scans turn fossils into rock stars Sept. 3 - Thousands of prehistoric fossils have been rescued from dusty museum archives and made available online as highly detailed 3D models, with plans afoot to also digitally scan dinosaur fossils. Researchers and the public can now access the virtual fossils and even print a highly detailed 3D replica. Jim Drury has more. India Ink A Conversation With Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Mr. Parrikar describes the 2002 Gujarat riots as an administrative failure and claims that unlike his Bharatiya Janata Party colleague Narendra Modi, who governs Gujarat State, he would not have let it happen. Mallinckrodt's extended-release pain drug meets main goal of study Sept 5 (Reuters) - Specialty pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt Plc said its experimental painkiller significantly reduced the intensity of pain in patients who had undergone a surgical removal of bunions. National Zoo's giant panda cub It's a girl! Sept. 5 - Scientists at Washington's National Zoo announce the latest addition to the giant panda family is a female cub and the zoo's Tian Tian is her dad. Gavino Garay reports. Poet Seamus Heaney dies Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet Seamus Heaney died Friday, his publisher said. U.S. gets its own bull running festival August 26 - Lining a dirt track at the Virginia Motorsports Park, thousands raced ahead, around and behind a dozen bulls stampeding down the fence-bordered course. Elly Park reports. Shortcuts Sometimes Second-Best Makes a Better Role Model Recent research suggests we may be choosing the wrong people to emulate, and that could be hurting us professionally. Tseng Bouncing back to No. 1? After becoming the youngest golfer to win five major championships, Yani Tseng has slipped down the rankings. Can she come back? Nadal Rolls to Semifinals by Thrashing Robredo After missing last years Open, Rafael Nadal has stormed through his draw and improved his record on hardcourts this year to 20-0. Amateur video shows two men firing RPGs at ship transiting Suez Canal Sept. 5 - Internet video purports to show two militants firing rocket-propelled grenades at a container ship as it passes through the Suez Canal in the eastern Sinai. Mana Rabiee reports. JPMorgan to stop making student loans company memo NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase Co has decided to get out of the student loan business, after the biggest U.S. bank concluded that competition from federal government programs and increased scrutiny from regulators had limited its ability to expand the business. Lianna Lipton, Jonathan Spector The bride, a third-year medical student, and the groom, a consultant, met at Brown. Douglas, Zeta-Jones separate; Clooney, Bullock open Venice Aug 28 - The day's top showbiz news and headlines including Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones separate, George Clooney and Sandra Bullock kick off the Venice Film Festival, and Hugh Jackman premieres "The Wolverine" in Japan. Bob Mezan reports. National Briefing | Midwest Michigan State Ready to Expand Medicaid In a bipartisan 75-to-32 vote, the State House gave final approval to a measure that would make almost a half-million more low-income adults eligible for Medicaid. RPT-Oil firms rein in spending to save cash for dividends OSLO, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Oil and gas firms are cutting back on investments to try and improve profits and save cash for dividends, perhaps signalling an end to a decade-long boom in capital spending. Well Shorter Workweek May Not Increase Well-Being Think shorter working hours will make you happier? Maybe not, a new study suggests. Common Sense Long Odds for Authors Newly Published The book, written under a pseudonym by the best-selling author J. K. Rowling, became a success only after her identity was revealed. National Briefing | Midwest Michigan State Ready to Expand Medicaid In a bipartisan 75-to-32 vote, the State House gave final approval to a measure that would make almost a half-million more low-income adults eligible for Medicaid. On the Edge of Poverty, at the Center of a Debate on Food Stamps As lawmakers cast a fight over cuts to food stamps in terms of spending, budget analysts and hunger relief advocates warn of a spike in food insecurity among Americans. Tanks burn, bodies lie in Syrian town of Maaloula -amateur video Sept. 5 - Amateur video purports to show the aftermath of what activists say were clashes between Syrian rebel forces and army troops in the town of Maaloula, home to a Christian majority. Deborah Lutterbeck reports. Changes to Poultry Rules Are Flawed, Report Says New rules would allow workers at plants, rather than agency inspectors, to examine birds on processing lines for blemishes or feces. Galaxy Gear useful but too pricey? In rolling out its Galaxy Gear on Wednesday, Samsung effectively launched the smartwatch wars, becoming the biggest player in an emerging gadget market that could soon see Apple, Google and others join the fray. Gazprom, CNPC agree terms of big gas deal, except price ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russia's top gas producer Gazprom and China's CNPC came closer on Thursday to a strategic deal to ship gas to China, agreeing on basic terms but not on price - a... Argentine Boxing Champion Weighs In for Madrid Bid Cities looking to add glamour and sporting weight in support of their bids to hold the Olympic Games have turned in the past to the likes of Pele and David Beckham.

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