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DealBook Not Banks, but Still Lending Money and Drawing Investors
The success of Lending Club, which links up borrowers with investors who are willing to make loans, has spawned imitators and venture capital backers that are looking for similar results.


Mississippi alligator hunting season gets off to a record start
JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - Mississippi hunters smashed back-to-back records on the opening weekend of the state's 10-day alligator season by bagging some of the biggest critters on the books.


Dunes Fight Sets Neighbor Against Neighbor in New Jersey
Public shaming is among the tactics being used to pressure more than 1,000 homeowners who are standing in the way of building miles of 22-foot-high walls of sand.


Scene City The Gangsters Are All Here
Steve Buscemi and Michael Kenneth Williams turned out for the fourth-season premiere of HBOs Boardwalk Empire.


Golf Capsules
Sergio Garcia was doing everything right. He had the lead going into the third round. He kept bogeys off his card and made two birdies on the front nine.


Arts, Briefly Another Judge for American Idol
Harry Connick Jr. will join Keith Urban and Jennifer Lopez on the judging panel for the shows 13th season, in January, according to The Hollywood Reporter.


Music Review Dawn of Midi Plays New Songs at Le Poisson Rouge
Dawn of Midi played songs from their new album, Dysnomia, in a concert at Le Poisson Rouge.


T Magazine Site to Be Seen | A New Vintage Online Boutique Caters to the Downtown Set
Total Pleasure, a new secondhand e-commerce destination that went live last month, caters to a very niche market with vintage finds like velvet bustiers and pants covered in flames or Mountain Dew logos.


Well Shorter Workweek May Not Increase Well-Being
Think shorter working hours will make you happier? Maybe not, a new study suggests.


What I Love Lee Child and the Macho of Minimalism
The author of the Jack Reacher books lives in a Manhattan apartment thats stripped down for action.


Georgia Loses WR Mitchell to Knee Injury
Georgia receiver Malcolm Mitchell will miss the remainder of the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in Saturday's loss at Clemson.


48 hours in Rochester, New York
ROCHESTER, New York (Reuters) - Synonymous with film photography, lilacs and classical music, Rochester offers an unusual array of attractions for a mid-sized U.S. city that brought industrial prowess to a scenic river gorge on Lake Ontario's southern shore.


UPDATE 2-Europe's bankers defend scale, stop short of deals
* Societe Generale, Unicredit say scale important in banking


UPDATE 1-Ford tops Canadian auto sales in August
TORONTO, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Canadian auto sales recorded their best August ever, industry data released on Wednesday showed, with Ford Motor Co outselling Chrysler Group and General Motors Co, and...


Ex-wife Docs competed to give Jackson meds
Two German doctors treated Michael Jackson's insomnia with propofol 12 years before he died from an overdose of the surgical anesthetic, his former wife testified Wednesday.


UPDATE 2-Qualcomm jumps into 'wearables' fray with Toq smartwatch
* Chipmaker hopes to encourage manufacturers to use its tech


Tax charges for Bayern chief
He's been a principal figure in German football for decades, winning the 1974 World Cup as a player before becoming Bayern Munich's club president, but Uli Hoeness' world could come crashing down after being charged with tax evasion on Tuesday.


EU's Almunia says 3-4 mobile operators may be enough
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said while monopolies and duopolies of European mobile telecoms companies were unacceptable, he had no objection in principle to a market with three or four players.


Living in Egypt during chaos
There's more to do in Cairo than just protest. Just look at lifestyle website CairoScene.


Irving Azoff Starts New Entertainment Business
The multifaceted company, backed by $175 million from the Madison Square Garden Company, will be called Azoff MSG Entertainment.


Nyad baby boomers so 'not over'
Gene Seymour says Diana Nyad's heroic swim offers more proof that youth is not necessarily the prime time in the life of a boomer -- or anyone else


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.


Syria How did we get here?
The Pentagon says it's "ready to go" if it gets orders to carry out a military strike in response to Syria's suspected use of chemical weapons against its own people. Here's a quick-read cheat sheet about the Syrian civil war -- and how we got here.


Exclusive Former Syria defense minister defects in break with Assad
AMMAN/DOHA (Reuters) - Former Syrian Defence Minister General Ali Habib, a prominent member of President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect, has defected and is now in Turkey, a senior member of the opposition Syrian National Coalition told Reuters on Wednesday.


Five record-breaking sports stars
When it comes to living on the edge, there are some women who have the tenacious spirit to conquer all.


NASAs Deputy Administrator Is Leaving Agency
Lori B. Garver, a top administrator at the agency who played a large role in drafting the Obama administrations controversial space policies, will leave next month.


In Transit Blog Lower Rail Fares in Europe
Rail Europe is offering three fall sales, including lower prices for Eurail Italy passes.


New vaccine targets Hepatitis B eradication
Aug. 5 - Israeli drug company SciVac has developed a third-generation vaccine for Hepatitis B, a virus that kills more than half a million people each year. The company says the vaccine has the potential to stop the disease in its tracks and is currently seeking approval for its use in the United States and Europe. Elly Park reports.


CBS Returns, Triumphant, to Cable Box
An agreement with Time Warner Cable restores CBS and its related channels, like Showtime, to millions of cable subscribers largely in three major cities, New York, Los Angeles and Dallas.


Castro death
Ariel Castro, jailed for life plus 1,000 years for keeping three women prisoner in his home for a decade, is found hanging in his cell.


GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares gain, gold falls as Syria strike looks limited
* Rising stocks on Wall Street lead European shares to rebound


Judith Daniels, Editor of Savvy Magazine, Dies at 74
Ms. Daniels, who saw a big gap in the magazine industry, was the first to focus on the emerging class of high-earning professional women.


North Korea Our agony
CNN's Paula Hancocks reports on the latest from a UN inquiry into North Korean human rights violations.


Catholic diocese of Gallup, N.M., to file for bankruptcy
(Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup, New Mexico, plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this month to cope with mounting costs of litigation arising from claims of child sexual abuse by members of its clergy, the church confirmed on Tuesday.


Week 1 in Fantasy Football Matchup Breakdown
Tony Romo, Steven Jackson and Pierre Garcon are among the players looking to exploit their favorable matchups in Week 1.


Down-and-out Europe gets screen time at Venice fest
VENICE (Reuters) - An Italian film about a man who works other people's jobs to give them a quick break showed a gentle side on Wednesday to the economic collapse, but other offerings at the Venice film festival have portrayed a much darker side of poverty.


TV host charged in sex inquiry
British authorities have charged a veteran children's television host with more than a dozen counts of child abuse stemming from an ongoing investigation into another TV personality.


World Bank targets air pollution in climate battle
OSLO (Reuters) - The World Bank said on Tuesday it was planning "aggressive action" to help developing nations cut emissions of soot and other air pollutants blamed for causing climate change, in a shift also meant to protect human health and aid crop growth.


US STOCKS-Wall Street rises, tech shares boost Nasdaq
* SP 500 has struggled to close over 100-day moving average


Irving Azoff Starts New Entertainment Business
The multifaceted company, backed by $175 million from the Madison Square Garden Company, will be called Azoff MSG Entertainment.


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