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News Feed Latest worldwide news T Magazine The Moment | Demure With a Twist This fall, feminine clothes take on small accents of masculinity, from the fullness of a skirt with brogues to a cluster of jewels on an oversize lapel. ArtsBeat Nashville Symphony Musicians Agree to Pay Cut The musicians of the Nashville Symphony ratified a one-year contract that will cut their pay by 15 percent. World's weirdest food fests "It's quite a site to watch people wrestling around in mashed potatoes." We concur. Check out the word's strangest food festivals. Matthews Records First Win in a Grand Tour Australian Michael Matthews recorded a stage win in the first week of his maiden Grand Tour on Wednesday after a chaotic bunch sprint finish to the fifth stage of the Tour of Spain. Design The Tortured History of Eileen Grays Modern Gem The house that Eileen Gray built for her and her lover in the south of France in the 1920s is an architectural landmark that still is provoking vigorous debate. Dot Earth Blog Can Cities Adjust to a Retreating Coastline? Is there a way for leaders to acknowledge the need for a managed retreat from rising seas? Trevino Merion win changed me Lee Trevino recounts his 1971 victory at Merion Golf Club, which will also host this year's U.S. Open. Sports Briefing | Soccer Manchester City Romps in Opener Manchester City sent a strong message to its Premier League title rivals in a 4-0 rout at home over Newcastle. Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones separated report NEW YORK (Reuters) - Star Hollywood couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones have separated in what could spell the end of their nearly 13-year marriage, People magazine reported on Wednesday, and a representative for Zeta-Jones confirmed the separation. Rugby Australian Rugby Adopts Anti-Homophobia Policy The new policy will cover all levels of the game in Australia, including professional leagues, and include public-awareness campaigns by some top players. Superman flies in southern California July 3 - A start-up company in California creates life-sized remote controlled superheroes that soar through the air. Elly Park reports. RPT-WRAPUP 2-Lira, rupee at forefront as Syria tension pounds emerging assets * Oil spikes on Syria tension, adds pressure on emerging markets At Cairo Morgue, Families Face Menace From Nameless Men At the Zeinhom morgue in Cairo, men who said they were neighborhood watchmen tried to keep bereaved families from telling their stories. Guardians of Kings Dream Regroup in Washington Fifty years after the I Have a Dream speech, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s followers gathered for a day culminating with a speech by the first black president. The most sustainable port? Rotterdam aims to become the most sustainable port city in the world. Here are five ways they plan to do that. Yosemite blaze rages closer to reservoir for San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - One of the largest California wildfires in decades roared largely unchecked for a 10th day through forests in and around Yosemite National Park on Monday and threatened a reservoir that supplies most of San Francisco's water. Semtech expects lower demand from smartphone makers, shares fall (Reuters) - Chipmaker Semtech Corp said it expects lower demand from its largest smartphone customers and forecast current-quarter results well below market estimates. Roundup Victorinos Home Runs Help Power Red Sox Past the Orioles Marlon Byrd and John Buck were dealt in a waiver deal that brought the Mets a prospect in the 19-year-old infielder Dilson Herrera. US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St rebounds; Syria concerns lift energy shares NEW YORK, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Wall Street stocks rose on Wednesday, rebounding after two days of losses as energy shares rose alongside another jump in crude prices. Prison inmate rebuilds career Former Bayern Munich player Breno is being allowed to leave prison on day release and has been given the chance to rejoin the club as part of the coaching staff at their youth academy. Thousands mark 50 years since King's landmark "I have a dream" speech Aug. 28 - As thousands mark 50 years since King's "I have a dream" speech, President Barack Obama calls economic injustice the "great unfinished business" of the civil rights movement. Mana Rabiee reports. Blundering Peruvian team in another moment of farce (Reuters) - The coach of hapless Peruvian side Union Comercio said his team deserved to go into the Guinness Book of Records after they conceded a slapstick goal for the third week in a row. Panasonic to stop selling consumer smartphones in Japan - Nikkei Aug 29 (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp is finalizing plans to pull out of the consumer smartphone business in Japan and has approached potential buyers for its cellular base station business, the Nikkei reported. U.S. sending mixed messages on Egypt John McCain Aug. 21 - U.S. Senator John McCain says US sending mixed messages to Egypt, calls on Washington to cut aid. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Despite Pledge, France Lags in Hunt for Looted Art A new promise by the French government to press for art seized by the Nazis in World War II to be returned to its owners has so far gone unfulfilled. Sliced and diced, digitally autopsy as a service SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Malaysian entrepreneur Matt Chandran wants to revive the moribund post-mortem by replacing the scalpel with a scanner and the autopsy slab with a touchscreen computer. Cleanup begins in some parts of flooded Philippines Aug. 22 - Residents begin to clean up as floods from heavy rains that has swamped part of the Philippines start receding. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Canada worried by postal service losses, asks for recovery plan OTTAWA, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The large losses being racking up by Canada's postal service are of great concern to the government and it wants to see Canada Post's plans for stemming them, an official said on Wednesday. 'Twerk' dancing and 'selfie' photos added to English dictionary LONDON (Reuters) - "Twerk", a provocative dance move that has gone viral, and "selfie" a photograph taken of oneself using a phone, are two new words added to the Oxford English Dictionary on Wednesday. ArtsBeat Nashville Symphony Musicians Agree to Pay Cut The musicians of the Nashville Symphony ratified a one-year contract that will cut their pay by 15 percent. Dour stalemate at Old Trafford In the Premier League's first game this season between title contenders, both Manchester United and Chelsea didn't want to lose. They duly played to a 0-0 draw. House speaker asks Obama to make case clearly for Syria action WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday to make the case personally to Congress and the American people for potential military action in Syria. Dot Earth Blog From Lynas to Pollan, Agreement that Golden Rice Trials Should Proceed Two recent reports by journalists strip away distortions and myths surrounding the controversy over genetically engineered Golden Rice. Israel's martial art Krav Maga CNN's Vladimir Duthiers takes a look at the no-holds-barred Israeli martial art of Krav Maga. The 30-Minute Interview Lesley Bamberger Mr. Bamberger is the chief executive of the Kroonenberg Groep, a large Dutch real estate development and investment company founded in 1956 by his grandfather, Jacob Kroonenberg. Carney Says Rates Pressure Might Trigger More Stimulus The governor of the Bank of England, Mark J. Carney, said the bank may pump more money into Britains economy if financial markets get ahead of themselves and threaten to choke off the recovery. Bits Blog Researcher Controls Another Persons Brain Over the Internet Researchers at the University of Washington were able to send a brain signal from one person through the Internet to control another persons hand. Tensions on the Cul-de-Sac Some owners who have invested in their communities for years are worried about incoming tenants, who may have little incentive to do the same. Toyota says 2015 Prius hybrid will be lighter, more economical DETROIT, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp, which introduced most consumers to hybrid technologies with its Prius more than 15 years ago, said on Wednesday that the next generation of that popular... Insight Arkansas lawsuits test fracking wastewater link to quakes GREENBRIER, Arkansas (Reuters) - Tony Davis, a 54-year-old construction worker in central Arkansas, said he welcomed the boom in natural gas drilling that brought jobs and new businesses to his hometown starting about a decade ago. But that was before the earth shook.

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