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News Feed Latest worldwide news Who checks travel warnings? Governments often use official alerts to highlight travel risks. But how many travelers really pay attention? UPDATE 1-Ghosts beat minions as 'Conjuring' horror flick leads box office NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, July 21 (Reuters) - "The Conjuring," a low-budget horror movie about a haunted farmhouse, spooked two pricey competitors and the "Despicable Me" minions to win a crowded weekend box office contest at U.S. and Canadian theaters. Arsenal Takes First Leg in Champions Playoffs Arsenal answered its early-season critics with a 3-0 victory at Fenerbahce in the first leg of their Champions League playoff. 'Walking Dead' creator on show's success "The Walking Dead" creator Robert Kirkman explains why the show resonates. See the full interview Friday at 11 p.m. ET. Phys Ed Why A.C.L. Injuries Sideline So Many Athletes Tears to the anterior cruciate ligament sideline more athletes for longer periods of time than almost any other acute injury. Researchers are trying to understand why the injury is so slow to heal. UPDATE 5-New G4S boss starts turnaround with $541 mln share sale * Aims to raise initial 600 mln stg including via share sale Critics Notebook That 40s Pas de Deux? You Can Still Catch It The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts holds seldom-seem dance treasures in its archives. Suspect held over China eye attack A 6-year-old boy was recovering in hospital in China's Shanxi province on Wednesday after his eyes were gouged out in an attack that has left him permanently blind, according to state media reports. Indian food remixed in Africa South African restaurant owner Gita Jivan explains the exciting concept behind a 21st century take on Indian food. Global Soccer If Rooney Stays, United Won This Draw After a 0-0 draw at Manchester United, the Chelsea coach Jos Mourinho seemed resigned to the fact he would not acquire Wayne Rooney. Strikes = chaos? TV images will show U.S. bombs creating carnage in yet another Muslim country, writes one commentator. Again Away From Delaware, but Finally at Home Elena Delle Donne once needed to find herself, and she did. Now she has the Chicago Sky in line for their first W.N.B.A. playoff berth in their eight-year history. This is Z10, the first BlackBerry 10 handset Research In Motion is no more! BlackBerry is the new company name and the Z10 is the first BlackBerry 10 handset. Here's a quick overview of the new phone. Bo Xilai Show trial or serious test? Chinese authorities have ended the waiting game over when political pariah Bo Xilai will face court over corruption charges. At a Fed Conference, Views Differ Sharply on Stimuluss Effect At the annual meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyo., global policy makers expressed concern over the Federal Reserves stimulus campaign and the possible consequences when it ends. Entergy to shut controversial Vermont nuclear plant HOUSTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - Entergy Corp will shut the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, citing high costs tied to regulation and competition from cheap natural gas, bringing to an end a long battle with politicians and environmentalists seeking to close it. Dance Review Indian Dance Forms of Odissi and Kathak Are Showcased The Indian dancers Sonali Mishra and Shambhavi Dandekar showcase the Odissi and Kathak forms as part of Drive East at La MaMa. NEWSMAKER Liberia must become a manufacturing economy Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says her country must move away from its reliance on commodity exports and won't be able to sustain job growth unless it focuses on manufacturing. U.S. scientist operates colleague's brain from across campus NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scientists said Tuesday they have achieved the first human-to-human mind meld, with one researcher sending a brain signal via the Internet to control the hand motion of a... Introducing the olinguito, the newest mammal discovery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The long-tailed, orange-furred, big-eyed olinguito - said to resemble a cross between a house cat and a teddy bear - is the newest mammal and the first carnivore discovered in the Americas in 35 years, the Smithsonian Institution announced on Thursday. Aerodynamics of F1 Christina MacFarlane explores the role aerodynamics play in boosting a Formula One car's performance. TREASURIES-U.S. bond prices slip after recent rise; auction tepid * Treasury sells $35 bln 5-year debt at high yield of 1.624 pct 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. Surveillance Revelations Shake U.S.-German Ties The issue is prompting not just a debate about privacy and data protection, but also demands from German officials that the Berlin-Washington security partnership be put on a new footing. An Earth Year on Mars NASAs Curiosity rover is slowly making its way to Mount Sharp, a Martian mountain whose rocks could provide clues on whether the planet was ever habitable. Lotus chief Raikkonen wants to stay He is being linked with other teams, but former world champion Kimi Raikkonen wants to stay put at Lotus, its principal Eric Boullier tells CNN's The Circuit. On the Runway Blog Bethanie Mattek-Sands Makes Fashion Statements With Her Hair Ms. Mattek-Sands, often called the Lady Gaga of tennis, walked onto the court at the United States Open on Monday with bright purple hair. Celebrity chef Oliver says European migrants beat Brits at work LONDON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, already under fire for criticising the diet of Britain's poor, has said all his restaurants would close immediately if it were not for European immigrants who make far better workers than "wet behind the ears" Britons. Italian astronaut recounts near-drowning during spacewalk CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - As his helmet filled with water, blurring his vision and cutting off radio communications, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano says his thoughts quickly turned to the possibility of drowning during a recent spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Recreating golf's most iconic photo Shane O'Donoghue attempts to recreate the most iconic photo in golf, Hy Peskin's pic of Ben Hogan's 1-iron shot. ArtsBeat New York Fringe Festival Report Very Bad Words Jacob Pressons play is a blistering portrait of student life at an upper-middle-class Massachusetts high school. UPDATE 1-BofA's Merrill to settle racial bias suit for $160 million WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Brokerage firm Merrill Lynch has agreed to pay $160 million to settle a class-action race discrimination lawsuit brought by a longtime U.S. employee, an attorney for... 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. Small drone crashes into crowd A camera mounted on RC Quadcopter crashed into a crowd attending the Great Bull Run in Virginia. State of the Art A Better Way to Bring Your Desktop to Your iPad The new Parallels Access app eases the compatibility obstacles between the tablet and a Mac or PC computer. Red Burns, Godmother of Silicon Alley, Dies at 88 Ms. Burns helped to lead the movement for public access to cable television and started a New York University program to foster Internet wizards. Scientists create glow-in-the-dark rabbits August 14 - A team of researchers from Hawaii and Turkey successfully inject fluorescent jellyfish proteins in rabbit embryos that make them glow green in the dark. Elly Park reports. Norway's Arctic idyll shivers at oil plans SVOLVAER, Norway (Reuters) - Oil companies seeking new Arctic areas for exploration face a battle with environmentalists, fishermen and hotel owners over Norwegian islands where jagged snow-capped peaks rise sheer from the sea. Canvassing Central Park and Finding New Tenants In the first such survey in a decade, scientists fanned out this week across the park in a bioblitz, an attempt to gauge the variety of plant and animal life there. Harassment lawsuit against celebrity chef Paula Deen dismissed (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday dismissed the final component of a racial discrimination and sexual harassment case against celebrity chef Paula Deen that has cost the Southern culinary star a big chunk of her multimillion-dollar enterprise.

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