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News Feed Latest worldwide news Bumper Vodafone sale to help UK stocks LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Shares in other telecoms companies, stocks with high dividends and firms eyeing share sales may all get a boost when UK-focused fund managers redeploy cash from Vodafone's sale of Verizon Wireless. Pro-Israel groups publicly back U.S. action in Syria WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three influential pro-Israel groups urged U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday to authorize President Barack Obama to launch an attack on Syria, signaling a stepped-up lobbying effort for American military action. Victorian woman photographer Cameron celebrated at NY museum show NEW YORK (Reuters) - With a camera meant to amuse her in her solitude and some famous friends, Julia Margaret Cameron managed to forge a body of work focused on Victorian portraiture that is still celebrated a century and a half later. Japan aims to present steps on Fukushima water problem on Tuesday TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to craft measures as soon as Tuesday on how to handle the worsening contaminated water problem at the Fukushima nuclear plant, a senior government official said on Monday. Microsoft Gets Nokia Units, and Leader Microsoft will acquire the handset and services business of Nokia for more than $7.1 billion in an all-cash deal, and Stephen Elop, the chief of Nokia and a former Microsoft executive, will rejoin Microsoft. Detroit seeks $350 million ground-breaking loan DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit, which made the largest Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy filing in U.S. history, on Thursday filed a request for proposals for $350 million in unprecedented financing, the... UPDATE 1-News Corp sells Dow Jones' Local Media Group Sept 3 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp said on Tuesday that it has sold Dow Jones Local Media Group to a unit of Fortress Investment Group for an undisclosed sum. Beijing issues new measures aimed at curbing air pollution BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing unveiled yet another slew of measures on Monday to curb a choking pollution problem, including limiting the number of new vehicles on the roads and closing or upgrading the facilities of 1,200 companies. 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. ArtsBeat Video Reviews of Passion, One Direction and Abigail Harm Times film critics on Passion, One Direction and Abigail Harm. Job growth numbers may rise, cementing Fed tapering WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers likely stepped up hiring in August, potentially paving the way for the Federal Reserve to start cutting back its gigantic bond purchases program later this month. UPDATE 3-Bank of America selling remaining stake in Chinese bank * Other U.S. banks also retreating from China investments Horsing around in traffic in Mexico Sept. 3 - Runaway police horses stampede through Mexico City's streets, damaging vehicles in the sprawling metropolis as they bolt from authorities. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). China leaping forward on carbon footprint - World Bank June 19 - China has set very aggressive goals to cut its carbon footprint as well as short-lived climate pollutants, says World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. Out There Stars, Gold, Dung Beetles and Us Its hard to imagine a more humbling connection between the microscopic and the massive than that of a bug who navigates its carefully wrought investment by the light of the Milky Way. Column Johnny Football's Real Education Beginning The real education of Johnny Football is just beginning. So he better enjoy all the clowning while he still can. He's about to learn there's no more wearying job in sports than being a marked man all the time. Economic View A Carbon Tax That America Could Live With A carbon fee would be a less invasive way than regulation to change peoples behavior and reduce carbon emissions. And it could be designed in a politically palatable way, an economist says. No. 4 Clemson Has Best AP Poll Ranking in 25 Years Clemson has surged to its highest ranking in The Associated Press poll in 25 years after the Tigers won the biggest game of the opening weekend of the college football season. Currents | Rugs Its Enough to Give You Hiccups Rita Motta designs bubble-inspired carpets for Tai Ping. UPDATE 1-Record-breaking San Francisco Bay bridge opens after delays (Updates with light morning rush hour, first cars to cross bridge) UPDATE 1-Nokia patent move may mean big payoff post Microsoft SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Nokia may have sold its handset business to Microsoft Corp, but by hanging on to its valuable patent portfolio, the Finnish company could also get a big future... U.N. counts 52 corpses after violence at Iranian dissident camp in Iraq BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.N. team said on Tuesday it had counted 52 bodies in a makeshift morgue at an Iranian dissident camp, most with gunshot wounds and some with their hands tied, two days after violence that it decried as an "atrocious crime". Its the Economy Hollywoods Tanking Business Model After a series of big-budget bombs at the box office, Hollywood could learn a thing or two from economists. Whats on Sunday Television highlights. Shortages of key models temper auto sales growth in August DETROIT (Reuters) - Youngstown, Ohio-based Chrysler Group LLC dealer Chuck Eddy typically has between 30 and 60 Chrysler 200 sedans on hand to sell to willing customers. Right now, he has six. 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. No. 12 LSU Opens With 37-27 Win Over No. 20 TCU Walking off the podium after LSU's season-opening victory, coach Les Miles provided an appreciative nod to his new offensive coordinator. Berdych and Stepanek back to lead Czechs in Davis Cup PRAGUE (Reuters) - Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek will feature together in the Czech Davis Cup team for the first time this year when the defending champions host Argentina in Prague this month in their semi-final. Bayern Sink Chelsea in Super Cup Shootout Bayern Munich gained some revenge for the 2012 Champions League final defeat by Chelsea when they beat the Premier League club 5-4 on penalties. NASA adds more space launch platforms for sale to private firms CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - While NASA considers competing bids to take over a shuttle launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, it added three mobile launch platforms to its list of excess equipment available to private industry, officials said on Tuesday. Top five craziest horse festivals As the dust settles on Italy's iconic medieval Palio di Siena horse race, CNN takes a look at five weird and wonderful equine festivals from across the world. Johansson alien film disappoints, Korean movie shocks at Venice MILAN (Reuters) - Scarlett Johansson as a predatory alien in Scotland got a lukewarm reception and a film about mutilation and masochism that is banned in the director's native South Korea roused disbelieving laughter at the Venice film festival on Tuesday. Gotham For Votes, a Common Appeal to the Struggling Residents in the City The good news for those New Yorkers who need their help is that the leading Democratic candidates for mayor are focused on them. Serena I apologized to Maria Serena Williams refuses to get drawn into a pre-Wimbledon war of words with Maria Sharapova Sunday -- claiming she has apologized to her Russian rival for comments made about her personal life. Stenson wins Deutsche Bank Championship NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Sweden's Henrik Stenson won the Deutsche Bank Championship by two shots with a five-under-par round of 66, leaving him with a tournament record-tying total of 22-under 262 at the TPC Boston on Monday. Should this be an Olympic sport? Scoobers, hammers and laying out - it's the "ultimate" flying saucer attack. And if Mark Poole is right, his sport could soon be coming to an Olympics near you. Bartoli in shock quit announcement Marion Bartoli has retired from tennis with immediate effect, just six weeks after winning her first grand slam title at Wimbledon. Midwest, Plains states swelter A heatwave in parts of the Plains states and Midwest kept temperatures Monday as high as 20 degrees above normal, and it's likely to last until the end of the week. Microsoft's new ecosystem with Nokia Sep. 3 - Buying Nokia's phone business gives Microsoft an ecosystem to take on Apple and Google and could fatten margins. Fred Katayama reports. Motherlode Blog For Girls in India, the Pressure to Conform Comes From Family If you can say no to persistent Indian grandparents, you can say no to anyone.

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