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News Feed Latest worldwide news Recent Commercial Real Estate Notable properties that have been recently listed for sale, sold or leased. Europe crushes U.S. to retain Solheim Cup Europe win the Solheim Cup on American soil for the first time after a record 18-10 victory over their U.S. rivals at the Colorado Golf Club. Masked hero to the rescue at a Tokyo subway station Aug. 22 - A Japanese man in a mask and a green outfit hauls bags and strollers up and down Tokyo subway stairs. Tara Cleary reports. Number of Jobless People Declines Slightly in Europe The employment figures, along with declining inflation and improved confidence in the economy, was taken as evidence that the worst of the downturn was probably over. 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. Showtime bets 'Ray Donovan' will be summer success for years LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - From the FBI agent tripping on acid to the action film star marrying a transsexual, the Sunday night Showtime drama "Ray Donovan" has served up its share of bizarre twists. World's best fireworks displays From Bastille Day and 4th July to Chinese New Year and Disney Land, your shots of the world's greatest fireworks. Who's to blame for student debt crisis Ben Cohen and Edward Erikson say while students suffer, Sallie Mae profits off of them. Betony Inside the Midtown restaurant that bears a family resemblance to Eleven Madison Park. ArtsBeat Popcast Miley Cyrus and the Summer of Smooth Jon Caramanica talks with host Ben Ratliff about Miley Cyruss raunch intervention on this weeks MTV Video Music Awards. ITC Nexus buys Accumetrics to gain blood-clot monitors Aug 30 (Reuters) - ITC Nexus Holding Co, which sells products to measure blood clotting in patients undergoing anticoagulation therapy, on Friday said it had acquired Accumetrics and its products... Labor Day A list of abbreviated schedules and closings in observance of the holiday. Sports Briefing | Hockey Devils Re-Sign Henrique The Devils re-signed center Adam Henrique to a multiyear contract. Henrique, 23, will be counted on heavily on a team light on offense. Malian artist fights for peace African Voices meets singer and actor Fatoumata Diawara whose love for music brought her back to her home country. The scariest year of the Cold War? In 1983, the USSR shocked the world by shooting down a South Korea-bound jet. Rio's 'big brother' watches over city It's a blazingly warm day in Rio de Janeiro and people flock to the Copacabana beach for a swim in the sea and a round of volleyball. The World Cup and the Olympic and Paralympic Games are approaching, and from high above, the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue is watching over the city. But there are others watching, too. State of the Art The Lumia 1020, a Great Camera Grafted to an Oddball Phone Big, but not unwieldy, Nokias Lumia 1020 cellphone takes excellent photos, and is essentially a decent camera grafted onto a phone. But youll have to make peace with its apps and its Windows operating system. Movie Review One Direction This Is Us, Documentary by Morgan Spurlock Morgan Spurlocks concert film about the British-Irish boy band One Direction features shirtless torsos and backstage performances and a taste of each performers persona. Firms line up to bid for Munder in potential $400 mln deal-sources * Blackstone, Advent eye first step toward multi-boutique- sources Towson From the FCS Upsets Connecticut 33-18 Towson wants to make sure it doesn't get overlooked this year. Pogue's Post Glasses That Solve Colorblindness, for a Big Price Tag Seeing all the colors of a rainbow, at a cost of $600? For some, itll be worth the price. Music Review Bargemusic Labor Day Festival Features Four Premieres Social links and unusual combinations of instruments make the annual Labor Day Festival at Bargemusic an engaging event. Making a Pit Stop in Formula One With Rush The directors Formula One movie, Rush, is the first film he as made without America as the primary audience, and it shows its darker, sexier, moodier than any of his previous pictures. Zurich launches 'sex drive-ins' In an attempt to reduce open street prostitution and to improve security for sex workers, Switzerland's largest city, Zurich, is opening "sex drive-ins" Monday. CANADA FX DEBT-C$ posts 3rd straight weekly loss TORONTO, Aug 30 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar ended steady against its U.S. counterpart on Friday, hurt as the United States made it clear it planned to punish Syria over a chemical weapons attack... BlackBerry director says company can survive as niche smartphone maker -WSJ Aug 30 (Reuters) - A member of BlackBerry Ltd's board committee tasked with exploring strategic alternatives said the company can survive as a niche smartphone maker but should sell off some parts,... Seamus Heaney, Irish Poet of Soil and Strife, Dies at 74 Mr. Heaney, a widely celebrated Irish poet who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995, is recognized as one of the major poets of the 20th century. UPDATE 1-Ivorian agency, cocoa exporters dispute costs, prices ABIDJAN, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast cocoa exporters have rejected a price structure proposed by the industry regulator for the 2013/14 season, saying it underestimated their costs, and have called for government mediation, industry sources said. UPDATE 3-Yosemite wildfire still raging, keeps tourists away (Adds details about prison inmate firefighters, paragraphs 9-10) On the Market in New York City Two-bedroom co-ops, in Chelsea and on the Upper West Side and a town house in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Investing billions in the USA It may be far from home but a South African company is powering its way into the U.S. energy landscape, hoping that its grand plan to introduce a once-shunned technology in the United States will pay off. From The Magazine Looking to Genes for the Secret to Happiness People whose happiness was based on a sense of higher purpose and service to others had gene markers indicating possible better long-term health. Exclusive America Movil says has no intention of raising KPN offer MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican telecoms firm America Movil on Friday hit out at efforts to make it improve its offer for Dutch peer KPN, saying it had been shown a lack of respect, and had no... Microsoft offers ValueAct president seat on board SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp on Friday offered a seat on its board to the president of ValueAct Capital Management, the activist fund manager that pressed for the ouster of Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer and wanted a say on the software giant's strategy after taking a $2 billion stake earlier this year. Docs back boost to smoking age Teenagers looking to buy cigarettes in New York may have to look elsewhere if a city council proposal is approved and signed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Fruit fly brain map a boon to neuroscience Aug. 29 - Scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Virginia have successfully mapped the circuitry in a small region of a fruit fly brain. The researchers, who work at HMMI's Janelia Farms Research Campus, say it is a small but important step toward understanding how the much larger human brain processes information. Rob Muir has more. UPDATE 1-U.S. August gold coin sales fall to 6-year low NEW YORK, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Demand for U.S. gold coins plunged 77 percent in August to the lowest level in six years as retail buying that helped bullion recover from a historic sell-off in April continued to slow, U.S. Mint data showed on Friday. G.O.P. Senators Fail to Head Off Primary Challenges by Tea Party Rivals Despite careful efforts, some of the best-known and most influential Republicans in the Senate have attracted rivals who portray them as a central part of the problem in Washington. Huge California Wildfire Spreads Into Yosemite A giant wildfire raging out of control spread into Yosemite National Park on Friday as authorities urged more evacuations in nearby communities. Donald Marguliess Model Apartment Makes It at Last Donald Marguliess play Model Apartment is reintroduced, after a very dispiriting turn of events that went on for decades.

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