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| U.S. government, 2 airlines say open to settling merger fight | | | WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - American Airlines , US Airways and the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday they were open to settling a court fight over whether the two companies should be allowed to merge, but there was no sign of an imminent agreement. |
| Selfless Star, Ultimate Sacrifice | | | The widow of Dan Roundfield, who drowned while trying to save his wife, recently shared the most haunting details of his death in Aruba at age 59. |
| Why attacks on Syria will be chaos | | | Syria's civil war is not America's problem. Syria is surrounded by Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and other Arab nations with large standing armies and advanced military equipment. Their cowardice in acting to stop a war on their doorstep should give us pause for thought. Why will they not act, but we must? |
| At the Coaches Car Wash | | | Fifty top college football coaches flock to ESPNs headquarters to discuss the season. The event, known as the Coaches Car Wash, shows how the network has become as big as the games. |
| The Yard That Kenny Built | | | Kenny Irwin Jr. has transformed his fathers Palm Springs, Calif., home into an alien-inspired sculpture park. |
| WRAPUP 1-Brazil's EBX shrinks OGX down 17 pct; Batista leaves LLX | | | RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Shares of Brazilian energy company OGX Petrleo e Gs Participaes SA fell 17 percent on Wednesday after a newspaper report said its beleaguered controlling shareholder, Eike Batista, was considering a plan to swap $3.6 billion of the company's bonds for shares. |
| Tech that will save your life in an apocalypse | | | When disaster strikes, survival can depend on a few basic needs. Access to clean water, shelter, warmth and sanitation is a matter of life of death in the days and weeks after an earthquake, tsunami, flood or tornado. |
| Pence, Sandoval Help Giants Beat Rockies 5-3 | | | Hunter Pence and Pablo Sandoval hit back-to-back homers and Yusmeiro Petit won his first game in four years, helping the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 5-3 on Tuesday night. |
| The Obamas introduce a new puppy | | | Aug. 19 - The first family welcomed a new puppy, a Portuguese Water Dog who is just over a year old and named Sunny, to the White House. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). |
| Fort Hood shooter sentenced to death for 2009 killings | | | FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - A military jury on Wednesday sentenced a U.S. Army psychiatrist to death for murdering 13 people in 2009 at Fort Hood, Texas, where he gunned down unarmed soldiers in what he later called retaliation for U.S. wars in the Muslim world. |
| Oil could hit $150 if Syria war spreads-SocGen | | | LONDON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Brent crude oil is likely to rise towards $125 a barrel if the West launches air strikes against Syria and could go even higher if the conflict spills over into the rest of the Middle East, Societe Generale said on Wednesday. |
| Salmonella in Spices Prompts Changes in Farming | | | The United States Food and Drug Administrations finding that imported spices are a surprisingly potent source of salmonella poisoning has prompted India to change how they are grown and harvested. |
| Africa's digital music scene | | | Robyn Curnow looks at how Africa's upcoming artists are turning to the digital world to overcome traditional barriers. |
| From Barn to Beachhouse | | | Built in the 1970s by Tod Williams, this recently renovated vacation home in Sagaponack, Long Island, maintains rustic touches. |
| Murderer Jodi Arias requests new venue in Arizona sentencing retrial | | | PHOENIX (Reuters) - Convicted killer Jodi Arias, who could face the death penalty for killing an ex-boyfriend, is seeking a change of venue for a sentencing phase retrial in her high profile murder case, saying she could not get a fair hearing in the Phoenix area, court documents showed on Wednesday. |
| UPDATE 1-China's Simcere to be taken private by founder | | | Aug 28 (Reuters) - China's Simcere Pharmaceutical Group has agreed to be taken private for about $495 million by a consortium led by founder Jinsheng Ren, joining a list of Chinese firms that are opting out of U.S. stock markets to avoid regulatory scrutiny. |
| Analysis Brief military action in Syria would limit risks for Obama | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans want no part of a U.S. military intervention in Syria, but there is a growing sense in Washington that President Barack Obama would face more political risks from a weak response to Syria's use of chemical weapons than from an attack on Bashar al-Assad's government. |
| Why is this guy a top thinker? | | | In the past, author and NYU professor, Clay Shirky's predictions haven't always come true, but it appears he was on the money in 2011. Foreign Policy Magazine named Shirky one of their "Top 100 Global Thinkers," for his musings on social media's impact on revolutions, which we saw come to full fruition in the Arab Spring. |
| ConocoPhillips submits highest bid in Gulf of Mexico sale | | | HOUSTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips submitted the highest bid on a single tract on Wednesday for drilling rights in the western Gulf of Mexico lease sale, which attracted the second-lowest number of bids since 1983, regulators said. |
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