| Latest worldwide news | Grunge rock hero Kurt Cobain's childhood home for sale | | | OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - The childhood home of the late grunge rock hero and Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain has been put up for sale in Washington state, with his family asking $500,000 for the property, more than seven times its assessed value. |
| UPDATE 2-U.S. Treasury official named lead on Detroit bankruptcy | | | DETROIT, Sept 27 (Reuters) - The executive director of President Barack Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness was named on Friday to manage more than $300 million in federal, state and private aid packages given to Detroit, which has filed for bankruptcy. |
| New "walking shark" species identified off Indonesia | | | Sept. 5 - A new species of epaulette shark has been discovered in waters off a remote Indonesian island. Officially called Hemiscyllium halmahera, the shark was first seen by divers in 2008 as it "walked" along the sea floor, but has only now been identified as a new species. Rob Muir reports. |
| 'Snake Man' moves like a serpent | | | The "Snake Man" is real. The mythical creature with the body of a serpent and face of a human folds himself into a tight coil for the gasping crowds, before slithering into his next impossible position. |
| The harm that casinos do | | | David Frum says casinos are more than an entertaining diversion. They extract money from those least able to afford it. |
| Sochi -- Russia's field of dreams? | | | CNN's Amanda Davies gives the inside track on Sochi's preparations for February's Olympic Games with the Russian city facing a race against time to be ready. |
| U.N. Climate change is man made | | | Scientists are 95% certain that human activity has caused at least half of climate change in the last 50 years, a U.N. report concludes. |
| Girls flee bombs, start over in U.S. | | | Blair Brettschneider didn't experience war or genocide as a young girl in suburban Michigan. She has never received a death threat, and she has never seen a family member murdered. But the 49 teenagers she helps every week have. |
| 10 smartphone habits to avoid | | | How annoying and rude and antisocial have we all become with our smartphones? We're embarrassing ourselves all over the place. Please stop. |
| Canadiens Upend Senators 3-1 | | | Tomas Plekanec's second-period goal and a strong performance by Carey Price gave the Montreal Canadiens a 3-1 victory over the visiting Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. |
| Alibaba Chastises Hong Kong Exchange | | | A top executive at the company, which bypassed Hong Kong for its possible I.P.O., says the Asian exchange is in danger of being overtaken by other markets. |
| Devils Send Matteau to Minors | | | The 2012 first-round draft pick Stefan Matteau was among eight players sent to the Albany River Rats of the A.H.L. by the N.H.L. Devils, eight days before the season opener at Pittsburgh. |
| U.S. government approves Arkansas Medicaid expansion proposal | | | Sept 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Friday that it had approved Arkansas' proposal to use federal money targeted for expanding the Medicaid health program for the poor to help low-income residents buy private insurance under President Barack Obama's healthcare law. |
| Lightning Top Panthers 3-2 in OT | | | Nikita Kucherov's goal at 404 of overtime gave the Tampa Bay Lightning a 3-2 preseason win over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night. |
| Occupy Bakery | | | An immigrant fights to change working conditions at a Manhattan bakery cafe. |
| Which model earns $42 million? | | | On the heels of London Fashion Week, CNN takes a look at how a new generation of supermodels are moving beyond the catwalk and making millions from their own brand. |
| 36 Hours in Hampstead, London | | | Pack a picnic for the Heath, stroll through chapters of history and even take a bracing dip during a weekend in Londons worst-kept, high-altitude secret. |
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