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News Feed Latest worldwide news Australia gold output up 5 percent in Q2 y/y - survey SYDNEY, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Gold output in Australia, the world's no. 2 producer after China, rose 5 percent in the second quarter from a year ago as producers cut costs by increasing the ore grade. Schneider TEPCO not in control CNN's Ralitsa Vassileva talkes with nuclear expert Mycle Schneider about the worsening conditions at Fukushima in Japan. Endangered black rhino born at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Eastern black rhinoceros, a critically endangered species, was born at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo this week, the first in 24 years, officials said on Thursday. Editor's Choice Our best photos from the last 24 hours. Aided by U.N. Forces, Congolese Hit Rebels Tensions escalated as the Democratic Republic of Congo blamed Rwanda for supporting rebel fighters, and a rocket killed three people in Goma. UPDATE 1-Wildfire in Yosemite expands and obscures scenic views (Adds byline, details on smoke reaching Yosemite Valley and new figures on size) Bits Blog Apple Expands iPhone Trade-In Program to Its Stores Apple is trying to give people another reason to come to its elegant retail stores. Customers with older iPhones and trade it in for store credit toward a new iPhone. Man and Boy, 3, Shot in the Bronx A man and a toddler were wounded Friday night in a shooting near Vidalia Park in the West Farms section of the Bronx, the authorities said. Cantlay Opens Lead in Web.com Tour Finals Opener Patrick Cantlay opened a three-stroke lead Saturday in the Hotel Fitness Championship, a week after the former UCLA star missed a chance to wrap up a PGA Tour card. The TV Watch Spiral and 3 Other French Shows Worth Seeking Out Four French TV dramas serve up the most common themes crime, war, sex and the occult in fresh and unexpected ways. Russia's Putin feeds dolphins, shakes hands with walrus on trip to Russia's Far East Sep. 1 - Russian President Vladimir Putin feeds dolphins, greets walruses and watches Amur tigers during his trip to Russia's Far East. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Texas Senator Cruz tells Republicans No surrender on Obamacare ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who is leading a conservative push to eliminate funding for President Barack Obama's new healthcare law, took his fight on Saturday to a forum of Republican activists where he challenged lawmakers in his party not to "surrender" on Obamacare. Despite Pledge, France Lags in Hunt for Looted Art A new promise by the French government to press for art seized by the Nazis in World War II to be returned to its owners has so far gone unfulfilled. Hewitt marches on with four-set win NEW YORK (Reuters) - Australian Lleyton Hewitt continued his career revival by reaching the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Sunday. Mubarak back in court over 2011 protests Deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's retrial resumes on charges involving the killing of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising. Nadal cruises while Azarenka struggles at U.S. Open NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal, growing in confidence with each match, blasted his way into the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Saturday with an ominous display. Tennis-Djokovic eases into third round, Li reaches quarters NEW YORK, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic survived an early test from Germany's Benjamin Becker on Friday before safely booking his place in the third round at windy Flushing Meadows. 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. Corgan Future of rock music Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan on why rock music needs God and how suffering isn't good for business. BRICs will suffer from QE rollback - World Bank June 19 - As quantitative easing slows, developing countries will struggle to access capital, warns World Bank President Jim Yong Kim at a newsmaker event in London. FOREX-Dollar rises to 4-week high ahead of long weekend; euro skids * Syria conflict continues to haunt market * Weak U.S. consumer spending muddles Fed outlook * Yen supported by Japan exporter flows By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, Aug 30 (Reuters) - The U.S.... Tevez City pressure too much Juventus striker Carlos Tevez talks to CNN about the pressure at Manchester City and his new challenge at his new club. Bits Blog Twitters General Counsel Leaves as Company Prepares to Go Public Alex MacGillivray, who championed free speech as Twitters top lawyer, will remain in an advisory role as the company prepares for an anticipated public offering sometime next year. Living With Cancer Is It Back? The tunnel vision of cancer focuses me obsessively on myself. Perhaps all diseases bring egotism in their wake, for people in distress find it hard to think of anything else. The TV Watch At Ceremony for Civil Rights Milestone, an Image That Spoke Volumes Commemorating a famous civil rights speech, a black president was at center stage, as two white former presidents looked on deferentially. UK manufacturers' investment plans strongest in 6 years - poll LONDON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - British manufacturers are planning the fastest increase in capital investment in the year ahead since before the financial crisis, a survey showed, suggesting the economy could be heading for a more balanced recovery. Team rebuilding world's first website Twenty years ago, a team of researchers shared the Web with the world. Now they want to show a generation that grew up online what it was like in its earliest days. 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. The scary summer of 1983 and a 747 shootdown It seems unbelievable that military fighter jets would shoot down a Boeing 747 airliner killing 269 innocent people. Was it intentional? Was it a conspiracy? What really happened during that scary Cold War summer of 1983? Helping blind golfers thrive Shane O'Donoghue speaks with Midori Miyazaki about encouraging blind people to take up the sport of golf. Fishing boats reborn as foosball tables Four years ago Spanish designer Ramon Llonch was struck by the mysterious symbols adorning the hand-painted wooden vessels left on the sands of Yoff. He wondered if he could find a new use for them. This is what he did. JJ hunts for dengue fever drugs in tie-up with academia LONDON (Reuters) - Johnson Johnson is joining the hunt for drugs to treat dengue fever - the world's fastest-spreading tropical disease - by linking with academic researchers in Belgium and the Wellcome Trust medical charity. RPT-Australia gold output up 5 percent in Q2 y/y - survey SYDNEY, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Gold output in Australia, the world's no. 2 producer after China, rose 5 percent in the second quarter from a year ago as producers cut costs by increasing the ore... 'Important time' for Federer Nick Bollettieri previews the men's draw at the US Open and explains why this is a big tournament for Roger Federer. Wounded Tiger falls short He didn't win, but Tiger Woods shows why he is still the No. 1 drawcard in golf with a brave bid for victory at The Barclays tournament Sunday. Central American coffee farmers fear ruin from rust fungus EL PARAISO, Honduras/PEREZ ZELEDON, Costa Rica (Reuters) - Central American coffee industry officials say the region's arabica crop is weathering an outbreak of leaf-rust fungus, but try telling that to small-hold farmers like Graciela Alvarenga. Failure to thin brush may have worsened California wildfire (Reuters) - A cluster of controlled fire and tree-thinning projects approved by forestry officials but never funded might have slowed the progress of the massive Rim Fire in California, a wide range of critics said this weekend. 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. Attacks Kill 18 in Southern Afghanistan A suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a checkpoint and a bank, one of two attacks that killed 18 people over 24 hours. Separately, a NATO service member was killed by insurgents. Bruce C. Murray, Who Helped Earth Learn of Mars, Dies at 81 As director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1976 to 1982, Dr. Murray faced shrinking budgets as the space agency focused on the emerging shuttle program.

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