AP ALBANY, NY -- John Lennon's killer was denied release from prison in his seventh appearance before a parole board, New York corrections officials said. Mark David Chapman, 57, was denied parole by a three-member board after a hearing Wednesday, … Tropical Storm Isaac could shorten GOP convention - Los Angeles Times
TAMPA, Fla. — With a hurricane potentially drawing a bead on the Republican convention city, GOP officials may soon face an agonizing choice: warn delegates and guests to stay away, cancel one or more sessions or wait nervously for Isaac to make up … Todd Akin's Secret Trip To Tampa To Meet With Evangelical Powerbrokers - Slate Magazine (blog)
By Josh Voorhees MySlate is a new tool that let's you track your favorite parts Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more. Rep. Darrell Issa (R) talks to Rep. Todd Akin outside the Republican … Peres: Circumcision 'at core of Jewish identity'
Israeli President Shimon Peres stressed that circumcision is "at the core of Jewish identity," as he weighed in on a controversy in Germany in a letter sent to his German counterpart Joachim Gauck on Thursday. Canadian investors less happy with advisers, survey shows
(Reuters) – Investor satisfaction with full-service financial advisers in Canada has declined for the second year in a row, with clients seeing too little concern for their needs as global uncertainty buffets markets, a survey showed on Thursday. Overall investor happiness with full-service investment firms fell 13 points from last year to 720 on a 1,000-point scale, the second consecutive annual decline, according to a survey by J.D. Power and Associates. While global economic uncertainty is partly to blame for the drop in satisfaction, the marketing information services company said its U.S. …
Isaac lashes Caribbean, new storm also forms
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands braced for torrential rains on Thursday as Tropical Storm Isaac whipped up waves as high as 10 feet (3 meters) in the Caribbean and threatened to become a hurricane that could take a shot at Florida just as Republicans gather for their national convention. YPF CEO appeals for investors, prepares strategy
The CEO of Argentina’s state-controlled oil company says he’ll personally defend any investments made by foreign partners willing to place long bets on developing the country’s huge shale oil reserves.
Russia to ask U.S. to hand over jailed arms dealer Viktor Bout
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is planning to ask the United States to hand over jailed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout so that he can serve out the remainder of his 25-year prison term on home soil, the Russian Justice Ministry said on Thursday. Bout, subject of a book called "Merchant of Death" and inspiration for a film "Lord of War" starring Nicolas Cage, was sentenced earlier this year after agreeing to sell arms to U.S. undercover agents posing as Colombian guerrillas planning to attack American soldiers. … Sierra Leone cholera spreads, death toll hits 220
Sierra Leone's health ministry said Thursday that deaths from a cholera outbreak had reached 220, affecting over 12,000 people in the west African nation, which is struggling to curb the disease. DNO rules out bid for Calvalley Petroleum
(Reuters) – Calvalley Petroleum Inc said it is still in talks with several third parties after Oslo-listed DNO International ASA dropped its pursuit of the company. Calvalley’s shares, which fell as much as 20 percent to a low of C$1.89, recouped some of the losses to trade down 7 percent at C$2.20 on Thursday afternoon on the Toronto Stock Exchange. DNO said it was no longer interested in making an offer to buy Calvalley as the Canadian company failed to provide enough information regarding legal claims against it by Al-Zarqa Electricity. …
South Africa remembers dead miners in emotional service
Widows sobbed on the dusty ground as clergymen led a service in memory of 44 people killed during a wildcat strike, just steps away from where South African police gunned most of them down. Germany's Merkel and France's Hollande: Greece must keep pursuing key economic reforms
BERLIN – The leaders of Germany and France are stressing that it’s up to Greece to keep pursuing painful reforms as it strives to keep its place in the euro.
Israel summons S.Africa envoy over settler goods labels
Israel's foreign ministry on Thursday summoned South Africa's envoy to formally protest Pretoria's decision to place "Occupied Palestinian Territory" labels on goods from Jewish settlements. Spanish town stumped after local artist disfigures painting of Christ in local church
MADRID – A small Spanish town is trying to figure out what to do with a 20th-century painting of Christ that has been disfigured by a local artist who was trying to restore it.
Fulham complain over Liverpool's Dempsey interest
Fulham launched an official complaint to the Premier League on Thursday over Liverpool's conduct in their pursuit of American forward Clint Dempsey. UBS says Nasdaq's Facebook compensation plan inadequate
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The $62 million compensation plan proposed by Nasdaq OMX Group for fallout from Facebook's botched IPO is "inadequate to address the magnitude of Nasdaq's unprecedented failures", UBS Securities LLC said in a letter to U.S. regulators. UBS Securities, an arm of Swiss bank UBS AG, said it lost over $350 million when Nasdaq technical malfunctions led to a delay in order confirmations during the $16 billion May 18 IPO, causing UBS's systems to re-enter orders multiple times and leaving it with a huge position of unwanted stock. … Elisabeth Murdoch takes aim at brother on media morality
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Elisabeth Murdoch urged the media industry on Thursday to embrace morality and reject the pursuit of profit at all costs, which her brother James championed before scandal engulfed News Corp. In a speech offering a chance to show her credentials to take over her father Rupert's empire, she said profit without purpose was a recipe for disaster, and the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World newspaper showed the need for a rigorous set of values. … Israel president asks Germany to back circumcision
Israel's president is urging Germany to protect the custom of ritual circumcision, joining a chorus of Israeli officials and Jewish groups concerned about a German regional court which ruled that the practice amounts to physical abuse. South Africa mourning upended by fiery politician
A fiery politician cast out of the ruling party Thursday hijacked the main memorial service for 34 striking miners killed by police, to accuse President Jacob Zuma's government of complicity in the shootings. Angry government ministers walked out. Lance Armstrong facing legacy-changing decision as deadline looms in USADA doping case
AUSTIN, Texas – Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong faces a deadline to formally challenge sweeping doping allegations from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency or accept sanctions that could include a lifetime ban from the sport and potentially strip him of his titles.
Egypt president issues law to free news editor
Egypt's state news agency says the country's president has issued a law that bans imprisoning journalists pending trial for publishing-related charges. China to give $4.7m in aid for Syrian refugees: Xinhua
China will give 30 million yuan ($4.7 million) in humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. Egypt president passes law against media detention
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt's president, in his first use of legislative powers he wrested back from the army this month, issued a law on Thursday to bar the detention pending trial of defendants involved in offences related to the media, an official said. The announcement by President Mohamed Mursi came hours after a court ordered the detention pending trial of the editor-in-chief of an opposition newspaper on charges of insulting the president. … 
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