Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) — Mitt Romney, embracing political risk on an issue long considered a Democratic advantage, is attacking President Barack Obama on Medicare in a bid to turn a potential liability into an asset. The Republican challenger and his … Powerball rises to $320 million, fourth-largest jackpot ever - Fox News
Gallup: No immediate bounce for Romney after Ryan VP pick - CBS News
(CBS News) Despite conservative enthusiasm surrounding the announcement that Paul Ryan has been tapped as Mitt Romney's presidential running mate, a new Gallup tracking poll shows that the presumptive GOP nominee has not benefited from any material … Why you keep playing the lottery - CNN
(CNN) — On Wednesday night, six numbers have the power to change your life. Maybe your kid is sick and there are hospital bills to pay. Maybe you've lost your job and you're worried about making rent. Maybe you still have a job, but it sucks, … Australia's Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels Make Tobacco Logos Go Up In Smoke
If you're in Australia in December and you feel like smoking a cigarette, you won't find your favorite brands in their usual packages. Instead you'll be confronted with graphic photos of rotted teeth, blinded eyeballs and hospitalized children.
Brazil to invest $66 billion in roads, railways
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced a nearly $66 billion investment package on Wednesday to beef up the nation’s ailing road and rail systems, part of efforts to solve serious transportation bottlenecks and spur a sputtering economy.
United agree deal for Arsenal's Van Persie
Manchester United said Wednesday they had agreed a deal to sign Dutch striker Robin van Persie from Premier League rivals Arsenal. UN air drops food to refugees in S. Sudan
The UN food agency on Wednesday staged a rare air drop of wheat to thousands of desperate refugees in South Sudan stranded by heavy rains, officials said. UAE tells its citizens to leave Lebanon immediately: state news agency
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates told its citizens on Wednesday to leave Lebanon immediately, the state news agency said, after a spate of kidnappings by gunmen belonging to a Lebanese Shi’ite clan. “UAE foreign ministry asks citizens not to travel to Lebanon, and for those in Lebanon to leave immediately,” the state news agency said in an SMS message.
New Zealand cops feared Kim Dotcom's belly of mass destruction
If anyone thought the shenanigans surrounding Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom couldn't get any more absurd, think again. The New Zealand Herald reports that the New Zealand police justified utilizing its elite counterterrorism unit during the raid on Dotcom's mansion in part by claiming that Dotcom might use his stomach as a weapon against law enforcement officers. According to the NZ Herald, law enforcement officials cited claims by former Megaupload video editor Jess Bushyhead that Dotcom "body-butted" him "in the left shoulder using his stomach" to demonstrate that Dotcom was prone to violent behavior. The NZ Herald also says that police "cited a photograph of Dotcom holding a shotgun" as a reason to suspect Dotcom would be a threat during the raid. Read Bahrain's Gulf Air to resume flights to Iraq, Iran
Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air will resume flights to Iraq and Iran on September 20 after a hiatus of 17 months, the tiny Gulf kingdom's official BNA news agency said on Wednesday. Iraq chief of Kuwait's Zain resigns: company
The head of Zain Iraq, the country's biggest mobile phone company, has resigned and will be temporarily replaced by the company's chairman, Zain said in a statement on Wednesday. Salafists block Tunisia comedy show that 'offends Islam'
Radical Islamists obstructed a stand-up comedy performance by Tunisian actor Lotfi Abdelli, the ministry of culture said on Wednesday, accusing those responsible of attacking freedom of expression.
Cayman's imperiled blue iguanas on the rebound
The blue iguana has lived on the rocky shores of Grand Cayman for at least a couple of million years, preening like a miniature turquoise dragon as it soaked in the sun or sheltered inside crevices. Yet having survived everything from tropical hurricanes to ice ages, it was driven to near-extinction by dogs, cats and cars.
'Missing' African Olympians may be after new life
Thousands of Olympians have returned to their homelands with the end of the London Games -- but more than a dozen African competitors have not.
Great Basin Gold considers sale; CEO resigns
(Reuters) – Precious metals miner Great Basin Gold Ltd said its CEO had quit and the company might be sold, after problems at its mines led to a cash crunch. Shares of the South Africa-focused company almost halved to a 14-year low of 22 Canadian cents on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Chief Executive Ferdi Dippenaar resigned as part of a process to consider strategic options such as a sale of the company or a portion of it, Great Basin said in a statement. …
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