48 minutes ago o AP Puerto Rico and the US 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 … Elisabeth Murdoch calls for morality in media
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Canada’s leader kicked off Thursday the largest ever search for the ill-fated 1845 Franklin Expedition, lost on a quest for an ice-free shipping route across the Arctic.
Isaac lashes Caribbean as it heads toward Florida
Tropical Storm Isaac churned toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti on Thursday, threatening to strengthen into a hurricane that could take a shot at Florida just as the Republicans gather for their national convention. Paris backs Syria no-fly zone as fighting grows
France signaled Thursday that it was prepared to take part in enforcing a partial no-fly zone over Syria, piling pressure on President Bashar Assad's embattled regime as it widens a major offensive against rebels in Damascus and surrounding areas. Iran opposition leader Mousavi hospitalized, aide says
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Liverpool scraped a 1-0 win over Hearts while a Newcastle side shorn of several familiar faces survived sweltering conditions to hold Greek side Atromitos to a 1-1 draw in their Europa League play-off round first-legs on Thursday. NHL club owners, players far apart as deadline nears
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says new contract talks with players to avoid a lockout next month are stalled because players want to maintain the status quo while club owners seek a better deal.
Canada extends search for doomed 1845-46 Arctic expedition
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government said on Thursday it was extending its four-year search for two ships from the 1845-46 Franklin expedition to the Arctic, an ill-fated journey that may have led to cannibalism among the desperate crew. Divers and archeologists have been trying since 2008 to find the British ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, which were seeking the fabled Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans when they became stuck in ice. Sir John Franklin and his 128-member crew all died and the ships vanished. …
Insight: Debt risks lurk in Vietnam's unreformed state giants
HANOI (Reuters) – From the rural heartlands to traffic-choked cities, Vietnam Electricity Group is hard to miss. It builds apartments, runs a bank, oversees a stock brokerage, provides electrical power to millions of homes and employs 100,000 people. Today, Vietnam's sole retail power supplier, known as EVN, looks badly overextended, according to a senior industry official with knowledge of its business. … Business for Southeast's historic hotels said to be doing well following Great Recession
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Business is recovering nicely for historic hotels in the Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee as the economy improves following the Great Recession, industry representatives said Thursday.
Top-seeded Roger Federer drawn to face Andy Murray in US Open semifinals
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Roger Federer and Andy Murray could meet in a U.S. Open semifinal that would be a rematch of their recent finals at Wimbledon and the London Olympics.
Egypt passes law banning pre-trial jail for journalists
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi on Thursday used the legislative powers he wrested back from the army this month to pass a law banning the pre-trial detention of journalists, a move that may deflect criticism of his handling of the media. The announcement by the newly elected Islamist president came hours after a court ordered the pre-trial detention of Islam Afifi, the editor-in-chief of the Al-Dostour opposition newspaper, on charges of insulting the president. … 
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