* Akin digs heels in despite heavy pressure from Republicans * Poll shows Akin still slightly ahead of Democrat McCaskill * Long list of possible successors if he leaves By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) – US Representative Todd Akin, … International Emmy news nominations include projects on Haiti orphans, North African refugees
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Television productions that explored the children orphaned by Haiti’s devastating earthquake and took viewers aboard a boat smuggling refugees from North Africa to the Italian island of Lampedusa are among the nominees for International Emmy awards in the current affairs and news categories.
Family of NY teen swept to sea off Hawaii file federal wrongful death, negligence lawsuit
HONOLULU, Hawaii – The family of a New York teen swept out to sea while hiking in Hawaii filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday, claiming tour guides were negligent for leading a group of teenagers to dangerous area.
Feds, Univ. of Michigan hope to make roads safer with cars that can talk to each other
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – In a few weeks, about 2,800 cars, trucks and buses will start talking to each other on the streets of Ann Arbor, Mich., in a giant experiment that government officials are hoping will lead to safer roads.
IAEA tries again to access suspect Iran nuke site
Iran is in the final stages of sanitizing a military site it is suspected of using for secret nuclear weapons-related experiments, two senior diplomats said Tuesday, as the U.N. atomic agency intensified efforts to gain access to the area before the alleged clean-up succeeds in erasing any traces of such work.
Train crash delays Guantanamo hearings in 9/11 case
GUANTANAMO BAY US NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) – A train wreck in the United States disrupted Internet connections to the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval base on Tuesday and caused a one-day delay in pretrial hearings for five prisoners accused of launching the September 11 attacks. Hearings had been scheduled to begin on Wednesday for the alleged mastermind of the hijacked plane attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four others facing death penalty charges of mass murder, terrorism and conspiring with al Qaeda. … Greece needs more time to reform, PM Samaras tells paper
BERLIN (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras wants international lenders to give his indebted country more time to complete reforms that have been demanded as a condition for financial aid, he told Germany's Bild newspaper. Samaras, who meets Eurogroup chief Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday and French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel later this week, said that would help Greece return to growth. … German government set to get less Bundesbank income: paper
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s government is likely to receive a billion euros ($1.25 billion) less than forecast in income from the Bundesbank next year as the central bank raises its buffer against growing risks from the debt crisis. Citing finance ministry documents, Bild newspaper reported in its Wednesday edition that the ministry expected 1.5 billion euros next year – compared with budget projections of 2.5 billion, the same amount as this year – and 2 billion in 2014. …
Telus revives share exchange plans
(Reuters) – Telus Corp , one of Canada's largest telecommunications providers, proposed to revive its plan to unify its share structure by converting non-voting shares into common shares on a one-for-one basis. It will be the second time in a year that Telus is planning to consolidate its shares after the company withdrew its plan in May as the proposal failed to win enough support. U.S. hedge fund Mason Capital had called for a meeting of holders of Telus's voting shares in August to prevent it from revisiting the failed plan. … 
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