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News Feed Latest worldwide news Benghazi CNN's Arwa Damon speaks to a man who witnessed, and may have played a role in, the Benghazi embassy attack. Critics Notebook Trespassing on the Proving Ground of the Next Generation Festival TBD Emergency Glitter focused on a new generation of choreographers whose efforts loosely represent a cross section of what is happening in dance today. Red Bulls Cahill to Miss 3-4 Weeks A knee injury sustained in last weeks win against Real Salt Lake will sideline midfielder Tim Cahill, who recently helped his native Australia qualify for the World Cup. Lawmakers want perjury probe for Corzine WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Republican lawmakers called on Friday for a criminal investigation of Jon Corzine, the head of failed futures broker MF Global, saying he may have committed perjury when speaking before Congress in 2011. 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. Russia gives Snowden asylum, Obama-Putin summit in doubt MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia rejected U.S. pleas and granted American fugitive Edward Snowden a year's asylum on Thursday, letting the former spy agency contractor slip out of a Moscow airport after more than five weeks in limbo while angering the United States and putting in doubt a planned summit between the two nations' presidents. Letter from Europe Quest for Balance in Joining European Union A resident of the Croatian island of Korcula sees the importance of the European Union but hopes the country can hold on to its identity. Ex-Chairman of Freddie Mac Nominated to Lead I.R.S. John A. Koskinen, who managed a bankrupt Freddie Mac at the height of the financial crisis, is President Obamas choice to lead the troubled Internal Revenue Service. Ex-Bank of America trader launches credit hedge fund - source LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran credit trader Iftikhar Ali is launching his own hedge fund firm, a source close to the new company told Reuters, as traders look to cash in on turbulent bond markets. American Axle co-founder Richard Dauch dies at 71 DETROIT, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Richard "Dick" Dauch, the outspoken and hard-charging co-founder and executive chairman of American Axle Manufacturing Holdings, whose automotive career spanned about 50... Arming rebels Debate in progress While the United States draws closer to providing some form of lethal assistance to the Syrian opposition, the debate over how extensive the package should be and the possible outcome are likely to follow any decision. UPDATE 1-Cox in talks about merger with Charter -report Aug 2 (Reuters) - Cox Communications Inc has held talks about merging with cable provider and rival Charter Communications Inc, Bloomberg cited two people with knowledge of the matter as saying on Friday. Head of Krupp Foundation dies at 99 FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Berthold Beitz, the 99-year-old conservative head of the Krupp Foundation, died on Tuesday, potentially opening the way for deeper change at Germany's largest steelmaker ThyssenKrupp, already in the midst of a major strategic shift. Postal Service could start shipping alcohol under Senate proposal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The cash-strapped Postal Service could tap a rich new revenue stream if Congress adopts the idea of two senators who want to allow it to ship alcohol, a business reserved for more than a century for its private competitors. Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions (Adds Dell, Investcorp, Mediaset, EADS, Walter Energy and IVG) G. W. Stocking, 84; Studied Anthropologists Professor Stocking was a historian of science who chronicled the norms, customs and tribal beliefs of modern anthropologists, documenting a history of racial bias and ethnocentrism. China's city of sinkholes Four months after he built a new, two-story brick house in his village in northern China's Shandong Province, Xiao Guoqiang was alarmed to find a huge crack on the living room wall. Bits Blog A Cheap Spying Tool With a High Creepy Factor A law student says fear of federal prosecution has kept him from fully carrying out an experiment that shows how cheap and easy it is for ordinary citizens to spy on each other. 5 days inside North Korea CNN's Ivan Watson visited North Korea last week and called it the most controlled foreign assignment of his career. But he still managed to find an iPhone connection, a Brad Pitt fan and inescapable political theater. T Magazine All the Rage | An Ancient Japanese Hand-Dyeing Technique Makes a Comeback Shibori, a craft technique said to have originated in the eighth century, is cropping up in a variety of clothes and home accessories. I Was Misinformed Cute and Cozy (for a Loaf of Bread) A 1950s trailer who cared if there was no plumbing? That would be me, as it turned out. Aetna exits Obamacare exchange in Maryland over price (Reuters) - Aetna Inc pulled out of Maryland's health insurance exchange being created under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law after the state pressed it to lower its proposed rates by up to 29 percent. Ex-NFL player Hernandez says 'not guilty' in jailhouse letter to fan BOSTON (Reuters) - Jailed ex-NFL football player Aaron Hernandez believes God is testing him and that he will eventually be found not guilty of murder, according to a letter he wrote to a fan from jail. Off the Charts Jobs Recovery in Europe Is Also Painfully Slow The number of unemployed workers in the euro zone dropped in June, but by only 24,000 jobs, or 0.1 percent of the 19.3 million people out of work in May. Discovering unchartered waterfalls Explorer Adam Shoalts makes big finds on northeastern Canada's remote Again River. U.S. planned layoffs ease in July Challenger NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of planned layoffs at U.S. firms fell modestly in July, though the healthcare and defense sectors saw the biggest job cuts, a report on Thursday showed. A Farewell Party for Maxwells in Hoboken Closing night at Maxwells offered a glimpse of the ghosts of the clubs past as the home of jangly, Britpop-inspired, postpunk indie rock. U.S. Senate confirms Obama's head of Joint Chiefs of Staff WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Army General Martin Dempsey to a second term as President Barack Obama's chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Actors From Hostos Community College to Perform at Scotland Event The New York City group will perform a modern take on Shakespeares The Tempest at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. World Briefing | Middle East U.N. Team in Syria Is Set to Investigate Accusations of Chemical Attacks United Nations officials said experts from the organization would go to Syria as soon as possible to investigate three clashes in which chemical weapons are suspected of having been used. Gadgetwise Plantronics Wireless Earbuds Get an Update Plantronics extended the battery life of the BackBeat GO 2 in-ear headphones by adding a travel case that doubles as a charger. A First-Generation Student Striving to Inspire Black Youth A first-generation student worries that hes done the one thing he feared most let his family down. 5 days inside North Korea CNN's Ivan Watson visited North Korea last week and called it the most controlled foreign assignment of his career. But he still managed to find an iPhone connection, a Brad Pitt fan and inescapable political theater. U.S. lawmakers want perjury probe for Corzine WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - A group of Republican lawmakers called on Friday for a criminal investigation of Jon Corzine, the head of failed futures broker MF Global, saying he may have committed... Economix Blog A Job, at Last Long-term unemployment is getting better, slowly, and finally is at least lower than it was at the economic bottom in the early 1980s. Japan robot astronaut ready for space launch Aug. 2 - Japanese researchers package robot astronaut Kirobo before its space launch on August 8. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Well Making the Case for Eating Fruit Fresh fruit should not become a casualty in the sugar wars, many nutrition experts say. UPDATE 9-Oil slips on U.S. jobs data disappointment * U.S. nonfarm payrolls up 162,000, below 184,000 forecast On Horse Racing A Crusader Takes a Break to Be a Fan at the Hambletonian Jeffrey Gural, who has revitalized the Meadowlands and wants to rid harness racing of illegal drugs, co-owns a horse that will run in the Hambletonian on Saturday. Malala's voice stronger, not silenced The attack was meant to silence the outspoken teenager who dared to defy the Taliban's ban against girls in school. Instead, it only made Malala's voice more powerful. After a school year that started with a shooting, Malala now eyes a summer of speaking at the U.N., telling her story in a new book and amplifying the issue of girls education.

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