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News Feed Latest worldwide news Chinese ticket scam Chinese gangs may be behind forging of thousands of fake Louvre passes. 'Wild sport' meets 'strict square' Where there's wind and water in Marseille, you are likely to find "Les Mouss" -- three brothers with a passion for windsurfing, and a love for their native south of France. Jackie Chan theme park planned Another new way to celebrate kung fu movie legend Jackie Chan in China. UK-built keyboard hailed as world's thinnest Sept. 9 - Scientists at British technology firm, Cambridge Silicon Radio, say they've devised the world's thinnest keyboard. Just half a millimetre thick, the device could be available to consumers within a year. Jim Drury has more. World Briefing | Africa Libya Qaddafis Son Appears in a Tribal Court Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, the onetime political heir of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, appeared in court on Thursday after the militia holding him defied an order from the state to deliver him to the capital, Tripoli. Hungry City Kura in the East Village At Kura in the East Village, Norihiro Ishizuka prepares sushi with a genial smile and a generous hand. Key to football success? Luck Football author Chris Anderson explains why football is a game of luck and why it's not the most expensive players that improve teams the most. QA Adding the Right Amount of RAM How to upgrade the memory on a MacBook pro laptop and other OS X computers, and resizing the tiles on the Windows 8 start screen. Doctor gives free weekend surgeries In Cameroon, there is only one doctor for every 5,000 people, according to the World Health Organization. Seeing his father and so many of his countrymen suffer, Georges Bwelle was determined to do something about it. REFILE-Wall St Week Ahead-U.S. stocks needn't fret about a government shutdown NEW YORK, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Investors may be tempted to shy away from stocks in the next week or two as the latest version of the fiscal follies plays out in Washington. Music Review Hitchcock Scores Performed by New York Philharmonic The New York Philharmonics Film Week begins with Hitchcock!, featuring live accompaniment to excerpts from films like Psycho and Vertigo. Stenson and Woods highlight ups and downs of Tour life ATLANTA (Reuters) - Professional golf's fickle nature and the difficulty for players to find consistency in form could hardly have been better contrasted by Tiger Woods and Henrik Stenson in the opening round of the Tour Championship. Mars Science Lab launch delayed two years NASA's launch of the Mars Science Laboratory -- hampered by technical difficulties and cost overruns -- has been delayed until the fall of 2011, NASA officials said at a news conference Thursday in Washington. Snack food with a dose of Zen September 18 - A Japanese man finds Buddha in corn snacks. Sharon Reich reports. Bits Blog A New BlackBerry Phone, but Maybe Too Late The BlackBerry Z30 has a 5-inch touchscreen and a faster processor, but questions about the companys survival, not the phones specifications, may be at the top of buyers minds. T Magazine Live Stream | Milan Fashion Week Blumarine The latest womens collection from Blumarine at Milan fashion week. 6 arrested in official's death The drowning of an official during interrogation prompts questions about how far Chinese investigators will go. Soldiers in Yemen Are Killed in Attacks on 2 Military Targets Suspected members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula were believed to be responsible for attacks that killed at least 21 soldiers, although the government and witnesses gave varying death tolls. America's rising tennis star The top junior player in the world last year, 17-year old Taylor Townsend talks body image and those who've inspired her. Advertising Spot Shares Moments of Better Cruise Memories Carnival Cruise Lines has created a new campaign it hopes will put behind it the incident that stranded passengers last February. China Finds Resistance to Oil Deals in Africa Some cash-starved African states are showing an assertiveness that suggests the days of Chinas unbridled influence as a mega-investor may be waning. Amateur video appears to show Syrian rebel carrying out suicide attack (WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT)Amateur video posted on a social media website purports to show a Syrian rebel blowing up a government checkpoint in what appears to be a suicide attack. Deborah Lutterbeck reports. Theater Review The Blue Dragon Updates The Dragons Trilogy Directed and starring Robert Lepage, The Blue Dragon, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, revisits characters first created in The Dragons Trilogy. World Briefing | Europe Russia Greenpeace Members Held at Arctic Oil Rig Russian border guards detained two activists from the environmentalist group Wednesday morning after they boarded an oil rig to protest drilling in the Arctic. UPDATE 1-US Airways, American push back on Justice Dept merger lawsuit WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - US Airways and American Airlines, whose proposed merger has been stalled by U.S. government opposition, urged a court on Friday to require the Justice Department to turn over documents relating to its approval of four previous airline mergers. Broncos 41, Giants 23 A Little Brother Learns a Lesson as the Giants Sputter to 0-2 Peyton Manning efficiently led a multifaceted, diverse offense in the Broncos victory as Eli Manning and a one-dimensional Giants offense sputtered and other components of the team failed. Pakistan to Free a Taliban Commander Pakistani officials portrayed the release of one of the founding members of the Taliban as a good-will gesture that would help bring the Taliban and Afghanistan to the negotiating table. UPDATE 3-BlackBerry warns of big loss, 4,500 job cuts; shares dive By Euan Rocha TORONTO, Sept 20 (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd warned on Friday it expects to report a huge quarterly operating loss next week and that it will cut more than a third of its global workforce, rekindling fears of the company's demise and sending its shares into a tailspin. The company, which has struggled to claw back market share from the likes of Apple Inc's iPhone and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's Galaxy phones, said it expects to report a net operating loss of between $950 m New Jersey judge cannot moonlight as stand-up comic court (Reuters) - Being a judge in New Jersey is no laughing matter. T Magazine Backstage Beauty Report | Luminous and Tanned Skin at Etro Charlotte Tilbury created the slightly sun-kissed look, an ode to the supermodel Gisele Bundchen, with a minimal amount of products but a healthy dose of tinted powder. Human-powered helicopter flies into aviation history July 11 - A team from Toronto has won the long-coveted Sikorsky prize by using human power alone to fly an aircraft. The team, called AreroVelo Inc., achieved the feat on June 13, securing a $250,000 prize that has been on offer for 33 years, but never before awarded. Rob Muir reports. Art in Review Michael Buthe Secrets The German artist Michael Buthe was gay, Roman Catholic, and sought sources for art outside his own culture. M.L.S. Tries to Mute Fans Vulgar Chants Some teams in Major League Soccer have been trying, with mixed success, to stop off-color taunting of opposing goalkeepers that at times is audible over TV broadcasts. Dollar rises, Wall Street pulls back day after Fed decision NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar rose on Thursday while Wall Street shares mostly edged lower, a day after a sharp rally driven by the Federal Reserve's unexpected decision to maintain its stimulus program. Al Qaeda issues message about September 11th Americans commemorated this week the loss of those who died at the hands of al Qaeda terrorists on September 11, 2001. Their leader chimed in a day later with new threats against the United States. Property Values What You Get for ... $900,000 This weeks properties include a Dutch Colonial in New York; an adobe in Santa Fe, N.M.; and a three-story condo in Chicago. For Indiana's conservative rebels, fighting Obamacare worth risk GREENFIELD, Indiana (Reuters) - To understand why so many conservatives in Congress are willing to risk a government shutdown in their quest to cut spending and derail "Obamacare," take a look at Indiana and the state's crop of young Republicans in the U.S. House Representatives. Reuters Ends Plans for Ambitious Direct-to-Reader Service The project, Next, missed deadlines and had cost overruns, but also generated a lot of interest as a new way to distribute news. Instead, the company will focus on Reuters.com. A West End Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Musical The West End musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory faces an uphill climb toward Broadway. The House Edge Wall St. Exploits Ethanol Credits, and Prices Spike A little known market in ethanol credits arose after financial institutions amassed millions of them just as refiners were looking to buy more credits to meet an expanding federal requirement.

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