| Latest worldwide news | UK PM's views branded 'ludicrous' | | | British Prime Minister David Cameron has been fiercely criticized following his comments that Tottenham Hotspur supporters should be allowed to use the term 'Yid' in their chants at football matches. |
| ArtsBeat New Releases Top Chart | | | The top five albums on the Billboard 200 chart this week are all fresh releases, led by Jack Johnsons From Here to Now to You. |
| In the Shadow of Old Smokey, a Toxic Legacy | | | Years after a trash incinerator stopped operating in the West Grove neighborhood in Miami, its legacy might be more ominous than soiled laundry contaminants like arsenic remain in the soil. |
| Bertelsmann sees 2013 sales, operating profit up | | | FRANKFURT, Aug 30 (Reuters) - German media group Bertelsmann expects sales and adjusted operating profit to grow this year, as cost cutting and bestsellers such as Dan Brown's "Inferno" will help offset slow economic growth in Europe. |
| West Says U.N. Nears Syria Resolution | | | Two diplomats said they had reached a consensus on the broad elements, including a reference to sanctions should Syria fail to comply with its obligations. |
| Police to escort adoptive parents home in U.S. battle over Cherokee girl | | | CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The adoptive parents of a 4-year-old Native American girl will take her back to South Carolina from Oklahoma with a police escort after winning a cross-cultural custody battle fought all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, a family spokeswoman and sheriff's official said Tuesday. |
| Social safety nets = happiness | | | Benjamin Radcliff says across the Western world, the happiest people live in countries with generous social safety nets. |
| Bo Xilau Justice or purge? | | | Does China's Communist Party care more about preserving unity than public opinion? One commentator says yes. |
| Venezuela takes on toilet paper hoard | | | Venezuela takes over a toilet paper plant, with its vice president saying the government won't "allow hoarding or failures in the production and distribution" of essential goods. |
| Marijuana The Uruguayan model | | | Views on marijuana are shifting, but nearly everywhere, it is too early to talk about substantive changes to drug policies. |
| 'Don't get stuck in success' | | | Economist and author Noreena Hertz explains why it pays to not get stuck in your own success and make choices with your eyes wide open. |
| N.C.A.A. Begins to Ease Penn State Penalties | | | Pleased with Penn States progress toward athletic integrity, the N.C.A.A. said on Tuesday that five football scholarships would be restored next year and more would be phased in afterward. |
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