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Devils Sign Jagr, Hoping a 41-Year-Old Scorer Has Mileage Left
Jaromir Jagr, 41, signed a one-year deal with the Devils, who lost two of their top three scorers this summer.


Property Values What You Get for ... $625,000
A colonial with a surprising interior near Minneapolis, a stucco colonial in Pennsylvania and mountain views in Arizona


Gadgetwise To Build a Better Lego Robot
Lego updated its Mindstorms robotics platform with a kit that includes features like Bluetooth compatibility and a remote control app.


Ask Well Is It Better to Bike or Run?
The Phys Ed columnist Gretchen Reynolds answers readers questions on fitness.


Japan displays its military firepower
Aug. 21 - Japan's military shows off its firepower in major exercise amid tensions with China over a territorial dispute. Jessica Gray reports.


TAKE-A-LOOK-Verizon-Vodafone deal
Sept 2 (Reuters) - Verizon Communications agreed on Monday to pay $130 billion to buy Vodafone out of its U.S. wireless business, signing history's third largest corporate deal to bring an end to an often fractious 14-year marriage. gt; Verizon, Vodafone agree $130 bln Wireless deal gt; NEWSMAKER-Vittorio Colao caps Vodafone revamp gt; VIEW-Vodafone,Verizon flowback may be challenge gt; FACTBOX-Top five MA deals worldwide gt; Deal a challenge for bulge bracket banks


Social Qs Photo Op
Etiquette questions regarding a photo opportunist, a mother who wants her child home for the holiday, when to say Im sorry and those Labor Day blues.


OTP plans to bid for stake in Takarekbank -TV
BUDAPEST, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Hungary's OTP Bank plans to bid for savings bank Takarekbank once the state-held stake in the bank comes up for sale, OTP's chairman and chief executive Sandor Csanyi told private television channel ATV on Monday.


Big Screens That Not All of Hollywood Adores
For many in the audience of the Hollywood Bowl, the arrival of four high-definition video screens has been a gift. But not all are thrilled by the technology.


Rogers Leads Toronto to 4-1 Win at Arizona
Esmil Rogers pitched 6 1-3 innings of one-hit ball to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-1 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday.


Former Nazi, 92, Faces Trial in World War II Killing
The prosecution of Siert Bruins, who served as a border guard in Adolf Hitlers elite Waffen-SS troops, is part of an effort in Germany to bring elderly former Nazis to justice before it is too late.


T Magazine Site to Be Seen | A New Vintage Online Boutique Caters to the Downtown Set
Total Pleasure, a new secondhand e-commerce destination that went live last month, caters to a very niche market with vintage finds like velvet bustiers and pants covered in flames or Mountain Dew logos.


Tseng Bouncing back to No. 1?
After becoming the youngest golfer to win five major championships, Yani Tseng has slipped down the rankings. Can she come back?


Shortcuts Taking an Invention From Idea to the Store Shelf
Building a better mousetrap may be the easy part. After that comes patent, production and marketing, and missteps along the way can be costly.


Obama welcomes '72 Miami Dolphins to the White House
Aug. 20 - Saying, "I decided it was high time to pay tribute to the NFL's only perfect team," President Barack Obama honored Super Bowl VII Champions, the 1972 Miami Dolphins, in an East Room ceremony. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).


Dance Review Indian Dance Forms of Odissi and Kathak Are Showcased
The Indian dancers Sonali Mishra and Shambhavi Dandekar showcase the Odissi and Kathak forms as part of Drive East at La MaMa.


CORRECTED-Two U.S. traders plead guilty in Venezuelan bank bribery case
(Corrects 12th paragraph to say law at issue is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; corrects spelling of Banfoandes in paragraph 8)


Should this be an Olympic sport?
Scoobers, hammers and laying out - it's the "ultimate" flying saucer attack. And if Mark Poole is right, his sport could soon be coming to an Olympics near you.


Central American coffee farmers fear ruin from rust fungus
EL PARAISO, Honduras/PEREZ ZELEDON, Costa Rica (Reuters) - Central American coffee industry officials say the region's arabica crop is weathering an outbreak of leaf-rust fungus, but try telling that to small-hold farmers like Graciela Alvarenga.


Butler Loses F Jones for Season to Wrist Injury
Butler's turbulent offseason isn't showing any signs of slowing down.


U.S. Sets Roster for Two September World Cup Qualifiers
Coach Jurgen Klinsmann on Thursday announced his 23-man roster for coming matches at Costa Rica and against Mexico.


Football Madrid unveil Gareth Bale
Real Madrid Football Club has unveiled world-record transfer signing Gareth Bale to thousands of fans inside the Bernabeu Stadium.


Books of The Times In The Girl, Samantha Geimer Revisits the Polanski Case
In The Girl, Samantha Geimer, the woman at the center of the Roman Polanski case, tells her story.


Stock futures up, Treasuries futures slip as Syria fears ebb
NEW YORK, Sept 2 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday and Treasuries futures slipped as worries about an imminent Western military strike against Syria ebbed.


Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Sept 2
ZURICH, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Swiss stocks were set to open higher on Monday, in line with other European markets, buoyed by data which showed China's manufacturing sector expanded in August at the fastest pace in more than a year.


Florida to call on Labrador retrievers to stem Giant Snail invasion
MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida officials trying to eradicate the Giant African Land Snail, one of the world's most destructive invasive species, plan to deploy a new weapon in the battle - Labrador retrievers.


Brazil's foreign minister resigns amid row with Bolivia
Antonio Patriota, Brazil's foreign minister, stepped down Monday night amid a diplomatic row with neighboring Bolivia.


Egypt's Morsy to stand trial for inciting murder
Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy will stand trial on charges of incitement to conduct murder and "thuggery" relating to clashes near the presidential palace in December, state-run MENA reported Sunday.


Could Syria strike back?
As the United States and its allies debate military intervention in Syria, the nation's president, Bashar al-Assad, has warned that Syria will "defend itself against any aggression."


Europe crushes U.S. to retain Solheim Cup
Europe win the Solheim Cup on American soil for the first time after a record 18-10 victory over their U.S. rivals at the Colorado Golf Club.


Portrait of doomed love conquers British public's hearts
LONDON (Reuters) - "The Lady of Shalott", a painting by John William Waterhouse of a young woman lamenting unrequited love, has been chosen as the British public's favorite artwork, soon to be displayed among other masterpieces across the nation's billboards.


Chris Paul Elected President of NBA Players Union
Chris Paul has already seemingly done the impossible by turning the long-languishing Los Angeles Clippers into a force in the Western Conference. Now he's taken on another big task rebuilding the reeling NBA players' association.


'N Sync reunites at the VMAs
Forget about the Moonmen. It was all about the performances at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.


Dubai to sell Fontainebleau hotel in Miami to Turnberry- sources
DUBAI, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Dubai World, the state entity that restructured $25 billion of debt in 2011, is in the final stages of selling its 50 percent stake in Miami Beach's Fontainebleau hotel to...


Neighborhood Joint | Montauk At Montauk Brewing Company, Brews Are Served Year-Round
At the Montauk Brewing Company, the idea was never to wow city fashionistas; the business was always about the home brews of its three locally grown founders.


G.D.P. Report Gives Stocks a Lift
Stocks on Wall Street rose on Thursday, with traders focusing on developments in Syria and stronger-than-expected economic growth in the United States.


Movie Review Kristen Bell on Poolside Patrol in The Lifeguard
The Lifeguard centers on a young woman whose New York life goes off the tracks, so she moves back home to take up her old summer job.


Fruit fly brain map a boon to neuroscience
Aug. 29 - Scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Virginia have successfully mapped the circuitry in a small region of a fruit fly brain. The researchers, who work at HMMI's Janelia Farms Research Campus, say it is a small but important step toward understanding how the much larger human brain processes information. Rob Muir has more.


SA's history-making jockey
CNN's Nkepile Mabuse meets S'manga Khumalo, the first black jockey to win South Africa's Durban July.


When cooking can kill
For nearly half of the world's population, building and maintaining a fire is a daily -- and often deadly -- chore.


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