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Monday, August 27, 2012

Morning Digest: Storm Isaac heads for U.S. Gulf Coast, hurricane warning issued

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08/27/2012

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Storm Isaac heads for U.S. Gulf Coast, hurricane warning issued

MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Isaac swirled into the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, threatening to disrupt U.S. offshore oil and gas supplies and strengthen into a powerful hurricane that could make landfall near Louisiana almost seven years to the day after Katrina struck..

Assad's forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital

ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian opposition activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's army of massacring hundreds of people in a town close to the capital that government forces recaptured from rebels..

Stock index futures point to mixed start

(Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.05 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.05 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.3 percent at 0732 GMT..

"Expendables 2" punches up second box office win

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Action movie "Expendables 2" kept the No. 1 spot at U.S. and Canadian box offices for a second week as two new films provided light competition during a slow movie-going weekend..

Federer in action on opening day of U.S. Open

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roger Federer looks to cap an "incredible" season when he launches his bid for a sixth U.S. Open title against American Donald Young on Monday..

SEC to review "quiet period" IPO rule after Facebook mess - WSJ

(Reuters) - U.S. stock market regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reviewing whether to relax rules governing what companies can say ahead of initial public offerings, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday..

Mars rover Curiosity aces first test drive

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took a 16-minute drive on Wednesday, its first since reaching the Red Planet to search for habitats that could have supported microbial life..

Tokyo robot revue drawing crowds at cabaret

TOKYO (Reuters) - In a restaurant down an alley in one of Tokyo's best-known red light districts, four massive female robots wink and wave as they lumber to the beat of traditional Japanese drums and a Lady Gaga dance tune..