Hurricane Odile Hits Mexico: Winds Hit 125mph

America’s gay rights battle goes global

Starting in 2012, the leader of the most prominent American anti-gay marriage organization unexpectedly began adding a ton of stamps to his passport. http://news.yahoo.com/as-anti-gay-rights-leaders-export-ideas-abroad–human-rights-campaign–names-and-shames–them-223357579.html

Scotland: 8 reasons to be proud

Vikings, vicious politics and vindaloo curries — Scotland isn’t all tartan and bagpipes. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/16/travel/8-things-scotland/index.html?hpt=travel_hp_blogroll

Saudi overhaul reshapes Islam’s holiest city Mecca

  MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — As a child, Osama al-Bar would walk from his home past Islam’s holiest site, the Kaaba, to the market of spice and fabric merchants where his father owned a store. At that time, Mecca was so small, pilgrims could sit at the cube-shaped Kaaba and look out at the […]