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  • When researchers dug into Danish cancer data, teasing out cases involving people who'd had cellphones with those who hadn't, they found no increased risk of brain tumors. Swedish researchers also noted in an editorial that national rates of glioma, a brain cancer, hadn't increased since the 1970s.
  • In China, an "outpouring of grief" meets news that a toddler has died after being struck by two vans in the city of Foshan. The story became a sensation after a security camera's video revealed that more than a dozen passers-by had ignored the injured Wang Yue, 2, as she lay in the street.
  • Since beginning new, more rigorous security checks police have confiscated thousands of knives, screwdrivers and cans of pepper spray from visitors to Liberty Island.
  • Over 300 jobs are at stake if the company leaves its Cincinnati headquarters, so locals are tweeting the CEO. Not to be outdone, residents in Charlotte, N.C., have started their own campaign to lure the company to their city. It's a good-natured battle over a decision usually kept behind closed doors.
  • In Cambodia, a German judge investigating Khmer Rouge atrocities has resigned from a joint U.N.-Cambodian tribunal, citing political interference by Cambodia's current leaders. The resignation has triggered skepticism about the prospects for justice at the tribunal.
  • Toyota, which has suffered through a bout of recalls and the Japan earthquake, is pinning its hopes for the future on its crown jewel, the top-selling car in the U.S. The new 2012 model isn't radically different from its predecessor, but it's harder to redesign the mass-appeal Camry than a Ferrari.
  • When office costs are factored in, doctors lose money about half the time on common immunizations, a new analysis finds. Vaccine storage and personnel costs are often overlooked.
  • Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says she is ready for a runoff election in November after failing to secure an outright first-round victory last week. The recent joint Nobel Peace Prize winner defends her record on economic development and battling corruption.
  • In a new book, two Pulitzer-winning authors say the great Dutch painter covered up his own murder. But Van Gogh experts are unconvinced.
  • An NPR analysis of contributions week by week found that itemized contributions to Texas Gov. Rick Perry dropped 60 percent during the week following his first appearance in a GOP presidential debate, on Sept. 7. That same week, Romney's itemized contributions went up 50 percent. Compare the candidates' weekly fundraising totals in an interactive graphic.
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