Brazil's Election Culminates A Season Filled With Shocks Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Brazil's Election Culminates A Season Filled With Shocks Brazilians head to the polls Sunday in one of the most exciting elections in recent history there. The presidential race pits two women against each other — a first for the South American country. Read this story Gambling in Macau: A Reversal of Fortune ... And Values From a quiet backwater, the former Portuguese colony of Macau has developed a sparkling skyline and 35 casinos with revenue six times that of Las Vegas — and more on the way. Read this story What We Know About The American Being Held By The Islamic State Peter Kassig was an Iraq War veteran who went to Syria to volunteer at hospitals. In a profile aired by CNN in 2012, Kassig said he's an idealist who believes in hopeless causes. Read this story Tech Week: Who's Offline, How Hong Kong Connects, How Google Works Also in this week's tech roundup, America's biggest bank says 76 million households were affected by its summer hack. Read this story GMOs Are Old Hat. Synthetically Modified Food Is The New Frontier Scientists hyping synthetic biology say it may one day give us biofuels, drugs and organisms that will solve hefty global problems. But synthetic biology food is already here, and causing controversy. Read this story more news stories

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