Quick News 6:24pm

• Tokyo won the bid to host 2020 Summer Games (with an inspirational and emotional presentation).  (USA Today)
  http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2013/09/07/ioc-election-host-city-2020-olympics/2780311/

Quick News (Updated 8:40am E.S.T.)

• U.S. Russian relationship is at its lowest since the end of the Cold War.  The main causes are probably Russia granting asylum to Snowden (NSA information leaker) and Russia banking Syria's Assad regime. (New 24)
  http://www.news24.com/World/News/Animosity-between-Obama-Putin-deepen-policy-clashes-20130903

Quick News (updated 12:00 pm EST)

• Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader (D), urges Obama Administration to take military action to punish Syrian regime in using chemical weapons on its own people. 
  “It is clear that the American people are weary of war. However, Assad gassing his own people is an issue of our national security, regional stability and global security,” Pelosi said. (Politico)
  
  
  http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/nancy-pelosi-barack-obama-syria-96065.html#ixzz2dUDlKIfW

Quick News (Updated 8:38 pm, EST)

• Google  founder Sergei Brin has split from his wife reportedly due to his affair with an employee in the Google Glass project.  It's more complicated than that.  This employee is the ex-girlfriend of another Google executive who has left the company,  To further complicate things, Sergei Brin's wife is the sister of another Google V.P.  (Sydney Morning Herald, 8:38pm EST)
  http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/sergey-brin-love-quadrangle-blamed-for-google-executives-sudden-departure-20130829-2st1m.html
  
  Commentary:  What is going on in Google?  One of their greatest strengths was how they were good with human resources, getting the right people, and keeping the right people.  What are they doing in that company now?  Perhaps, they should bring back the adult supervision Eric Schmidt? 

•  Tension increases in the Mediterranean over Syria as Russia is about to send in naval ships (Sydney Morning Herald, 8:30pm  EST)
  http://www.smh.com.au/world/russia-sends-warships-to-mediterranean-as-syria-tension-rises-20130830-2su45.html
  
• Ex-girlfriend of North Korean dictator was reportedly executed last week. (Chosun Media, 1:08pm EST)
  http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/08/29/2013082901412.html 

Quick News (updated 3:14pm)

• Fort Hood shooter (military psychiatrist and Major) Nidal Hasan has received the death sentence for the 2009 shooting rampage.  (ABC News, 3:05pm)
  http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/life-line-fort-hood-gunman-blocks-lawyers-20089887
• New York Times website got hacked yesterday and today.  Syrian Electronic Army takes credit. (CBS News, 3:14pm)
  http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57600431/new-york-times-still-down-syrian-electronic-army-website-follows/
  http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/york-times-website-suspects-malicious-hack/story?id=20087043

Quick News (updated 2:52 pm)

• Marissa Mayer and Yahoo are doing much better since she became CEO.  (from Stuff)
  http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/women-of-influence/9091180/The-Truth-About-Marissa-Mayer
• Facebook produces a report on requests from multiple governments on facebook user data for the first 6 months of 2013.  (from BBC 12:34pm)
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23852230
  https://www.facebook.com/about/government_requests
• U.S., Britain, Western Nations, and the Arab League have pretty much concluded that Assad's Syrian forces were responsible for mass killing of civilians by chemical weapons.  U.S. and Britain are getting ready for possible strike on Assad's military targets. (from New York Times)
  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/28/world/middleeast/britain-preparing-contingency-plan-for-intervention-in-syria-officials-say.html   12:12pm