PGA exports its Village to Bahamas (GolfWeek) The PGA of America has entered a licensing agreement to establish a PGA Village on Cat Island in the Bahamas – its first outside of the United States.

Bahamas may sign EPA on September 2 (The Nassau Guardian) Although the turnout for the Economic Partnership Agreement town meeting in New Providence Monday night was small, Minister of State for Finance Zhivargo Laing carried on with plans to spread the message that the EPA is in fact in the country's benefit.

Ty and Jewel pull off surprise wedding (Stephenville Empire-Tribune) Local cowboy Ty Murray, and his long-time girlfriend, singer/songwriter, Jewel, skipped the country and joined together in holy matrimony on a moonlit beach. The private wedding took place in the Bahamas on Aug. 7, with only a couple of friends present.

Kaniskina blazes to 20km walk gold, Clay starts well (AFP via Yahoo! News) World champion Olga Kaniskina of Russia led from gun to tape to win the women's 20 kilometres walk gold medal at the Olympics on Thursday.

Canada ties Jamaica in World Cup men's soccer qualifying match (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) TORONTO - Canada gave up an unlikely goal and dropped two valuable points in a 1-1 tie with Jamaica in a World Cup qualifying soccer match Wednesday night.

Police: Boaters sneak ashore in Juno Beach during Fay (The Palm Beach Post) Police are searching for eight to 10 people who they believe came ashore this morning and ditched their Grand Bahamas-registered boat just north of Juno Beach Pier.

Fay dumps record rainfall (The Nassau Guardian) Tropical Storm Fay left The Bahamas yesterday evening, but not before dumping record rainfall for the year on Grand Bahama and hitting some areas of New Providence with severe thunderstorms.

Olympics-Athletics-Women's 200m semi-final overview (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News) Olympic athletics women's 200m semi-final overview in Beijing on Wednesday. 1. Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 22.19 seconds Q 2. Kerron Stewart (Jamaica) 22.29 Q 3. Muna Lee (U.S.) 22.29 Q 4. Allyson Felix (U.S.) 22.33 Q 5. Marshevet Hooker (U.S.) 22.50 Q 6. Sherone Simpson (Jamaica) 22.50 Q 7. Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (Bahamas) 22.51 Q 8. Yuliya Chermoshanskaya (Russia) 22.57 9. Cydonie ...

Court told BTC worker doubled phone card PINS (The Nassau Guardian) A former employee at the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) admitted to creating 9,000 more prepaid personal identification numbers (PINS) for $20 phone cards than she should have, a Supreme Court jury heard yesterday.

COB, faculty union clash on quality assurance seminar (The Nassau Guardian) The Union of Tertiary Educators (UTEB) and the management at the College of the Bahamas are at odds today, after the labor organization accused the college of failing to consult with its members before a draft report on quality assurance was compiled.