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Sun, 17 Aug 2014 12:39 PM

An Amish horse-drawn buggy is shown on video involved in a fatal accident, part of a narrative in a multi-media presentation at the Amish Experience, a tourism destination in the village of Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania August 9, 2014. It's that Old World charm of the Amish that draws 8 million tourists - and $1.9 billion - each year to Pennsylvania's Lancaster County, home of the nation's largest Amish community of 31,000. What the Amish don't do, supporters say, is tote rifles as part of a violent protection racket - as depicted in the television show "Amish Mafia" - or regularly defy their religion, like in "Breaking Amish" and "Breaking Amish: Brave New World." And, Amish horror stories are not the norm, despite the plot lines of the upcoming "Amish Haunting." Filmmaker Mary Haverstick is leading a push to eject the shows, airing on the Discovery Channel and related networks, from Lancaster County. The movement is gathering support because of what some see as a demeaning, inaccurate portrayal of the gentle, devout group. But some wonder if the hard-edged reality TV approach is that different from the soft exploitation of the Amish by the local tourism industry. In both, the Amish are unpaid, costumed "extras." Picture taken August 9, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Makela (UNITED STATES - Tags: RELIGION ANIMALS AGRICULTURE EDUCATION ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA)

Sun, 17 Aug 2014 12:20 PM

Ukrainian government has designated the Russian convoy as humanitarian aid

Sat, 16 Aug 2014 19:33 PM

Mourners and the media surround civil rights leader Jesse Jackson during a vigil in the neighborhood where teenager Michael Brown was shot in Ferguson, Missouri, August 16, 2014. Tensions had temporarily cooled on Thursday night but by Friday evening, protesters were again swarming through a residential and retail district in the small town outside St. Louis that has become the site of repeated clashes between protestors and police forces. The unrest erupted after Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, 28, shot and killed Brown shortly after noon last Saturday as Brown and a friend walked down a street that runs through an apartment complex where Brown's grandmother lives. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)

Sat, 16 Aug 2014 18:15 PM

People carry the coffin of the exhumed body of the South African journalist Nathaniel Nakasa into a hearse after a public memorial service in the Broadway Presbyterian Church in New York August 16, 2014. Nakasa's remains are going to be returned to South Africa for burial near his childhood home in Chesterville, a township outside Durban, local media reported. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: MEDIA OBITUARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Sat, 16 Aug 2014 18:02 PM

People carry the coffin of exhumed body of the South African journalist Nathaniel Nakasa after a public memorial service in the Broadway Presbyterian Church in New York August 16, 2014. Nakasa's remains are going to be returned to South Africa for burial near his childhood home in Chesterville, a township outside Durban, local media reported. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: MEDIA OBITUARY)

Sat, 16 Aug 2014 17:59 PM

Sipho Masondo, nephew of exhumed South African journalist Nathaniel Nakasa, speaks to guests during a public memorial service of his uncle Nakasa in the Broadway Presbyterian Church in New York August 16, 2014. Nakasa's remains are going to be returned to South Africa for burial near his childhood home in Chesterville, a township outside Durban, local media reported. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: MEDIA OBITUARY)