| Latest worldwide news | Shark attack claims teen's life | | | As lifeguards approached to pull a drowning Brazilian teenager from the water, she suffered a second, fatal misfortune -- a shark attack. |
| For Nets Prokhorov, $183 Million Is No Object | | | Mikhail D. Prokhorov is showing his determination to win at any cost a high-profile trade helped raise the Nets payroll to $101 million, triggering a luxury tax bill of about $82 million. |
| Haiti's 'Garden of Eden' | | | Living amid the garbage-strewn sewage canals, residents of Haiti's Cite Soleil endure a grim battle for survival every single day. But now, one man is transforming a garbage dump into a vibrant urban garden. |
| 2 Editors Promoted at New York Times | | | Matt Purdy, the investigations editor, was named an assistant managing editor, and Marc Lacey, a deputy foreign editor, became an associate managing editor. |
| Motorsport Austrian GP to return? | | | Red Bull, whose Formula One team has won the drivers' and constructors' titles for the past three years, could have a home race in Austria from 2014. |
| Liu Advances in US Junior Amateur | | | Qualifying medalist Jim Liu advanced to the second round of the match play in the U.S. Junior Amateur on Wednesday, beating Matthew Lowe with a birdie on the 19th hole. |
| Leaner BP Blanches at Bill for Cleanup | | | The oil company told a federal appeals court that a claims administrator misinterpreted the terms of a multibillion-dollar settlement reached last year. |
| Orioles Acquire K-Rod From Brewers for Prospect | | | The Baltimore Orioles bolstered their bullpen with a late-inning arm Tuesday, acquiring reliever Francisco Rodriguez from the last-place Milwaukee Brewers for minor league infielder Nick Delmonico. |
| 'Law Order's' Dennis Farina dies at 69 | | | Dennis Farina, the dapper, mustachioed cop-turned-actor best known for his tough-as-nails work in such TV series as "Law Order," "Crime Story," and "Miami Vice," has died. He was 69. |
| 'The man who made a nation cry' | | | Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium was packed to the rafters 200,000 expectant spectators prepared to celebrate Brazil's first World Cup triumph and its arrival as a football superpower. But what happened next has left a burning scar in the nation's psyche. |
| Tigers' Cabrera Says Hip Feeling Better | | | A relieved Miguel Cabera said he was feeling better after sitting out the Detroit Tigers' 6-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night because of an injured left hip. |
| At least 45 killed as train derails in Spain | | | SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (Reuters) - At least 45 people were killed and 70 injured when a train derailed on the outskirts of the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday in one of Europe's worst rail disasters. |
| Apple wobbles in China as rivals offer more, for less | | | SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - A sharp drop in Apple Inc's China revenue in April-June underscores the challenges it faces in its second-largest market as the technology gap with cheaper local rivals narrows and as Samsung Electronics keeps up a steady stream of new models across all price ranges. |
| Netiquette Saying farewell | | | So many folks manage to lose their netiquette heads when they scramble, legs flailing and akimbo, toward the denouement of events and life chapters. So here is the ultimate (get it?) digital-etiquette guide to a polite big finish. |
| Despots' lairs a tourist attraction? | | | From Tito's nuclear bunker and Stalin's summer house, to Mussolini's villa and Gaddafi's cruise ship, autocrat hideouts have become tourist attractions. |
| POSCO's global expansion plan hits India roadblock | | | SEOUL, July 25 (Reuters) - Some investors in South Korean steelmaker POSCO are starting to sour on a long-delayed $12 billion project for a steel mill in India's Odisha state that was once hailed as a profit driver. |
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