| Latest worldwide news | Hampton Reaches Quarterfinal at Stanford | | | Jamie Hampton took a few walks around the Stanford campus during the week, biding her time until she could get back on the court. A two-hour match helped her get right back into rhythm. |
| Last of HK's outdoor food stalls | | | Decades of urban transformation have decimated Hong Kong's throngs of dai pai dong, supplanting them with glitzy malls and big name eateries. |
| The films that influenced 'The Wolverine' | | | When Hugh Jackman first called his director for "The Wolverine," James Mangold told him that he had had an inspiration after reading the script. Mangold wanted to to make the set-in-Japan film similar to "The Outlaw Josey Wales" by making the mutant a Josey Wales with healing powers. Jackman hadn't seen the classic Clint Eastwood film, so Mangold sent him a copy. |
| How impressive is the Chromebook Pixel? Very! | | | I've been using a Chromebook Pixel for the past two days and a single phrase comes to mind blown away. Is it worth $1,299 or more? Take a look to see and then stack it up against your mobile computing needs. |
| "Most Wanted" app brings gamers into hunt for suspects | | | July 5 - Police in Warsaw have come up with an innovative way to enlist the public in their hunt for wanted criminal suspects, by incorporating a rogue's gallery of faces as part of a smartphone app which tests players' memory for faces. Jim Drury reports. |
| Belles toll Women's game in uproar | | | The English Football Association is facing a backlash from fans of women's football after being accused of throwing the future of one of the country's most loved clubs into jeopardy. |
| Soriano Acquired by Yankees From Cubs | | | The Yankees officially acquired Alfonso Soriano in a trade with the Chicago Cubs on Friday, returning the seven-time All-Star to the team where he began his career. |
| Five texts you should never send | | | We're texting more than ever, and, like society, the texts themselves are getting worse and worse. Read on to learn just how terrible silent cell phone users are these days. |
| A boost for drained mobile devices - NY gets public solar charging stations | | | July 22 - New Yorkers in need of a charge can now head to public spaces, where solar powered charging stations offer a free boost to mobile devices. Apart from providing everyday convenience, the stations could be crucial during devastating power outages like those caused by Hurricane Sandy last year. Sharon Reich has more. |
| 10 ex-'Idol' contestants sue, alleging racism | | | Fox's longtime singing competition "American Idol" is embroiled in a lawsuit brought by 10 African-American former contestants who say they were unfairly dismissed from the show because of their race. |
| Man wrestles shark | | | A man in Massachusetts wrestled a shark after trying to reel him in with a fishing rod for over an hour. |
| Smaller, paler Earth unveiled in new NASA photo | | | CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A robotic space probe nearly 900 million miles from Earth turned its gaze away from Saturn and its entourage of moons to take a picture of its home planet, NASA said on Monday. |
| A photographer films his own death in Egypt | | | July 13 - The divided family of photographer killed when Muslim Brotherhood supporters were fired upon by Egypt's army finds unity in call for justice. Deborah Lutterbeck reports. |
| China to invest $277 billion to curb air pollution state media | | | BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans to invest 1.7 trillion yuan ($277 billion) to combat air pollution over the next five years, state media said on Thursday, underscoring the new government's concerns about addressing a key source of social discontent. |
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