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News Feed Latest worldwide news Football Milan star 'racially abused' The new football season is still some weeks away, but already in Italy allegations of racial abuse towards AC Milan's Kevin Constant have marred a friendly. Well Cancer Risk Increases With Height Height is associated with a greater risk of cancer for both men and women, new research shows. Real Estate Q A Water damage in a Co-op; upgrading a kitchen at your own expense in a stabilized apartment; and capital-gains taxes are addressed in this weeks installment. Nascars New TV Home Will Be Its Old One Once replaced by ESPN in televising stock-car races, NBC is paying $420 million to $450 million a year to replace the cable sports channel beginning in 2015. Trailside Mayor Deflects Weiner Queries With Call for Substantive Questions When asked if Anthony D. Weiner should drop out of the mayoral race, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said, I cant get involved in the campaign. Global climate deal a must despite Copenhagen trauma - Kim June 19 - A pledge by President Obama and Xi to fight climate change is a good first step but its still imperative to broker a global deal, argues World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. Op-ed Netanyahu crying wolf Gary Sick says Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has been warning about Iran blowing up the world with a nuke for 20 years. It's time to think diplomacy, not saber rattling. Seles turns novelist Nine-time grand slam champion Monica Seles talks to CNN about tennis and her new novel. Economic View Owning a Home Isnt Always a Virtue An economist questions whether its wise for government to encourage homeownership over renting. A fair World Cup deal ? After Apple and Google come under pressure over aggressive tax avoidance strategies, now its FIFA's turn to defend its lucrative financial arrangements with World Cup hosts Brazil. Slooow U.S. slips to 9th in Internet speed Land of the free. Home of the brave. Bastion of mediocre Internet speeds. Train carriage removed in Spain as driver is investigated July 25 - Destroyed train carriage is removed from tracks near the northern city of Santiago de Compostela, after 80 people died. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). U.S. court permits generic version of Teva MS drug a year sooner WASHINGTON, July 26 (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone will lose its patent protection in 2014 rather than 2015 because of a ruling from a U.S. appeals court Friday. Meyer Disciplines 4 Buckeyes, Including Hyde, Roby Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has disciplined four players for legal problems, including suspending leading-scorer Carlos Hyde from all team activities in the wake of an alleged assault against a female over the weekend in Columbus. Big Apple KOs Madison Square Garden "The world's most famous arena," the current version of which opened in 1968, has been given 10 years to relocate, so New York can expand the almost-as-famous Penn Station, which sits below. The 30-Minute Interview Joseph Simone Mr. Simone is the president of the Simone Development Companies, a real estate development and investment firm founded by his father, Pat Simone. Spanish media identify train crash driver July 26 - Spanish newspapers identify the driver of a high-speed train that crashed on Wednesday evening, killing at least 78 people. Jessica Gray reports. Court Upholds Ruling on Dish Networks Hopper The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower courts ruling and lent further support to Dishs ad-skipping digital video recorder. Benghazi, Boston State of jihad Every July in the lush, green mountains of Aspen, Colorado, many of the top present and former U.S. national security officials and other experts gather to discuss how the war against al Qaeda and its allies is going. KKR's second-quarter earnings plunge on fund values * Q2 economic net income down 74 percent at $144.4 million NEWSMAKER Liberian stability will bring foreign investment Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says political stability and targeted double-digit growth will increase foreign interest, and is confident companies like Chevron and Exxon will invest there. Coronation treasures seen again For the first time since the queen's coronation in 1953, the dress, robes, jewels, diamonds and uniforms worn on that day have finally been brought together again. Shirtless Vladimir Putin fishes in Siberia July 26 - New video shows Russian President Vladimir Putin catching a giant fish and kissing it during a recent trip to Siberia. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Chipotle vs. Taco Bell Einhorns short put to the taste test - Felix TV David Einhorn, the investor known for betting against stocks like Green Mountain Coffee, now is targeting Chipotle Mexican Grill, saying it will face significant competition from "a resurgent Taco Bell." We put his theory to the taste test with Reuters blogger Felix Salmon, Reuters Social Media Editor Anthony De Rosa and Food and Wine Restaurant Editor Kate Krader. (October 3, 2012) Parted by Korean War, united by hope This South Korean couple has spent many of the past 60 years believing the other was dead. He was held prisoner by the North, she lived in the South. Facebook offers the dummy's guide to mobile advertising SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's mobile advertising success offers a ray of hope for Internet companies trying to make money within the confines of the smartphone's small screen. National Briefing | West California Outcry Against Mayor Grows Four more women said Thursday that they had been subject to unwanted sexual advances by Mayor Bob Filner of San Diego. Snowden Gets Novel and Change of Clothes, but No Clearance to Exit Airport The lawyer helping Edward J. Snowden said more work was needed on his asylum request. Consumer sentiment rises to highest level in six years in July NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment rose in July to the highest level in six years as Americans felt better about the current economic climate, though they expected to see a slower rate of growth in the year ahead, a survey released on Friday showed. No Evidence Harvard Officials Read Faculty E-Mails, Report Says A review commissioned by the university found that administrators involved in searching faculty e-mail accounts did not believe they were violating privacy rules. Sam Horsfield Advances in US Junior Amateur England's Sam Horsfield routed two more opponents Thursday at Martis Camp Club to advance to the quarterfinals in the rain-delayed U.S. Junior Amateur. Can horn sales save the rhino? South Africa wants to sell some of its $1 billion of stockpiled rhino horns. But will it end poaching, or just encourage the slaughter? How Chromecast could change TV Google rolled out a new Nexus 7 tablet on Wednesday. But a much smaller, much cheaper new gadget may be the one that makes a seismic impact in the consumer technology world. U.S. indicts hackers in biggest cyber fraud case in history NEWARK, N.J./BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors said on Thursday they have charged five men responsible for a hacking and credit card fraud spree that cost companies more $300 million and two of the suspects are in custody, in the biggest cyber crime case filed in U.S. history. Christie Cites 9/11 in Assailing Libertarian Trend in G.O.P. Remarks on national security by Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey included a disparaging allusion to Senator Rand Paul, starting a pointed exchange between the camps of two likely Republican rivals for 2016. Parted by war, united by hope This couple spent most of the past 60 years believing the other dead. Today, they are together again. Revised Plan for Taller Midtown Fails to Assuage Critics Some find little comfort in modifications to a proposal to rezone a 70-block area around Grand Central Terminal for even taller skyscrapers. Movie Review Aubrey Plaza Stars in The To Do List In The To Do List, Aubrey Plaza plays a smart and driven high school graduate who decides that she has been missing something and sets out to lose her virginity. Syrian refugees face resentment He escaped the war, but life's no happier now for Omar. The 8-year-old Syrian refugee longs for friends back in Qusayr, hard hit by a civil war that grinds on. He also misses days in school -- when the most he had to worry about was finishing his homework. A fair World Cup deal ? After Apple and Google come under pressure over aggressive tax avoidance strategies, now its FIFA's turn to defend its lucrative financial arrangements with World Cup hosts Brazil.

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