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News Feed Latest worldwide news On Par Baltusrol Is a Landmark Course in Almost Every Sense Baltusrol has made its bid to be designated a National Historic Landmark. The course has showcased the work of the architect A. W. Tillinghast for more than a century. Driver missing, 44 hurt in Swiss train crash Two commuter trains collided head-on Monday in western Switzerland, injuring dozens and leaving the driver unaccounted for, say officials. Wave of car bombings target Iraqi Shi'ites, killing 60 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs ripped through busy streets and markets in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 60 people in predominantly Shi'ite areas in some of the deadliest violence since Sunni insurgents stepped up attacks this year. Whats On Friday Television highlights. Leland Mitchell, Who Defied Racism on the Basketball Court, Dies at 72 A decision by Mitchell and his teammates to play in a N.C.A.A. tournament despite opposition was widely seen as the beginning of the end of segregation in college sports. Pope says no to women priests July 29 - Pope Francis, in some of the most compassionate words from any pontiff on gays, said they should neither be judged nor marginalized and should be integrated into society, but he also said that the Church teachings are that homosexual acts are a sin. He added that the Church will not consider the ordination of women. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Official 11 police, 1 civilian wounded in Egypt bombing A bomb exploded overnight Tuesday near a police station in Egypt's Nile Delta region, wounding 11 police and one civilian, an official said on state television. Measures set up as gas rig burns in Gulf of Mexico A fire that erupted at a natural gas rig in the Gulf of Mexico is prompting extra measures, including flyovers and preparations to drill a relief well. Social Qs (Married) Girls Just Want to Have Fun Answers to questions about flirting, dinner guests and more. High def video gaming on the Chromebook Pixel Thank you Steam! While the Chrome browser takes full advantage of the Chromebook Pixel's hardware, I thought it would interesting to see how video gaming works on the device. Quite well, with just a few small issues, it turns out. Marooned at the world's end Capt. Robert Bartlett was awakened by a sharp crack, like a gunshot. His ship was sinking. The 30-Minute Interview Samuel Schneider Mr. Schneider is a managing partner of Imperium Capital, a real estate development and investment company based in New York; its holdings include the Apple Store in SoHo. N.H.L. Schedule Shows Realignment and Olympics Break The N.H.L. announced four new division names, the 2013-14 schedule and an agreement to allow players to participate in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. UPDATE 4-Hudson's Bay CEO bets big on department stores with Saks buy * Baker says to spin off small piece into REIT but own the rest Renesas plans to close major chip plant in Japan sources TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Renesas Electronics Corp plans to close a system LSI chip plant in northern Japan that makes chips for Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii game consoles and other consumer electronics, after failing to find a buyer for the facility, sources familiar with the matter said on Saturday. Table for Three At Lunch With Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric McCormack The actors Eric McCormack and Jesse Tyler Ferguson are known for their groundbreaking TV roles, but both agree that a subtle approach to getting out a message works best. LVMH shares jump as Louis Vuitton calms worries PARIS (Reuters) - Shares in LVMH soared on Friday after the luxury group reassured investors about margins and sales growth at its star brand Louis Vuitton and joined rival Kering in pointing to an... With No Living Inductees, Only Echoes Stir the Quiet at the Hall of Fame The annual ceremony was especially notable for the players who were excluded and underscored the damage that performance-enhancing drugs have inflicted on baseball. Dot Earth Blog A Humbling View of the Home Planet Earth Seen from Saturn A humbling view of the home planet from 898 million miles away. Fools, by Joan Silber Joan Silbers characters come into hard-won wisdom. UPDATE 1-'Despicable Me' minions top Sandler's 'Grown Ups 2' at box office NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, July 14 (Reuters) - The mighty minions of "Despicable Me 2" beat human comedy star Adam Sandler's new "Grown Ups 2" at the U.S. and Canadian movie box office this weekend. Hospital operator HCA says Bracken to retire as CEO July 29 (Reuters) - HCA Holdings Inc, the largest for-profit U.S. hospital operator, on Monday said Richard Bracken would step down as chief executive by year-end and would be replaced by R. Milton Johnson, who is currently chief financial officer. Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying Gulf spill evidence (Reuters) - Halliburton Co has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday. T Magazine One-Thing Shops | Where You Can Find the Most Beautiful Brushes in Germany In the shadow of a famous German cathedral lies an inviting hole in the wall where a single family has been making brushes of all shapes and sizes for more than a century. Sports Briefing | Football Jets Sign Veteran Kicker Cundiff The Jets added competition for the incumbent kicker Nick Folk, signing the veteran Billy Cundiff to a one-year deal Tuesday. American Wiebe Beats Langer in Playoff to Win Senior Open Mark Wiebe clinched the British Senior Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on Monday after winning a playoff against Bernhard Langer, who had blown a two-shot lead on the final hole on Sunday before bad light stopped play. Golden reason to lose weight The city of Dubai is offering gold as an incentive for a weight loss initiative it will launch this week. Emily Shaked, Andrew Greene The bride is an office manager for the president of a nonprofit organization; the groom is a seventh-grade teacher. Female authors with male monikers Following this week's revelation that J.K. Rowling penned a crime thriller under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, the "Harry Potter" creator has joined a long line of women who have written novels under a cloak of masculinity. Why disc drives are an endangered species Could the phrase "burn a disc" soon be interred in the computing graveyard, resting peacefully alongside 8-bit graphics and the chirping, buzzing hum of a dial-up modem? Some of the most influential computer makers in the world say yes. Babcock to Coach Canada's Men's Ice Hockey Team in Sochi Mike Babcock will return as head coach of the defending champion Canadian men's ice hockey team at next year's Sochi Olympics, Hockey Canada said on Monday. Bits Blog Longtime Apple Leader Drops Out of Executive Team Bob Mansfield, a longtime top executive at Apple, has switched to a role working on special projects at the company. CNNFC stars sign on for UNICEF Over the past few weeks some of the biggest names in world football have been guests on CNNFC. Snapshot The Actor Will Poulter Talks About Were the Millers In Were the Millers, Will Poulter has a full-frontal sequence, he raps, and he makes out with Jennifer Aniston and Emma Roberts at the same time. KKR's second-quarter earnings plunge on fund values * Q2 economic net income down 74 percent at $144.4 million Sharing the Wealth as a Comic Book Goes to Hollywood The movie 2 Guns, adapted from the comic books from Boom Studios, opens this week. Thanks to Booms creator share model, both the publisher and comics writer reap benefits. GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks fall, dollar hovers near 5-week low as Fed awaited * Nikkei plumbs four-week lows, other Asian markets softer Champion Blackhawks Sign Coach Quenneville to Extension The Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks have retained head coach Joel Quenneville on a three-year contract extension, the National Hockey League (NHL) team said on Friday. Win a Trip 2013 As Erin Luhmann travels with Op-Ed columnist Nicholas D. Kristof, she reports on malnutrition in Mali, treatments for clubfoot in Niger and the refugee crisis from the conflict in Darfur. Zabel Resigns From Advisory Group After Doping Confession Former sprint cyclist Erik Zabel, who admitted on Sunday to years of doping, has resigned from the Professional Cycling Council (CCP), an advisory body to the UCI, the governing body said on Monday.

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