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News Feed Latest worldwide news Scientists smell success with durian wine July 21 - Scientists in Singapore are turning their hands to wine-making, using the pungent-smelling durian as a replacement for grapes. They're still a long way from commercializing durian wine, but the researchers are confident that the so-called "King of Fruits" has potential for producing a wine that people will want to drink. Tara Cleary reports. Sports Briefing | Colleges Former W.N.B.A. President to Lead Big East The newly reconstituted Big East Conference has hired Val Ackerman, a former W.N.B.A. president and a member of the Womens Basketball Hall of Fame, as its commissioner. TIMELINE-Dell's buyout a topsy-turvy affair Aug 1 (Reuters) - The proposal by Michael Dell and Silver Lake to buy out and take private the world's No. 3 PC maker, Dell Inc, for $24.4 billion will be put to the test on Friday, when shareholders... Team rebuilding world's first website Twenty years ago, a team of researchers shared the Web with the world. Now they want to show a generation that grew up online what it was like in its earliest days. DealBook Former Goldman Trader Is Found Liable in Mortgage Deal Fabrice Tourre, the former Goldman Sachs trader at the center of a toxic mortgage deal sold to investors on the eve of the financial crisis, was found liable on six of the seven civil charges against him. Doping allegations hobble A-Rod Alex Rodriguez is the rare athlete who transcends the sport in which he is considered one of the greatest players of all time. Wall Street Sharply Higher The Standard Poors 500-stock index broke through the 1,700 mark as data from around the world pointed to improving economic conditions. UPDATE 2-Allied Irish trims H1 loss, cost cuts take hold * H1 after-tax loss 758 mln euros vs 1.05 bln euros year ago South Carolina Looking Into Clowney Contact South Carolina's athletic compliance department is looking into contact between defensive end Jadeveon Clowney and rap mogul turned sports agency head, Jay-Z. U.S. Open Singles Champions Will Get Record $2.6 Million All the singles players at the United States Open are getting a big raise, from the record $2.6 million each champion will take home to the $32,000 for everyone who loses in the first round. Obama to Appear on Tonight Show His topics, NBC said, will be job initiatives and the economy. Snowden dad no 'emotional tool' The FBI planned to fly the Edward Snowden's father to Moscow to encourage the National Security Agency leaker to come home to the United States, his father told the Washington Post. Red Bulls Cahill to Miss 3-4 Weeks A knee injury sustained in last weeks win against Real Salt Lake will sideline the Australian international midfielder. N.F.L. Television Pioneer to Step Down Next Year Steve Bornstein, who secured coverage of N.F.L. games for ESPN and helped establish the NFL Network, will step down in the spring of 2014. What's next for 'The Walking Dead' Before heading to Comic-Con in San Diego last weekend, the cast members of "The Walking Dead" were each given a folder with talking points about the upcoming fourth season. U.S. hero goes back for wingman The last time Thomas Hudner was in North Korea, he was fighting for his life. Devils Star Ilya Kovalchuk Retires From NHL Star forward Ilya Kovalchuk stunned the New Jersey Devils on Thursday, retiring from the NHL to return to his native Russia. $250 Million, a Record Gift, Set for College in Kentucky Centre College in Danville, Ky., has received the largest outright gift ever made to a liberal arts college $250 million of stock from the A. Eugene Brockman Charitable Trust. Well Moon Phases Tied to Sleep Cycles Swiss researchers have found evidence that the lunar cycle may affect sleep patterns, with total sleep time lowest at full moon. N.F.L. Television Pioneer to Step Down Next Year Steve Bornstein, who secured coverage of N.F.L. games for ESPN and helped establish the NFL Network, will step down in the spring of 2014. Aresco American Expects Inclusion at Top Level With change on the horizon for college sports, American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco wants everyone to know his league has the resources and the will to be included with the top football conferences in the country. Mursi supporters defiantly hold night vigils in Cairo Aug. 1 - The Muslim Brotherhood ignores the army-backed rulers' warning that it will clear vigils as they hold night prayers in the Egyptian capital. Sophia Soo reports. Well Moon Phases Tied to Sleep Cycles Swiss researchers have found evidence that the lunar cycle may affect sleep patterns, with total sleep time lowest at full moon. Television Review On The Profit, Marcus Lemonis Rescues Small Businesses The new American dream, as depicted on CNBCs reality series The Profit, celebrates the big guy, not the little guy. Sketch Guy Some Investing Stories Sound Good Until You Analyze Them Stories about young real estate investors may be persuasive, the author writes, but deciding if similar actions would be good for us is crucial. Paris winners get replica trophy CNN visits the Paris jewelry store that crafts the replica trophies taken home by winners French Open winners. Wealth Matters A Public Debate Over the Wisdom of Gandolfinis Will Did James Gandolfini, the actor who played the mob boss Tony Soprano, exercise sound financial judgment about his estate? Paris winners get replica trophy CNN visits the Paris jewelry store that crafts the replica trophies taken home by winners French Open winners. QA Verifying Gmail on the Road If you do not have access to your cellphone for Gmails verification process, there is an option to print out a set of codes. Efforts to Recruit Poor Students Lag at Some Elite Colleges A comparison of low-income enrollment shows wide disparities among the most competitive private schools. NASCAR's pit crew pioneer Christmas Abbott, 5'3 and 115 pounds, is the first woman to join a NASCAR pit crew team. The Lede Reaction to the Manning Verdict Pfc. Bradley Manning was an Army intelligence analyst who provided some 700,000 secret documents to WikiLeaks. QA Installing Windows Updates, Automatic or Manually Tips for software updates and scroll bars on the Mac. UPDATE 2-Time Warner Cable posts weak Internet numbers, sparks deal talk Aug 1 (Reuters) - Time Warner Cable Inc reported quarterly revenue below analysts' estimates as it added less than half the number of subscribers for high-speed data services that analysts had expected. Senate Approves College Student Loan Plan Tying Rates to Markets The plan would tie interest rates for student loans to the financial markets and brings Congress close to resolving a dispute that caused rates to double in July. 2 more die from poisoned bootleg rum in Cuba The death toll from a batch of poisoned, bootleg rum climbed to nine people, Cuban state TV said Thursday. COMMODITIES-Oil and copper rise on positive global data, supply outage By Barani Krishnan NEW YORK, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Oil prices jumped on Thursday, with Brent crude gaining its most in nearly six months, and copper rallied too as energy supply outages in Africa and Iraq and a wave of surprisingly positive global economic data drove investors toward commodities. Prices of precious metals and crops bucked the broadly higher trend. Gold fell for a fourth straight day after the European Central Bank's pledge to keep rates low pushed the euro down and the Dick Kazmaier, a Heisman Winner Who Passed on the N.F.L., Dies at 82 Mr. Kazmaier, a Princeton halfback who won the Heisman in 1951, was drafted by the Bears but declined to join the team, or any other, saying he had achieved all he wanted in the sport. US STOCKS-Dow, SP 500 end at highs after data, stimulus in place NEW YORK, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The Dow and SP 500 hit record closing highs on Thursday, with the SP 500 topping 1,700 after strong data on factory growth and as major central banks said they would... Paperback Business Best Sellers Rankings are based on October figures.

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