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News Feed Latest worldwide news Bartoli romps to Wimbledon title France's Marion Bartoli has claimed the women's singles title at Wimbledon with a crushing 6-1 6-4 victory over Sabine Lisicki. 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. Front Row Scents for Men, Minus the Mating Calls Darren Criss, the Glee actor, will offer advice on The Motley, a mens grooming Web site that targets a more sophisticated customer. Bucks Blog Thursday Reading How Faith Can Affect Therapy How faith can affect mental health therapy, freshening up a kitchen for a home sale, creating your own personal weather station and other consumer-focused news from The New York Times. Dell's buyout teeters as it rejects voting change NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Dell's and Silver Lake's $24.4 billion bid to take Dell Inc private suffered a blow on Wednesday after the company's special committee rejected their request to change... 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. What the pope left out about women Alice Laffey says for many Catholic women, anything less than women's ordination as priests reveals discriminatory church. Still Francis' comments bode well for women in poverty Boeing wins $2 billion deal for 13 more P-8 surveillance planes Pentagon WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co won a contract valued at $2.04 billion to build 13 more P-8A multi-mission maritime surveillance planes for the U.S. Navy, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday. The Learning Network Blog Test Yourself | English, July 30, 2013 Can you choose the correct meaning of an idiom as it is used in the article? Doctor and Patient When the Patient Is Racist Since Hippocrates, physicians have embraced the ideal of caring for all patients, regardless of who they might be. But what does the doctor do when the patient discriminates? You're the Boss The Value of Saying No Small-business owners often have trouble turning down business. As a result, they often end up extremely busy doing unprofitable work. Jobs growth in U.S. capital pauses; concern about spending cuts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For Washington, D.C., a city largely sheltered from the 2007-2009 recession, the jobs boom may be ending. Recipes for Health Grated Squash, Corn and Tomatillo Tacos Tacos with a light filling make for a perfect summer meal. Tunisian opposition leader killed outside home Mohammed Al-brahimi, a member of the Tunisian parliament and opposition member, was found slain in his home Thursday, the Tunisian interior ministry told CNN Arabic. Satellite problems cut phones in Canada's Arctic *Flights canceled, bank machines, cell phones stop working The world's vanishing glaciers The melting glacial ice in places like the Alps, Greenland and the Himalayas is a dramatic visual document of how our planet's climate is changing. T Magazine Food Matters | A Meeting of the United Nations of Gastronomy The Club des Chefs des Chefs, an organization composed entirely of chefs who serve international heads of state, kicked off its fun-loving annual summit in New York last weekend. ArtsBeat Gallery to Pop Up in Montauk The Art Production Fund and Fabiola Beracasa have created an outdoor exhibition that will run from Aug. 1 to Sept. 8. The singer speaks out for gay marriage July 30 - Ex-teen star Miley Cyrus explains why she's such a passionate advocate of gay marriage. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). UPDATE 5-Ackman's Pershing Square takes $2.2 bln stake in Air Products By Svea Herbst-Bayliss, Swetha Gopinath and Ernest Scheyder Small businesses see growth, but eye interest rates NEW YORK (Reuters) - Small business owners plan for growth this year but are closely tracking recent interest rate rises and any impact they might have on their business and customers, according to a... Oprah Winfrey Network finally making money for Discovery (Reuters) - The Oprah Winfrey Network is making money four years after its debut, as stronger ratings and advertising growth helped turn around the joint venture with Discovery Communications Inc sooner than expected. Carter on doping suspicions Jamaican Sprinter Nesta Carter tells CNN's Pedro Pinto why he was suspected of using performance enhancing drugs. Northrop beats out Raytheon for F-16 radar upgrade deal contract WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) - Northrop Grumman Corp on Wednesday said it had won a contract from Lockheed Martin Corp to upgrade the radar systems on the F-16 fighters jets for the U.S. Air Force and Taiwan. Mugabe faces Tsvangirai in Zimbabwe election July 31 - Zimbabwean PM Morgan Tsvangirai in his third attempt to unseat President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe since 1980. Lily Grimes reports. Power Is Cut to Philippine Province Over Unpaid Bills More than one million people lost electricity for over 24 hours after a power cooperative was cut off for $92 million in unpaid bills. U.S. Set to Face Panama in Final, but Coach Is Barred for Outburst Jurgen Klinsmann was suspended by Gold Cup organizers for showing dissent towards the referee in a semifinal victory. U.S. man convicted of al Qaeda support says his free speech was violated BOSTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for a Massachusetts man convicted a year and a half ago of conspiring to support al Qaeda have claimed that prosecutors prejudiced the jury with videos of beheadings and that the judge who sentenced him violated his right to free speech. Razzano Stuns Kuznetsova, Stosur Beats Lepchenko Virginie Razzano of France stunned two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova with a 6-4, 6-2 win in the first round of the Southern California Open on Monday. Cibulkova Outlasts Radwanska to Win at Stanford Dominika Cibulkova avenged one of the worst losses in a WTA Tour final, beating Agnieszka Radwanskato win the Bank of the West Classic. A women's Tour de France? Could a women's Tour de France become a reality? With75,000 people having signed an online petition and the social media campaign having captured the imagination, the quest for equality is well and truly underway. Mugabe faces Tsvangirai in Zimbabwe election July 31 - Zimbabwean PM Morgan Tsvangirai in his third attempt to unseat President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe since 1980. Lily Grimes reports. Building Blocks An Architect Whose Work Stood Out, Even if She Didnt Almost invisibly in her own day, Natalie de Blois, of Skidmore, Owings Merrill, helped guide the design of three of the most important corporate landmarks of the 1950s and 60s. Breakingviews Facebook tops IPO price July 31 - Reynolds Holding talks with Breakingviews columnists about the companys shares finally rising above $38 and how breakthroughs in mobile advertising made that possible. 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. Mickelson Back to Earth at Firestone With Work to Do Having been on cloud nine since winning his fifth major crown at the British Open nine days ago, Phil Mickelson is ready to resume his challenge for more golf titles at this week's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. U.S. funds' equity allocation at six-year low NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. money management firms trimmed share holdings in July to their lowest in more than six years, taking profits after a strong first-half rally, and also shifted out of bonds... Saudi blogger faces jail, 600 lashes for insulting Islam A Saudi court has sentenced a activist to seven years in prison and 600 lashes for violating the nation's anti-cybercrime law, Human Rights Watch reported Wednesday. Leading Off Not Everythings Ho-Hum as the Trade Deadline Approaches Baseballs simmering drug investigation could boil over into suspensions and then there is the new Red Sox, Jake Peavy, and his peanut butter pitch. Dalke, Wagner Lead Junior PGA Brad Dalke took the first-round lead Tuesday in the Junior PGA Championship and Samantha Wagner topped the girls' leaderboard.

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