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News Feed Latest worldwide news Consumer Confidence Revisits High Set in 2007 Rising home prices and job gains are bolstering household wealth and income. Art Review Robert Irwins Light-and-Space Work Returns to the Whitney Robert Irwins eye-filling yet barely-there mirage at the Whitney Museum makes the other art spectacles of summer seem overwrought. Global Health Mold Toxins Tied to AIDS Epidemic Aflatoxins, produced by mold on peanuts and corn, may be suppressing the immune system and worsening the AIDS epidemic in Africa. Colorado town mulls issuing licenses to shoot down drones DENVER (Reuters) - The farming and ranching town of Deer Trail, Colorado, which boasts that it held the world's first rodeo in 1869, is now considering starting a 21st century tradition - paying bounties to anyone who shoots down an unmanned drone. Amazon Reports Small Loss as It Focuses on Investments While Amazons razor-thin profits turned to razor-thin losses, the companys revenue increased 22 percent. Does Obama need Twitter friends? A new study says that President Obama is the least connected world leader on Twitter. CNN's Nina dos Santos explains. Kepler rescue try is under way Stargazers crossed their fingers Thursday as NASA attempted to revive the planet-hunting Kepler probe, idled since a piece of critical equipment gave out in orbit two months ago. Soccer Australian National Team Seeks Competition in Asia Since becoming a member of the Asian Football Confederation, Australia has seen a rise in its soccer fortunes as its players take on a more technical aspect. Preoccupations An Entrepreneur Who Took a Chance on Herself Prerna Gupta, C.E.O. of Khush Inc. x2014; the creator of an iPhone app called LaDiDa x2014; discusses her journey to entrepreneurship. Living Golf meets Bubba Watson A sneak preview of Living Golf's shoot with defending Masters champion Bubba Watson. Manassero Masters incredible The youngest-ever player to qualify for the Masters reflects on his career and the boy who will break one of his records. Study Air pollution kills two million More than two million people are dying every year from the effects of outdoor air pollution, according to a new study. Wedeman What I saw in Egypt CNN Senior International Correspondent Ben Wedeman talks about his experiences covering the Egyptian crisis. Sports Briefing | Soccer Phillips Plays On With Crystal Palace Striker Kevin Phillips, who turns 40 on Thursday, signed a one-year contract to play for Crystal Palace, the club said Saturday in a statement. Virginia Johnson, Widely Published Collaborator in Sex Research, Dies at 88 Ms. Johnson and William H. Masters helped make the frank discussion of sex in postwar America possible if not downright acceptable. Sports Briefing | Colleges Ohio State Coach Punishes Four Players Ohio State Coach Urban Meyer has disciplined four of his players for legal problems, including suspending the Buckeyes leading scorer, Carlos Hyde, who is suspected of assaulting a woman. Typhoon Soulik hits mainland China Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated Saturday along China's southeastern coast as Typhoon Soulik struck, where the storm was expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain. T Magazine Collected | Snapshots from Spoleto, the Ultimate Arts Festival Priscilla Morgan, the associate director of the pioneering Italian extravagnaza, shares her photos of the luminaries she worked with, including Isamu Noguchi, Ezra Pound and Willem de Kooning. Man Utd signs new sponsor Manchester United may face a new challenge on the field next season without Alex Ferguson but the English Premier League giant appears to have no domestic equals commercially with its ever expanding list of global sponsors. Gandolfini TV pilot not likely to air, "Sharknado" is back July 26 - The latest celebrity and entertainment headlines including Gandolfini's new TV show unlikely to air, another Pussy Riot member loses appeal and "Sharknado" is back. Lindsay Claiborn reports. Bits Blog Online Marketer Settles Privacy Charges PulsePoint agreed to pay $1 million to settle charges that the company had circumvented certain users privacy settings that blocked some targeted ads. Under Code, Apps Would Disclose Collection of Data Some app developers and consumer advocates have agreed to test a voluntary code that would require participating developers to tell consumers whether their apps are collecting personal information. Sirius XM revenue up on subscriber gains, churn improves (Reuters) - Satellite radio provider Sirius XM Radio Inc posted higher-than-expected second-quarter revenue on Thursday as it added more than 700,000 subscribers to its service, which is widely available built into cars. Hamas Closes News Media Outlets Hamas closed news media offices and a television production company for what it called the spreading of false reports and working for Israeli television. Thief drives Seagulls' van so far away A van loaded with keyboards, guitars, amps and drums used by the 1980s band A Flock of Seagulls was stolen from a southern California hotel over the weekend, police said. State of the Art Leap Motion Controller, Great Hardware in Search of Great Software The controller promises to let you control your computer with hand motions, and the hardware does that, but its software is scattershot, inconsistent and frustrating. UPDATE 2-Retailer Praktiker's prospects take a dive with insolvency move * German home improvement chain planned to operate under Max Bahr brand For Pippa Middleton, the Medias Love Sours The British press turns on a famous sister (and now aunt.) Why high-speed rail is still smart Despite Spain's terrible train crash, transport expert Yonah Freemark says high-speed rail brings benefits around the world -- and could work for the U.S. Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro Inside Africa explores the logistics of climbing Africa's tallest mountain and meets tourists about to do so. Louisiana Agency Sues Dozens of Energy Companies for Damage to Wetlands The lawsuit argues that the energy companies should be held liable for harm done to the states wetlands in their efforts to obtain oil and gas. Dance Review L-E-V Performs at Jacobs Pillow The dance troupe known as L-E-V presented House, a work by Sharon Eyal, on Thursday night at the Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival. Worst airport for delays is... Need to get somewhere on time? Tropical Storm Dorian weakens on path toward Caribbean MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Dorian weakened on Friday as it moved across the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean toward the Caribbean, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Mursi opponents crowd Tahrir Square July 26 - Thousands of Mursi opponents follow the Egyptian army chief's call to demonstrate against "violence and terrorism" in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). The man who could have been Pele? Seven decades before Neymar, a world away from Ronaldinho and Ronaldo, a predecessor to Zico and Socrates, there was a formidable striker who could have rivaled Pele. That man was Heleno de Freitas, a soccer superstar in the days before Brazil ruled the "beautiful game." 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. Sports Briefing | Soccer Guardiola and Bayern Munich Beat Barcelona Bayern Munich defeated Barcelona, 2-0, in a preseason friendly that pitted Pep Guardiolas new side against his former team. Caroline Kennedy, Catching the Torch In a public role that friends say she has been building a lifetime toward, Caroline Kennedy, the guardian of the flame, is poised to add to her familys rich legacy. ArtsBeat New York Musical Theater Festival Report Icarus The Boston-based ensemble Liars Believers sets the famliar story in a Depression-era traveling sideshow.

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