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News Feed Latest worldwide news Egypt army gives Mursi 48 hours to share power CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's armed forces handed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi a virtual ultimatum to share power on Monday, giving feuding politicians 48 hours to compromise or have the army impose its own road map for the country. B.E.T. Awards Red Carpet Looks from the red carpet at the B.E.T Awards, including Kendrick Lamar, Janelle Monae and Pharrell Williams. Top Pick Bennett Heralds Rise of Canadian Basketball Canada is famed as a hotbed of hockey, but basketball dominated headlines in the Great White North after Anthony Bennett became the first Canadian to be taken first overall in the NBA Draft. Vanderbilt Ousts 4 Football Players Vanderbilt has dismissed four football players from the team and kicked them off campus while the Nashville police investigate whether a sex crime occurred in a campus dormitory. T Magazine The Scene | Paris Mens Fashion Week Raf Simons Scenes from the mens fashion week photo diary of Schohaja. With a Solid Hit, CBS Breaks the Summer Ratings Mold Ratings for Under the Dome vindicate a decision by CBS to stop ceding the season to cable. Murray Survives Mini-Scare to Reach Last Eight Andy Murray suffered a mini crisis of confidence and faced his first tiebreak of the tournament but recovered his nerve and timing to beat Russian Mikhail Youzhny 6-4 7-6(5) 6-1 on Monday and take his regular berth in the Wimbledon quarter-finals. Longer-term El Nino warnings to help farmers adapt OSLO (Reuters) - Scientists have found a way to forecast El Nino weather events in the Pacific a year in advance, long enough to let farmers plant crops less vulnerable to global shifts in rainfall, a study showed on Monday. Kristan Jiggetts, Benjamin Kenney The bride teaches high-school English in Deerfield, Ill.; the groom is an assistant director of strategic research and analysis for the University of Chicago Medicine. Indiana Not Yet at Full Strength After Departures Indiana's basketball practices are getting lonely these days. Stockton taxpayers want bigger role in California city's bankruptcy case SAN FRANCISCO, June 28 (Reuters) - A group of California taxpayers went to court on Friday to demand a greater role in how the city of Stockton would raise taxes to exit the bankruptcy it filed a... Riff My Kids Are Obsessed With Technology, and Its All My Fault They crave SpongeBob. I craved Asteroids. But were both really looking for the same thing. Secrets below tennis stars' feet CNN's Christina MacFarlane shows us how the French Open maintains its special surface. Whos the Jets No. 1 Quarterback? Its a Tossup After a three-day minicamp, neither Mark Sanchez nor Geno Smith has the edge as the Jets starter at quarterback. U.S. is not waging 'war on coal' Energy Secretary Moniz VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.S. government is not waging a "war on coal" but rather expects it to still play a significant role, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said on Sunday, rejecting criticism of President Barack Obama's climate change plan. Mandelas Relatives Argue Over Burial Plans The former South African president remained in critical condition in Pretoria while a court battle over his future grave site continued. Not a vulture but a drone South Africa police detain cameraman PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African police on Friday detained the owner of a radio-controlled helicopter drone carrying a camera that was filming scenes around the Pretoria hospital where ailing anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is being treated. Wall Street bounces back; Zynga cuts staff June 3 - Summary of business headlines Market recovers some of Friday's sell-off as data suggest Fed has economic cover to keep buying; Zynga to slash jobs in bid to save up to $80 million per year; Merck drug shows early promise, stock gains. Conway G. Gittens reports. Apple tests iPhone motion detection Apple appears to be testing out motion control features that will let people control their iPhones by moving their heads. Chinese Firm Is Charged in Theft of Turbine Software Chinas biggest wind turbine company and two of its executives are accused of conspiring to steal an American firms software for controlling the flow of electricity. D-Backs to Wear Patch to Honor Firefighters The Arizona Diamondbacks will wear a memorial patch on their uniforms for the remainder of the season to honor the 19 firefighters killed while battling a wildfire northwest of Phoenix. Glastonbury hosts heaven, hell and haircuts alongside the music PILTON, England (Reuters) - Tomato fights, anarchic gymnasts and astrophysics drew festival-goers of all ages away from the mainstream music acts at Britain's Glastonbury festival this weekend. Small business confidence hits one-year high in May WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Small business optimism rose to a one year-high in May, a hopeful sign for an economy that has hit a soft patch. FOREX-Stuck on a risk roundabout, yen at the rear * USD edges back, AUD rallies but wary before RBA meeting Can Africa become China 2.0? Africa can emulate China's success, but not without making sacrifices, says China's special representative on African Affairs. 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. Critics Notebook New York Asian Film Festival Offers Sturdy Hollywood Themes Among its 59 features this year, the New York Asian Film Festival offers inventive takes on movie genres Hollywood has largely given up on. RPT-DEALTALK-Snowden fallout comes at bad time for private equity * Carlyle's peers seen overpaying for companies in 2007-11 Firms can duck NSA surveillance Reddit co-founder The best way for tech companies, from search engines to social media, to protect their users' privacy is to simply stop storing their data, says Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. Ohanian spoke with Reuters Opinion Editor Jim Ledbetter at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Column Are consumers ready to be empowered by smart power meters? LONDON (Reuters) - Used right, the new generation of smart power meters could cut peak electricity consumption by up to 20 percent, avoiding the need to construct 2,000 new power plants across the... Music Review TILT Brass Offers Five Premieres at Concert at Roulette TILT Brass celebrated its 10th anniversary on Thursday night at Roulette in Brooklyn. DealBook Tribune to Buy 19 TV Stations Amid Groundswell of Consolidation The Tribune Company agreed on Monday to buy 19 local television stations for about $2.7 billion, becoming one of the nations biggest commercial TV station owners. TV drama 'Ray Donovan' delivers flawed man as Hollywood's 'fixer' LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Broken arms, baseball bat beat-downs, bugged hotel rooms, and a drag queen prostitute blackmailing the star of an upcoming blockbuster action film. On the Runway Blog A Fashion Rock Star Returns Naomi Campbell walked the runway for Versace to kick off couture week in Paris. RPT-Fitch affirms Penarth Trust series following addition of accounts July 1 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Winklevoss twins plan IPO for Bitcoin-tracking stock SAN FRANCISCO, July 1 (Reuters) - The Winklevoss twins, who famously alleged that Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg stole their website idea, have revealed plans for an IPO that will give investors exposure to the value of digital currency Bitcoins. Bucks Blog Rising Rates, and the Rent vs. Buy Decision Buyers should take into account their personal situation, not just mortgage rates, when deciding to buy instead of renting a home. Yankees Rodriguez Cleared to Begin Play in Minors Alex Rodriguez, who is recovering from hip surgery, is scheduled to start at third base Tuesday night for the Charleston, S.C., RiverDogs of the South Atlantic League. Op-Ed Contributors Bittersweet Achievement on Climate Obamas new rules are no replacement for Congressional action. Can cruising regain public trust? Richard Quest speaks with Alan Buckelew, CEO of Princess Cruises, who says the industry cannot afford more accidents.

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