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News Feed Latest worldwide news Well Why Smoking Rates Are at New Lows The smoking rate among adults in the United States has dropped again, an encouraging trend that experts on smoking cessation attribute to public policies like smoke-free air laws and cigarette taxes. DNA Buried 7,000 Centuries Is Retrieved The genome is 10 times as old as any retrieved so far, and scientists now say that DNA should be recoverable from animals that lived a million years ago. Bits Blog After Fighting Mobile Trend, Intel Now Embraces It Intels new chief executive, Brian Krzanich, explains how the company initially fought the mobile revolution and is now trying to catch up. Fashion Diary Milan Mens Fashion Week, the Sun Also Sets The global fashion juggernaut as we know it got its start in Milan in the 50s, but are the planets now aligning around a new star? ArtsBeat Broadways Vanya and Sonia Recoups Investment In another sign of the strong Broadway season for plays, Christopher Durangs comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike has recouped its $2.75 million capitalization and will have the rest of the summer to earn profits. The Appraisal Opening Doors by Day, Painting on Canvases by Night For eight years, a building service workers union has held an art show, giving its members a place to share their paintings, photographs, poems and sculptures. Circus performer dies A performer from the famed Cirque du Soleil troupe died during a Las Vegas show this weekend, leaving the audience to wonder if her fall was part of the act. Economix Blog To Explain the Fed, Choose a Vice Efforts by Federal Reserve officials to put the prospective tapering of monthly bond purchases in perspective have prompted a flurry of metaphors. 'Blast furnace' heat engulfs U.S. West into weekend PHOENIX (Reuters) - An "atmospheric blast furnace" engulfed the sunbaked U.S. West in dangerous triple-digit temperatures on Friday, forecasters said, raising concerns for homeless people and others unable to escape near record temperatures expected over the weekend. California Pushes for Immigrant Health Officials in the state are bucking a government trend and trying to cobble together ways to provide preventive care for the states estimated 2.6 million illegal immigrants. You're the Boss Blog How Crowdfunding Worked for One Timely Start-Up Kara Gorski and Kristin Gembala turned to a crowdfunding platform to raise $10,000 to begin manufacturing a small run of their product reconstructed bras for reconstructed girls. The Lede A Conversation With Assad (No, Not That One) President Bashar al-Assad of Syria has antagonized many people, including some members of his own extended family. One, a cousin who has long lived in Western exile, is making the rounds in the United States. Italy, Spain help European shares open Q3 strongly LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) - European shares rose on Monday as estimate-beating economic data in southern Europe and some merger acquisition activity encouraged fund managers to build up their... Britain plans world's first go-ahead for '3-parent' IVF babies LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is planning to become the first country in the world to offer controversial "three-parent" fertility treatments to families who want to avoid passing on incurable diseases... 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. Dance Review Sara Mearns in Diverse Roles for A Dancers Dream The New York Philharmonics Dancers Dream had two Stravinsky scores behind diverse dances, employing different sides of the New York City Ballet principal Sara Mearns. Janowicz and Kubot Set Up All Polish Quarter-Final Poland has waited 33 years for a male quarter-finalist at a grand slam but two arrived within a few of minutes of each other at Wimbledon on Monday as Jerzy Janowicz and Lukasz Kubot set up an unlikely last-eight clash. How to play banker on the web Peer-to-peer lending sites offer anyone the chance to lend money online to registered borrowers. People can lend as much or as little to as many people as they like. The interest rates can generate sizeable returns. Kelly Slater 'Surfing is my religion' Among the fearless young men carving scars into the faces of towering waves, is the "King of Surfing." UPDATE 2-Brazil's OGX falls 35 pct as it scraps offshore projects * OGX to cancel ship orders, pay OSX $449 mln compensation From the Mouths of Babes and Birds Insights into the mysteries of human language acquisition are coming from a surprising source songbirds. Germany won't support EU auto CO2 emissions deal sources BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will not support a European Union compromise deal to enforce stricter rules on carbon dioxide emissions for all new EU automobiles from 2020, government sources told Reuters in Berlin on Wednesday. The TV Watch Cooking Up Redemption, With a Dollop of Denial On Today Paula Deen, the tarnished queen of Southern cooking, offered a contrite defense to charges that she has used racist epithets. Large land assets help Lennar ride housing recovery wave (Reuters) - Lennar Corp reported a 27 percent rise in orders in the critical spring selling season as its large land bank helped it take advantage of a recovering U.S. housing market. Why the global economy will not affect India Nov. 14 - Tulsi Tanti, the chairman and managing director of Suzlon Energy, sits down with Chrystia Freeland to discuss the global economy and how India will not be affected like European countries have been. Job Title Key to Inner Access Held by Snowden Edward J. Snowdens assignment as an infrastructure analyst helps explain how he could lay bare the National Security Agencys efforts to identify potential targets. Gadgetwise Blog To-Do Lists, File Sharing and Other Home Worker Needs Apps that can help home workers making the most of their time and the quiet environment. U.S. Fed balance sheet grows in latest week NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew in the latest week on increased Treasuries holdings, Fed data released on Thursday showed. Elas Querejeta, 78, Producer of Major Spanish Films, Dies Mr. Querejeta produced the essential works of many of his nations most challenging filmmakers, including The Hunt (1966), by Carlos Saura, which ushered in the so-called New Spanish Cinema. DIARY-SP 500 EARNINGS MONTH AHEAD THOMSON REUTERS, Jul 01, 2013 - Diary of SP 500 Corporate earnings for U.S. companies month ahead. SP 500 Earnings - Weekly SP 500 Earnings - Day Ahead Non SP 500 - Weekly Non SP 500 - Day Ahead ConferenceCall/Webcast - Weekly ConferenceCall/Webcast - Day Meetings - Weekly Meetings - Day Ahead Economic Indicators Dividends Daily earnings hits misses GlaxoSmithKline Under Investigation by Chinese Authorities The British pharmaceutical company said the inquiry focused on whether senior managers working for the company in China were involved in economic crimes. Josephine Stevenson, Peter Weiss The couple work in Manhattan, the bride for a hedge fund and the groom for a real estate finance company. Second rover finds hint of a life-friendly ancient Mars CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A Martian rock analyzed by NASA's rover Opportunity contains clays formed in non-acidic water, an environment potentially suitable for the chemistry of ancient life to brew. Tour de France Bakelants wins stage 2 Belgium's Jan Bakelants won the second stage of the Tour de France Sunday to take the yellow jersey on his debut in the famous race. In pictures 19 new UNESCO sites North Korea fortress, Japan's Mount Fuji among sites recognized for "outstanding universal value" Visions of a Greener Pipeline A race to develop cleaner technologies is one part of an industrywide campaign in Canada aimed at winning the Obama administrations approval for a pipeline extension. Kerry optimistic after Mideast talks Secretary of State John Kerry ended four days of shuttle diplomacy Sunday without an agreement to revive Mideast peace talks but said significant progress had been made and that he would return to the region soon. Attack on Soldiers Kills 7 in Thailand The soldiers, killed in a roadside bombing in an area of southern Thailand where insurgents have been active, were returning from a patrol. Park Heads Towards U.S. Open Title South Korean golfer Inbee Park forged to a four-shot lead after the third round of the U.S. Women's Open at Sebonack Golf Club in New York on Saturday, giving her the chance to win the first three major championships of the year. The Lede Video of Mandelas Daughter Calling Reporters Vultures Nelson Mandelas oldest daughter compared the press pack waiting outside the hospital in Pretoria where he remains in critical condition to vultures in an interview with South African state television broadcast on Thursday.

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