| Latest worldwide news | NBNK says handed Lloyds chairman key Co-op risk document | | | LONDON, July 4 (Reuters) - Banking start-up NBNK said on Thursday its executives had personally handed a document to the chairman of Lloyds Banking Group early last year spelling out the risks of selling hundreds of branches to a rival bidder. |
| Steely Djokovic Subdues Del Potro in Epic Semi-Final | | | In the end, an exhausted, sweat-soaked Novak Djokovic could not stop himself from joining 15,000 hollering fans in giving Argentine warrior Juan Martin Del Potro a standing ovation after an epic display of courage and endurance at Wimbledon on Friday. |
| Can Mourinho be 'the Stable One?' | | | Once "the Special One," Jose Mourinho now calls himself "the Happy One" -- but his much-hyped first press conference back at Chelsea reveals that his new character may well be "the Stable One." |
| NASCAR pioneer Nicole | | | Nicole Lyons sets the pace for African-American woman in NASCAR. George Howell reports. |
| What is the Muslim Brotherhood? | | | A year after Mohamed Morsy became Egypt's first democratically-elected president, millions of Egyptians took to the streets calling for him to step down. |
| Special delivery for Baby Noor | | | Seven years ago, she captured the hearts of soldiers who brought her to the U.S. for life-saving surgery. Now she's stolen the hearts of ordinary Americans who read of her plight and pitched in to make her life a bit less difficult. |
| Seguin, Eriksson Highlight 7-Player Deal | | | Tyler Seguin is headed to the Dallas Stars in a trade less than a week after Boston's general manager criticized the former No. 2 overall pick as needing to be a "better pro." |
| NASA picks Florida agency to take over shuttle landing strip | | | CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA has selected Space Florida, a state-backed economic development agency, to take over operations, maintenance and development of the space shuttle's idled landing site at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, officials said on Friday. |
| Montgomerie Misses Out on British Open | | | Colin Montgomerie's rushed journey to take place in British Open qualifying on Tuesday was all in vain. The Scottish veteran failed to make the field for the major after struggling in wet conditions. |
| Middle East wants Angry Birds | | | Those countries in the Middle East that have been spared political upheaval find themselves enmeshed in a different sort of battle of late. As Qatar, the UAE and Jordan split what's left of the region's tourists, each is fighting to pull in the lion's share. Their weapon of choice? Theme parks. |
| Twitter begins cookie-based ad targeting | | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc said Wednesday it would begin showing individually targeted ads using cookies, an effective online tracking technology that has also fueled concerns about internet privacy. |
| Senior Egypt cleric demands politicians' release | | | CAIRO (Reuters) - The head of Egypt's leading Islamic institution demanded the release of political prisoners on Friday after the arrests of several leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood following the army's overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. |
| Don't get hacked on vacation | | | Most of us want to stay connected on vacation. That can make travelers an easy target for hackers, says Karin Caifa. |
| Scientists Fabricate Rudimentary Human Livers | | | Researchers who began with human stem cells derived from skin report that tiny livers like those seen early in fetal life grew into functioning organ buds when transplanted into mice. |
| Can we forgive Paula Deen? | | | Dean Obeidallah says history is full of individuals' and society evolving away from bigoted views, such as with same-sex marriage. A sincere apology should lead to redemption. |
| 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. |
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