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News Feed Latest worldwide news A one-way ticket to the Sun NASA will launch a probe to orbit and study the Sun, hoping to learn ways to predict solar flares that could fry satellites and wipe out the U.S. power grid. Smithsonian astrophysicist Justin Kasper is one of the team's leaders, and he sat down with Reuters at the Aspen Ideas Festival to talk about the mission. Bucks Debt Relief Firms Are Charging for Free Programs Some private student debt relief companies make it hard to know what they charge and what they actually offer. Plane carrying Missoni boss found Nearly six months after it went missing off Venezuela's coast, authorities have located the small plane that was carrying Italian fashion boss Vittorio Missoni and five others, the country's Interior Ministry announced. Snowden hunt leaves media stuck By the time we depart Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport, we will have spent 36 hours on the ground. Like Edward Snowden, whose exact location here in the transit lounge remains a mystery, we cannot step foot on Russian soil without special visa clearance. DealBook Terra Firma Real Estate Unit to Raise $1.5 Billion in I.P.O. Terra Firma, the private equity firm run by Guy Hands, plans to raise as much as $1.5 billion through the initial public offering of the German real estate company Deutsche Annington. Lawyers seeks house arrest for Vatican monsignor ROME (Reuters) - Magistrates on Monday questioned Nunzio Scarano, the Vatican prelate detained on suspicion of trying to smuggle tens of millions of euros into Italy, and lawyers asked that he be released into house arrest. GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks soggy as Fed tapering worries linger, China eyed * Worries about Fed exit plan back at fore after Fed official comments Cleric Arrested in $26 Million Plot, Leaving New Blot on Vatican Bank A monsignor, a broker and a Secret Service agent are accused of trying to repatriate millions of euros from Switzerland. Christian Quarter of Old City in Damascus Hit by Attacks Syrias official news agency and witnesses reached by telephone said at least four people were killed in a suicide bombing, which targeted a medical charity. India Ink Image of the Day July 1 An archery festival on the outskirts of Leh, Jammu and Kashmir. The Texas Tribune A Policy Keeps Some Texas Doctors From the Delivery Room A situation in Wise County illustrates how many family physicians are caught in a growing divide between rural and urban health care markets. Egypt standoff goes on after mass demos July 1 - Egyptian protesters remain in Tahrir Square and near the presidential palace, vowing not to leave until President Mohamed Mursi steps down. Jessica Gray reports. Preview Rested Red Bulls Back in Action It has been more than three weeks between league games for the Red Bulls a time in which the club moved into a new training center and was supplanted in first place. U.S. spying is out of control David Rothkopf says the overreach and ineffective oversight of our intelligence efforts is as much of a threat to the kind of country we want to be as any terrorist group Ethiopia's monolithic churches Errol Barnett ventures through Ethiopian cliffs where churches were carved out of stone centuries ago. Intuit to sell financial services unit for $1 bln July 1 (Reuters) - Intuit Inc said it would sell its financial services unit to private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $1.03 billion as it focuses on its core tax-preparation software business. After Beauty of Corsica, Brunt of Tour Awaits With a technical ordeal awaiting them, and coastal headwinds slowing the riders, the 21 other Tour de France teams could not be bothered to try to take the lead from Jan Bakelants. Record heat wave in U.S. Southwest When it's so oppressively hot that your sneakers melt, there's a run on your ice cream shop, and your July 4th plans are dashed, then there's really not much else you can do but bear it and grin. Brazilian banks BNDES, Caixa face biggest exposure to EBX woes, BofA says SAO PAULO, July 1 (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run lenders Caixa Econmica Federal and BNDES have the largest loan exposure to debt-laden Grupo EBX, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said on Monday, as markets assess risks stemming from years of hefty borrowing by billionaire Eike Batista's mining and energy conglomerate. PRESS DIGEST - British Business - July 2 July 2 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. REFILE-RLPC-EMEA syndicated loan volume reaches $386 bln in first half LONDON, June 28 (Reuters) - Syndicated lending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) was broadly flat, down 1 percent year on year to $386 billion in the first six months of 2013, as borrower... Police No Suspect in Burglary at Stoops' Home Police said Thursday they have no suspects in a burglary at the home of Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops. Obama unveils African power initiative June 30 - U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled on Sunday (June 30) a $7 billion initiative to double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa over the next five years, in what could be his presidency's signature program to benefit Africa. Bomb kills 12 soccer players, fans in Iraq July 1 - A bomb planted near a yard where people were playing soccer kills 12 people on Sunday, police and medics say. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). U.S. PGA Tour Agrees to Anchored Putting Ban The U.S. PGA Tour avoided a potentially damaging split over golf's rules by falling in line with the Royal Ancient and United States Golf Association (USGA) agreeing to a ban on anchored putting on Monday. Currents | Lighting Natures Little Baubles An architect uses succulents to decorate blown-glass globes. Knicks Swap Novak and Camby for Bargnani The Knicks completed a deal in principle with Toronto to acquire forward Andrea Bargnani for Steve Novak, Marcus Camby and a draft pick. The Learning Network Blog Test Yourself | Editing Practice, June 28, 2013 Where should the quotation marks in this opening paragraph go? Katie Feola, Matthew Oshinsky The couple were married at the Pearl S. Buck Estate in Perkasie, Pa. Guayusa leaf Amazon to the U.S. Two young entrepreneurs take a leap into the tea business, hoping to create their own niche among tea drinkers. China's latest manned space mission to launch June 11 BEIJING (Reuters) - China will launch its next manned space flight on Tuesday, carrying three astronauts on a 15-day mission to an experimental space lab, the National Space Administration said, in the latest step towards the development of a space station. Arts | Long Island Inspired by Nature, Tweaked With Satire The painter John Alexander, who made waves in the 1980s with his portraits of public figures, and now finds inspiration in nature, has a solo show in East Hampton. Beetles, housefly larvae open new frontier in animal feed sector PARIS (Reuters) - French start-up company Ynsect has identified a cheap, nourishing and locally sourced alternative to soybeans as a vital source of protein in animal feed. The clue is in its name. South Africa's 'democratic luxury' CNN's Robyn Curnow reports on a new high-end retail venture with renowned fashion names as well as local designers. Love or hate her, witness is a star There is no middle-of-the-road opinion on Rachel Jeantel, the "friend, not-girlfriend" of Trayvon Martin who testified in the George Zimmerman trial Wednesday and Thursday. 10 best boltholes for Snowden Fleeing US law enforcement, the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden seems stuck for where to go next. CNN Travel's own top secret document reveals which countries should be on his list ... Classes canceled to deal with race issues Oberlin College in Ohio suspended classes Monday after a student reported seeing a person resembling a Ku Klux Klan member near the college's Afrikan Heritage House. Movie Review Tannens Magic Camp Is the Subject of a New Documentary The documentary Magic Camp focuses on magic-obsessed adolescents who revel in a once-a-year chance to be themselves. Dance Review Performers Showcase Classics at DanceFest India! DanceFest India! featured a performance called Sacred Vision at the Kumble Theater in Brooklyn. Johnny Depp puts Tonto at center stage in new 'Lone Ranger' film LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When the western television series "The Lone Ranger" first rode into U.S. homes in the 1949, the masked man was the dashing, charming hero and the Native American Tonto his loyal sidekick.

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