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| Will 5 Power Conferences Break Away From FBS? | | | The five power conferences are trying to redefine what it takes to operate a Division I college athletic program, with their commissioners calling out the NCAA at media days around the country. |
| How sensors make your phone "Star Trek smart" | | | Can your current smartphone be any smarter? Sure it can, if the device knows how to better understand its surroundings with the help of internal sensors. Qualcomm's Project Gimbal does just that for app developers. Here's a peek at how Paramount is using the technology. |
| Review 'The Wolverine' | | | There's a reason Marvel conceived the X-Men as a team The menagerie of mutants are more interesting when they come in a pack. When the posse of super-powered outcasts was first brought to the screen by Bryan Singer in 2000, Hugh Jackman's mutton-chopped, adamantium-clawed Wolverine emerged as the stand-out super-freak. And Hollywood accounting being what it is, he was naturally granted his own solo encore in 2009's underwhelming X-Men Origins Wolverine, a silly spin-off that never quite came together. |
| Erin McInerney, Jason Lacerna | | | The bride is a founder of an organization that provides social and academic support for middle-school boys; the groom is an associate in the investment banking division of Oppenheimer Company. |
| Cepheid's drug-resistant TB test gets FDA nod | | | (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted marketing approval to Cepheid's tuberculosis test that checks if the disease-causing bacteria carry antibiotic-resistant genetic markers. |
| UPDATE 1-Safran raises full-year profit goal | | | PARIS, July 26 (Reuters) - Aerospace group Safran raised its full-year profit forecast on Friday after posting stronger-than-expected first-half earnings buoyed by the economically sensitive spares market for civil jet engines. |
| 2 Editors Promoted at New York Times | | | Matt Purdy, the investigations editor, was named an assistant managing editor, and Marc Lacey, a deputy foreign editor, became an associate managing editor. |
| UPDATE 1-Kenyan shilling ends week firmer, seen pressured | | | * Shilling gains on bank selling dollars before weekend * Shilling seen weakening above 88 next week * Shares seen rising further on good first-half earnings (Adds markets close, stocks) By Kevin Mwanza NAIROBI, July 26 (Reuters) - The Kenyan shilling firmed on Friday as banks unwound their dollar positions before the weekend, but traders said importers buying the U.S. currency could weigh it down in days ahead. The shilling was posted at 87.20/40 to the dollar at the 1300 |
| U.S. HPV vaccination rates far from goal, officials say | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Only slightly more than half of U.S. girls aged 13 to 17 had been vaccinated against a virus that can cause cervical and other cancers last year, and a top U.S. health official said on Thursday that more must be done to bring the rate up to the long-term goal of 80 percent. |
| Redskins' DE Jarvis Jenkins Suspended 4 Games | | | Jarvis Jenkins is the eighth Washington Redskins player to receive an NFL drugs-related suspension in 22 months, sanctioned for four games without pay Friday for testing positive for a banned performance enhancing substance. |
| Australia's great white avenger | | | Adam Scott -- the lanky, easy-going 32-year-old golfer who made history by becoming the first Australian to win the U.S. Masters -- not only has to contend with national hero status at home but also the role of golf's latest sex symbol. |
| Running the Tour de France | | | A woman is running the Tour de France course for charity -- an 11-week feat of endurance with no known precedent. |
| Murphy Homers Twice, Mets Defeat Nationals 11-0 | | | Daniel Murphy homered twice and tied a career high with five RBIs and Jenrry Mejia pitched seven innings in his season debut and the New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals 11-0 Friday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. |
| UPDATE 1-Activision to spread its wings after Vivendi sale -CEO | | | SAN FRANCISCO, July 26 (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc's CEO, who is shelling out $50 million of his own money in an $8.2 billion deal to buy back most of Vivendi's stake, said the world's largest video game publisher will be freer to pursue acquisitions and grow after emerging from its French parent's wing. |
| Serena I apologized to Maria | | | Serena Williams refuses to get drawn into a pre-Wimbledon war of words with Maria Sharapova Sunday -- claiming she has apologized to her Russian rival for comments made about her personal life. |
| U.S. assures Russia Snowden won't be executed or tortured | | | MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has made a formal promise to Russia not to execute or torture Edward Snowden if he is sent home to face charges of illegally disclosing government secrets, and the Kremlin said Russian and U.S. security agencies are in talks over his fate. |
| Uncle Prince Harry jokes about baby-sitting | | | July 26 - Britain's Prince Harry says his duty as new uncle to Prince George will include ensuring 'he has fun' and jokes about the high rates he charges as baby sitter. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). |
| Germany braces for heat wave | | | July 26 - German officials are warning locals to limit their time outside ahead of a heatwave this weekend which is forecast to bring record high temperatures. Deborah Gembara reports. |
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