| Latest worldwide news | 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. |
| Women lawyers hitting glass ceiling | | | The scales of justice are beginning to balance as an increasing number of women enter the legal profession. In the UK, it is an even 50% split of gender representation, while in the U.S., female lawyers make up 70% of staff attorneys. |
| AP Source Tide Froze Football Staffer's Contract | | | Alabama has penalized director of football operations Joe Pannunzio for his role in the Miami scandal while a member of the Hurricanes' staff, according to a person familiar with the situation. |
| China bans palatial government offices | | | Some state-run enterprises in China have opulent headquarters more suited to the court of Louis XIV of France, while other local government-owned buildings even replicate the home of the President of the United States. |
| NHL Stars to Return to Olympics in Sochi in 2014 | | | After weeks of tough negotiations, the NHL and its players reached a deal with the International Ice Hockey Federation on Friday to put the season on hold again so the game's biggest stars can compete next year in the Sochi Olympics. |
| State senator slams California for lack of oil drilling oversight | | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California oil and gas regulators have failed to monitor practices used to access shale oil, including the injection of dangerous chemicals underground, a state senator said Thursday, urging passage of her proposed oversight legislation. |
| Your solstice traditions | | | If Stonehenge is anything to go by, summer celebrations have a millennia-old history. While the ancient druids may have commemorated the fertility of the season, many of us are just happy to get outdoors. |
| Actor Dennis Farina was suffering from cancer before death | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dennis Farina, the actor best known for his role as a tough-talking detective in the NBC television crime drama "Law Order," was being treated for lung cancer when he died earlier this week, his doctor said on Wednesday. |
| How trees must adapt to drought | | | Scientists have known for some time that climate change and the impacts of longer droughts and higher temperatures could pose a problem for forests. But many thought it would only affect a minority of trees, perhaps just those in extremely arid regions. |
| UPDATE 1-Czech watchdog rejects Areva appeal over Temelin tender | | | PRAGUE, July 26 (Reuters) - The chief of the Czech anti-monopoly office (UOHS), Petr Rafaj, has rejected an appeal by France's Areva against its exclusion from a multi-billion dollar tender to enlarge the Temelin nuclear power plant, a spokesman said on Friday. |
| 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. |
| Pope wades into Rio slums | | | The man widely revered as the "Slum Pope" wades into the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. CNN's Shasta Darlington reports. |
| Missile Crisis II? Not exactly | | | The weapons seized on a North Korean ship in Panama are more suited to a Cold War museum than a 21st century arsenal, say experts. |
| A Chilly Respite From War | | | The Fort Bragg Patriots are primarily made up of active-duty combat veterans who play to bond with one another and reconnect with the game they love. |
| Hoarders Loot Onstage in The Capables | | | Hoarding might not be much fun, but culling other peoples hoardings to create a set for a play (The Capables) was an enlightening experience for Greg Kozatek and George Hoffmann. |
| The Week in Pictures, July 26 | | | Subjects include the mayoral candidates in public housing, a shark hunt in Montauk, N.Y., and a commute on Manhattans High Line. |
| Top-Seeded John Isner Advances in Atlanta | | | Top-seeded John Isner figured he would struggle in his first match Thursday in the Atlanta Open. He had no idea he would barely beat 19-year-old wild-card entry Christian Harrison 7-6 (9), 4-6, 7-5 to avoid an upset and reach the quarterfinals. |
| U.S. Letter Says Leaker Wont Face Death Penalty | | | In a letter to the Russian minister of justice, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said the United States was also willing to issue a passport to Edward J. Snowden so he could return to the country. |
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