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News Feed Latest worldwide news A better story than J.K. Rowling's The J.K. Rowling/Robert Galbraith tale is a great and irresistible publishing story -- but it's only the second-best I've ever heard. ArtsBeat Darrell Jones and Joanna Kotze Win Bessie Awards for Choreography The Bessie Awards on Wednesday announced 40 nominees in several categories and gave awards to Darrell Jones and Joanna Kotze. Review Leap controller is promising, glitchy How do you imagine the computer of the future? Competition, discount website drag on Expedia; shares tank (Reuters) - Online travel agency Expedia Inc reported a quarterly profit far short of market estimates due to higher competition and poor performance in its discount website Hotwire.com, sending its... Bucks Lessons Learned From Well-Behaved Investors Carl Richards discusses what individuals can learn from investors who manage to separate emotion from investing. The Lede Spanish Train Crash Captured on Video Security-camera footage leaked to the public via YouTube captured the moment on Wednesday that a passenger train derailed outside Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain, killing at least 80 people. DealBook 5 Accused in Biggest Data Breach and Hacking Case in U.S. Prosecutors said a scheme targeting more than a dozen corporations brought losses that ran into the hundreds of millions of dollars. How horses inspired great art The animal kingdom is full of big beasts, but it's the graceful nature of the horse which speaks loudest on the artist's canvas. Apple to probe electrocution U.S. electronics giant Apple is investigating reports in China that a woman died after being electrocuted while trying to make a call with her iPhone 5 while it was charging. Passengers lack info on cruise ship crime Vegas stole the slogan. But cruise ships can also lay claim Whatever happens on cruise ships, stays on cruise ships. Royal baby's name announced Prince William and his wife, Catherine, introduced their baby to more royal visitors Wednesday after giving the world its first glimpse of the future king as they left the hospital. Currents | Lighting Bathed in the Glow of Splashing Water Tony Duquettes Splashing Water chandeliers are put into production by Remains Lighting. Witness 'No words for what I saw' The sun had not yet set in Spain's northwest when a ferocious boom rang out, the sound of a high-speed train smashing into a concrete wall after derailing on a curve. Why bin Laden wore a cowboy hat Osama bin Laden typically wore a cowboy hat while tending his garden. Art in Review Eliot Porter Trained in medicine, the photographer Eliot Porter brought a quiet naturalism to the dye-transfer print. Theater Review Let It Be, a Broadway Tribute to the Beatles Let It Be A Celebration of the Music of the Beatles, at the St. James Theater, winds its way from the bands Liverpool days to the last album, and back again. Peavy, White Sox Beat Verlander, Tigers 7-4 Jake Peavy pitched into the eighth inning and the Chicago White Sox beat Justin Verlander and Detroit 7-4 Thursday as the Tigers again played minus Miguel Cabrera. Froome wins 100th Tour The apprentice becomes the master Chris Froome wins the 100th Tour de France with a ride into Paris. Home Grown Talent Hope to Harvest Canadian Win Nineteen Canadians will tee it up on Thursday to begin what is quickly becoming an Andy Murray-esque pursuit and become the first home grown winner of the Canadian Open in 59 years. Flying car for the masses set for take-off May 23 - New England aviation company Terrafugia has unveiled its latest conceptual version of a flying car. Unlike its current flying car, which is designed for pilots, the new design incorporates autonomous functionality, a move the company says will open up the skies to everybody. Ben Gruber has more. The Media Equation TV Foresees Its Future. Netflix Is There. Netflix has given a good shaking to the settled world of television it has provided its own series, streamed them over the Internet and made them available all at once everywhere. Foreign central banks' US debt holdings rise-Fed NEW YORK, July 25 (Reuters) - Foreign central banks' overall holdings of U.S. marketable securities at the Federal Reserve rose in the latest week, data from the U.S. central bank showed on... Rocket blasts off from Florida with military communications satellite CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday carrying a sophisticated communications satellite designed to provide voice and data services for U.S. military forces around the world. Well Keep Cool in the Kitchen With Quick Stir-Fries Minimize your stove time with these quick and easy summer stir-fries from the Recipes for Health columnist Martha Rose Shulman. Phoebe Rounds, Peter Hasegawa A Solidarity of Two A union organizer and a community organizer are married. Mandela art exhibt on display U.S. museum exhibits collectables from his 1994 election win. Well Cancer Risk Increases With Height Height is associated with a greater risk of cancer for both men and women, new research shows. At Least 6 Killed in Cairo Clashes State media reported violence between supporters and opponents of the deposed President Mohamed Morsi. Inside the List Catherine Coulter, whose F.B.I. thriller Bombshell is No. 5 on the hardcover fiction list, posts publicity updates on her official Web site alongside cat pictures and Tim Tebow fan notes. Kepler rescue try is under way Stargazers crossed their fingers Thursday as NASA attempted to revive the planet-hunting Kepler probe, idled since a piece of critical equipment gave out in orbit two months ago. Bert Trautmann, Who Won Iron Cross and F.A. Cup, Dies at 89 Mr. Trautmann, who once played with a broken neck, said that his training as a paratrooper had made it easy to perform acrobatic dives as a goalkeeper. Looking forward to Muirfield Phil Mickelson won the Scottish Open to end a 20-year drought in Europe. With the British Open starting this week, it was perfect timing. China bans government building projects to curb excesses 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. Facebook wows Wall Street with mobile ads growth * JMP Securities raises rating to market outperform from market perform After the Fact Depicting the Colors of Space The hues assigned to distant cosmic bodies that are telescopically photographed in black and white are not just a matter of artistic license. Another Day of Slight Movement on Wall Street as Investors Weigh Data Though many earnings reports from big companies have beat analysts expectations, the broader market has shuffled between small gains and small losses. Virtuoso Ryu hits the high notes So Yeon Ryu was seven years old when she gave her first violin recital. She was in love with the instrument, but at age 12 she had to make a tough decision - music or golf. Battery Seen as Way to Cut Heat-Related Power Losses Large-scale batteries of various types are being tested by some big utilities that want to store power for times when it is needed most. UPDATE 2-Cliffs Natural profit falls with iron ore prices, tops view July 25 (Reuters) - Miner Cliffs Natural Resources Inc reported a lower second-quarter profit on Thursday due to declines in global iron ore prices, but earnings topped analysts' expectations and shares rose in after-market trading. Police in Japan hunt for 'haiku killer' Hundreds of police are involved in the hunt for a 63-year-old man in connection with the murder of five people in a remote Japanese hamlet. The victims' houses were also burned down.

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