At Least Five Wounded in Cairo Explosions: Sources

At Least Five Wounded in Cairo Explosions: Sources
Spain's Princess Cristina Charged in Corruption Case as Trial Looms
Eli Wallach, Multifaceted Actor, Dies at 98
Cochran Holds Off Tea Party Challenger in Mississippi
News Analysis: Shinzo Abe’s Bid to Shake Up Corporate Japan
Union Square Cafe Joins Other Victims of New York City’s Rising Rents
Doubting Putin, Obama Prepares to Add Pressure
Federal Judges in Oregon Uphold Warrentless Surveillance, Strike Down ‘No-Fly List’ Provision
After Opening Way to Rebels, Turkey Is Paying Heavy Price
Essay: Behind Luis Suárez, Uruguay’s World Cup Tradition Endures
Free-Agent Axis Tilts From Anthony to James
Small Music Labels See YouTube Battle as Part of War for Revenue
Questions Rebels Use to Tell Sunni From Shiite
Sinosphere Blog: Death Penalty Overturned for Wife Who Killed Abuser
Dortmund Journal: A Neo-Nazi’s Political Rise Exposes a German City’s Ethnic Tensions
Mother Seeks U.N.’s Help to Return Israeli Youths
Uruguay’s Suárez, Known for Biting, Leaves Mark on World Cup
Ex-Tabloid Executive Acquitted in British Phone Hacking Case
Bits Blog: A Start-Up With a Way to Filter Botnet Traffic Gets Funding
European Banks Balk at Cheap Loans, Worried About Strings Attached
3-D Mammography Test Appears to Improve Breast Cancer Detection Rate
German Publishers Seek Amazon Inquiry
Putin Presses Extension of Cease-Fire in Ukraine
Fashion Review: Milan Men’s Fashion Week Review: Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani and DSquared2
Sudan Said to Revive Notorious Militias

Posted: 25 Jun 2014 01:16 AM PDT

Four small bomb blasts wounded at least five people in Cairo during the morning rush hour on Wednesday, security sources said, the first such casualties in the capital since Abdel Fattah al-Sisi became president this month.

Spain's Princess Cristina Charged in Corruption Case as Trial Looms

Posted: 25 Jun 2014 12:49 AM PDT

A Spanish court said on Wednesday it had formalized charges against Cristina de Borbon, sister of newly-crowned King Felipe VI, and her husband in a corruption investigation, paving the way for a trial that could further damage the royal family.

Eli Wallach, Multifaceted Actor, Dies at 98

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 09:12 PM PDT

Mr. Wallach was one of his generation's most prominent and prolific character actors in film, onstage and on television for more than 60 years.

Cochran Holds Off Tea Party Challenger in Mississippi

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 09:10 PM PDT

A surge of voters showed up on Tuesday in African-American precincts and delivered Senator Thad Cochran a hard-fought victory over his Tea Party challenger, Chris McDaniel.

News Analysis: Shinzo Abe’s Bid to Shake Up Corporate Japan

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 08:36 PM PDT

A crosshatch of stock holdings allows Japan's big corporations to protect one another from outside attempts to shake up management. The prime minister has taken aim at the practice.

Union Square Cafe Joins Other Victims of New York City’s Rising Rents

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 06:28 PM PDT

Danny Meyer plans to close Union Square Cafe when its lease expires and move the restaurant to a location to be determined.

Doubting Putin, Obama Prepares to Add Pressure

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 06:25 PM PDT

The Obama administration has drawn up plans to escalate sanctions against Russia by targeting its financial, energy and defense industries.

Federal Judges in Oregon Uphold Warrentless Surveillance, Strike Down ‘No-Fly List’ Provision

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 06:20 PM PDT

Federal judges in Oregon upheld a 2008 law allowing warrantless surveillance but struck down a key aspect of the "no-fly list" that blocks people suspected of terrorism ties from boarding planes.

After Opening Way to Rebels, Turkey Is Paying Heavy Price

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 06:02 PM PDT

Many Turks now blame their government for facilitating the rise of extremists in Syria and the new insurgency in Iraq, including the kidnapping of 80 Turkish citizens.

Essay: Behind Luis Suárez, Uruguay’s World Cup Tradition Endures

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 06:02 PM PDT

Uruguay was favored to win Group D, but after losing in the opener to Costa Rica, the team looked like it was buried and would need its own Houdini to escape. Enter the brilliant but mercurial Luis Suárez.

Free-Agent Axis Tilts From Anthony to James

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 05:21 PM PDT

The move will allow James to explore opportunities with other teams and puts leverage on the Heat to improve their roster.

Small Music Labels See YouTube Battle as Part of War for Revenue

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 05:19 PM PDT

Small labels contend that consolidation by the major record companies has left them squeezed in negotiations with the online music services that now account for a majority of their revenue.

Questions Rebels Use to Tell Sunni From Shiite

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 05:15 PM PDT

How can the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria tell whether a person is a Sunni or a Shiite? From accounts, it seems they often ask a list of questions.

Sinosphere Blog: Death Penalty Overturned for Wife Who Killed Abuser

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 05:12 PM PDT

In a case greeted as a breakthrough for women's rights, the Chinese Supreme Court has overturned a death sentence issued to a woman who killed her husband after years of abuse, and ordered a retrial.

Dortmund Journal: A Neo-Nazi’s Political Rise Exposes a German City’s Ethnic Tensions

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:35 PM PDT

In Dortmund, divisions are growing not just between native Germans and more recent arrivals, but also among the city's many immigrant groups.

Mother Seeks U.N.’s Help to Return Israeli Youths

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:23 PM PDT

In an emotional address, Rachel Fraenkel, the mother of Naftali Fraenkel, 16, said, "I believe much more could be done and should be done by so many."

Uruguay’s Suárez, Known for Biting, Leaves Mark on World Cup

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 03:43 PM PDT

For the third time in the past four years, Uruguay's star striker, Luis Suárez, appeared to bite a player on the other team when he clashed with Italy's Giorgio Chiellini in the second half.

Ex-Tabloid Executive Acquitted in British Phone Hacking Case

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 02:53 PM PDT

Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's newspaper holdings in Britain, was cleared of all charges, but her onetime deputy Andy Coulson was found guilty on at least one count.

Bits Blog: A Start-Up With a Way to Filter Botnet Traffic Gets Funding

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 02:30 PM PDT

Botnets, networks of infected zombie computers, can drive up the cost of online advertising with phony clicks. Now a start-up says it has a way to differentiate the fake ones from the real.

European Banks Balk at Cheap Loans, Worried About Strings Attached

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 01:21 PM PDT

Why would banks refuse to take money that would come at practically no cost? Because low-cost is not the same as risk-free.

3-D Mammography Test Appears to Improve Breast Cancer Detection Rate

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 01:06 PM PDT

Tomosynthesis, or 3-D mammography, detects more cancers and causes fewer false alarms than regular tests, say researchers who compared data from 13 screening centers.

German Publishers Seek Amazon Inquiry

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 12:23 PM PDT

A German publishers group asked officials to investigate Amazon's dealings with Bonnier Media during a dispute over e-book sales.

Putin Presses Extension of Cease-Fire in Ukraine

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 12:22 PM PDT

In another move seen as a step toward ending the conflict, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia also asked lawmakers to rescind a resolution authorizing the use of force in Ukraine.

Fashion Review: Milan Men’s Fashion Week Review: Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani and DSquared2

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 11:09 AM PDT

For spring 2015 Giorgio Armani refines his original design note with trenches and classics at the main label and a jolt of monochrome for Emporio.

Sudan Said to Revive Notorious Militias

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 10:30 AM PDT

The government's new Rapid Support Forces are a version of the janjaweed militias that terrorized people in Darfur, and have been attacking villages again, a rights group said.