Snowden slips out of Moscow airport
MOSCOW - Fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden slipped quietly out of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport after Russia granted him temporary asylum, ending more than a month in limbo in the transit area. Full Article
Iraq war logs in Manning case 'hit us in the face'
FORT MEADE, Maryland - The U.S. Army was overwhelmed when WikiLeaks published more than 700,000 secret diplomatic and war documents, a retired officer testified in the sentencing phase of the convicted private's court-martial. Full Article
Mugabe claims Zimbabwe win, rival cries foul
HARARE - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's party claimed a landslide election victory that would secure another five years in power for Africa's oldest head of state, but its main rival said the vote was invalidated by "monumental fraud". Full Article | Live Coverage
Drugmakers fear turmoil as China probes widen
LONDON/PARIS - A series of probes by Chinese authorities into over-pricing and alleged bribery in the pharmaceutical industry may have a broad impact, in a market that has been a bright spot for Western drugmakers who face slowing sales at home. Full Article
Requests for Twitter users' data on the rise
SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter is under increasing pressure from governments around the world to release user's private information, with requests rising 40 percent in the first six months of the year, the microblogging company said. Full Article
Protests reveal both Bulgaria's failure, success
SOFIA - Despite Bulgaria's transformation from a bankrupt one-party state into a market economy over the last 23 years, it remains the poorest and one of the most graft-prone countries in the European Union. Full Article
For most, bank commodity earnings a mystery
NEW YORK - The lack of clarity over trading operations by banks has long been a vexing issue. But the current debate over whether banks should be allowed to continue trading so actively in raw material markets has only sharpened focus on this area. Full Article
U.S. Morning Call: Profit & a deadline for Time Warner Cable
Aug 1 - Time Warner Cable profits top estimates ahead of it's Friday deadline to work out an agreement over retransmission fees with CBS.
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Flops boost Loeb's Sony case
Two big-budget film duds this summer are giving activist investor Daniel Loeb's push for a movie-unit spin off renewed momentum. Video
The real student loan crisis
A new study estimates the economic impact of the existing student debt burden, finding that it may cost the country more than $4 trillion in lost economic activity. Commentary
Israeli-Palestinian talks won’t fix the Middle East’s problems
The White House's new round of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations is unlikely to succeed, and, even if it did, it would have little impact on other more immediately pressing Middle East conflicts. Commentary
Detroit, decay and solidarity
Who is my neighbor? That question is as relevant to the bankruptcy of Motown as the decline of the American car industry or incompetent city governments. If the suburbs lived up to their neighborly responsibilities, Detroit would not be such a mess. Commentary
Sequestration as government malpractice
Breakthrough' medicines, which can save lives, require increased FDA resources at a time when the sequester is taking money away from an already underfunded agency. Commentary
The cushy world of academia
Staffing-to-studio ratios at many colleges suggest pretty light workloads and low productivity, especially given the size of so many of the classes faculty members typically teach. And, at least in terms of reputation, the ratios don’t seem to correlate to quality. Commentary
The framers on campaign finance law -- via Tumblr
The court could take Citizens United one step further in a new case, casting aside a key limit on direct contributions to candidates and allowing high-dollar donors to play an extraordinarily outsized role in elections. Commentary

















