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Around the world on a unicycle: Man takes sport to extreme lengths with incredible collection of...
Canadian Kris Holm has traversed the Great Wall of China, descended a 6000-metre volcano and braved the Grand Canyon while riding on a single wheel.
dailymail.co.uk (15 minutes ago)
It's Tuesday: Will It Be 19 Out Of 19?
Another event-free day in which the only major economic data point was the release of UK CPI, which joined the rest of the world in telegraphing price deflation, despite bubbles in the real estate and stock markets, printing 2.0% Y/Y on expectations of a 2.3% increase, the lowest since November 2009 and giving Mark...
zerohedge.com (16 minutes ago)
A.M. Business Links: Gas prices going up; Dayton and college grads; IRS targets R&B queen
Your first look at the business world today.
cleveland.com (16 minutes ago)
UW expands online courses, this time from Harvard, MIT
The University of Washington is growing its presence in the world of online course offerings by joining with edX, a course platform pioneered by Harvard and MIT.
seattletimes.com (17 minutes ago)
The Ultratravel 100 awards: 2013 winners and runners-up
From best hotel, airline and airport to favourite city and country, Ultratravel readers have selected the best in the world of luxury travel.
telegraph.co.uk (18 minutes ago)
Giant 1950s robot Gygan up for sale
Gygan, a giant radio-controlled robot, which more than half a century ago entranced the world by flashing its car headlamp-like eyes, turning its head stiffly from left to right, and shuffling forwards at the terrifying speed of 10 feet a minute, is to be auctioned after decades hidden in a private collection. The...
guardian.co.uk (18 minutes ago)
In complex world, investing should be simple
You don't need to venture into exotic investments to build a well-diversified portfolio
cbsnews.com (19 minutes ago)
BlackRock to Buy MGPA
BlackRock Inc. said Tuesday it will buy investment firm MGPA in a bid to bulk up its real-estate assets world-wide.
wsj.com (20 minutes ago)
Pigeon sale yields world record for feathered Bolt
Lightning fast pigeon Bolt, with a name and pedigree to match, has become the world's most expensive racing bird with his Belgian breeder selling it for 310,000 euros ($400,000) to a Chinese businessman. Belgian-bred pigeons have a worldwide reputation for being the fastest around, yet the record prize surprised...
foxnews.com (20 minutes ago)
Disruptive behaviour at the theatre?
Kevin Williamson's account of his vigilante action against a woman persistently using her phone during a performance of a new American musical in New York has certainly divided people. Many have applauded the actions of Williamson, who reacted to a woman's refusal to stop using her phone during the performance by...
guardian.co.uk (21 minutes ago)
I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan - review
One by one they received a reminder. Julie's came first: an anonymous note, almost hidden in a letter. For Helena and Ray it was newspaper cuttings, triggering memories of that fateful night. All of them had been out for a good time. And when it happened, it had seemed better to drive off and leave someone else to...
guardian.co.uk (21 minutes ago)
Royal Mail shapes up for sell-off with a surge in profits
A hike in parcel delivery costs, pricier stamps and more online shopping saw Royal Mail today post a near-tripling of annual profit to £403 million, ripening the world’s oldest postal service for privatisation.
standard.co.uk (22 minutes ago)
Pigeon sale yields world record for feathered Bolt
BRUSSELS (AP) - Lightning fast pigeon Bolt, with a name and pedigree to match, has become the world's most expensive racing bird with his Belgian breeder selling it for 310,000 euros ($400,000) to a Chinese businessman.
boston.com (22 minutes ago)
Pigeon sale yields world record for feathered Bolt
Lightning fast pigeon Bolt, with a name and pedigree to match, has become the world's most expensive racing bird with his Belgian breeder selling it for 310,000 euros ($400,000) to a Chinese businessman.
miamiherald.com (23 minutes ago)
Twitter hit-and-run boast shows dangers of 'road tax' entitlement | Dawn Foster
It's safe to assume that most people in the event of hitting a cyclist while driving, who realised what they had done, would stop, call the police, and stay on the scene. Not so for one young woman, who appears to have hit a cyclist, carried on driving, and then most bizarrely taken to Twitter to boast of the...
guardian.co.uk (23 minutes ago)
The softer side of North Korea? Candid snaps reveal soldiers relaxing on fairground rides
NORTH Korea may have spent the past few months berating most of the western world with bellicose rhetoric and threatening nuclear destruction, but, as these candid images show, the secretive state does in have a softer side.
dailyexpress.co.uk (24 minutes ago)
Crime busting Catholics: Vatican to clamp down on pickpockets after tourists are targeted
IT MAY be one of the most holy places in the world, but the Sistine Chapel has become a haven for pickpockets, guides have warned.
dailyexpress.co.uk (25 minutes ago)
Is The NHL Really Still the No. 4 Sport?
PORTLAND, Ore. (TheStreet) -- The Stanley Cup Playoffs may be enough to remind folks in the sports world that the National Hockey League does, in fact, qualify as a professional sport.
morningjournal.com (25 minutes ago)
Chelsea flower show at 100: A century of (newspaper) cuttings
Now in its hundredth year, the Chelsea Flower Show clings on, almost ivy-like, to its past. Just as it is wedded to convention, so too is the language used by the press to describe the annual 'horticultural extravaganza'. Like the rest of Fleet Street, the Guardian and Observer have fallen into this trap - just...
guardian.co.uk (50 minutes ago)
Why Did Gold Recover More than $53 an Ounce in Yesterday’s Markets?
Consider this blatant, and what I consider to be deliberate, deception of this UK Telegraph article, in which journalist Nick Squires reports that newly appointed Pope Francis blamed “free market capitalism” for the economic tyranny spreading across the globe today. Upon reading this, I thought to myself, “Well, we...
zerohedge.com (51 minutes ago)
Pigeon sale yields world record for feathered Bolt
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Lightning fast pigeon Bolt, with a name and pedigree to match, has become the world's most expensive racing bird with his Belgian breeder selling it for 310,000 euros ($400,000) to a Chinese businessman....
ap.org (52 minutes ago)
Mageia Linux 3 brings a raft of key updates
Mageia has long been what you might call a “best-kept secret” of the Linux world, consistently residing among the top five distributions in DistroWatch's page-hit rankings despite minimal marketing and hoopla. The distro has only been around since it was forked from Mandriva Linux back in 2010, of course, but after...
pcworld.com (53 minutes ago)
Home Depot quarterly profit, sales rise
(Reuters) - A nascent recovery in the housing market helped Home Depot Inc report higher quarterly sales and earnings on Tuesday, prompting the world's largest home improvement chain to boost its sales outlook for the year. Net earnings rose to $1.2 billion, or 83 cents a share, in the first quarter ended on May 5...
yahoo.com (56 minutes ago)
Ferris wheel ride world record broken in Chicago
CHICAGO – A manager of Chicago’s Navy Pier rode the tourist spot’s Ferris wheel for more than two days – 384 times, up and around – bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite.
daily-chronicle.com (56 minutes ago)
Tepid Thai growth deepens Asian slowdown fears
Thailand's economy grew more slowly than expected in the first three months of this year, adding to a slew of recent disappointing data from other Asian economies that have cast a shadow over one of the world's fastest-growing regions.
cnn.com (58 minutes ago)
Mobile Phones for Women's Empowerment
This article is part of an online debate series on mobile health by the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, Johnson & Johnson, the mHealth Alliance, Impatient Optimists and Forbes.com.
forbes.com (58 minutes ago)
Pigeon Sale Yields World Record for Feathered Bolt
Move over Usain! Feathered Bolt sells for $400,000 after only 1 year in priciest pigeon sale
abcnews.com (59 minutes ago)
Pigeon sale yields world record for feathered Bolt
BRUSSELS (AP) - Lightning fast pigeon Bolt, with a name and pedigree to match, has become the world's most expensive racing bird with his Belgian breeder selling it for 310,000 euros ($400,000) to a Chinese businessman.
yahoo.com (59 minutes ago)
Best deals in investing
Money magazine's Best Deals on Everything: Your guide to the latest bargains in the investing world, from beer can makers and ETFs, to Chinese technology and more.
cnn.com (1 hour ago)
World stocks mixed ahead of Fed statements
World stock markets were mixed Tuesday as investors waited for the U.S. Federal Reserve to telegraph what it plans to do next with its economic stimulus program.
azstarnet.com (1 hour ago)
