(#1) Japan to face United States in Women's World Cup final behind fortuitous own ... [FOXSports.com]
Japan advanced to the Women's World Cup final with a 2-1 win over England on Wednesday thanks to an own-goal in stoppage time to set up an historic rematch. The reigning champions now will face off in Vancouver against the team they beat in 2011, the ...
(#2) Donald Trump is suing Univision [Entertainment Weekly (blog)]
Donald Trump is following through with his promise to take his fight to the courts. The entrepreneur has filed a $500 million lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court against Univision for failing to air the Miss USA Pageant. Last week, the nation's ...
(#3) Apple Music Is Strong on Design, Weak on Social Networking [New York Times]
At Apple, the company has a different saying: “There are a thousand 'no's' for every 'yes.' ” In other words, they vigorously debate a feature before it shows up in a product. But Apple Music, the company's reboot of iTunes released Tuesday for Apple ...
(#4) Europe Wants to Punish Greece With Exit [Bloomberg View]
As the damage mounts, the effort to rewrite the history of the European Union's abject failure over Greece is already underway. Pending a fuller postmortem, a little clarity on the immediate issues is in order. On Monday, European Commission President ...
(#5) Wimbledon 2015: Predictions for Top Stars in Wednesday's Singles Draw [Bleacher Report]
It didn't take long for the 2015 edition of Wimbledon to produce a major upset. No. 3 seed Simona Halep was ousted on the women's side by unseeded 22-year-old Jana Cepelova. Such is life in a major tournament like Wimbledon. The little number beside a ...
(#6) 'Teen Wolf' recap: Senioritis and steampunk doctors [USA TODAY]
The two-episode premiere of Season 5 was honestly a hodgepodge of the best and worst parts of Teen Wolf. The newbies I still haven't warmed to (ugh Liam), but the steampunk doctors with gas masks are the best kind of creepy and have potential as this ...
(#7) Jackson Vroman Dead: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know [Heavy.com]
Former NBA player Jackson Vroman drowned in the pool at his Los Angeles home after falling and hitting his head in a freak accident. Vroman's friend, Dan Bilzerian, a professional poker player and the so-called “King of Instagram,” said on Twitter that ...
(#8) Argentina vs. Paraguay: Winners and Losers from Copa America 2015 Semi-Final [Bleacher Report]
Argentina blitzed Paraguay in the second semi-final of the 2015 Copa America on Wednesday, winning 6-1 to take their place against hosts Chile in the final on Saturday. A back-and-forth start saw chances for both teams, but Lionel Messi's free-kick set ...
(#9) Lavigne tears up talking Lyme disease battle [USA TODAY]
After two months of her symptoms, Lavigne did some research on her own and found a Lyme disease specialist. The star is still going through treatment for the disease, but she expects to make a full recovery. "I'm doing a lot better; seeing a lot of ...
(#10) Sleepy Hollow fire 47 percent contained [KING5.com]
WENATCHEE, Wash. – As firefighters on Tuesday got more containment of the Sleepy Hollow Fire, officials reported that the number of homes destroyed rose to 29. By Tuesday evening the fire was 47 percent contained. At a community meeting on Tuesday ...
(#11) Leap Second sparks Amazon crash and confuses Twitter [Telegraph.co.uk]
Leap seconds are therefore essential to ensuring civil time does not drift away from time based on the Earth's spin. If not corrected, such a drift would eventually result in clocks showing the middle of the day occurring at night. When the last leap ...
(#12) Chrissy Teigen Freed Her Nipple on Instagram — and the Photos Got Taken Down [Mic]
Chrissy Teigen has a cheeky side, but Instagram was clearly not prepared for it when they tried to censor her fight to #FreeTheNipple. The international supermodel posted an image Monday from her recent photoshoot with W Magazine, before the ...
(#13) Rihanna Slaps a Stack in BET EVP's Face, Takes Prisoners at BET Awards [Jezebel]
Sunday night's BET Awards promised a special sneak peek of Rihanna's “Bitch Better Have My Money” video, out July 2. Before the above clip was aired, though, they threaded a running gag alluding to the Rihanna kidnapping theme through the broadcast.
(#14) Winslow Miss 4th of July pageant dust-up means dual crowns [Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel]
The winners of the Winslow Miss 4th of July pageant on stage Saturday, including Miss 4th of July Molly Lybrook, wearing the blue dress. It was later found that votes were tallied incorrectly and Lybrook didn't win. Organizers want Lybrook and the new ...
(#15) Aaron Rodgers can't compete with Olivia Munn's sword skills [New York Post]
Taking a break from the field, the Packers quarterback checked out an indoor training facility to “help” girlfriend Olivia Munn perfect her sword-fighting skills for the upcoming flick “X-Men: Apocalypse.” Much like her character Psylocke, Munn is a ...
(#16) Euro to Dollar: The End of EUR Strength, Parity Finally on Cards [Pound Sterling Live]
The euro to dollar exchange rate conversion (EURUSD) will fall to parity in 2015 and below the 1:1 level in 2016. This is the view of Barclays who have confirmed a weaker euro as being their core view in global FX. Barclays have held this view for much ...
(#17) Friends share memories in 'I Am Chris Farley' documentary trailer [CNN]
Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston was on the verge of a comeback when she was found unresponsive in her Beverly Hilton hotel room in February 2012. The 48-year-old had been in Los Angeles with plans to attend a pre-Grammys party, and had just ...
(#18) How the Dow Jones Industrial Average Fared on Tuesday [ABC News]
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 23.16 points, or 0.1 percent, to 17,619.51. The Standard & Poor's 500 index climbed 5.47 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,063.11. The Nasdaq composite gained 28.40 points, or 0.6 percent, to 4,986.87. For the week:.
(#19) Report: Phil Mickelson Tied to Illegal Gambling Operation [Golf.com]
Though Mickelson has not been charged with a crime and is not under federal investigation, the story notes, “a 56-year-old former sports gambling handicapper, known as a conduit for an offshore gambling operation, pleaded guilty last week to laundering ...
(#20) 5 ways Puerto Rico's debt crisis echoes Detroit [USA TODAY]
The root causes of Puerto Rico's debt crisis bear a striking resemblance to the financial collapse of Detroit, which filed for bankruptcy in 2013 to escape a crushing debt load amid a severely diminished tax base. But there's one big difference between ...
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