Media giant News Corporation sees its net profits rise 65% in the three months to the end of December 2011 compared to 2010.

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News Corp profits swing to growth

Mocks the surprise at Santorum’s surge.

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Limbaugh: GOP Establishment Is ‘Insulated’

Just before 1:30 p.m. Aug. 3, a frustrated President Obama gathered Gene B. Sperling and the economic team in the White House and told them to design a jobs package he could offer the American public. Obama had spent much of the year locked in negotiations with Republicans over the national debt, with little to show for the effort but a sagging approval rating. He had wanted to argue publicly for ideas to create jobs, but hesitated in the midst of negotiations. Liberal critics reprised a familiar critique of the Obama White House: that it too often bows to political constraints and forfeits what’s right for what’s possible or easy. Read full article > >

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Gene B. Sperling: Obama’s jobs creator

The number of civilians killed and injured in the Afghan conflict has risen for the fifth year in a row, a UN report reveals.

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Afghan civilian death toll rises

The academic world is dismayed, but not quite surprised, by news that Claremont McKenna fudged its numbers.

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Gaming the College Rankings

A blasphemy trial in Tunis symbolizes an emotional struggle, with implications for the Arab world, playing out with the rise of Islamists after the end of a secular dictatorship.

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The New Islamists: Tunisia Navigates a Democratic Path Tinged With Religion

Water and sewerage bills in England and Wales will rise on average by 5.7% to £376 from April, with some customers paying 8.2% more.

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Average water bills to rise 5.7%

There was a “steady” 6% rise in cosmetic surgery procedures carried out in Britain last year, figures show.

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‘Steady increase’ in cosmetic ops

The streaming video service, seen as vital to the future, had a robust rise in subscribers.

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A Turnaround at Netflix, as Its Mail Sector Shrinks

The majority of the baseball world had deemed the Washington Nationals the odds-on favorite to land first baseman Prince Fielder , the kind of free agent slugger who could transform them from a team on the rise to a contender that had arrived. And then Tuesday afternoon came, and the Detroit Tigers made a stealth bid, one the Nationals had no intention of approaching. Read full article > >

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Prince Fielder chooses Detroit Tigers over Washington Nationals

Raju Narisetti, a managing editor of The Washington Post, has resigned to oversee the Wall Street Journal’s digital news operations and be deputy managing editor of the paper. In three years at The Post, Narisetti helped recruit a digital news team, led efforts to merge digital and print operations and oversaw the selection and installation of a new computer content system to ease the production of online material. Read full article > >

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Post managing editor to join Wall Street Journal

Shares in HMV rise more than 100% after striking a deal with its banks and suppliers which aims to halve its debts over the next few years.

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HMV in breathing space from banks

There was a 4% rise in the number of female professors at UK universities last year, figures show.

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More women become UK professors

There was a 4% rise in the number of female professors at UK universities last year, figures show.

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More women become UK professors

AIKEN, S.C. Members of the Tea Party insisted they were turning the GOP into a populist, anti-establishment bastion. Social conservatives have long argued that values and morals matter more than money. Yet in the end, the corporate and economically conservative wing of the Republican Party always seems to win. Read full article > >

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Where are the Republican populists?