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Trip to Haiti puts golf in perspective for McIlroy

The kids didn't know who Rory McIlroy was in Haiti — a welcome reminder to one of golf's potential superstars that there certainly are more important things than hitting that little white ball around the course.

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Tiger ailing in both body, mind

GolfChannel: With Tuesday’s news that Tiger Woods will miss the U.S. Open at Congressional while healing from his latest knee and Achilles injuries, you can’t help wondering about Woods’ psyche as much as you wonder about his body.

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Island States Hint at Climate Talks Compromise

By Gerard Wynn BONN, Germany (Reuters) - Small island states, at risk from rising seas due to climate change, hinted on Tuesday at a compromise in order to kick-start U.N. talks on reaching a binding deal to curb global warming.

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New York State Sues Federal Government over Gas Drilling

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York State sued the U.S. government on Tuesday to demand a ban on gas drilling in the Delaware River Basin until an environmental impact study has been conducted to protect New York City's water supply. The Delaware River Basin Commission has proposed rules that would allow up to 18,000 gas wells within the basin -- which sits in Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, and includes parts of New York City's watershed.

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Hunger Crisis Worsens, Food System Broken: Oxfam

By David Brough LONDON (Reuters) - Food prices could double in the next 20 years and demand will soar as the world struggles to raise output via a failing system, international charity Oxfam said Tuesday, warning of worsening global hunger. [More]

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Problems Without Passports: Scientific Research Diving at USC Dornsife–Contrasting Reef Ecosystems in Guam

On Tuesday we had our first dive in Micronesia on Double Reef, an extraordinary world flourishing with marine life. This pristine dive site is seemingly untouched; we reached it by boat because it is not accessible by road and is several miles from Guam’s population center.

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Tiger’s agent out at IMG as contract renewal fails

Mark Steinberg, the agent for Tiger Woods the last 12 years and head of the IMG golf division, did not renew his contract Tuesday and is no longer with the sports management company.

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Ash Cloud Hits Some European Flights But No Mass Shutdown

By Michael Holden and Omar Valdimarsson LONDON/REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - An ash cloud from a volcano on Iceland shut down flights in northern Britain and elsewhere in north Europe on Tuesday and was heading to Germany, but officials expected no repeat of last year's air chaos.

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UK Approves Binding 50% Greenhouse Gas Cut by 2025

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government on Tuesday approved a binding 50 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions in 2025 versus 1990 levels. "By making this commitment, we will position the UK a leading player in the global low-carbon economy, creating significant new industries and jobs," Prime Minister David Cameron said. [More]

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Riddle of ‘God particle’ could be solved by 2012: CERN

Physicists said on Tuesday they believed that by the end of 2012 they could determine whether a theorised particle called the Higgs boson, which has unleashed a gruelling decades-long hunt, exists or not.

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Emotions high before 2018 Ryder Cup venue awarded

The 2018 Ryder Cup venue will be announced Tuesday, with many players and fans hoping European golf officials will honor Seve Ballesteros by sending the event to Spain.

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Obama urges oil producers to increase output

By Alister Bull and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged world oil producers to lift crude output as he sought to deflect public anger over high gasoline prices that is hurting his popularity among voters.

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