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Federer out of Cincinnati with bad back, Nadal to be No. 1

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Tennis Podcast Are Zverev and Svitolina US Open favourites? Plus Roger Federer injury latest Alexander Zverev shocked second seed Roger Federer in straight sets in the Montreal Masters final to win his fifth title of the season and announce himself as an emerging star for the US Open. Federer's withdrawal means Nadal , who lost in the third round at Montreal , will return to No. 1 when new ATP rankings are released August 21. Instead, it's Nadal who dethroned Andy Murray from the top to regain his crown. The last time the Spaniard was atop the men's singles ranking was on 6 July 2014. "There's a young generation up and coming". Morgan Stanley Increases Rio Tinto plc (RIO) Price Target to GBX 3430 The Company's divisions include Iron Ore , Aluminium, Copper & Diamonds, Energy & Minerals and Other Operations. Mizuho upgraded Apartment Investment and Management Co (NYSE:AIV) on Monday, March 21 to "Buy" rating . Wimbledon champion Roger...

More monuments? Axl Rose is just a start, Lafayette

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Axl Rose (Photo: File photo) Pressed onto the record this week about the surge in calls across the nation to take down statues of Confederate leaders, Vice President Mike Pence played it sufficiently vague in the name of more is better. Pence, saying he was uneasy about any effort to “erase parts of our history just in the name of some contemporary political cause,” made his case Tuesday morning on “Fox & Friends” that “we ought to have been building more monuments.” The rationale, via Indiana’s former governor: “We ought to be celebrating the men and women who've helped our nation move toward a more perfect union and tell the whole story of America.” Given the context, with Jefferson Davis and Gen. Robert E. Lee as the baseline of a nation moving toward a more perfect union, Pence offers some awfully broad parameters here. THROWBACK: The day Axl Rose came to town BANGERT: Monument to Confederates remains in Lafayette's Greenbush Cemetery BANGERT: If only there was a way...