Time Zone Map -- Friday, December 21 2012 .....item 1..Fired Mayport warship XO named 'worst boss' (December 21, 2011) .....item 4..2012-predictions-review -- The Sun is passing through the House of Ophiuchus ... (Photo credit: marsmet511)
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*"OTTAWA — As debate over the sustainability of the country's
Old Age Security system continues, new figures show the
Conservative government has overestimated the cost of the system by hundreds of milli...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- North Korea needs to halt its nuclear program and ballistic missile tests to receive American food aid, the top military officer in the Asia-Pacific said Tuesday. The comments by Adm. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- North Korea needs to halt its nuclear program and ballistic missile tests to receive American food aid, the top military officer in the Asia-Pacific said Tuesday. The comments by Adm. ...
Hiromasa Yonekura, head of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), has criticized the government for its response to the crisis at the tsunami-hit Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant. "The acci...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka said Wednesday that the purchase of the F-35 stealth jet, which Japan picked as its next-generation mainstay fighter, may be cancelled should there be a dela...
TSURUGA, Fukui -- The mayor of this city, home to three nuclear reactors, gave year-end gifts to nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono and other legislators using taxpayers' money, it has been learned. ...
The UN Security Council is drawing up a new draft resolution on Syria demanding humanitarian access to the country, with China reportedly saying it would back international efforts to send aid. If put to...
A man arrested at Cairo airport on suspicion of being al Qaeda's caretaker chief has reportedly denied he is the alleged terrorist. Senior militant Saif al Adel - also known as Muhamad Ibrahim Makkawi and...
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck Central Alaska at a depth of 110.7 km (68.8 miles), the quake hit at 12:06:41 UTC Wednesday 29th February 2012 The epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) WSW of Healy, Alaska ...
The receipt with a 1 percent tip and a nasty note that sparked outrage across the Internet is a fake, the restaurant where it was left said after tracking down the original copy. True Food Kitchen says th...
A ferocious storm system is barrelling toward the upper Midwest this evening and could dump as much as ten inches of snow in some areas - a rude awakening for many who were enjoying an unseasonably mild w...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Southwestern Siberia, Russia at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 12:03:18 UTC Monday 27th February 2012 The epicenter was 32 km (19.8 miles) Northeast o...
Police are hunting a man who beat his girlfriend's two-year-old son to death because he would not eat his dinner. Juan Garcia, 18, had moved in to the home of Wendy Rogel-Pagasa, 18, in Phoenix, Arizona,...
A woman has been convicted of murdering and sexually assaulting her two-year-old stepdaughter because she threw a temper tantrum and soiled her pants. It took jurors just two hours to find Renee King, 28...
A major mining company linked a two-headed trout mutation to selenium pollution from one of its own mines.
*World Boxing Council has been suspended Dereck Chisora indefinitely for his behavior before and after his fight with Vitali Klitschko. The Londoner, ranked 14th in the WBC's tough division, will also be ...
A Texas doctor has been charged with running a massive health fraud care scheme with thousands of fraudulent patients and intermediaries allegedly offering cash, food stamps or free groceries, to bilk Med...
They're the fastest and most state-of-the-art warplanes ever produced, but a growing number of mishaps are keeping them grounded. In the last few weeks, pilots in the F-22 Raptor fighter jets from the same...
It is at once a deeply-rooted Polish neighbourhood with industrial roots where immigrants still speak in their native tongue on the streets. At the same time, Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighbourhood is a fast...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands, Russia at a depth of 36.9 km (22.9 miles), the quake hit at 11:36:35 UTC Wednesday 29th February 2012 The epicenter was 154 km (96 miles) South fro...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 20 km (12.4 miles), the quake hit at 11:31:36 UTC Wednesday 29th February 2012 The epicenter was 111 km (68.8 miles)...
A man who was named one of the Britain’s biggest international criminals has walked free from court despite been accused of attempting to smuggle £80 million worth of cocaine into the U.K. Jamie Dempsey,...
Far from asteroids being quiet, peaceful objects drifting through space, analysis of dust samples from asteroid 25143 Itokawa has shown they are violently sandblasted by micrometeorites.
So what will the well-dressed Playboy bunny wear in space? A jetpack, of course.
Shot dead by police: Jean Charles de Menezes was killed by police after mistakenly being identified as a suicide bomber. If the law was changed, details could be withheld from inquests like his. The hist...
The teenager arrested in an Ohio school shooting that killed three students didn't know his victims and chose them randomly, a prosecutor said today as the 17-year-old appeared in juvenile court. TJ Lane...
Hundreds of roads are in need of urgent repairs after developing huge cracks because of the on-going drought in parts of the country. Gaps wider than 50p pieces that run for up to 100ft have been torn int...
Another of our legion of alert readers draws our attention to this... "The link below is a news 'item' from Newsbeat, the BBC's service for younger teenagers. You will note the mealy-mouthed disclaimer be...
Thirty-six vehicles had to be rescued from Lake Winnebago when the ice they were parked on cracked during a popular fishing tournament. Organizers had issued safety warnings which the drivers of 50 cars a...
Fascinating post here at Counting Cats in Zanzibar concerning BBC efforts to re-write history and in particular the Royal Navy's valiant efforts against German u-boats in the North Atlantic during ww2. "T...
Britain’s largest banks made £10.7billion from their High Street customers last year — despite being hit by record fines for investment mis-selling and receiving millions of complaints. James Coney and R...
Ministers have launched a bid to drastically limit the power of European human rights judges, it emerged today. Proposed new rules would restrict the right of the Strasbourg court to meddle when cases ha...
Google’s controversial new privacy policy appears to violate European law, EU authorities said in an email to Google CEO Larry Page on Tuesday - just two days before the new guidelines are set to come int...
B-BBC contributor Alan observes "I almost choked when I read the below....had George Monbiot, the Guardian's greenie guardian, suddenly come out as a climate sceptic, scourge of BBC environmental corresp...
A B-BBC reader notes.. "A new book makes claims about Megrahi's release. The BBC reports that the author is by "writer, researcher and TV producer John Ashton." Unfortunately the report fails to inform us...
Most teenagers are proud to go into the family business, be it working the store that's been around for generations or taking over a law practise. But Rev Bob Larson's teenage girls have gone into a more ...
Most teenagers are proud to go into the family business, be it working the store that's been around for generations or taking over a law practise. But Rev Bob Larson's teenage girls have gone into a more ...
I was most amused by the James Naughtie interview on Today this morning with Peter Horrocks and John McCarthy concerning the *BBC World Service *and it's 80th birthday! Yes, we were informed of the global ...
Disgraced police chief Ali Dizaei smirks after being released from prison yesterday just two weeks after receiving a three-year sentence for corruption. The 49-year-old Scotland Yard commander was sent b...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Minahas, Sulawesi, Indonesia at a depth of 28.5 km (17.7 miles), the quake hit at 10:24:16 UTC Wednesday 29th February 2012 The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) NNW fro...
Time for a new Open thread.... Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Nicaragua at a depth of 35.3 km (21.9 miles), the quake hit at 09:54:04 UTC Wednesday 29th February 2012 The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) Southwest of MANAGUA, Nicar...
The widow of one of the July 7 bombers is being sought for questioning by Kenyan authorities about a suspected terror plot. They are hunting a female suspect who escaped when police swooped on part of a ...
Police missed a desperate, screaming 999 call from a teenage girl while she and her family where being murdered in their home, a report revealed yesterday. University lecturer Jifeng Ding, 46, his wife H...
A woman who had a face transplant after she was badly disfigured and blinded by a rampaging chimpanzee said that she would like to be able to see her own reflection. Charla Nash, a 58-year-old single mo...
Royal Mail came under fire yesterday over a plan to sell cheaper stamps to five million customers on benefits. Since the Penny Black was introduced in 1840, the company has delivered a letter anywhere fr...
TUNIS - Unemployment in Tunisia constitutes the country's top problem, and has reached dramatically endemic levels with jobless figures among the young bearing witness to a full-blown crisis. The result...
The late Steve Jobs was perhaps the most acclaimed businessman of his generation, making the iconic Apple products both stylish and efficient, even if that meant pushing his work force to extremes. But tho...
GADDANI: Mehdi Hassan was clinging to a greasy rope, toiling high inside the hull of an oil tanker, when he became another victim of lax safety standards at Pakistan’s Gaddani ship breaking yard. He sud...
For thousands of years, human beings have had a primal attraction to gold. With a powerful magnetism cultivated via legends, mythology and bloody conquest, gold inspires awe like nothing else. And though...
ALBANY — When New York State officials agreed to allow local governments to use an unusual borrowing plan to put off a portion of their pension obligations, fiscal watchdogs scoffed at the arrangement, ca...
People of higher status are more prone to cheating, taking candy from children and failing to wait their turn at four-way stops, a UC Berkeley experiment finds. The rich really are different from the res...
California’s attorney general has asked for a suspension of foreclosures on loans controlled by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris in a letter asked the regulator of the government-c...
“I wish to express my deep regret for the reported incident. … I extend to you and the Afghan people my sincere apologies.” As President Obama sent this letter of apology to Hamid Karzai for the burning b...
An abandoned bus lot in south Los Angeles is now an urban wetland.
America’s most powerful protest groups are joining forces to warn elected officials that they will be held accountable for their actions. The campaign is called Our Polls and its being launched with help ...
GATI, Nepal — Climate change is altering the face of the Himalayas, devastating farming communities and making Mount Everest increasingly treacherous to climb, some of the world’s top mountaineers have war...
February 27, 2012 *Speaking from London, 27/02/2012* * *
We probably all remember sci fi films with X-Ray Specs and bionic men and thought these were about a future we would never actually see off the big screen but things are changing at speed. We have seen th...
Chinese market stalls in Ghana and Senegal are the latest signs of China's growing economic involvement in Africa, according to German researchers. They provide new opportunities, but there are downsides ...
TOKYO — A growing scandal around an investment company that has lost $2.3 billion has affected pensions for up to 880,000 people, Japan’s government said Tuesday. AIJ Investment Advisors has reportedly ...
The United States has taken steps to pressure its allies outside Europe to move away from imports of Iranian oil. US State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland specifically mentioned India and China wh...
February 28, 2012 Follow us @ http://twitter.com/laurenlyster http://twitter.com/coveringdelta Ireland will reportedly hold a referendum on Europe's new fiscal treaty for stricter budget discipline. ...
PALO ALTO, California - With the Iran war hysteria getting louder, United States President Barack Obama, due to address the Jewish lobby on Sunday ahead of his meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister Benja...
The late summer and fall of 2011 was filled with fears of a double-dip recession in the United States coming hard on the heels of the 2007-2009 recession, frequently referred to as the Great Recession. Wit...
Nations around the world are still buying anti-aircraft missiles and fighter plans, no matter the social turmoil or declining economic output their country’s are facing. The total arms sales including sa...
[image: Link] Decades of unbridled economic expansion and disregard for legislation have devastated China’s environment. Today, 70% of China’s waterways are polluted - endangering the health of millions. O...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of dollars in White House money has helped pay for New York Police Department programs that put entire American Muslim neighborhoods under surveillance. The money is part of a ...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 35 km (21.7 miles), the quake hit at 09:00:04 UTC Wednesday 29th February 2012 The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) E...
Last Wednesday in the White House briefing room, the administration’s press secretary, Jay Carney, opened on a somber note, citing the deaths of Marie Colvin and Anthony Shadid, two reporters who had died...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A popular feature many of us have in our cars could be leaving us permanently scarred. Doctors say heated seats can lead to a skin condition called Toasted Skin Syndrome. It’s not ...
*Ricky Gervais humor Life's Too Short is up beside Channel 4's Friday Night Dinner for the best sitcom prize at this year's Rose d'Or TV awards.*Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror satire The National Anthem com...
The Obama administration’s proposed defense budget calls for military families and retirees to pay sharply more for their healthcare, while leaving unionized civilian defense workers’ benefits untouched. ...
In January and February of this year, the Internal Revenue Service began sending out letters to various local Tea Parties across the country. Mailed from the same Cincinnati, Ohio IRS office, these letter...
Orders for U.S. durable goods fell in January by the most in three years, led by a slowdown in demand for commercial aircraft and business equipment. Bookings (DGNOCHNG) for goods meant to last at least t...
Home prices in 20 U.S. cities dropped more than forecast in December to the lowest level since the housing crisis began in mid-2006, indicating foreclosures are hampering the industry’s recovery. The S&P...
MALVERNE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — One Malverne couple was enjoying the mild night Thursday when they became covered by sludge as a plane taking off from Kennedy Airport flew overhead. “A plane was coming ove...
WASHINGTON - A growing number of people are traveling really long distances to work. Researchers call them "super-commuters." Many of them travel hundreds of miles from their homes to work. They take a c...
He may spend his working days contemplating the deepest mysteries of the universe, despite having been robbed of almost all physical movement by the cruelties of motor neurone disease. But it seems the w...
This was the terrifying moment a brave young mother battled to keep her beloved horse calm as sea water closed in on the animal after he became trapped in mud 'like quicksand'. Exhausted and mud-splatter...
The North Korean authorities are expediting the issuance of exit permits for people wishing to visit relatives in China but who agree to return to the country with one ton of food within 40 days. A cons...
Antoine Bousquet has a fascinating post at Disorder of Things on developments in neuroscience and how they are being used by militaries to 1) enhance their own soldiers and 2) degrade the abilities of the...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has cautioned the international community against inciting the Kim Jong Eun regime in a new essay on foreign policy released by state news agency RIA Novosti today. ...
Children who play active video games don't actually exercise enough at home to gain any benefit compared with regular video games, a new study finds. Active video games like Dance Dance Revolution and Wi...
Health Canada is reviewing a new multiple sclerosis drug that has been linked to 11 deaths. There have been no reports of deaths in Canada of people taking the Novartis drug, which is sold under the bran...
The Federal Security Service (FSB) requests all its agents to sell their private properties abroad. All agents must sell their private properties abroad before December 2012, a decree signed by FSB leade...
Analysts at the Bloomberg agency say that Ukraine will be the next country after Greece to default in debt repayments because of the poor state of its economy. The analysts quote the IMF as doubting the a...
New Delhi: At a time when the Centre is trying to address concerns over the Kudunkulam nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has blamed several US-based NGOs for fuelling protests against ...
During the Senate’s major hearing on cybersecurity last week, Senator John McCain, a Republican from Arizona, announced that the Republicans in the Senate would introduce a bill to compete with S. 2105, a...
Oil embargo of the European Union on Iran: punishment with postponement - “War of nerves” in the Persian Gulf - Oil import embargo on Iran January, 26, 2012. There are a number of factors nowadays which ...
Forbes magazine ranked the Gas-rich Gulf state Qatar as the wealthiest nation in the world for 2011. The business magazine which backed its rankings with 2010 data, reported that the “adjusted for purcha...
In Baltimore the wrecks stretch for blocks in every direction. Shattered windows, buckling walls, sometimes just a façade, propped up by the houses on either side. The vacant streets are punctuated by th...
Conclusions based on thirteensamples are at best suspect and this lot is no different. The underlying assumption is that theNeanderthals were somehow inferior and thus died out. Yet they had one extr...
The harsh reality of Jihadism isthat we have not understood that they have been empowered by modern technologyto become a global jihad operating in a cellular fashion. The fight must be sustained and b...
Some thoughts here on theprognosis of oil prices over the near and medium term. The current reality is that the NorthAmerican Market is able to exit the global oil market over the next five to tenyea...
The long term effects ofconcussions and sports concussions have been obvious to the blind, dumb andstupid forever. Just what do you thinkpunch drunk actually meant anyway. Finallywe are awakening as ...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands, Russia at a depth of 42.1 km (26.2 miles), the quake hit at 07:34:25 UTC Wednesday 29th February 2012 The epicenter was 160 km (100 miles) South fr...
AP File photo shows an unmanned U.S. Predator drone over the Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan. Sources say Pakistan's military has agreed to the resumption of U.S. drone strikes against terroris...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Leading economies told Europe it must put up extra money to fight its debt crisis if it wants more help from the rest of the world, piling pressure on Germany to drop its oppositio...
HOUSTON (TEXAS): US Congress members from the largest rice-growing states are on warpath, asking Iraq to resume buying US long-grain rice, instead of from India. "We liberated their country for one thing,...
Classical computers operate with classical information, e.g. bits encoded in the voltage of a capacitor. \(5 = 00000101\). Their working should be deterministic. *Additional reading if you wish: recent ...
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday said that addressing Balochistan issue is the top most priority of the government and he is willing to visit the province to engage a dialogue with the Baloch...
Senator Charles Schumer wants Saudi Arabia to do its part to help keep gas prices from going any higher. Schumer is asking the State Department to press the Saudis to commit to increasing oil production. ...
Richard Waugh, chief executive of Bank of Nova Scotia and a prominent figure in global financial circles, is backing Canada’s hard line against an international rescue of Europe, highlighting the contenti...
*A study reveals that Tyrannosaurus rex had the most powerful bite of any creature that has ever walked the Earth. The research led by Dr Karl Bates from the biomechanics laboratory at the University of ...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the Santa Cruz Islands at a depth of 77.7 km (48.3 miles), the quake hit at 07:05:11 UTC Wednesday 29th February 2012 The epicenter was 213 km (132 miles) SSE of Lata...
The captain and the navigating officer of a cargo ship that ran aground on a New Zealand reef last year have admitted responsibility for the crash in court. The men were responsible for the route of the ...
*New clues have emerged in what could be described as the world's oldest murder case: that of Oetzi the Iceman, whose 5,300 year old body was revealed frozen in the Italian Alps in 1991*. The study revea...
Some 25 suspected members of hacker group Anonymous have been arrested in a sweep across Europe and South America, Interpol has said. The international police agency said in a statement the arrests were m...
A 16-year-old boy has died after apparently being hit on the head by a cricket ball while at school. Kyle Rees suffered a serious head injury during the incident at Portchester School, in Bournemouth, Do...
Boxer Dereck Chisora has been suspended indefinitely by the WBC after his bust-up with David Haye - and told to attend anger management classes. The WBC described Chisora's behaviour as "one of the worst...
*Why bother with them then?* "Former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor had US spy agency ties; Officials confirm Charles Taylor was valued source of information in early 1980s" by Bryan Bender | Globe St...
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake has struck Baja California, Mexico at a depth of 16 km (9.9 miles), the quake hit at 05:47:17 UTC Wednesday 29th February 2012 The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) Southwest from ...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 550.3 km (342 miles), the quake hit at 05:36:02 UTC Wednesday 29th February 2012 The epicenter was 255 km (158 miles) Southeast of Lambas...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Region at a depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 05:10:42 UTC Wednesday 29th February 2012 The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) North of Al `Amarah, Iraq N...
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake has struck Northern California at a depth of 30.6 km (19 miles), the quake hit at 05:00:33 UTC Wednesday 29th February 2012 The epicenter was 9 km (6 miles) Southwest from Weitc...
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck Baja California, Mexico at a depth of 20.1 km (12.5 miles), the quake hit at 01:27:28 UTC Wednesday 29th February 2012 The epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) Southwest fr...
Over at Plum Line I have a quick reaction to Romney's nice night in Michigan and Arizona. Just to add a bit to what I said over there...I hope you don't mind if this is a bit self-something or other, but ...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands, Russia at a depth of 34.1 km (21.2 miles), the quake hit at 01:22:51 UTC Wednesday 29th February 2012 The epicenter was 151 km (94 miles) South fro...
*Look who got the job as a terrorist*: "Somali insurgents from US get high profile" January 14, 2012|By Jason Straziuso and Julie Watson NAIROBI - The October *Al Qaeda video shows a light-skinned man* ha...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia at a depth of 154.1 km (95.8 miles), the quake hit at 23:52:33 UTC Tuesday 28th February 2012 The epicenter was 311 km (193 miles) ENE...
Lepers, Indonesia. *Hamas breaks publicly with the Assad Regime in Syria; Agrees Unity Government with Arch-Rival Fatah* *Strategy of Tension Launched in Greece * Papua glue sniffing - by dapiiiiit *L...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Region at a depth of 10.2 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 23:18:51 UTC Tuesday 28th February 2012 The epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) North of Al `Amarah, Iraq No ...
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck off the Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 10.2 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 22:52:38 UTC Tuesday 28th February 2012 The epicenter was 287 km (178 miles) East o...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Southern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 73.8 km (45.9 miles), the quake hit at 19:13:56 UTC Tuesday 28th February 2012 The epicenter was 121 km (75 miles) SSE of Pa...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Southern Iran at a depth of 42.1 km (26.2 miles), the quake hit at 18:51:10 UTC Tuesday 28th February 2012 The epicenter was 125 km (77 miles) ENE of Bandar `Abbas, Ir...
We acquire some excellent reportage on exactly what's happening in Afghanistan now as anger rears its irrational head and bites wherever a soft target presents itself, after the attacks and the earlier new...
Did everyone enjoying watching our party being hi-jacked by yet another liberal politician? Romney went out of his way to give –extra- thanks to John McCain. That makes it so much better doesn’t it? His...
Something which puts him right out of his depth. *Harebell *has the best paragraph of the month. This was some pretty canny footwork by Rae, who is showing he can dance well. *However it speaks volumes a...
"Clergymen clash at Bethlehem birthplace of Jesus" December 29, 2011|By associated press BETHLEHEM, West Bank - The annual cleaning of one of Christianity’s holiest churches deteriorated into a brawl betw...
The video above has nothing to do with either Arizona congressional candidate Sheriff Paul Babeu or Staten Island Republican Congressman/Mafioso Michael "Mikey Suits" Grimm. Instead it's another real wo...
Revised list of the12 ridings with the slimmest margins of victory which gave Steve his majority. My original list from May 5, 2011 here, with corrected details and more data. The Sixth Estate's list of...
*FEBRUARY 28, 2012* Permalink *Report from Kabul: Deadly Protests over U.S. Koran Burning May B...
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*"OTTAWA — As debate over the sustainability of the country's Old Age Security system continues, new figures show the Conservative government has overestimated the cost of the system by hundreds of milli...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- North Korea needs to halt its nuclear program and ballistic missile tests to receive American food aid, the top military officer in the Asia-Pacific said Tuesday. The comments by Adm. ...
Hiromasa Yonekura, head of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), has criticized the government for its response to the crisis at the tsunami-hit Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant. "The acci...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka said Wednesday that the purchase of the F-35 stealth jet, which Japan picked as its next-generation mainstay fighter, may be cancelled should there be a dela...
TSURUGA, Fukui -- The mayor of this city, home to three nuclear reactors, gave year-end gifts to nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono and other legislators using taxpayers' money, it has been learned. ...
The UN Security Council is drawing up a new draft resolution on Syria demanding humanitarian access to the country, with China reportedly saying it would back international efforts to send aid. If put to...
A man arrested at Cairo airport on suspicion of being al Qaeda's caretaker chief has reportedly denied he is the alleged terrorist. Senior militant Saif al Adel - also known as Muhamad Ibrahim Makkawi and...
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck Central Alaska at a depth of 110.7 km (68.8 miles), the quake hit at 12:06:41 UTC Wednesday 29th February 2012 The epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) WSW of Healy, Alaska ...
The receipt with a 1 percent tip and a nasty note that sparked outrage across the Internet is a fake, the restaurant where it was left said after tracking down the original copy. True Food Kitchen says th...
A ferocious storm system is barrelling toward the upper Midwest this evening and could dump as much as ten inches of snow in some areas - a rude awakening for many who were enjoying an unseasonably mild w...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Southwestern Siberia, Russia at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 12:03:18 UTC Monday 27th February 2012 The epicenter was 32 km (19.8 miles) Northeast o...
Police are hunting a man who beat his girlfriend's two-year-old son to death because he would not eat his dinner. Juan Garcia, 18, had moved in to the home of Wendy Rogel-Pagasa, 18, in Phoenix, Arizona,...
A woman has been convicted of murdering and sexually assaulting her two-year-old stepdaughter because she threw a temper tantrum and soiled her pants. It took jurors just two hours to find Renee King, 28...
*World Boxing Council has been suspended Dereck Chisora indefinitely for his behavior before and after his fight with Vitali Klitschko. The Londoner, ranked 14th in the WBC's tough division, will also be ...
A Texas doctor has been charged with running a massive health fraud care scheme with thousands of fraudulent patients and intermediaries allegedly offering cash, food stamps or free groceries, to bilk Med...
They're the fastest and most state-of-the-art warplanes ever produced, but a growing number of mishaps are keeping them grounded. In the last few weeks, pilots in the F-22 Raptor fighter jets from the same...
It is at once a deeply-rooted Polish neighbourhood with industrial roots where immigrants still speak in their native tongue on the streets. At the same time, Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighbourhood is a fast...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands, Russia at a depth of 36.9 km (22.9 miles), the quake hit at 11:36:35 UTC Wednesday 29th February 2012 The epicenter was 154 km (96 miles) South fro...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 20 km (12.4 miles), the quake hit at 11:31:36 UTC Wednesday 29th February 2012 The epicenter was 111 km (68.8 miles)...
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