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Deadly Attack On Turkish-Syrian Border
1:48 pm Eastern | World
A minibus was bombed on Monday in the buffer zone between Turkey’s Cilvegozu border crossing and Syria’s Bab al-Hawa post, killing 14 people and injuring 28 more.read more »
Panetta Welcomes Afghanistan Troop Reduction
13 Feb 01:59 | U.S. News
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has welcomed President Obama's State of The Union announcement that 34,000 American troops will be home from Afghanistan by this time next year, saying it was recommended by Gen. John Allen based on a thorough assessment of the ISAF campaign plan moving forward.read more »
No Body Yet Recovered From Big Bear Cabin Where Dormer Believed To Have Made Last Stand
13 Feb 01:19 | U.S. News
Los Angeles police and the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office say no body has yet been recovered from a cabin gutted by fire Big Bear Lake in California where ex-cop Christopher Dorner is believed to have made his last stand.read more »
Middle East River Basin Has Lost Dead Sea-Sized Quantity Of Water
12 Feb 13:41 | World
Already strained by water scarcity and political tensions, the arid Middle East along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is losing critical water reserves at a rapid pace, from Turkey upstream to Syria, Iran and Iraq below.read more »
North Korean Nuclear Test A "Highly Provocative Act"
12 Feb 13:17 | U.S. News
President Obama says a third nuclear test by North Korea was "a highly provocative act" that, following its December 12 ballistic missile launch, undermines regional stability. read more »
Linden Well Excavation Locates Debris Field As Search For Human Remains Continues
12 Feb 12:39 | U.S. News
Five weeks after excavation began on a rural agricultural well in San Joaquin County, a team of FBI experts has successfully removed and sifted more than 50 cubic yards of loamy fill dirt from within an old well, reaching debris located more than 95 feet below grade this weekend. read more »
China "Firmly Opposed" To North Korea Nuclear Test
12 Feb 04:35 | World
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement saying China is "firmly opposed" to North Korea's nuclear test. read more »
North Korea Tests Nuclear Bomb Drawing Universal Condemnation
12 Feb 03:21 | World
North Korean media have confirmed that the DPRK has conducted a third underground nuclear test which those monitoring nuclear tests said was larger than the nuclear tests carried out in 2006 and 2009. read more »
Sudan And Darfur Rebel Group Sign Ceasefire
11 Feb 13:26 | World
The Government of Sudan and one of the main rebel factions in Darfur have signed a ceasefire agreement to move the peace process forward, the United Nations-African Union mediator has announced. read more »
Pope Benedict XVI Resigns
11 Feb 13:05 | World
The leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, has become the first Pope in 600 years to resign, saying his health is no longer up to the job.read more »
Man Who Interfered With JetBlue Flight Crew Sentenced
11 Feb 00:46 | U.S. News
New York man Marcus Covington, 33, has been sentenced to serve 172 days (time served) for interference with a flight crew during a flight from New York to Los Angeles. read more »
Palestinian Refugee Deaths In Syria Increasing
11 Feb 00:37 | World
Officials have expressed concern over the rising number of deaths and injuries among Palestinian refugees in Syria, following reports of 12 casualties in a Damascus suburb.read more »
NASA Spots Two Coronal Mass Ejections From Sun
7 Feb 13:28 | SciTech
NASA says the sun erupted with two coronal mass ejections or CMEs in the evening of February 5 that may glance near-Earth space.read more »
11,000 Elephants Slaughtered In National Park
7 Feb 02:19 | World
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) says a national park which was once home to Africa's largest forest elephant population has lost a staggering 11,100 individuals due to poaching for the ivory trade.read more »
U.S. Carrier Strike Group Deployment To Middle East Delayed Due To Sequestration
6 Feb 16:47 | U.S. News
The secretary of defense has delayed the deployment of a U.S. Carrier Strike Group to the Middle East due to "looming potential" for across-the-board sequestration budget cuts. read more »
Fear Can Play Role In Influencing Political Attitudes
6 Feb 01:39 | US Politics and Govt
Fear can play a role in influencing political attitudes on hot-button issues such as immigration, according to new research co-authored by Brown political scientist Rose McDermott. read more »
Exposure To Air Pollution Associated With Low Birth Weights Worldwide
6 Feb 01:33 | SciTech
Mothers who are exposed to particulate air pollution of the type emitted by vehicles, urban heating and coal power plants are significantly more likely to bear children of low birth weight, according to an international study.read more »
North Korea Nuclear Test "Will Be Easily Detected"
5 Feb 13:47 | World
A top American nuclear scientist says a nuclear test by North Korea should be easier to detect than the previous two because Pyongyang has vowed it will be bigger. read more »
Large Asteroid To Make Record Close Approach To Earth Next Week
5 Feb 02:40 | SciTech
NASA says an asteroid 150-feet in diameter with an estimated mass of about 130,000 metric tons will make a record close approach to earth for a known object of this size next week, and will pass inside the ring of geosynchronous weather and communications satellites. read more »
UK Archaeologists Discover Remains Of King Richard III
4 Feb 12:51 | World
The University of Leicester has confirmed that it has discovered the remains of King Richard III, the last English king to die in battle in 1485. read more »
Study Shows Facebook Unfriending Has Real Life Consequences
4 Feb 12:39 | SciTech
Unfriending someone on Facebook may be as easy as clicking a button, but a new study from the University of Colorado Denver shows the repercussions often reach far beyond cyberspace.read more »
Asian Countries Seek Ways To Reduce Air Pollution
4 Feb 12:24 | World
Officials from 19 Asian countries have begun a series of discussions on how to reduce the impact of air pollutants in the Asia-Pacific region.read more »
Delivery Of Safe Water For Millions In Syria Begins
4 Feb 12:17 | World
A large-scale operation is under way in Syria to secure safe water supplies for more than 10 million people or close to half the population, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).read more »
Prescription Overdose Rate Reaches Epidemic Levels In NYC
3 Feb 12:40 | U.S. News
The rate of drug overdose from prescription opioids increased seven-fold in New York City over a 16-year period and was concentrated especially among white residents of the city, according to latest research at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. read more »
Situation In Syria "Appalling"
1 Feb 2013 | World
The United Nations refugee agency says it delivered emergency winter aid for the first time to the Azzas area of northern Syria, where thousands of internally displaced people are living in makeshift tents, while cautioning that the situation in the country is "appalling." read more »
Study Raises Questions About Long-Held Theories Of Human Evolution
31 Jan 2013 | SciTech
A new analysis of the past 12 million years' of vegetation change in the cradle of humanity is challenging long-held beliefs about the world in which our ancestors took shape – and, by extension, the impact it had on them.read more »
Mortgage Rates Post Largest One Week Increase in 10 Months
31 Jan 2013 | Business
Fixed mortgage rates recorded the biggest one week increase since last March, with the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate rising to 3.77 percent this week, according to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey.read more »
SEC Charges Florida Real Estate Executives In $300 Million Investment Scheme
31 Jan 2013 | Business
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged five former real estate executives who defrauded investors into believing they were funding the development of five-star destination resorts in Florida and Las Vegas when they were actually buying into a Ponzi scheme. read more »
Generation X Connects Online As Often As They Socialize In Person
31 Jan 2013 | SciTech
Young adults in Generation X are as likely to connect with friends, family and co-workers online as they are in person, according to a University of Michigan study.read more »
New Insight Will Help Evolve Artificial Intelligence
30 Jan 2013 | SciTech
Cornell University have discovered a new insight which they say will help evolve artificial intelligence, so robot brains can acquire the grace and cunning of animals.read more »
Toyota Recalls Over 1 Million Corollas And Lexus IS Sedans
30 Jan 2013 | U.S. News
Toyota U.S.A. says it will conduct two separate safety recalls involving approximately 752,000 Corolla and Corolla Matrix vehicles and approximately 270,000 Lexus IS vehicles.read more »
Judge Confirms Record $4 Billion Criminal Fine For BP Gulf Oil Spill
30 Jan 2013 | U.S. News
BP Exploration and Production Inc. has pleaded guilty to 14 criminal counts for its illegal conduct leading to and after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster and was sentenced to pay $4 billion in criminal fines and penalties, the largest criminal resolution in U.S. history. read more »
Iraqi Terrorists Living In Kentucky Sentenced For Terrorist Activities
29 Jan 2013 | U.S. News
Two Iraqi citizens living in Bowling Green, Kentucky who admitted using improvised explosive devices (IEDs) against U.S. soldiers in Iraq and who attempted to send weapons and money to al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) for the purpose of killing U.S. soldiers have been sentenced to serve prison terms.read more »
When You Eat Just As Important As What You Eat For Weight Loss
29 Jan 2013 | SciTech
Most weight-loss plans center around a balance between caloric intake and energy expenditure. However, new research has shed light on a new factor that is necessary to shed pounds: timing.read more »
Google Publishes Detailed Map Of North Korea
29 Jan 2013 | SciTech
Google maps has published a detailed map of North Korea which shows everything from the location of hotels to the infamous slave labour camps of gulags. read more »
Majority Of Americans Support Dozens Of Policies To Strengthen US Gun Laws: Poll
28 Jan 2013 | U.S. News
The majority of Americans support a broad array of policies to reduce gun violence, according to a new national public opinion survey conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. read more »
Iran Urged To Halt Execution Of Five Activists
28 Jan 2013 | World
A group of human rights experts have urged Iran to halt the execution of five activists belonging to the Ahwazi Arab minority, who were sentenced to death on charges of corruption, propaganda and "enmity against God."read more »
Lucasfilm Confirms J.J. Abrams Will Direct Star Wars: Episode VII
26 Jan 2013 | Entertainment
Disney and Lucasfilm have confirmed J.J. Abrams will direct Star Wars: Episode VII, the first of a new series of Star Wars films to come from Lucasfilm under the leadership of Kathleen Kennedy. read more »
Diet, Parental Behavior, and Preschool Can Boost Children's IQ
25 Jan 2013 | SciTech
Supplementing children’s diets with fish oil, enrolling them in quality preschool, and engaging them in interactive reading all turn out to be effective ways to raise a young child’s intelligence, according to a new report.read more »
Former CIA Officer Gets 30 Months for Revealing Identity Of Covert CIA Officer
25 Jan 2013 | U.S. News
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou, 48, of Arlington, Virginia, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for revealing to a journalist the identity of a man whose 20-plus-year career as a covert CIA agent had never been disclosed publicly. read more »
False Beliefs Persist, Even After Instant Online Corrections
25 Jan 2013 | U.S. News
Providing instant corrections to web-surfers when they run across obviously false information on the Internet may sound like a good idea, but a new study suggests that this may not dispel inaccurate beliefs, particularly among people who already want to believe the falsehood.read more »
It's Not The Weatherman's Fault He's Wrong So Often Says Professor
25 Jan 2013 | SciTech
It's not the weatherman's fault he's wrong so often, according to BYU mechanical engineering professor Julie Crockett. read more »
More Small Meat-Eating Dinosaurs Than First Thought, Say Scientists
24 Jan 2013 | SciTech
University of Alberta researchers say they have used fossilized teeth to identify at least 23 species of small meat-eating dinosaurs that roamed western Canada and the United States, 85 to 65 million years ago. read more »
Academic Urges Gun Control Debate To Focus On Firearms Manufacturers
24 Jan 2013 | U.S. News
The focus of the gun control debate should be on those who distribute guns, not solely on those who buy them, according to Kevin Bradford, an associate professional specialist in marketing at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business.read more »
Mobile, Social, Cloud, Analytics And Cyber Are Drivers OF "Postdigital Enterprise"
24 Jan 2013 | SciTech
Deloitte has released its 4th Annual Tech Trends Report "Elements of Postdigital," highlighting the top 10 enabling and disrupting technology trends that are expected to be drivers for businesses as they move toward achieving the potential of the "postdigital enterprise." read more »
FBI Search For Human Remains In Well Site Enters New Phase
24 Jan 2013 | U.S. News
After completing nearly two weeks of detailed site preparations at a rural well site in Linden, California, the FBI said on Wednesday it was ready to start excavating the interior of the well in a search for human remains.read more »
North Korea Announces More Nuclear And Missile Tests Aimed At "Arch Enemy" The U.S.
23 Jan 2013 | World
North Korea has announced plans to carry out a third nuclear weapons test and said it also planned more long range ballistic missile tests which were aimed at its "arch-enemy" the United States.read more »
Denzel Washington America's Favorite Movie Star In Harris Poll
23 Jan 2013 | Entertainment
Denzel Washington has reclaimed the title of America's Favorite Movie Star, rising one place from last year in a Harris Poll.read more »
UN Security Council Increases Sanctions On DPR Korea
23 Jan 2013 | World
The United Nations Security Council has more sharply targeted sanctions on North Korea after reiterating its condemnation of a December 2012 missile launch.read more »
Investigation Clears General John Allen Of Misconduct Allegations
23 Jan 2013 | U.S. News
A military investigation into the top U.S. general in Afghanistan, General John Allen, has cleared him of any misconduct in email communications with Florida socialite Jill Kelley.read more »
