VIDEO: Is yawning among tortoises contagious? |
- VIDEO: Is yawning among tortoises contagious?
- Crab Pulsar blazes on high beam
- George Wright fights extradition
- U.S. Panel Advises Against Routine Prostate Test
- Panetta: No decision yet to end NATO mission in Libya
- Special Report: Crisis grips North Korean rice bowl
- Syria army 'kills man in Lebanon'
- Spanish students decry education cuts
- City Room: Queens Woman Who Killed Husband Is Found Not Guilty
- French left milks novelty of presidential primary
- Harvesting Cease-Fire Offers Respite in Afghanistan
- Obama Obliquely Warns Pakistan About Long-Term Relations
- Harvesting Cease-Fire Offers Respite in Afghanistan
- Ericsson up on handset exit news
- VIDEO: North Korea's malnourished children
- Job cuts in BBC local journalism
- VIDEO: Wounded veterans tackle cycle tour
- Obama: Wall Street rally reflects frustration
- ECB to Wield Anticrisis Tools
- BOE Expands Quantitative Easing
| VIDEO: Is yawning among tortoises contagious? Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:33 PM PDT A Nobel prize may be the most sought after gong in the scientific world, but a lecturer from the University of Lincoln has picked up the next best thing.
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| Crab Pulsar blazes on high beam Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:29 PM PDT Scientists find that gamma rays coming from the Crab Nebula are far more energetic than expected, and higher than our understanding of pulsars can explain.
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| George Wright fights extradition Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:15 PM PDT Convicted killer and plane hijacker George Wright, on the run from the FBI for more than 40 years, fights extradition from Portugal to the US.
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| U.S. Panel Advises Against Routine Prostate Test Posted: 06 Oct 2011 12:58 PM PDT Giving healthy men P.S.A. blood tests for prostate cancer does not save lives and often leads to treatment that can cause needless pain and side effects, the government panel said.
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| Panetta: No decision yet to end NATO mission in Libya Posted: 06 Oct 2011 09:25 AM PDT The United States believes NATO has accomplished its mission in Libya, but the formal decision to end air attacks and other operations is still in the future, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday.
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| Special Report: Crisis grips North Korean rice bowl Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:00 PM PDT HAEJU, North Korea, Oct 6 (AlertNet) - In a pediatric hospital in North Korea's most productive farming province, children lay two to a bed. All showed signs of severe malnutrition: skin infections, patchy hair, listless apathy.
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| Syria army 'kills man in Lebanon' Posted: 06 Oct 2011 12:37 PM PDT Syrian forces cross into Lebanon and shoot dead a Syrian living in a border area, reports say, raising fears of a spillover of unrest.
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| Spanish students decry education cuts Posted: 06 Oct 2011 12:28 PM PDT High school students in Madrid take to the streets to rally against regional cuts to the education budget.
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| City Room: Queens Woman Who Killed Husband Is Found Not Guilty Posted: 06 Oct 2011 12:04 PM PDT Barbara Sheehan, who killed her husband, a former police sergeant, in a hail of 11 bullets while he was shaving was acquitted of murder on Thursday.
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| French left milks novelty of presidential primary Posted: 06 Oct 2011 11:55 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - France's Socialists have the wind in their sails less than seven months from a presidential election, buoyed by the novelty of an American-style primary and the airtime access it is giving them.
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| Harvesting Cease-Fire Offers Respite in Afghanistan Posted: 06 Oct 2011 12:10 PM PDT Militants in Paktika Province declared a cease-fire during pine-nut season, underscoring a pair of simple facts: Waging war requires labor, and when local labor is busy, fighting can subside.
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| Obama Obliquely Warns Pakistan About Long-Term Relations Posted: 06 Oct 2011 11:14 AM PDT President Obama said his administration was concerned about Pakistan's commitment to American interests, citing ties between anti-American militants and Pakistan's intelligence agents.
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| Harvesting Cease-Fire Offers Respite in Afghanistan Posted: 06 Oct 2011 12:10 PM PDT Militants in Paktika Province declared a cease-fire during pine-nut season, underscoring a pair of simple facts: Waging war requires labor, and when local labor is busy, fighting can subside.
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| Ericsson up on handset exit news Posted: 06 Oct 2011 11:13 AM PDT Ericsson shares rise nearly 8% in US trading on a report that Sony will buy it out of their mobile phone handsets joint venture.
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| VIDEO: North Korea's malnourished children Posted: 06 Oct 2011 10:11 AM PDT Reports from North Korea say that children in some areas of the country are severely malnourished.
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| Job cuts in BBC local journalism Posted: 06 Oct 2011 10:53 AM PDT Local radio, regional television and news online across England will be affected by the BBC's plan to cut up to 2,000 jobs - with local radio stations taking the biggest hit.
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| VIDEO: Wounded veterans tackle cycle tour Posted: 06 Oct 2011 10:56 AM PDT A group of 30 veterans from the US and UK are taking part in a transatlantic charity cycle ride to raise funds for other wounded servicemen.
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| Obama: Wall Street rally reflects frustration Posted: 06 Oct 2011 12:56 PM PDT US president says his American Jobs Act will appease some concerns raised by the growing "Occupy Wall Street" movement.
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| Posted: 06 Oct 2011 08:53 AM PDT The European Central Bank reactivated two of its tried and trusted anticrisis measures in an effort to stave off an impending liquidity crisis among the euro zone's banks.
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| BOE Expands Quantitative Easing Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:03 PM PDT The Bank of England said it will buy £75 billion of government bonds in a fresh bout of quantitative easing aimed at stimulating the U.K.'s stagnant economy.
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