Japan experts warn of future risk of giant tsunami

Japan experts warn of future risk of giant tsunami

Japan experts warn of future risk of giant tsunami

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 10:25 PM PDT

Revised estimates of the potential impact an offshore earthquake could have on Japan show that much of the country's Pacific coast could be inundated by a tsunami more than 20 meters (65 feet) high.


Christians mark Palm Sunday in Jerusalem

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 10:09 PM PDT

Hundreds of Christian pilgrims are visiting the Holy Land to mark Palm Sunday, the day Jesus Christ made his triumphant return to Jerusalem.


IRS Shares Mega Millions Jackpot-Even if You Give it Away

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 11:20 PM PDT

Mega Millions or otherwise, your chances of winning the lottery are famously small, but that doesn?t quell the fever to play. Your chances of paying tax or being audited? Both much higher. Besides, lottery winnings are taxed. As this article summarizes, winning big doesn?t mean avoiding the taxman. See How Much Tax Will You Owe ...


Engines restored on drifting cruise ship

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 11:15 PM PDT

Passengers "calm and upbeat", company says, as coast guards and naval vessels escort Azamara Quest to port in Malaysia.


What Skyrim Would Look Like In CryEngine 3

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 10:07 PM PDT

Via John Papadopoulos at DSOGaming, this is a pretty incredible video from modder ?wenda.? Check it out: John writes, ?Wenda has released a video of his WIP map and we have to say that this is exactly how Skyrim would look like in CryEngine 3. The attention to detail is really amazing and although we've ...


Myanmar's Suu Kyi poised to win parliamentary seat

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 08:22 PM PDT

Supporters of National league of Democracy wait for the arrival Aung San Suu Kyi, to greet her while she visits to village Wah Thin Kha the day before the election in Yangon, Saturday, March 31, 2012. On upcoming Sunday, this tiny village of thatched bamboo huts is expected to help vote the frail but intensely stalwart opposition leader into public office for the first time, after decades of suppression by Myanmar's former military rulers. (AP Photo)Myanmar held a landmark election Sunday that was expected to send democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi into parliament for her first public office since launching her decades-long struggle against the military-dominated government.

Nicaraguan businessman accused of drug trafficking

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 07:59 PM PDT

Nicaraguan authorities said Saturday that the apparent target of an attack that claimed the life of Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral last year is being charged with drug trafficking.


Venezuelan leader returns to Cuba for treatment

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 08:57 PM PDT

In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, speaks during a televised speech, backdropped by a framed image of Venezuela's independence hero Simon Bolivar, at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday March 31, 2012. Chavez said Saturday that he was traveling to Havana in the afternoon for a second round of radiation after recent surgery to extract a second cancerous tumor in his pelvic area. Chavez had another tumor removed from the same general area in June. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office, Efrain Gonzalez)Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez traveled to Cuba on Saturday for another round of cancer treatment, saying he will be in Havana for several days and then return home.

30 years after Falklands war, visible scars remain

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 06:33 PM PDT

In this Sunday March 4, 2012 photo, a sign warns of land mines just outside Stanley, Falkland Islands. Many scars remain from Argentina's occupation of the islands, both physical and those harder to see at first. The beautiful white-sand beach where Argentine troops came ashore on April 2, 1982 remains off-limits to all but the penguins, which aren't heavy enough to explode the land mines. And islanders say they can never trust Argentines again after being held at gunpoint in their streets and homes during the 74-day occupation. (AP Photo/Michael Warren)Thirty years after Argentina and Britain spilled blood over these remote islands in the South Atlantic, the scars of war are still being scratched raw.

Bombs in southern Thailand kill 14, injure 340

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 06:53 PM PDT

Thai fire fighters and soldiers walk at the site of the car bomb attack in Yala province, southern Thailand Saturday, March 31, 2012. Suspected Muslim insurgents set off coordinated bomb blasts as shoppers gathered for lunch Saturday in a busy hub of Thailand's restive south, killing eight people and wounding more than 60, officials said. (AP Photo/Sumeth Panpetch)Suspected Muslim insurgents staged the most deadly coordinated attacks in years in Thailand's restive south, killing 14 people and injuring 340 with car bombs that targeted Saturday shoppers and a high-rise hotel frequented by foreign tourists.

Kentucky Vs. Kansas in Final Monday

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 09:31 PM PDT

The Kentucky Wildcats will meet the Kansas Jayhawks in the NCAA Championship title game Monday night. Tipoff is at 9:23 p.m. Kansas came back from a double-digit deficit to defeat Ohio State 64-62, while Kentucky outlasted the University of Louisville 69-61. Kentucky defeated Kansas in November 75-65.


You Gotta See This Unlikely, But Likable, Duo Have Their Viral Susan Boyle Moment

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 09:27 PM PDT

From Susan Boyle to Jeremy Lin, we are now primed to be surprised. ?s??Idolatrous??UK show??Britain?s Got Talent had a real viral moment last week that?s climbed to 6 million views on You Tube in the last six days. I?ve gotta say, this is a classic hustle. The unlikely duo. She, Jaconelli, 16,??pulled together, confident and ...


VIDEO: Clashes at far-right rally in Denmark

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 08:18 PM PDT

There are 80 arrests when clashes break out at a rally of far-right groups holding a rally in Denmark.


VIDEO: Clashes at far-right rally in Denmark

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 08:18 PM PDT

There are 80 arrests when clashes break out at a rally of far-right groups holding a rally in Denmark.


The Last Best Buy Story You (Or Anyone) Should Read

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 09:10 PM PDT

Best Buy is going down, hardly surprising, but why so interesting?


Jeremy Lin's Knee Injury Leaves Linsanity in Limbo

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 08:42 PM PDT

Jeremy Lin?s improbable season likely came to an end on Saturday when it was announced that the Knicks point guard will miss the rest of the regular season after undergoing knee surgery. An MRI revealed the Lin has a chronic meniscus tear in his left knee. Lin will have surgery to repair the damage next ...


Stalking Women Online? 'Girls Around Me' Is A Red Flag App For That

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 08:35 PM PDT

The mobile app 'Girls Around Me' crosses the line from pickup artist/desperate/creepy to downright scary. Merging Facebook and Foursquare data with Google Maps and real-time GPS location data, it elevates the idea of alerting women where they are to stalker level.


The U.S. can meet Israel halfway on Iran

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 04:41 PM PDT

There is no daylight between the United States and Israel on the objective and the preferred means for dealing with Iranian nuclear ambitions. Much has been written about possible differences, but the recent meeting between President Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu highlighted key points of convergence: Both agree that the objective is prevention, not containment, and that a nuclear Iran could set off an arms race in an already-dangerous region. The heightened risk of a nuclear war in the Middle East is, in essence, why Obama has indicated that the issue is in the "American national interest."

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'Friends of Syria' set for Turkey meeting

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 10:03 PM PDT

Delegates from dozens of countries to discuss ways of supporting Syrian opposition and applying more pressure on Assad.


Debut: The BMW i8 Concept Spyder

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 08:07 PM PDT

The latest hybrid supercar from the German automaker.


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