VIDEO: S Korea's K-pop culture growing in Japan

VIDEO: S Korea's K-pop culture growing in Japan

VIDEO: S Korea's K-pop culture growing in Japan

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 10:32 PM PST

South Korea's K-pop music has overtaken Japanese music as the industry's most popular genre in the country.


Why Best Buy is Going out of Business...Gradually

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 09:54 PM PST

Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy is doing everything wrong.


Exxon awarded $908m over Venezuela dispute

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 10:23 PM PST

International arbitration body orders compensation for nationalisation of assets, less than 10 per cent of that sought.


VIDEO: US Marine's Tough Mudder battle

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 10:26 PM PST

A US Marine who fought in Iraq has taken on the challenge of the World's Toughest Mudder endurance course.


Iran to test-fire long range missiles Monday: navy official (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 10:22 PM PST

Reuters - Iran will test-fire two long range missiles on Monday during the last day of naval exercises in the Gulf, a naval commander said, following its threat to halt oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.


1 dead, 739 injured in Philippine New Year revelry (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 10:04 PM PST

AP - Philippine health officials say a boy has died from massive injuries from a firecracker explosion in the first known death from violent New Year's revelries that also injured 739 others.


Unhealthy: 2011 Saw Surge In HIPPA Compliance Issues

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 09:41 PM PST

Guest post written by Alex Blau Alex Blau is medical director at Doximity, an online network for physicians. It?s one of the less pleasant healthcare trends of 2011: information is becoming less secure while enforcement is growing more stringent. According to a recent Ponemon research study,??data breaches alone have risen by 32%. Ninety-two percent of ...


Iran to test-fire long range missiles Monday: navy official

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 10:22 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will test-fire two long range missiles on Monday during the last day of naval exercises in the Gulf, a naval commander said, following its threat to halt oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.

Caterpillar moves to lock out CAW workers (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 08:09 PM PST

Reuters - Caterpillar Inc's Electro-Motive unit has decided to lock out locomotive manufacturing workers in London, Ontario, after finding out the Canadian Auto Workers told members not to strike following the breakdown of contract negotiations.


Boat capsizes off Kenyan island of Lamu

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 08:27 PM PST

At least seven people dead and dozens missing after boat crashes into another vessel and overturns.


Pope Benedict XVI to visit Cuba March 26-28 (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 07:45 PM PST

Reuters - Pope Benedict XVI will visit Cuba on March 26-28 and perform two open-air masses on the communist island as part of his upcoming trip to Mexico and Cuba, Roman Catholic Church officials said on Sunday.


Taxpayers Suggest Resolutions for Congress in 2012

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 07:34 PM PST

? It?s the New Year and sadly, the same old Congress. With that in mind, I thought that Congress could use a little help with their New Year?s resolutions for 2012, so a couple of days ago, I posed this question on my blog: What?s on your tax and financial #wishlist for Congress in 2012? ...


Pope Benedict XVI to visit Cuba March 26-28

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 07:45 PM PST

HAVANA (Reuters) - Pope Benedict XVI will visit Cuba on March 26-28 and perform two open-air masses on the communist island as part of his upcoming trip to Mexico and Cuba, Roman Catholic Church officials said on Sunday.

China dissident-lawyer Gao jailed in far west: brother (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 07:30 PM PST

Reuters - Chinese authorities have jailed the prominent dissident-lawyer Gao Zhisheng in the remote far west, his brother said Monday, the first confirmation of Gao's whereabouts in nearly two years in a case that has fanned criticism about secretive detentions.


Fiji regime says it will ease emergency controls (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 07:45 PM PST

AP - Fiji's military government will move Saturday to lift a state of emergency it imposed in 2009, as the country prepares to open consultation on a new constitution, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said in a New Year's message.


Robert Griffin III's $25 Million Heisman Trophy Season

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 07:19 PM PST

? SYNOPSIS: I?m not sure how many football enthusiasts had heard of Robert Griffin III from back in September, but after winning the Heisman Trophy as college football?s best player, Mr. Griffin just had himself a season that could garner in excess of $25 million in salary and endorsements over the next 4 years. === ...


VIDEO: Arab body urges Syria mission end

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 06:41 PM PST

An advisory body to the Arab League calls for the organisation's monitors to be withdrawn from Syria because of the continuing crackdown on protests.


Cameron: 2012 Is U.K.'s Time to Shine

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:04 PM PST

The U.K. is determined to do more to help the economy recover, and use the London Olympics as well as the queen's Diamond Jubilee to show what the country can achieve despite trying times, Prime Minister David Cameron said.


China dissident-lawyer Gao jailed in far west: brother

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 07:30 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have jailed the prominent dissident-lawyer Gao Zhisheng in the remote far west, his brother said Monday, the first confirmation of Gao's whereabouts in nearly two years in a case that has fanned criticism about secretive detentions.

Colombian police kill leader of powerful drug gang

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 07:11 PM PST

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian police killed the leader of a powerful drug cartel that supplied tons of cocaine to Mexican gangs, the government said on Sunday.
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