Lautenberg Says He Will Step Down

Lautenberg Says He Will Step Down

Lautenberg Says He Will Step Down

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 01:03 PM PST

Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, 89, of New Jersey will retire rather than seek a sixth term next year, he said on Thursday.

Gandhi letter sells for £115,000

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:43 PM PST

A letter typed by Mahatma Gandhi pleading for his release from detention is sold for £115,000 - about 10 times the expected price.

Republicans to block Hagel vote

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:57 PM PST

Republican senators delay a vote to confirm former Senator Chuck Hagel, nominated for secretary of defence, saying questions remain.

China's state newspaper slams Valentine's Day for causing 'debauchery of decadent cadres'

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:21 PM PST

People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, has taken an important step in maintaining its tradition of absurdity and unintentional self-parody. The paper, which claims a readership of 2.4 million, published a short article blaming Valentine's Day for the recent spate of corruption and sex scandals among Communist Party officials. Really.

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Here are the best drone-themed Valentine's Day messages

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 11:47 AM PST

What if unmanned arial vehicles could feel love? What if U.S. counterterrorism officials let their work blur into their personal lives? What if a bunch of national security nerds spent the day goofing off on Twitter?

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A color-coded map of the countries where people feel the most and least loved

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 11:16 AM PST

Over 2006 and 2007, Gallup surveyed people in 136 countries about the amount of love in their lives, asking them, "Did you experience love for a lot of the day yesterday?" The point of the question was to determine the countries where people feel the most and least loved.

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Syrian rebels take town, part of oil field, in north

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 11:04 AM PST

BEIRUT — Rebel fighters captured a town in the oil-rich province of Hasaka in northeastern Syria on Thursday after three days of heavy fighting, opposition activists said.

Among the rebels were members of the al-Nusra Front, an extremist Islamic group thought to have links to al-Qaeda, that has proved to include some of the most capable fighters in the opposition forces.

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VIDEO: Dhaka: Mass protests over war crimes

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:08 PM PST

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Bangladesh in protest over sentences handed out in relation to alleged war crimes during the 1971 war of independence.

In Mali town, counter-insurgency task ties down French

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:25 PM PST

GAO, Mali (Reuters) - By the slow-moving Niger River at Gao, the north Malian town retaken by French troops from Islamist rebels last month, men repair fishing nets beside beached pirogues, women wash pots and children splash naked in the muddy water.

Maldives ex-president to stay in Indian Embassy, party says

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:30 PM PST

MALE (Reuters) - Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed will stay in the Indian Embassy in Male until a caretaker government is formed, his party said on Thursday, despite a government assurance he would not be arrested if left.

Serbia says it uncovers plot to bring down government plane

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:28 PM PST

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian authorities said they had uncovered a plot by "criminal clans" to bring down a government plane carrying a national leader, in the latest twist to a murky row over the links between mafia and politicians.

The Public Editor's Journal Blog: Conflicting Assertions Over an Electric Car Test Drive | The Public Editor

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:04 PM PST

A Times reporter says the Tesla S Model failed the test, but the carmaker disagrees.

David Leonhardt, Washington Bureau Chief, Answers Readers’ Questions

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 11:49 AM PST

David Leonhardt answers readers' questions about the economy and President Obama's legislative agenda.

Traces of Anxiety Drug May Affect Fish Behavior, Study Shows

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 11:22 AM PST

Researchers in Sweden reported that fish exposed to Oxazepam became less social, more active and ate faster, behaviors they said could have long-term consequences for aquatic ecosystems.

U.S. Approves First Method to Give the Blind Limited Vision

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 11:10 AM PST

The Food and Drug Administration approved a technology Thursday called the "artificial retina," which enables people with certain types of blindness to detect shapes like people, cars and crosswalks.

Chicago names public enemy No. 1

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 09:05 AM PST

The city of Chicago names its first public enemy number one since Al Capone - a drug cartel leader who lives in a mountain hideaway in Mexico.

Zuma addresses rape in State of Nation speech

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 11:29 AM PST

South African president calls for "unity in action" to end rape in his annual state of the nation address in Cape Town.

Ecuador's Correa eyes re-election

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 10:51 AM PST

Why Ecuador's leader seems set for four more years

Movie Review: Richard LaGravenese’s ‘Beautiful Creatures’

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 10:27 AM PST

"Beautiful Creatures" has sweet young things and supernatural shenanigans.

A bad day for the Iranian nuclear crisis

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 10:27 AM PST

The Western-led effort to slow or halt Iran's nuclear development suffered two significant setbacks Thursday. Taken together with other events from the past two weeks, it's hard to see much cause for optimism at the moment.

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