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Foreign investors major force behind deal
House to vote on Sandy storm aid on Friday
Al-Jazeera buys Current TV from Al Gore
Hillary Clinton released from the hospital
Familiar face to welcome Sandy Hook students back to school
Families call Colo. movie theater invite 'disgusting'
Dysfunctional origins of the fiscal cliff fiasco
Yoga studio launches Adopt a Cop campaign Sandy Hook first responders
NY Times loses bid to uncover details on drone strikes
Egypt panel implicates Mubarak, military in deaths
New pacemaker could be powered by the heart
Dramatic video of helicopter rescue gone awry
Nightmare for American jailed in Bolivia for 580 days
Photos: Science lab operates inside Norway glacier
Act of kindness turns into hours of free coffee
Photos: Eerie landscape of 'pyramids' in New York City
Good gourd! Blood of Louis XVI found in souvenir squash
Newborns recognize their native tongue, study finds
Can anti-press blackout save journalist James Foley?
Navy launches disturbing 'bath salts' PSA
New estimate of deaths in Syria shocks U.N.

Foreign investors major force behind deal

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 12:45 PM PST

Investors worldwide now demand the U.S. government display more stability and trust after the fiscal cliff drama.

House to vote on Sandy storm aid on Friday

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 02:01 PM PST

After a late-night decision from House Republicans to delay a vote to provide billions of dollars in relief to states hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy, House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday attempted to tamp down a backlash, telling colleagues he would bring up one part of the aid package to a vote at the end [...]

Al-Jazeera buys Current TV from Al Gore

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 04:28 PM PST

Al-Jazeera, the Pan-Arab news channel that has struggled to win space on American cable television, has acquired Current TV, Al Gore confirmed Wednesday.

Hillary Clinton released from the hospital

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 03:40 PM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been released from a New York hospital after being treated for a blood clot, the State Department announced Wednesday.

Familiar face to welcome Sandy Hook students back to school

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 11:36 AM PST

When the students at Sandy Hook Elementary School arrive at their new building Thursday, a familiar face will be there to greet them — their "new old principal."

Families call Colo. movie theater invite 'disgusting'

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 02:23 PM PST

The families of people killed in the Aurora shooting were asked to attend an "evening of remembrance" followed by a movie at the theater's Jan. 17 reopening.

Dysfunctional origins of the fiscal cliff fiasco

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 12:47 PM PST

The saga was a microcosm of the two years that preceded it. And appropriately, it was a direct consequence of the dysfunctional plot points that defined Congress.

Yoga studio launches Adopt a Cop campaign Sandy Hook first responders

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 01:20 PM PST

Police officers who were traumatized by the horrific scene at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., last month and are now running out of paid sick and vacation time may soon get some financial help from an unlikely source: a yoga studio. Linda Antignani, founder of Mother's Embrace Yoga in nearby Shelton, Conn., contacted [...]

NY Times loses bid to uncover details on drone strikes

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 02:18 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday rejected The New York Times' bid to force the U.S. government to disclose more information about its targeted killing of people it believes have ties to terrorism, including American citizens. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon in Manhattan said the Obama administration did not violate the law by refusing the Times' request for the legal justifications for targeted killings, a strategy the Times said was first contemplated by the Bush administration soon after the attacks of September 11, 2001. ...

Egypt panel implicates Mubarak, military in deaths

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 01:07 PM PST

A fact-finding mission says the deposed leader watched the uprising against him unfold on a live TV feed at his palace, despite his later denial that he knew the extent of the protests and crackdown.

New pacemaker could be powered by the heart

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 12:12 PM PST

The same material that sparks barbecue lighters to flame may soon be used to power pacemakers with the beat of the human heart instead of batteries, say researchers at the University of Michigan.

Dramatic video of helicopter rescue gone awry

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 10:48 AM PST

A swimmer stranded in open water at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro got more than he bargained for when he was being rescued via helicopter. Of course the last thing the first responders and the person being rescued wanted was for something to go wrong---particularly with the chopper itself. But that's exactly what happened. [...]

Nightmare for American jailed in Bolivia for 580 days

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 12:51 PM PST

Jacob Ostreicher, an American businessman, was arrested in Bolivia and detained for 580 days in Santa Cruz's Palmasola Prision, one of the toughest and strangest prisons in the world.

Photos: Science lab operates inside Norway glacier

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 01:00 PM PST

Act of kindness turns into hours of free coffee

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 12:59 PM PST

One coffeehouse customer's random act of kindness went viral—resulting in hours of free beverages for hundreds of fellow patrons who couldn't resist the urge to pass along the generosity. On the morning of Dec. 21, a customer at a Tim Hortons in Winnipeg Canada decided to pay for the order of the person behind them [...]

Photos: Eerie landscape of 'pyramids' in New York City

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 10:00 AM PST

Good gourd! Blood of Louis XVI found in souvenir squash

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 09:10 AM PST

It's been more than 200 years since King Louis XVI was beheaded by French revolutionaries, but a team of scientists believes a recently discovered gourd contains traces of his blood. According to the BBC, the scientists say a dried, hollowed-out squash that had been kept by an Italian family as a souvenir contains a handkerchief [...]

Newborns recognize their native tongue, study finds

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 09:47 AM PST

Just hours after they're born, babies seem to be able to tell the difference between sounds in their native tongue and a foreign one, according to a new study that suggests language learning begins in utero.

Can anti-press blackout save journalist James Foley?

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 07:51 AM PST

The family of freelance reporter Jamey Foley has broken a six-week blackout, launching a public awareness campaign that appeals for his release from an unknown Syrian group.

Navy launches disturbing 'bath salts' PSA

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 10:39 AM PST

A new, disturbing dramatization of a sailor ingesting "bath salts" and then having violent hallucinations is the latest salvo in the Navy's ongoing fight against synthetic drugs. The public service announcement, published online in December, puts the viewer in the shoes of a young sailor...