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When physicist Vitaly Efimov heard his theory had finally been proven, he ran up to the young scientist who had verified it and gave him a high five. Efimov had predicted a quantum-mechanical version of Borromean rings, a symbol that first showed
In a bid to tackle rising youth obesity, US companies would be prohibited from advertising to children foods that contain large amounts of sugar or salt, or even low levels of trans fats, under a proposal released by several US agencies.
"His creative leadership helped ensure that 2009 was a period of weak recovery rather than catastrophic depression, and he still wields unrivaled power over our money, our jobs, our savings and our national future,"
Guinea's former presidential guard chief said he shot the country's military strongman because the junta leader wanted him to take the blame for a massacre by troops of pro-democracy demonstrators in September. Mineral-rich Guinea has been ruled by
"You will now be forced to buy insurance. If you don't, you'll pay a fine," said Dean, a physician. "It's an insurance company bailout." The bill has some good provisions, "but there has to be a line beyond which you think the bill is bad for the cou
"...neither managed to get Canada's climate policy as much attention as today's multi-layered hoax."
"The Gulf monetary union pact has come into effect," said Kuwait's finance minister, Mustafa al-Shamali, speaking at a Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) summit in Kuwait. The move will give the hyper-rich club of oil exporters a petro-currency of thei
In a return to the situation experienced during most of 2008 and the first half of 2009, the limited number of gold and silver bullion coins available from the US Mint are subject to rationing. US Mint bullion coins are not sold directly to the publ
A surge in sunshine more than 60 years ago helped Swiss Alpine glaciers melt faster than today, even though higher average temperatures are being recorded now with global warming, Swiss researchers said Monday.
A new modeling study from NASA confirms that when tiny air pollution particles we commonly call soot - also known as black carbon - travel along wind currents from densely populated south Asian cities and accumulate over a climate hotspot called the
Nanosolar 640MW Robotic Factory in Germany The first piece of news from Nanosolar concerns a solar panel factory in Germany with a capacity of 640MW/year. The fully-automated facility is located in Luckenwalde near Berlin, and its inauguration was
It’s the case of the accidental tourists who wound up in the East Room of the White House having breakfast with Obama two weeks before the Salahis gatecrashed their way into a State Dinner. The White House explanation, that the couple was “vetted” th
Jihad maneuvers taught at New York compound A new video released by the Christian Action Network shows Muslim women at a compound in New York state practicing throat-slitting techniques and assault weapons attacks. The video was distributed by t
The federal government quietly agreed to forgo billions of dollars in potential tax payments from Citigroup as part of the deal announced to wean the company from the massive taxpayer bailout that helped it survive the financial crisis.
It wasn't a state dinner, and they didn't crash it on purpose. Still, a Georgia couple who showed up at the White House a day early for a tour somehow wound up at an invitation-only breakfast with President Obama and the first lady.
Home buyers are less willing to buy foreclosed properties than they were 6 months ago, citing risks like hidden costs. A continued drop in demand for the glut of foreclosed properties would add a fresh layer of pain to a housing market just emerging
A man who spent 28 years behind bars for a rape and murder he said he didn't commit walked out of a federal prison in Arizona on Tuesday with $75 and a bus ticket to Ohio after DNA testing showed he was innocent. The conviction of Donald Eugene Ga
Boeing's new 787 jetliner finally got airborne Tuesday, the long-delayed inaugural flight of the world's first commercial plane mostly constructed from lightweight composite materials. The sleek jet lifted off from Everett's Paine Field on a fligh
Oral Roberts, who helped pioneer TV evangelism in the 1950s and used the power of the new medium — and his message of God's healing power — to build a multimillion-dollar ministry and a university that bears his name, died Tuesday. He was 91. Robe
Cities around the country that have installed energy-efficient traffic lights are discovering a hazardous downside: The bulbs don't burn hot enough to melt snow and can become crusted over in a storm -- a problem blamed for dozens of accidents and at
Members of the Mujaheddin-e Khalq, or MEK, who reside in the 10-square-mile compound, have warned that they will not be taken out alive. Residents and Western officials fear the increasingly tense stalemate at Camp Ashraf could end in bloodshed. T
A Massachusetts school district on Tuesday night denied a father's claims that his son was suspended for drawing a stick figure of Jesus on a cross. The Taunton School District said in a written statement that the second-grade student was never s
Barack Obama obliviously lives a sheltered life. But no one had a clue to level the president has been isolated from the real world. While it is common knowledge that all presidents have their team of “handlers” to help them deal with issues such a
Reckless Kelly's track "American Blood" off their new release, "Bulletproof", out now on Yep Roc Records
As US President Barack Obama and his advisors debated future troop levels for Afghanistan - which resulted in the decision to send an additional 30,000 troops - a new report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) muddied the water on one
Former US vice president Dick Cheney, ex-defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld and assorted US neo-cons will have plenty of time to nurse their apoplexy. One of their key reasons to unleash the war on Iraq in 2003 was to seize control of its
By 2050 Americans may live as much as 8 years longer than government forecasts and that spending by Medicare and Social Security could rise by $3.2 trillion to $8.3 trillion above current projections, and sharply higher costs than anticipated for Med
Former IL governor Blagojevich's lawyers want the FBI to give up details of interviews conducted last year of President Obama, his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, White House adviser Valerie Jarrett and others as part of the investigation.
A federal judge has ruled the New York Police Department must release 2,000 pages of documents related to its surveillance of protesters before the 2004 Republican National Convention. Judge Richard Sullivan's ruling was made public Monday. It sup
The US Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal by 4 former Guantanamo inmates who want to sue the US government for torture, a move the inmates' lawyers say could pave the way for future torture practices by the US military.
