The mysteries of Easter Island
Environmental monitoring of one of the statues is set up in Quarry 2. For more information visit the Easter Island Statue ProjectRead More ...
Upset in Nebraska GOP Senate race
State Sen. Deb Fischer won the Republican nomination in Nebraska's Senate race Tuesday, beating odds-on favorite Jon Bruning in a surprise upset. Fischer narrowly edged out the state Attorney General 41 to 36 percent with 91.5 percent of precincts reporting. State Treasurer Don Stenberg received 19 percent and three additional candidates divided the remainder of [...]Read More ...
Zimmerman medical report reveals injuries
A medical report compiled by the family physician of George Zimmerman found that he had a pair of black eyes and several other injuries the day after he fatally shot Trayvon Martin.Read More ...
Facebook boosts IPO size by 25 percent, could top $16 bil
Facebook Inc will increase the size of its initial public offering by 25 percent, a source familiar with the matter said, and could raise as much as $16 billion amid strong investor demand for a share of the No.1 social network.Read More ...
Greeks pull funds from banks; emergency cabinet to be named
Greece's political leaders meet on Wednesday to form a caretaker government to take it to a second election in just over a month, with its euro membership at stake.Read More ...
Groom sought after bride slain in wedding dress
A Chicago man is being sought in the stabbing death of his young bride hours after their marriage — his new wife's body found in a bathtub in the silver sequin cocktail dress she wore at her wedding reception.Read More ...
Chris Christie jokes about VP talk in 'I Got This'
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie put on his acting hat in a web video, joking about receiving a call from Mitt Romney about the vice president spot, saying, “I got this.”Read More ...
Iran's tough nuclear stance masks struggles at top
The negotiating stance from Iranian officials never varies: The Islamic Republic will not give up its capabilities to make nuclear fuel. But embedded in the messages are meanings that reach beyond Tehran's talks with world powers.Read More ...
U.S., Pakistan on verge of reopening supply lines
Pakistan and the U.S. appeared on the verge of clinching an agreement to reopen ground supply lines into Afghanistan, a U.S. official said, as Islamabad confirmed its president will attend a NATO summit in Chicago.Read More ...
Junior Seau’s home burglarized just days after his death
Just five days after the great linebacker took his own life, someone broke into Seau's California home, went through cabinets in the garage, and stole a bicycle that belonged to a friend of Seau's.Read More ...
Supporter of Oregon medical pot law wins attorney general race
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - In a primary election race for Oregon's top law enforcement post, the candidate who pledged to protect medical marijuana patients scored a decisive victory Tuesday night over a rival who led a cannabis crackdown last year. Retired judge Ellen Rosenblum, strongly backed by proponents of liberalized marijuana laws, captured 63 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary for state attorney general, trailed by former U.S. Attorney Dwight Holton with 36 percent, according to early returns. ...
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White supremacist far behind in Idaho sheriff race
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A white supremacist who ran a long-shot campaign for sheriff in Idaho was trailing far behind his incumbent opponent late on Tuesday, according to early returns in the three-way race for the Republican nomination. Shaun Winkler, an avowed Ku Klux Klan member and convicted batterer, had received only 40 votes in northern Idaho's Bonner County, versus 1,072 votes for incumbent Sheriff Daryl Wheeler, with 10 of 33 precincts reporting. Tim Fry, a police officer, had 353 votes. ...
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Buffett's firm buys 10 million share stake in GM
Warren Buffett's company is apparently bullish on the U.S. auto industry. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. took a new 10-million share stake in General Motors Co. in the first quarter.Read More ...
Report: U.S. expands ties to Syrian rebels
Syrian rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad's government are beginning to get more and better weapons in an effort paid for by Persian Gulf nations and coordinated partly by the U.S., the Washington Post reported.Read More ...
Prominent Legion of Christ priest admits to fathering kid
A prominent American priest in the Legionaries of Christ, a troubled Catholic order whose founder was denounced by the Vatican for sexual improprieties, has admitted having a sexual relationship with a woman and fathering her child.Read More ...
Obama issues veto threat against House defense bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama threatened on Tuesday to veto a defense policy bill in the House of Representatives that would authorize higher Pentagon spending and tie his hands on national security issues from nuclear arms reductions to handling war detainees. In a move that set the White House on a collision course with lawmakers in the Republican-led House, the administration warned that the National Defense Authorization Act being debated by the House this week hampers the Pentagon's new defense strategy and infringes on the president's powers as commander. ...Read More ...
North Dakota becomes second-leading U.S. oil producer
North Dakota has passed Alaska to become the second-leading oil-producing state in the nation, trailing only Texas, state officials said Tuesday.Read More ...
Obama financial forms show big JP Morgan account
Maybe it's a case of putting your mouth where your money is. President Obama praised JP Morgan Chase in an interview recorded Monday as "one of the best managed banks there is" and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, as "one of the smartest bankers we got.Read More ...
Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes dies at 83
Carlos Fuentes, one of Latin America's best-known authors and a sharp critic of governments in Mexico and the United States, died on Tuesday after a literary career spanning more than five decades. He was 83. Fuentes wrote more than 20 novels and several collections of short stories. His most famous novels include "The Death of Artemio Cruz," "The Old Gringo" and "The Crystal Frontier." "The Old Gringo" was the first U.S. bestseller by a Mexican author and was made into a 1989 movie starring Gregory Peck and Jane Fonda. ...Read More ...
Father: Georgia woman with flesh-eating bug wants book
A week ago, doctors gave her little chance of survival. Now a Georgia grad student who is battling a rare flesh-eating infection is alert and bored enough to ask for a book, her father told The Associated Press on Tuesday.Read More ...
Sugar can make you dumb, U.S. scientists warn
Eating too much sugar can eat away at your brainpower, according to US scientists who published a study Tuesday showing how a steady diet of high-fructose corn syrup sapped lab rats' memories.Read More ...
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