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Video: Technology

Opera Mobile 9.5

Opera Software, the only company that puts the Web on any device, today announced the commercial...
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Video: Gadgets

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 - New Sony Ericsson

At the Mobile World Congress 2008, Sony Ericcson introduced its first smartphone powered by...
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World

NASA Sets Dates of Shuttle Fleet's Last Flights

NASA Sets Dates of Shuttle Fleet's Last Flights

NASA (the United States space agency) revealed the dates it fixed for the last flights of the...
» read full story July 08th, 2008 - 18:08
Medicare Pay Cuts on Senate Republicans’ Hands

Medicare Pay Cuts on Senate Republicans’ Hands

Whether the elderly continues to receive medical care under the Medicare program will be decided...
» read full story July 08th, 2008 - 11:55

Congress Nears August Break, Activity Crippled by Partisan Attitude

As elections are nearing, lawmakers are more partisan than ever and the two parties are almost...
» read full story July 06th, 2008 - 20:00
Guantanamo Interrogation Inspired From Chinese Techniques

Guantanamo Interrogation Inspired From Chinese Techniques

The U.S. military trainers who came to Guantanamo Bay in 2002 reportedly based their interrogation...
» read full story July 02nd, 2008 - 17:51
Mandela Removed from US Terror Watch List

Mandela Removed from US Terror Watch List

United States President George W. Bush signed a bill Tuesday to remove Nelson Mandela as well as...
» read full story July 02nd, 2008 - 14:15

US Health Officials Expand Salmonella Probe to Other Products

With the number of salmonella infections reaching more than 850, federal health officials have...
» read full story July 02nd, 2008 - 12:12
Bush Signs $162 billion War Spending Bill

Bush Signs $162 billion War Spending Bill

United States President George W. Bush signed on Monday a $162 billion war spending plan which will...
» read full story June 30th, 2008 - 17:14
N. Korea Demolishes Cooling Tower at Nuclear Plant

N. Korea Demolishes Cooling Tower at Nuclear Plant

North Korea kept its promise and destroyed the cooling tower at the Yongbyon nuclear plant (96...
» read full story June 27th, 2008 - 21:45
U.S. to Remove N. Korea from Terror List and Lift Sanctions

U.S. to Remove N. Korea from Terror List and Lift Sanctions

United States President George W. Bush said in a statement issued from the White House Rose Garden...
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 15:54
McCain Plans to Build 100 New Nuclear Reactors

McCain Plans to Build 100 New Nuclear Reactors

Republican presidential candidate John McCain announced his plans to nearly double the United...
» read full story June 19th, 2008 - 14:09
Software Engineer Gets 2 Years in Jail for Espionage

Software Engineer Gets 2 Years in Jail for Espionage

A software engineer who had worked in the Silicon Valley will spend the next two years in prison....
» read full story June 19th, 2008 - 12:50

First Black Woman Elected In Congress In Maryland

Lawyer and nonprofit executive Donna Edwards won a special election to become Maryland’s first...
» read full story June 18th, 2008 - 17:14
Bush to Ask Congress to End Offshore Drilling Ban

Bush to Ask Congress to End Offshore Drilling Ban

After presumed Republican presidential candidate John McCain announced he supported the idea of...
» read full story June 18th, 2008 - 16:08
US Supreme Court Grants Habeas Corpus to Guantanamo Inmates

US Supreme Court Grants Habeas Corpus to Guantanamo Inmates

The foreign detainees at Guantanamo Bay were granted the right to challenge their detention in US...
» read full story June 12th, 2008 - 17:35
Kucinich’s Impeachment Resolution against Bush Likely Doomed

Kucinich’s Impeachment Resolution against Bush Likely Doomed

Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s attempt to impeach U.S. President George W. Bush was referred on Wednesday...
» read full story June 11th, 2008 - 23:59
Kucinich Files 35 Impeachment Articles against Bush

Kucinich Files 35 Impeachment Articles against Bush

Representative Dennis Kucinich, Democrat-Ohio, defied the chiefs of his party on Monday by...
» read full story June 10th, 2008 - 18:23

President Bush Tightens Immigration Policy

The U.S. tightened its policy regarding immigrants who come to work here. President Bush signed...
» read full story June 10th, 2008 - 14:10
Obama Poised to Win Party Nomination

Obama Poised to Win Party Nomination

The exhausting Democratic presidential odyssey is nearing its end with Senator Barack Obama poised...
» read full story June 03rd, 2008 - 15:42

Senator Byrd Is Hospitalized

Monday night, Sen. Robert C. Byrd was taken to hospital and remained under observation as he was...
» read full story June 03rd, 2008 - 10:55
Global Warming Will Cause Lake Waters to Drop

Global Warming Will Cause Lake Waters to Drop

Global warming continues to affect the environment, only this time the problem is the water from...
» read full story May 29th, 2008 - 12:22
Vito Fossella To Retire Following Personal Mistake

Vito Fossella To Retire Following Personal Mistake

New York Rep. Vito Fossella declared Tuesday he would not seek to be re-elected and he would leave...
» read full story May 20th, 2008 - 16:55

Child Pornography Law Upheld By US High Court

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld a 2003 federal law, making it a crime to promote or...
» read full story May 19th, 2008 - 23:29
Energy Department to Stop Adding Oil to Strategic Reserve

Energy Department to Stop Adding Oil to Strategic Reserve

The U.S. Energy Department announced on Friday it will comply with the measure sought by the...
» read full story May 17th, 2008 - 11:36
Bush Criticizes the Democrats, Proposes Alternative Bill

Bush Criticizes the Democrats, Proposes Alternative Bill

During a White House meeting with Republican leaders of Congress on Wednesday, U.S. President...
» read full story May 07th, 2008 - 20:08
China Says Tibetans Linked to Al-Qaeda

China Says Tibetans Linked to Al-Qaeda

China continued its accusations towards the Dalai Lama. During the meeting with the Buddhist...
» read full story May 05th, 2008 - 14:41
Bush Involved In World Food Crisis

Bush Involved In World Food Crisis

President George W. Bush asked the Congress on Thursday to approve $770 million to alleviate the...
» read full story May 02nd, 2008 - 15:15
U.S. Accuses Syria of Building Secret Reactor with NKorea's Help

U.S. Accuses Syria of Building Secret Reactor with NKorea's Help

The United States has claimed that Syria had been secretly building a nuclear reactor with North...
» read full story April 25th, 2008 - 10:54
Election Results In Nepal Promise Significant Changes

Election Results In Nepal Promise Significant Changes

The former communist rebels known as the Maoists managed to win the most seats in the new...
» read full story April 24th, 2008 - 15:15
Bush Backed by Canada, Mexico on Free Trade Deal

Bush Backed by Canada, Mexico on Free Trade Deal

US President George W. Bush found more support abroad for his plans with the country’s trade...
» read full story April 22nd, 2008 - 11:48
Bush Agrees to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Bush Agrees to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Pressed by the Congress and the courts, President Bush finally announced this week that he would...
» read full story April 16th, 2008 - 16:42
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Business

Medicare Issue Still to Be Addressed

Medicare Issue Still to Be Addressed

On Friday, Secretary Mike Leavitt announced the current Medicare pricing system will be kept...
» read full story June 29th, 2008 - 16:34
The USPS Announces New Prices as of Monday

The USPS Announces New Prices as of Monday

The United States Postal Service has made changes to its pricing for shipping and mailing services,...
» read full story May 11th, 2008 - 21:55
President Bush Optimistic About Economic Recovery

President Bush Optimistic About Economic Recovery

President Bush in his weekly radio address today that apparently sought to address harsh criticism...
» read full story May 03rd, 2008 - 23:12
FCC Criticized by GAO for Ineffectiveness

FCC Criticized by GAO for Ineffectiveness

The Government and Accountability Office (GAO) criticized the U.S. Federal Communications...
» read full story March 16th, 2008 - 19:43
Microsoft to Acquire Mobile Software Maker Danger

Microsoft to Acquire Mobile Software Maker Danger

Microsoft Corp. announced Monday it had agreed to buy cell-phone software developer Danger Inc. The...
» read full story February 11th, 2008 - 19:12
Exxon Announces $40.6 B Profit

Exxon Announces $40.6 B Profit

On Friday Exxon Mobil Corp. announced the biggest quarterly and annual profits ever recorded in...
» read full story February 02nd, 2008 - 11:58
New Legislation in Health Insurance by the EEOC

New Legislation in Health Insurance by the EEOC

On Wednesday the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that the employers could either...
» read full story December 27th, 2007 - 16:46
Bush Outlines Push for Better Air Travel

Bush Outlines Push for Better Air Travel

The U.S. government announced it will help ease up air traffic by making available temporarily its...
» read full story November 15th, 2007 - 22:23
Federal Appeals Court OKs Mexican Trucks

Federal Appeals Court OKs Mexican Trucks

A federal appeals court ruled Friday in favor of the Bush administration and against the Teamsters...
» read full story September 01st, 2007 - 19:11
ITT Wins Civilian Air Traffic Control Contract

ITT Wins Civilian Air Traffic Control Contract

The Federal Aviation Administration awarded a contract which could be worth almost $2 billion to...
» read full story August 31st, 2007 - 18:35
Dubai World to Invest 5.1 Billion Dollars In MGM Mirage

Dubai World to Invest 5.1 Billion Dollars In MGM Mirage

The government-owned holding company Dubai World announced it’s planning a 5.1-billion-dollar deal...
» read full story August 23rd, 2007 - 10:42
Study Reveals Texas Has the Dirtiest Power Plants

Study Reveals Texas Has the Dirtiest Power Plants

In a report released by the Environmental Integrity Project, the state of Texas occupies an...
» read full story July 29th, 2007 - 19:12

US Senate Unveiled Bill Aiming At China Currency

On Wednesday, US senators rolled out a bill that would force US officials to take measures against...
» read full story June 13th, 2007 - 16:23
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Science

The Global Warming Issue Needs To Be Addressed NOW

The Global Warming Issue Needs To Be Addressed NOW

20 years ago, James Hansen, a highly respected NASA scientist sounded for the first time the alarm...
» read full story June 24th, 2008 - 11:47
Fermilab, US science face disaster due to trimmed budget for 2008

Fermilab, US science face disaster due to trimmed budget for 2008

America’s most famous particle physics lab will almost certainly cease to develop key projects, due...
» read full story December 23rd, 2007 - 14:57
Students Grants Rise, Interest Rates Drop

Students Grants Rise, Interest Rates Drop

With the newly approved bill that stipulates a $20.2billion boost in financial support for college...
» read full story September 08th, 2007 - 19:14
Bush Signs Bill to Boost Scientific Research in the US

Bush Signs Bill to Boost Scientific Research in the US

President Bush signed on August 9 the COMPETES Act, which should boost scientific research in the...
» read full story August 10th, 2007 - 12:52
Bald Eagle Off The Endangered Species List

Bald Eagle Off The Endangered Species List

The U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service announced today that the bald eagle will be removed from the...
» read full story June 28th, 2007 - 14:56
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People

Nelson Mandela Celebrates 90th Birthday in London

Nelson Mandela Celebrates 90th Birthday in London

Former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela is currently in London. He is due to attend a...
» read full story June 23rd, 2008 - 21:44
"Dog" Chapman's TV Show Suspended Due to Racist Words

"Dog" Chapman's TV Show Suspended Due to Racist Words

A&E cable channel has suspended production on Duane “Dog” Chapman’s show...
» read full story November 01st, 2007 - 11:42
Serbian-American Charles Simic the U.S. Poet Laureate

Serbian-American Charles Simic the U.S. Poet Laureate

The Yugoslav-born poet Charles Simic has been announced by the Library of Congress to be the new...
» read full story August 03rd, 2007 - 15:20
Lady Bird Johnson Dies Aged 94

Lady Bird Johnson Dies Aged 94

Lady Bird Johnson, former first lady and widow of America’s 36th President Lyndon B. Johnson,...
» read full story July 12th, 2007 - 12:46
‘Evil’ TV Ads Teach Kids Junk

‘Evil’ TV Ads Teach Kids Junk

American children are practically being brainwashed by the overwhelming number of TV ads for sweets...
» read full story March 29th, 2007 - 16:20
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Specials

Rice on European Tour to Conclude Missile Defense Shield Deal

Rice on European Tour to Conclude Missile Defense Shield Deal

The U.S. State Department said efforts for reaching a missile-defense agreement with Poland would...
» read full story July 08th, 2008 - 15:36
Wedding Bells for Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross Re-Enactors

Wedding Bells for Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross Re-Enactors

Thursday night, on the eve of Independence, two historical re-enactors exchanged wedding vows....
» read full story July 05th, 2008 - 18:02
How We Celebrate Independence Day

How We Celebrate Independence Day

Today, Americans all over the world celebrate the day the Declaration of Independence was adopted...
» read full story July 04th, 2008 - 14:54

Irak War Over Democracy or Oil?

Hunt Oil Co. officials and U.S. diplomats talked several times before the company signed an...
» read full story July 03rd, 2008 - 16:31
Aren’t Menthol Cigarettes Flavored Cigarettes?

Aren’t Menthol Cigarettes Flavored Cigarettes?

A highly debated tobacco bill is currently pending in the United States Congress which might...
» read full story June 05th, 2008 - 16:36
Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Is Part Of US History

Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Is Part Of US History

The 1982 best-seller album from singer Michael Jackson titled “Thriller” has been making history...
» read full story May 15th, 2008 - 14:28
Politicians Share Personal Alzheimer’s Woes

Politicians Share Personal Alzheimer’s Woes

In an attempt to make the Congress more aware of the catastrophic consequences of Alzheimer’s...
» read full story May 15th, 2008 - 10:53
Dennis Quaid Tells Congress About Twins Overdose

Dennis Quaid Tells Congress About Twins Overdose

Appearing before Congress on Wednesday, American actor Dennis Quaid testified about the nightmare...
» read full story May 15th, 2008 - 01:31
Negotiators Have Reached An Agreement on Farm Bill

Negotiators Have Reached An Agreement on Farm Bill

Although the Bush administration has objected to the bill, saying it was too expensive, and the...
» read full story May 08th, 2008 - 15:19
Abstinence-Only Programs 'Simply Do Not Work'

Abstinence-Only Programs 'Simply Do Not Work'

It appears that the everlasting debate over the effectiveness of abstinence-only programs is...
» read full story April 24th, 2008 - 15:27
Seattle Filmmakers Freed by Nigerian Authorities

Seattle Filmmakers Freed by Nigerian Authorities

Nigerian authorities have released the Seattle film crew detained over the weekend on suspicion of...
» read full story April 17th, 2008 - 12:39
Artists Stand Together For Art

Artists Stand Together For Art

Actor Robert Redford, musician John Legend and actress Kerry Washington were joined yesterday by...
» read full story April 02nd, 2008 - 17:38
French Architect Wins Prestigious Pritzker Prize

French Architect Wins Prestigious Pritzker Prize

French architect Jean Nouvel is the 2008 laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, it was...
» read full story March 31st, 2008 - 15:45
Xperia X1, The Alliance Between Microsoft and Sony Ericsson

Xperia X1, The Alliance Between Microsoft and Sony Ericsson

For the first time in its history, Sony Ericcson unveiled a smart phone powered by Microsoft’s...
» read full story February 11th, 2008 - 15:18
ABC Faces $1.4 Million Fine Over 'NYPD Blue' Nude Scene

ABC Faces $1.4 Million Fine Over 'NYPD Blue' Nude Scene

US television network ABC is facing a $1.4 million fine brought by the Federal Communications...
» read full story January 26th, 2008 - 20:27
Portrait of $48,500 for Director of Smithsonian Museum

Portrait of $48,500 for Director of Smithsonian Museum

The founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian took $48,500...
» read full story January 07th, 2008 - 12:24
Film Registry Goes "Back to the Future" in "Oklahoma!"

Film Registry Goes "Back to the Future" in "Oklahoma!"

The National Film Registry added 25 more classic American films of great variety for preservation...
» read full story December 28th, 2007 - 12:08
Connie Mack and Mary Bono Tie The Knot In Asheville, NC

Connie Mack and Mary Bono Tie The Knot In Asheville, NC

On Saturday, U.S. Rep. Connie Mack got married to Congresswoman Mary Bono in a private ceremony...
» read full story December 16th, 2007 - 19:11
Apple Considers Wireless Spectrum Bid- Report

Apple Considers Wireless Spectrum Bid- Report

Apple might enter the competition for the wireless spectrum bid to be held on January 16 next year,...
» read full story September 10th, 2007 - 16:17
Sections of the Patriot Act Unconstitutional- Judge

Sections of the Patriot Act Unconstitutional- Judge

A U.S. District Judge decided to strike down for the second time key sections of the Patriot Act...
» read full story September 07th, 2007 - 13:07
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Health

Congress Fails To Pass Health Bill Protecting Senior Citizens

The Congress went on the 4th of July vacation without being able to pass the bill that would have...
» read full story July 05th, 2008 - 17:53
Ingredients in Fresh Salsa Now Probed in Salmonella Outbreak

Ingredients in Fresh Salsa Now Probed in Salmonella Outbreak

Beginning with Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded salmonella probe...
» read full story July 03rd, 2008 - 12:55
VA to Warn Veterans about Chantix’s Suicidal Effects

VA to Warn Veterans about Chantix’s Suicidal Effects

Pfizer’s Chantix is once again in the center of attention but not in a good way, following the...
» read full story June 20th, 2008 - 15:21
White House Wants Budget Extended for FDA

White House Wants Budget Extended for FDA

The Bush administration asked Congress on Monday for an additional $275 million in the next year’s...
» read full story June 10th, 2008 - 12:19
Children Healthcare Varies Greatly by State

Children Healthcare Varies Greatly by State

The Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation that seeks to promote better health care for all...
» read full story May 28th, 2008 - 23:14
Senator Kennedy Awaits Treatment News

Senator Kennedy Awaits Treatment News

With just a few days after the announcement of his recently found brain tumor, Senator Edward M....
» read full story May 22nd, 2008 - 16:15
Dennis Quaid Supports Patients’ Right to Sue Drugmakers

Dennis Quaid Supports Patients’ Right to Sue Drugmakers

Actor Dennis Quaid testified again, this time before Congress on Wednesday, about the nightmare he...
» read full story May 15th, 2008 - 12:54
Congress Hears Testimony of People Losing Relatives to Heparin

Congress Hears Testimony of People Losing Relatives to Heparin

People who lost relatives to deadly reactions from the blood-thinner heparin recounted their loved...
» read full story April 30th, 2008 - 11:42
US Loses Too Many Lives over Lack of Health Insurance

US Loses Too Many Lives over Lack of Health Insurance

A report published this week by Families USA, the national organization for health care...
» read full story April 11th, 2008 - 14:34
Report Finds Lack of Insurance Is Linked to Higher Death Rates

Report Finds Lack of Insurance Is Linked to Higher Death Rates

A report issued Friday by Families USA, the national organization for health care consumers,...
» read full story April 07th, 2008 - 14:57
Funeral Service Set for Girl Who Died after Tragic Pool Accident

Funeral Service Set for Girl Who Died after Tragic Pool Accident

A funeral service has been set for Abigail Taylor, the six-year-old girl whose intestines were...
» read full story March 24th, 2008 - 14:55
Girl Harmed by Pool Drain Last Year Has Died

Girl Harmed by Pool Drain Last Year Has Died

Abigail Taylor, the six year old girl whose intestines were sucked out by a pool drain, has died...
» read full story March 21st, 2008 - 21:48
US Health Care Spending Expected to Boom over the Next Decade

US Health Care Spending Expected to Boom over the Next Decade

A new federal study revealed that government spending on health care could double by 2017,...
» read full story February 26th, 2008 - 10:43
Bush Wants Wealthy Beneficiaries to Pay More for Medicare

Bush Wants Wealthy Beneficiaries to Pay More for Medicare

President Bush has proposed to the Congress new legislation on the functioning of the Medicare...
» read full story February 16th, 2008 - 09:38
WHO: Tobacco Could Kill 1 Billion People In The Next Century

WHO: Tobacco Could Kill 1 Billion People In The Next Century

Have you ever tried to count to 1 billion? It will take some time, isn’t it? Now try to imagine...
» read full story February 07th, 2008 - 21:35
Texas Researcher Admits to Leaking Avandia Report to Glaxo

Texas Researcher Admits to Leaking Avandia Report to Glaxo

A Texas researcher has admitted leaking results of a confidential research to the makers of the...
» read full story January 31st, 2008 - 15:16
‘Housewife’ Marcia Cross Lobbying against Drive-By Mastectomies

‘Housewife’ Marcia Cross Lobbying against Drive-By Mastectomies

“Desperate Housewife” star Marcia Cross lobbied Wednesday for a bill that would allow breast...
» read full story January 24th, 2008 - 13:18
Report: Anti-Tobacco Efforts Insufficient in US

Report: Anti-Tobacco Efforts Insufficient in US

There was little praise for the federal government’s handling of smoking-prevention programs...
» read full story January 11th, 2008 - 16:49
Managed-Care Legislation Leaves the Industry Untouched

Managed-Care Legislation Leaves the Industry Untouched

As the bill expires in six months, lawmakers are likely to revisit the question of cutting...
» read full story December 20th, 2007 - 09:17
Bush Vetoes Child Health Bill Second Time

Bush Vetoes Child Health Bill Second Time

President George Bush vetoed a bill proposing to expand health insurance for children Wednesday....
» read full story December 13th, 2007 - 16:23
Teen Pregnancy Rate Rises for First Time since 1991

Teen Pregnancy Rate Rises for First Time since 1991

After falling steadily for more than a decade, the birth rate for American teenagers jumped in...
» read full story December 11th, 2007 - 17:42
Teen Birth Rate Rises in the U.S. after Dropping for Years

Teen Birth Rate Rises in the U.S. after Dropping for Years

After falling steadily for more than a decade, the birth rate for American teenagers jumped in...
» read full story December 06th, 2007 - 13:20
Heart Surgeon DeBakey Received Two Awards for His Lifetime Achievements

Heart Surgeon DeBakey Received Two Awards for His Lifetime Achievements

This Tuesday, at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Michael DeBakey, 99, was celabrated by his...
» read full story November 28th, 2007 - 18:23
47 Million Americans Living without Health Insurance

47 Million Americans Living without Health Insurance

The latest estimates from the US Census Bureau indicate that the number of uninsured Americans has...
» read full story September 03rd, 2007 - 13:03
Kids Eat Much More After Watching Food Commercials

Kids Eat Much More After Watching Food Commercials

Researchers from the University of Liverpool say that obese and overweight children consume 100%...
» read full story April 26th, 2007 - 16:38
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Technology

Viacom Gets The Logs, Google Gets To Keep The Source Code

Viacom Gets The Logs, Google Gets To Keep The Source Code

Viacom got a partial victory in the $1 billion lawsuit against Google Inc. and its YouTube...
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