School murders silence “cliff” rhetoric as deadline nears
Report by Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan, WASHINGTON | Sat Dec 15, 2012 2:12pm EST (Reuters) – Mass murder in Connecticut silenced “fiscal cliff” talk on Saturday as the White House and Congress More...
Heraldgate: Facts of the case
Guest column by Subramanian Swamy The daily explosion of scams and their nightly celebration over noisy TV shows have dulled the collective response. No wonder, the biggest of them — the Gandhi family’s illegal More...
Google exec questioned over Brazil election video
(Reuters) – Google Inc’s most senior executive inBrazil was questioned by police and released on Wednesday after the company failed to take down a YouTube video attacking a mayoral candidate in alleged More...
Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood angered by LA auction report
(Reuters) – Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood and his ex-wife Jo Wood disagreed on Wednesday over the ownership of some items due to be sold off in an art and memorabilia auction next month as well as over More...
Training for the next Libya, Marine teams wary of budget cuts
(Reuters) – Shells fly and firing range instructors yell at the young Marines who are in their second day of security forces training at the edge of the Great Dismal Swamp that straddles the border between More...
First man on moon Neil Armstrong dead at 82
U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong, who took a giant leap for mankind when he became the first person to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82, his family said on Saturday. File photo of Neil Armstrong testifying More...
Baba Ramdev’s detention lifted, protest continues
(Reuters) – Baba Ramdev and his supporters, protesting against corruption in New Delhi, refused to disperse after police freed the yoga guru, who was earlier arrested near parliament. Indian yoga guru Ramdev More...
“Total Recall” remake struggles to recall original’s success
The years haven’t been kind to Douglas Hauser, the secret agent character played by both Arnold Schwarzenegger and Colin Farrell in versions of the futuristic action film “Total Recall” released More...
Syrian prime minister defects, fighting goes on
Syrian forces pressed on with their offensive against rebels in the largest city Aleppo after the prime minister fled the country, denouncing the “terrorist regime” of Bashar al-Assad. Riyad Hijab is More...
Fire blazes at California refinery; residents ordered indoors
A fire struck the core of Chevron Corp’s large Richmond, California, refinery on Monday evening, sending flames and a column of smoke into the air and prompting authorities to order nearby residents indoors. Plume More...
