US President Barack Obama used his weekly radio address on Saturday to assail a Supreme Court ruling this week clearing the way for corporations to spend freely on political advertisements, calling it a big victory for special interests and “devastating to the public interest.” He added that his administration is working with Congress to [...]
Al Qaeda suspects have been arrested in a drug trafficking plot in Africa.
A deep-sea robot has recorded the deepest ever erupting undersea volcano in the Pacific.
Research In Motion, makers of the Blackberry handset, recorded profit growth of 59% in the third quarter, amidst signs that its smartphone device is now popular amongst other segments of [...]
Apple has struck a deal to buy the streaming and downloading music Web site LaLa.com, according to reports from the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. The service currently lets people download a stream only version of a song for $0.10 or an album for a $1.
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An Israeli prisoner exchange with Hamas has not yet been agreed and might not happen, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, after a senior cabinet colleague predicted a breakthrough within weeks.
The United States has offered to add Israeli systems and munitions to a new US-built fighter [...]
The UN General Assembly declared that Afghanistan’s presidential election was both credible and sound, despite allegations of widespread fraud that led critics to question the vote’s legitimacy.
Wall Street bonuses to rise 40%.
The United Nations has said political corruption costs governments about $1.6tn every year.
China has pledged to give Africa $10bn in [...]
The government says ads with guitars promoting a free credit report online are actually charging people for an annual credit report that is already free.
Mickey Mouse is losing his innocence: Disney says they are “re-imagining” the iconic mouse for a new video game on Nintendo Wii called Epic Mickey. Developer Warren Spector: “I wanted him [...]
The US government is covertly testing technology in China and Iran that lets residents break through screens set up by their governments to limit access to news on the Internet.
Various forecasters, including the US National Hurricane Center, announced that the Atlantic Ocean could see its first named storm of the hurricane season in [...]
