'Why is it dark?' asks blinded Chinese boy
A six-year-old Chinese boy who had his eyes gouged out does not know he has been blinded and asks his family why the sun has yet to rise, state media reported Wednesday.
Miley's twerking dance officially enters lexicon
"Twerking", the raunchy dance that set tongues wagging when enthusiastically performed by Miley Cyrus at the MTV awards, is one of the new terms to make the latest Oxford dictionary update.
Credit Cards Now Offering 0% APR for 18 Months
Consumers can now get rid of high interest rates on their credit cards. Compare leading credit card offers for 2013 and lock in 0% APR for 18 months.
AdChoices CompareCards.comSponsoredDeadline for finalizing Obamacare health plans delayed
By David Morgan and Caroline Humer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has delayed a step crucial to the launch of the new healthcare law, the signing of final agreements with insurance plans to be sold on federal health insurance exchanges starting October 1. The U.S. Department of…
Iran's Khamenei says U.S. intervention in Syria would be disaster
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday U.S. intervention in Syria would be "a disaster for the region", the ISNA state news agency reported, as Western powers made plans to hit Damascus over a chemical weapons attack. After supporting Arab uprisings across…
Analysis: China has much at risk but no reach in Middle East
By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - The worsening Syria conflict has exposed an uncomfortable truth behind China's cherished policy of non-interference: Beijing cannot do much to influence events even if it wanted to. With weak and untested military forces unable to project power in the Middle…
Twerking shakes it way into the Dictionary
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Kentucky students to first lady Michelle Obama: Your food ‘tastes like vomit’
Students in a rural Kentucky county — and their parents — are the latest to join a growing national chorus of scorn for the healthy school lunches touted by first lady Michelle Obama.
Israelis scramble for gas masks as tensions rise
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis lined up at gas-mask distribution centers Wednesday and communities bordering Syria readied bomb shelters as top government officials held emergency meetings amid fears of a possible Syrian attack on Israel. Israel also deployed additional missile defense systems near the…
Tramway planned for Machu Picchu's 'sister city'
LIMA, Peru (AP) — The ruined city known as the "cradle of gold" was once a mountaintop refuge of Incan royalty, with elegant halls and plazas much like those of fabled Macchu Picchu just 30 miles (50 kilometers away). Yet only a handful of tourists visit each day, those willing to make a two-day…
Alec Baldwin Involved in Paparazzi Altercation
Actor Scuffled With Photographer, as His Wife Ran to a Nearby Store
New Windows operating system sent to computer makers
Microsoft on Tuesday began sending a revamped version of Windows to makers of computers, smartphones or tablets powered by the software.
Hundreds of Tortoises to Be Snuffed Out by Their Saviors
The sheltered existence of hundreds of desert tortoises will come to a sad and tragic end in early 2014.
Murray starts US Open title defense
Having ended Britain's embarrassing Grand Slam hoodoo with his US Open breakthrough 12 months ago, Andy Murray starts his first major as a defending champion Wednesday against France's Michael Llodra.
BBB warns of Obamacare scams
(RELEASE) With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, commonly labeled "Obamacare," on the horizon, scammers are finding it to be the latest opportunity to steal people's identities.
Orange is the New Black - A New Netflix Original
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AdChoices NetflixSponsoredAckman to sell JC Penney stake for about $504.4M
NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney's biggest investor, William Ackman, plans to sell his entire stake in the struggling department store operator for about $504.4 million — a loss of around $470 million from what he paid for it.
Vt. marks 2 years since Irene's flooding, damage
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Two years ago, Dot's diner in Wilmington was practically wiped out when Tropical Storm Irene poured down on interior New England, causing massive flooding, killing dozens of people in the region and forever altering the landscape.
Apple to Launch iPhone Trade-In Program Soon
Apple Will Soon Give Money in Exchange for Old iPhones
Federer, Djokovic roll at Open, teen stuns Stosur
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic and 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer advanced with ease Tuesday at the US Open but 2011 winner Samantha Stosur was ousted by teen qualifier Victoria Duval.
AP PHOTOS: Hungry ghosts descend on Chinese homes
The gates of hell have opened. Its ghosts have been let loose to roam on earth and visit the homes of their relatives.
Clooney space thriller opens Venice film fest
Hollywood high-rollers George Clooney and Sandra Bullock kicked off the Venice film festival on Wednesday with a harrowing space drama that opens a line-up flush with gloomy tales.
