- FDA: New rules will make food safer AP - 3 hrs ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says its new guidelines would make the food Americans eat safer and help prevent the kinds of foodborne disease outbreaks that sicken or kill thousands of consumers each … More »FDA: New rules will make food safer
- Obama warns debt ceiling fight could be 'catastrophic' ABC OTUS News - 2 hrs 42 mins ago
HONOLULU — In his first weekly address of the New Year, President Obama touts the “fiscal cliff” compromise as “one more step in the broader effort to grow our economy and shrink our deficits” but warns that another “manufactured … More »Obama warns debt ceiling fight could be 'catastrophic'
- Obama may round out natl. security team next week AP - 8 hrs ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama may round out his new national security leadership team next week, with a nomination for defense secretary expected and a pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency possible. More »Obama may round out natl. security team next week
- Photos: Winners of the 2012 NatGeo contest 20 hrs ago
National Geographic has announced their winners from the 2012 National Geographic Photo Contest. More than 22,000 … More »Photos: Winners of the 2012 NatGeo contest
- NASA’s Curiosity rover finds ‘flower’ on surface of Mars The Sideshow - 15 hrs ago
NASA has released a series of new photos taken by its Curiosity rover that appear to show a “flower” on the surface of Mars. NBCNews.com’s photo blog reports that the photos were taken as part of an effort to capture 360-degree images during Curiosity’s trek through Mars’ Yellowknife Bay. New Jersey-based journalist and …
- Italian designer Missoni aboard plane missing near Venezuela Reuters - 2 hrs 33 mins ago
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian fashion designer Vittorio Missoni, head of the eponymous fashion house, was aboard a small plane that has disappeared off the coast of Venezuela, a company spokeswoman said on Saturday. "The Missoni family has been informed by the Venezuelan consulate that Vittorio Missoni and his wife are missing, …
- Detroit police: U.S. has a gun problem and the epicenter seems to be here Yahoo! News - 14 hrs ago
- NY police: Man kills grandmother in TV show fight AP - 18 mins ago
- India rape victim's friend recounts attack AP - 7 hrs ago
NEW DELHI - The suffering of a university student and her male friend who were brutally attacked aboard a bus in India's capital did not end after the woman was gang-raped and both were savagely beaten for 2 1/2 hours. Dumped naked on a roadside, the pair encountered shocking apathy as passersby offered only cursory looks …
- Strong earthquake shakes parts of Alaska, Canada AP - 11 mins ago
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A powerful earthquake sparked a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of Alaskan and Canadian coastline, but the alert was canceled when no damaging waves were generated.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's former world champion Daisuke Takahashi plans to hang up his skates after the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Takahashi, the 2010 world champion and Olympic bronze medalist at … More »Japan's Takahashi to quit after Sochi
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's former world champion Daisuke Takahashi plans to hang up his skates after the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Takahashi, the 2010 world champion and Olympic bronze medalist at Vancouver the same year, told local media on Saturday: "I think my career will finish with Sochi. "I want to enjoy the little …