Elusive giant squid finally captured on film Reuters - 8 hrs agoA Japanese-led team of scientists has captured on film the world's first live images of a giant squid, journeying to the depths of the ocean in search of the mysterious creature thought to have inspired the myth of the "kraken", … More »Elusive giant squid finally captured on film
A Japanese-led team of scientists has captured on film the world's first live images of a giant squid, journeying to the depths of the ocean in search of the mysterious creature thought to have inspired the myth of the "kraken", a tentacled monster.
He won the lottery, but before he could collect, he was poisoned AP - 52 mins agoUrooj Khan had returned to Chicago from the hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia inspired to lead a better life and had sworn off buying lottery tickets — except just this once. More »He won the lottery, but before he could collect, he was poisoned
Urooj Khan had returned to Chicago from the hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia inspired to lead a better life and had sworn off buying lottery tickets — except just this once.
- Greenfield: Why I never voted for Barack Obama Yahoo! News - 3 hrs ago
I didn’t vote for Barack Obama last November. I didn’t vote for him in 2008, either. And I can prove it. More »Greenfield: Why I never voted for Barack Obama
I didn’t vote for Barack Obama last November. I didn’t vote for him in 2008, either. And I can prove it.
Poachers kill 11 elephants in worst Kenyan attack Reuters - 7 hrs agoA gang of about 10 attackers hacked off the elephants' tusks in Tsavo East National Park on Saturday, officials said - the latest sign of a resurgence of mostly Asian demand for ivory jewellery and ornaments. More »Poachers kill 11 elephants in worst Kenyan attack
A gang of about 10 attackers hacked off the elephants' tusks in Tsavo East National Park on Saturday, officials said - the latest sign of a resurgence of mostly Asian demand for ivory jewellery and ornaments.
- Wildfires rage across Australia amid searing heat AP - 1 hr 44 mins ago
Firefighters battled scores of wildfires raging across southeast Australia on Tuesday with officials evacuating national parks and warning that blistering temperatures and high winds had led to "catastrophic" fire conditions in some areas.
- Google exec gets look at NKoreans using Internet AP - 1 hr 19 mins ago
Google's Eric Schmidt got a first look at North Korea's limited Internet usage when he visited a computer lab at Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang.
- 'Dating Game' killer sentenced for 1970s murders Reuters - 14 hrs ago
Convicted California serial killer Rodney Alcala, a contestant on "The Dating Game" television show more than 30 years ago, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Monday for murdering two New York women in the 1970s.
- Tuesday in politics: Karzai arrives in Washington, and more The Ticket - 2 hrs 2 mins ago
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai arrives in the United States on Tuesday. His schedule includes a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and he’ll meet with President Barack Obama on Friday. The primary topics for the meetings: How quickly to draw down U.S. troops in Afghanistan, and what the role of the U.S. …
- Sheriff thinks Conn. tragedy a factor in bomb plot AP - 3 hrs ago
PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama teenager who called himself a white supremacist is accused of plotting to attack classmates and a teacher with small homemade explosives, though his attorney argues the allegations are blown out of proportion and the teen never intended to hurt anyone.
- Police: 4 women fatally shot at Tulsa apartment AP - 13 hrs ago
Four young women were found shot to death in the same apartment in a rugged part of south Tulsa on Monday, apparent victims of a midday shooting spree at a building near a park along the Arkansas River. A 4-year-old boy was found unharmed.
Google exec gets look at NKoreans using Internet AP - 1 hr 19 mins ago
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Students at North Korea's premier university showed Google's executive chairman Tuesday how they look for information online: they Google it. More »Google exec gets look at NKoreans using Internet
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Students at North Korea's premier university showed Google's executive chairman Tuesday how they look for information online: they Google it.
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