Biggest solar storm in years is bombarding Earth now SPACE.com - 1 hr 38 mins agoThe radiation could disrupt satellites, power grids and communications networks over the next 24 hours More »Biggest solar storm in years is bombarding Earth now
The radiation could disrupt satellites, power grids and communications networks over the next 24 hours
Top Syrian oil official apparently defects from Assad Reuters - 59 mins agoSyrian Deputy Oil Minister Abdo Hussameldin has announced his defection on YouTube, becoming the first high-ranking civilian official to abandon President Assad since the uprising against his rule erupted a year ago. More »Top Syrian oil official apparently defects from Assad
Syrian Deputy Oil Minister Abdo Hussameldin has announced his defection on YouTube, becoming the first high-ranking civilian official to abandon President Assad since the uprising against his rule erupted a year ago.
Sandra Fluke says 'I would do this again' despite Limbaugh attacks Time.com - 2 hrs 44 mins agoFluke says the outpouring of support has cushioned the sting of such ugly attacks. She gets hundreds of messages a day from strangers. More »Sandra Fluke says 'I would do this again' despite Limbaugh attacks
Fluke says the outpouring of support has cushioned the sting of such ugly attacks. She gets hundreds of messages a day from strangers.
GOP activists fear primaries taking toll on Romney AP - 4 hrs agoRepublican activists foresee a long, lumbering campaign that almost certainly will nominate Mitt Romney but may leave him weakened in a fall battle against President Obama. More »GOP activists fear primaries taking toll on Romney
Republican activists foresee a long, lumbering campaign that almost certainly will nominate Mitt Romney but may leave him weakened in a fall battle against President Obama.
Hunt for long-missing U.S. troops set to resume in N. Korea AP - 4 hrs agoWounded in both legs, 1st Lt. Robert Schmitt led a desperate U.S. hilltop assault against advancing Chinese forces in one of the bloodiest battles of the Korean War. He never returned. More »Hunt for long-missing U.S. troops set to resume in N. Korea
Wounded in both legs, 1st Lt. Robert Schmitt led a desperate U.S. hilltop assault against advancing Chinese forces in one of the bloodiest battles of the Korean War. He never returned.
- Prosecution could rest in Rutgers spycam trial AP - 4 hrs ago
Now that jurors have heard the voice of the former Rutgers University student charged with using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man, the answer to a major question in his trial could be answered soon: Will they hear from him directly?
- Gingrich campaign doubles down on the South AP - 6 hrs ago
Newt Gingrich's poor showing in every Super Tuesday state except Georgia gives him an increasingly narrow path to win the nomination, one that now depends on the South.
- DNA tests link convicted killer to 4 Denver deaths AP - 4 hrs ago
Authorities all along had the DNA evidence to link a convicted a triple-murderer to four additional murders, and they say he could have been responsible for as many as 20 slayings.
- Former N.J. governor goes undercover as homeless man Reuters - 11 hrs ago
A phony beard, a fake tattoo and clothes dragged through grass and stained with coffee were all it took to transform former New Jersey Gov. Richard Codey into a homeless man looking for shelter on a frigid night this week.
- U.S. probes allegations Afghan Air Force involved in drug running Reuters - 3 hrs ago
U.S. authorities are looking into allegations that some Afghan Air Force (AAF) officials have been using aircraft to transport narcotics and illegal weapons across the country, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
- Family of Florida boy killed by Neighborhood Watch seeks arrest Reuters - 8 hrs ago
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The family of a 17-year-old African-American boy shot to death last month in his gated Florida community by a white Neighborhood Watch captain wants to see the captain arrested, the family's lawyer said on Wednesday. Trayvon Martin was shot dead after he took a break from watching NBA All-Star …
- Images show Iran nuke plant may be covering its tracks AP - 11 hrs ago
Satellite images of an Iranian military facility appear to show trucks and earth-moving vehicles at the site, indicating an attempted cleanup of radioactive traces possibly left by tests of a nuclear-weapon trigger.
- Texas man executed for killing wife, her boyfriend AP - 8 hrs ago
A Texas man condemned for fatally shooting his estranged wife and the neighbor who became her boyfriend denied killing them Wednesday, moments before he was put to death by lethal injection.
- Deputy, 2 others shot outside Oklahoma courthouse AP - 11 hrs ago
A sheriff's deputy, a suspected gunman and a bystander were wounded Wednesday afternoon during an exchange of gunfire outside a Tulsa courthouse, sending people scattering from a crowded plaza as an employee at a nearby library used his camera to chronicle the events.
- Chrysler CEO declines 2011 pay; company now worth $7.5 billion @ Yahoo! Finance - 3 hrs ago
DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC's top executive declined a salary and bonus for a second straight year in 2011, when the Detroit automaker repaid more than $7 billion in government loans from its bankruptcy restructuring nearly three years ago.
Arsenal and Cologne agree Podolski deal: Bild Reuters - 1 hr 21 mins ago
BERLIN (Reuters) - Cologne forward Lukas Podolski is set to sign a four-year contract with Arsenal at the end of the season after the two clubs agreed a deal for the Germany international, Bild newspaper … More »Arsenal and Cologne agree Podolski deal: Bild
BERLIN (Reuters) - Cologne forward Lukas Podolski is set to sign a four-year contract with Arsenal at the end of the season after the two clubs agreed a deal for the Germany international, Bild newspaper reported on Thursday. Podolski, who returned to Cologne in 2009 after struggling for three years at Bayern Munich, has …
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