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The leader of the reform party who lost a controversial presidential election to Ahmadinejad has called on the government to stop its crackdown.
New research suggests that drinking two glasses of champagne per day can improve heart function and circulation flow.
Apple will produce ten million tablet computers says a former Apple employee and former president of Google China.
The famous NYC restaurant that Robert Moses inspired has served its last meal until bankruptcy negotiations are completed.
Fox and Time Warner reached a temporary agreement that will keep Fox on the air, for now…
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The U.S. is planning military retaliation against Al Qaeda training camps in Yemen in response to the Christmas Day plane bombing.
Scanners which could have foiled the Christmas Day bomber will soon be used to screen passengers flying from the Netherlands to the U.S.
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed eight American C.I.A. agents in Afghanistan.
The Russian space agency wants to deflect the asteroid Apophis from its course toward the earth by 2032.
Speculators are inflating the price of real estate in China while mortgages are taken in record numbers presaging a bubble burst.
Fox will pull its programming from Time Warner Cable by midnight tonight unless it receives direct payment to broadcast its content.
New scientific data suggests that natural variability explains this year’s cold winter and that global temperatures are still on the rise.
House members are now concentrating on what they can get in return for making concessions on the public option during the reconciliation process.
The first Blue Moon in 19 years will usher in the New Year imbuing an already crazy night with more superstitions.
A group created by the DNC is recommending the removal of superdelegates to better reflect the popular vote in presidential races.
Former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff says the U.S. has grown complacent about airport security.
A controversial full-body scan that examines private areas is scheduled to be used increasingly across U.S. airports including O’Hare.
President Obama will establish a new federal agency to create new classification procedure and declassify some 400 million pages of government documents.
The Obama Administration is gearing up to support immigration reform that improves border security and provides a path to citizenship.
New research suggests that scrambled connections in brain regions that process fear and emotions are to blame for anxiety disorders.
A complex algorithm ensuring eighty percent of cell phone calls are kept private has been hacked by a 28 year-old German who says he acted in good faith.
The U.K. is putting up $2 million to fund paid theater internships for young adults in order to develop the country’s cultural ambitions.
The Republican strategy to run on repealing healthcare legislation in the 2010 midterms will surely backfire, writes the New Republic.
An Illinois physics professor helped the Secret Service to break up a ring of businesses making huge profits by selling fake diplomas.
The Japanese have created a robotic hummingbird that weighs two and a half grams and flaps its wings 30 times per second.
This week’s installment of What Went Wrong includes an interview with the former head council for AIG, Ernest Patrikis. He weighs in on what could have happened if the Fed […]
Two members of the Al Qaeda group claiming responsibility for the attempted Christmas Day bombing were released from Gitmo in 2007.
The White House decries newly proposed settlements in East Jerusalem which Israel says are not covered by its proposed construction moratorium.