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A Nigerian man who ignited an explosive aboard a Delta Airlines flight is not believed to have connections with organized terrorism.
Black, Hispanic and Asian voters constituted the majority of the electorate in last month’s NYC mayoral vote for the first time ever.
Victims of fraudulent mortgages are battling a banking bottleneck to have their payment plans renegotiated.
A new computer algorithm analyzes the frequency of unique words used by authors in an attempt to quantify literary style.
That Apple purchased the domain name islate.com back in 2007 might hint at the name of its oft rumored tablet computer.
The Columbian Journalism Review takes a look at the year’s most hilarious newspaper corrections from across the country.
The thriller genre is more and more dominated by conservative ideology and plugged by talking heads like Beck and Limbaugh.
Canadian police are considering giving GPS bracelets to Alzheimer sufferers in order to find them should they become lost.
Recent discoveries about how the brain stores memories may aid the development of drugs to treat diseases like Alzheimer’s.
The New York Times is accused of beating the drums of war by printing an editorial advocating a military strike against Iran.
A winter storm that currently covers two-thirds of the country is responsible for at least 18 deaths across the Midwest.
Liberal cynicism about healthcare parallels the feelings of political indifference that elected George Bush, writes The New Republic.
New research silences skeptics who thought it was impossible for Santa to deliver gifts to everyone in a single night.
New research suggests that small changes in rock stress along the San Andreas Fault could trigger an earthquake—the earthquake.
A Chinese academic who helped write a document advocating political liberalization has been sentenced to 11 years in jail.
A Nevada man gamed the CIA during the Bush years claiming he could decode hidden messages in Al-Jazeera broadcasts.
A woman dressed in a red jumper leapt over guardrails in Rome to tackle the Pope during the Christmas Mass procession.
A tree in southern California is thought be 13,000 years old making it the oldest living organism on the planet.
The European music platform that allows users to stream volumes and volumes of music for free is on its way to America.
Most people already rue the 2000s compared to past decades but are very optimistic about the one to come.
President Obama says that saving the financial system has been his greatest accomplishment one year into his first term in office.
Scientists have predicted how far different ecosystems will have to move annually to keep pace with shifting temperature zones.
America will begin drafting plans to sanction Iran through the U.N. Security Council in January with the support of Russia and China.
Iran will launch its new national satellite called Omid (Hope) using rocketry that could carry a nuclear warhead.
The Royal Bank of Scotland is considering selling pieces of its art collection to UK national museums after receiving $73 billion in bailout funds.
Another suicide attack in Peshwar indicates that the real battle over extreme Islam is taking place in Pakistan—not Afghanistan.
Democrats are planning how to reconcile Senate and House versions of healthcare reform now that both chambers have passed their respective bills.
Santa held up a Tennessee bank at gunpoint informing the teller that he needed to pay his elves.
An attendant to the final high-level negotiations in Copenhagen recalls how China deliberately wrecked the conference’s final outcome.
Boeing’s new aircraft is an ambitious engineering feat that sets new standards for air travel in terms of energy efficiency and design—Airbus, eat your heart out.