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Think tank: North Korea has already restarted plutonium reactor
North Korea has already begun work to restart a plutonium production reactor in a sign that its confrontational rhetoric may not all be bluster, a US think tank said Wednesday. The US-Korea Institute...
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Scientists use 3D printer to make tissue-like material
British scientists have used a custom-made 3D printer to make living tissue-like material that could one day serve medical purposes, according to findings released Thursday. The material is made up of...
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Teen hikers found safe in California after four-day search
California emergency workers found a second missing hiker Thursday, a day after her companion was rescued and four days after they got lost while hiking on Easter Sunday. A massive ground and air...
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Mad Men creator dismisses Tagg Romney: Republicans should be thrilled
Speaking to CNN on Thursday, Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner dismissed concerns that his show unfairly attacked late Michigan governor George Romney. A character on the popular AMC series, who was...
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Rick Santorum: I could run for president in 2016
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (R) hasn’t ruled out running for President of the United States again. “I’m making no commitments at this point, but we’re not doing anything inconsistent with...
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Obama ‘very optimistic’ about immigration reform, but not gun control
US President Barack Obama said Thursday he was more upbeat about the prospects of immigration reform making it through Congress than tougher gun control legislation. “I am very optimistic that we get...
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New ‘Beard PAC’ to raise unlimited funds to support bearded candidates
The United States has a serious lack of bearded politicians, according to a newly formed Super PAC that hopes to reverse the situation. The group, called Bearded Entrepreneurs for the Advancement of a...
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Bill Nelson becomes 51st senator to support same sex marriage
US Senator Bill Nelson endorsed gay marriage on Thursday, shifting the chamber in favor of rights for same-sex couples. Nelson, a Democrat from Florida, became the 51st lawmaker in the 100-seat Senate...
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New Zealand troops begin withdrawal from Afghanistan
New Zealand troops began their withdrawal from Afghanistan Friday, with the lowering of the flag for the last time at their base in Bamiyan to mark the end of a 10-year involvement in the war. The...
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U.S. official: We are ‘not on the brink of war’ with North Korea
After weeks of intensifying warnings from Washington and threats by Pyongyang, US policymakers are hoping to stop the crisis from spiraling into war while still standing firm on North Korea. North...
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Arizona official fired for remark about female soldiers’ menstrual cycles
An Arizona official was fired Wednesday after suggesting that menstrual cycles could inhibit women from serving in combat. Joey Strickland, the director of the state’s Veterans’ Services Department,...
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Rich neighborhoods hiring private security as cities lay off cops
As cities lay off police, frustrated neighborhoods turn to private cops (via The Christian Science Monitor) Copyright ImageClick to View A closed and boarded up Oakland Police Department recruiting...
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Sen. Scott Brown … of New Hampshire?
US Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts watches a traditional drum ritual of the Pequot tribe during the 11th annual ‘Keeping the Dream Alive’ dinner commemorating the anniversary of Martin Luther King...
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‘Room 237′ examines conspiracy theories and possible hidden meanings in...
Have you ever watched a movie and thought the filmmaker was sending you surreptitious signals? More to the point, do you think Stanley Kubrick’s deeply creepy 1980 classic “The Shining…
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Poet Pablo Neruda’s body to be exhumed on April 8
The remains of Chilean Nobel prize winning poet Pablo Neruda will be exhumed Monday to determine if he died of cancer or was poisoned, according to the judge on the case. The leftist, who died 12 days...
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Italy pardons U.S. Air Force officer involved in Iran kidnapping
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Friday pardoned a US air force officer who had been convicted for his role in the CIA’s kidnapping of an Egyptian imam in Milan in 2003. “The president… has...
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ACLU accuses Ohio courts of enacting ‘debtors’ prisons’
A report by the American Civil Liberties Union has accused courts in Ohio of jailing indigent defendants for not being able to pay court fines, an apparent revival of the 19th century practice of...
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Satirist Bassem Youssef not letting up on Egyptian president despite charges...
Egyptian humorist Bassem Youssef again satirised President Mohamed Morsi in his first television show since facing charges of insulting the country’s leader and Islam. “I would love to know how you...
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Actress Halle Berry announces she’s pregnant with her second child
Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry is expecting her second child at the age of 46 with French actor fiance Olivier Martinez, her spokeswoman said Friday. Celebrity news website TMZ reported that she is...
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‘Calvin & Hobbes’ comic strip gets a darker spin in parody trailer
Fans of the comic strip “Calvin & Hobbes” might find common ground with Donnie Darko enthusiasts in a video parody released by Gritty Reboots on Thursday. Set in modern times, the trailer for a...
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