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New highly radioactive leak at Japan's Fukushima plant

By Mari SaitoTOKYO (Reuters) - The operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant said on Thursday that 100 metric tons of highly contaminated water had leaked out of a tank, the worst incident since last...

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With no winner since Christmas, U.S. Powerball lottery hits $400 million

By Zachary Cook(Reuters) - Powerball ticket holders on Wednesday frantically checked their stubs to see whether they had hit the $400 million jackpot in the U.S. lottery that hasn't had a top prize...

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Four family members die in Indianapolis house fire

(Reuters) - Two children and their parents died and two other children were critically injured on Saturday in a house fire in Indianapolis, said a spokeswoman for the Indianapolis Fire...

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Brazil presidential poll tips Rousseff win; Neves support slips

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff would likely win a second, four-year term if elections scheduled for October were held today, a poll published by the Folha de S. Paulo...

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Here's What Ordinary Venezuelans Are Saying About Their Country's Major Problems

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela is deeply divided between supporters of the government of President Nicolas Maduro and members of the opposition. Here is a sampling of what people on both sides of...

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Buddhist faction protests Dalai Lama as he visits U.S

By Laila KearneySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dozens of Buddhists rallied on the streets of San Francisco on Saturday protesting the Dalai Lama, who they say has persecuted followers of an ancient deity...

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Seeking cheap stocks, chaos no problem? Try Libya

By Ulf LaessingTRIPOLI (Reuters) - Investing in Libyan stocks may sound like an absurd idea at a time when the North African country is descending into chaos and armed militias seize oil ports or...

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The New 5G Networks Will Be Faster, Smarter, And Connected To Everything

This post is sponsored by Intel.Talk of future wireless networks is swirling ahead of Mobile World Congress, enough so that it’s sucking many of us into believing that 5G networks could feed all of our...

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Five snowmobilers found safe after lost in Wyoming mountains

By Kevin Murphy(Reuters) - Five snowmobilers were found safe on Saturday after going missing Thursday in the Bighorn Mountains of north central Wyoming, officials said.The adult men were found together...

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Two killed, 41 wounded in attack on Thai protest rally: media

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra meet on Sunday hours after an attack on an anti-government rally killed two people and wounded 41, media said,...

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Police Dashcam Video Saves N.J. Man From False Charges Of Eluding Police,...

Videos taken from two police cruiser dash cams were the deciding factor in dropping the case against a New Jersey man facing charges of eluding police and assault, ABC 7 reports.The incident between...

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Samsung Has Two New Smart Watches Launching In April — Here's Everything They...

Samsung announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today two new models of its Gear smart watch, the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo. Both watches are essentially the same device, but the Neo doesn't...

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Here's What LA's Mass Transit System Could Look Like In 40 Years

The Los Angeles public transportation system is easily derided as useless and underused, an afterthought in a city dominated by cars. But the county's long range transportation plan includes ways to...

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Babe Ruth's World Series Watch Sells For $717,000

NEW YORK (AP) — Babe Ruth's watch from the 1923 World Series has sold for $717,000 at auction in New York City.Heritage Auctions says the watch was bought Saturday by a telephone bidder who is...

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Samsung to unveil first smartwatches with own Tizen platform

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co is to unveil on Sunday its first wearable smartwatch powered by its Tizen platform in its latest attempt to distance itself from Google Inc and enhance its...

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Anything You Can Do, Icahn Do Better

The pressure on companies from activist shareholders continues to growTIM COOK'S nightmare is over, but John Donahoe's has just begun. On February 10th Carl Icahn, the godfather of activist...

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Iran shuts reformist paper over comments on law

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities shut a reformist newspaper on Thursday, less than a week after its launch, because it published comments critical of Islamic criminal law."Aseman" (Sky) newspaper,...

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Obama to unveil manufacturing institutes in Detroit, Chicago

By Mark FelsenthalWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will announce two new manufacturing institutes aimed at attracting and nurturing businesses that will hire workers for highly paid jobs...

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Taliban attack kills 19 Afghan soldiers, more missing: official

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban attacked an Afghan army base in the country's eastern Kunar province early on Sunday, killing 19 soldiers and kidnapping seven, the spokesman for the provincial governor...

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One dead, 28 sickened by carbon monoxide at New York mall

NEW YORK (Reuters) - One man died and 28 people were rushed to hospitals after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning at a mall on New York's Long Island Saturday evening, police said.A 55-year-old man...

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