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80 Year-Old-Man Climbs Everest, Breaks Record - Wall Street Journal
Yuichiro Miura, an 80-year-old adventurer, reached the summit of Mount Everest around noon Japan time on Thursday, becoming the oldest person ever to do so. Mr. Miura had left a base camp situated at 5300 meters last Thursday to then conquer glacial... |
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Four Americans have died in US strikes: White House - New York Daily News
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that American citizens have been killed in U.S. drone strikes overseas. Attorney General Eric Holder disclosed the four deaths in a letter to Congress in advance of ... |
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Cameron Says Britain 'Resolute' After Attack - New York Times
LONDON — A day after an attack on an off-duty British soldier by two knife-wielding assailants, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday Britain would be “absolutely resolute” in confronting terrorism and extremist assau... |
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FBI shooting-review team in Orlando for Ibragim Todashev killing - Orlando Sentinel
Ibragim Todashev was involved in mixed martial arts in Central Florida. YouTube video shows him fighting. By Jerriann Sullivan, Orlando Sentinel. 7:37 a.m. EDT, May 23, 2013. A team of FBI officials from Washington, D.C. is in Orlando today investigating ... |
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African Union Celebrates 50th Year - ABC News
African nations this week mark the 50th year since the founding of a continentwide organization that spearheaded efforts to liberate Africa from colonial masters. Now leaders want to map out the next 50 years of political and economic integration.... |
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Taliban claim bomb in southwest Pakistan that kills 13 - Reuters
PESHAWAR, Pakistan | Thu May 23, 2013 6:49am EDT. PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday for a bomb that killed 11 security personnel and two civilians in the southwestern city of Quetta.... |
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Finding Love at 17, Staten Island Cicadas Come of Age - New York Times
There they were, finally, stuck on the undersides of fresh green leaves, on the trunks of trees and on the sides of fence posts in Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island. Related. Matter: 17 Years to Hatch an Invasion (May 14, 2013). Connect with NYTMetro... |
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Allosaurus' table manners trumped T. rex's - Columbus Dispatch
Ohio State is on a roll. Days after its original Titan arum bloomed for the second time in three years, OSU officials announced yet another corpse fl... |
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Colliding galaxies create mega galaxy - Indian Express
Two hungry young galaxies that collided 11 billion years ago are rapidly forming a massive galaxy about 10 times the size of the Milky Way, astronomers have discovered. Capturing the creation of this type of large, short-lived star body is extremely rare ... |
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Gene Sequencing Reveals Feet Have Greatest Fungal Diversity - Medscape
Human feet are fungal forests, the most diverse fungal ecosystem on the body, with some 80 separate genera represented, according to results from the first study of fungal diversity on healthy human skin. Keisha Findley, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, National... |
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German software firm recruiting autistic workers - Science Recorder
German software firm SAP is recruiting autistic workers. To help the company hire autistic workers, SAP has hired Specialisterne. Together, SAP and Specialisterne will recruit individuals with autism that can work as software testers, programmers and data... |
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Universal flu jab 'edges closer' - BBC News
A way of creating more effective vaccines which could protect against a broad range of flu viruses has been reported by US researchers. A different seasonal flu jab is produced every year as the virus is a constantly shifting target. This animal study, pu... |
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Bradley Cooper back for one last Hollywood 'Hangover' - Chicago Tribune
By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES, May 23 (Reuters) - After years of struggling to. break into the Hollywood A-list from television, actor Bradley Cooper has gained some serious recognition for his work on the silver screen. Cooper returns to the comedy... |
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'Fast & Furious 6' revels in childlike love of vehicular mayhem 1/2 - Chicago Tribune
"Fast & Furious 6," which surely maxed out Universal's tank-top budget for the year, and sustains its joyful, unpretentious ridiculousness so perfectly that I secretly hoped the "6" meant "hours long," ends with a di... |
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Kristin Scott Thomas gets nasty at Cannes - USA TODAY
Kristin Scott Thomas plays the bloodthirsty head of a drug-running family in 'Only God Forgives.' . Scott Thomas at Cannes. Actress Kristin Scott Thomas attends the 'Only God Forgives' Photocall during the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festi... |
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House set to OK pegging student loan rates to financial markets despite a veto ... - Washington Post
WASHINGTON — House lawmakers are ready to pass legislation that links student loan rates to the financial markets in spite of a veto threat from President Barack Obama. Supported by Republicans, the bill would avoid a rate increase for students ... |
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Veteran Galveston legislator won't seek re-election - Houston Chronicle
AUSTIN - Galveston County's last remaining Democrat in the Legislature, Rep. Craig Eiland, D-Galveston, announced Wednesday in an emotional speech that he will not run for re-election. "I'm not saying I'm not going to try and come back... |
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Two Crittenden County Men Sentenced For Bribing Voters - wreg.com
(West Memphis, AR) Former West Memphis City Councilman Phillip Wayne Carter and former West Memphis Police Officer Sam Malone were sentenced today after pleading guilty to charges of voter fraud last year. The two admitted helping people fill out... |
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Markets Rattled Amid Fears of Slowdown in Asia - New York Times
HONG KONG — The two biggest economies in Asia showed signs of stress on Thursday, with a 7.3 percent plunge in the Japanese stock market and a surprise contraction in the manufacturing sector in China casting a shadow over the global economy.... |
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Fed's Bullard: Need Faster Inflation Before Tapering Stimulus - Wall Street Journal
LONDON--Inflation in the U.S. needs to climb back toward the 2% target before the Federal Reserve should consider slowing the pace of its asset purchases, a senior Federal Reserve official said Thursday. James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve... |
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China May Factory Output Contracts in Test for Premier: Economy - Bloomberg
China's manufacturing is contracting in May for the first time in seven months, adding to signs that economic growth is losing steam for a second quarter. The preliminary reading of 49.6 for a Purchasing Managers' Index (EC11FLAS) released today... |
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Shazam revamps iPad app, adds auto-tagging feature - Los Angeles Times
Shazam, the app that identifies a song's name and artist, is being updated for the iPad, giving tablet users many of the tools already found on the iPhone app as well as a cool new feature: automatic tagging. The feature comes turned off by default, ... |
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Samsung—Not All Androids Are Created Equal - Wall Street Journal
Samsung Electronics is basking in its reign as world smartphone champion. On Thursday the company said it has shipped more than 10 million of its new Galaxy S4 phones in less than a month. The peak monthly sales for the previous S3 phone was only... |
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Hardcore Console Gamers Don't Want Much, Just the Impossible - Wired
Microsoft announced the Xbox One this week, and the reaction from hardcore gamers is that the sun is about to fall from the sky. “Oh my God, where are the games? Can you believe they spent so much time talking about television? Who cares about s... |
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