Oklahoma City officials lower tornado death toll to 24, which includes 9 children, after monster storm that has now been rated EF-5 — an equivalent to Joplin,...
One of the most desperately poor, war-torn nations on earth, Afghanistan attracts our attention mostly for the wrong reasons. Well over 30 percent of the population...
Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang stressed the global strategic significance of China-India relations Tuesday during a meeting with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee.
In 2012, sheriff's deputies in Brooks County found 129 bodies, around double the amount from the year before and six times the number recorded in 2010. Most of those...
Rescuers work at the accident site where a road cave-in occurred in Huamao Industrial Park in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, May 21, 2013.
A powerful tornado attacked Monday afternoon southern suburbs of the Oklahoma City, capital of Oklahoma, killing at least 51 people and injuring at least 140 others.
Fourth seed Zhang Jike retained his men's singles title at the World Table Tennis Championships by beating third seed Wang Hao in an all-Chinese final here on Monday.
Killer Tornado: Scenes From Oklahoma Monster. That's what they're calling the tornado that barreled through the Oklahoma City area. Here are heartbreaking scenes.
Six of the Worst Twisters in US History Hedge fund managers and investment gurus have to notify the SEC about their moves every quarter. Investors pore over this data in the belief the big fish have special insight.
Yum or Yuck? Cutting-Edge Restaurant Menu Items Hoping to increase sales and traffic in their restaurants, fast-food and fast-casual operators are upping the menu innovation to produce items that stray from the gastronomic norm.
The World's Most Dangerous Waters Maritime pirates are honing their tactics and beefing up their weaponry. Here are the world’s most pirate-infested waters, and learn about individual attacks from each place.
10 Hardware Companies Hot With VCs While hardware companies were once considered too risky to invest in, advancements in technology have made the space much more appealing.
The 10 Best States for Retirement Whether you'd really consider retiring to North Dakota or West Virginia, this unconventional list will at least get you thinking about what you really need from a retirement spot.
Small Businesses You Can’t Believe Exist Some small businesses provoked skepticism, but the public embraced them and the entrepreneurs who backed them had the last laugh. Here are 10 small businesses founded on unorthodox ideas.
New Tech That Could Change Everything There's little doubt that the 20th century was full of breakthroughs that changed history. But the 21st century could go a step further, according to Citi.
Mega Homes From the Top Three Zip Codes There were more than 200 sales in the top 15 Zip Codes for homes priced at $10 million or more in 2012, and the mega-home market shows no signs of slowing.
8 Wacky Business Ideas We look at bizarre "Made in Asia" innovations that have caught the consumer's imagination.
Cursed and Haunted Treasures Some treasures have become legendary for their bad luck. These are treasures rumored to be cursed or haunted, which reside in the limbo of legend and superstition. Nonetheless, many have track records that even the most hardened skeptic might find hard to ignore.
Twitter Trading: 8 Tweets That Moved Markets News that breaks on Twitter is now news that moves the markets, sometimes even when it's not news. Here's a look at some tweets that affected trading.
Captured! Scenes From the Boston Manhunt It was a dramatic two days that left one suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings dead and one alive in custody. Click ahead for images from the manhunt.
The Best Jobs in America for 2013 The economy is sputtering back to life and many an employee has an itch to see what else is out there. Before you blast out your resume, check out the 10 best jobs for 2013.
....The Worst Jobs in America for 2013 There are a variety of reasons a job can get slapped with the "worst job" title,be it danger, stress or just a poor outlook. Here are the 10 Worst Jobs for 2013.
"You can't love anyone until you understand that you can't love everyone." -Real Live Preacher
"Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience." -Victoria Holt
"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about." -Charles Kingsley
"After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one." -Cato the Elder
"To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself." -Albert Einstein
"Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine." -Fran Lebowitz
"Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club." -Thomas H. Huxley
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." -Walt Disney
Jackson out. Randy Jackson, the lone original "American Idol" judge, says he won't be returning to the Fox talent competition. "To put all of the speculation to the rest, after 12 years of judging on `American Idol,' I have decided to leave after this season," Jackson said in a statement Thursday. "I am very proud of how we forever changed television and the music industry."
Amazon is reportedly developing a smartphone that sports a 3D screen that relies on retina-tracking technology to make images seem to float above the screen like a hologram. With the smartphone, users would be able to navigate through content by using their eyes alone, according to two unnamed people who discussed the phone with the Wall Street Journal.
U.S. federal telecommunications regulators are pushing ahead with efforts to bring faster Internet service to commercial and private airline flights. The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday started deliberations on a proposal that would offer a new type of in-flight broadband service promising U.S. fliers higher Wi-Fi speeds and better connections.
Nuggets general manager Masai Ujiri was named the NBA's executive of the year on Thursday, a day after George Karl was named the league's top coach. Even as Masai Ujiri accepted the NBA's executive of the year trophy from club President Josh Kroenke on Thursday, the Denver Nuggets general manager said he would have given it up gladly in exchange for a deep playoff run.
According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture.
Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts.
Talk about high expectations for a newborn: King and Messiah are among the fastest-rising baby names for American boys. They're just a little behind Major, the boy's name that jumped the most spots on the Social Security Administration's annual list of popular baby names.
A gang of cyber-criminals stole $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and then draining cash machines around the globe, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
We hope you weren't counting too heavily on Jurassic Park 4 making its projected summer 2014 release date, because it looks like Universal has gone back to the drawing boardat least temporarily. The news, as it so often does these days, leaked via Twitter, where Digital Asset Manager Todd Smoyer and Concept Artist Dean Sherriff shared JP4's delay with varying degrees of unhappiness and/or panic. In Smoyer's words, "Hollywood makes and crushes dreams. Goodbye JP4." Sherriff was a little less visibly upset, simply tweeting, "Jp4 on hold."
Preparing you for storm season To help get ready for hurricane season, the Red Cross is pairing up with the Treasure Coast Square Mall for the 19th Annual Hurricane, Health and Safety Fair.
Deadly shooting in Lantana It happened Thursday night around 10 in the 59-hundred block of Via Vermilya.
Rabid raccoon bites man in broad daylight Martin County Health officials are warning about raccoons and other wild animals testing positive for rabies. Health officials said a man was walking earlier this month in the 18000 block of Federal Highway in Jupiter during the middle of the day and was bitten by a rabid raccoon. Bob Washam is the director for Environmental Health in Martin County and he said when the animals are sick, they are ... North Palm Beach man suspected of stealing police guns Jupiter police have arrested a North Palm Beach man who they said confessed to stealing handguns and assault rifles out of marked and unmarked police cars. Police said Christopher Vachaviolos was arrested Saturday on a prowling charge, but he quickly became a prime suspect in a series of car burglaries to five marked and unmarked police cars, as well as to one homeowner's car who was packing for ... LIST: Florida population by county Where does your county stack up compared to other Florida counties in terms of population? MOBILE USERS: Tap right here to find out. (Data from flpublichealth.com) Homeowner opens fire at intruder during attempted burglary A homeowner opens fire on an intruder during an attempted burglary in Delray Beach. First Alert Weather: Flood watch in effect Things remain unsettled after heavy rains passed through the area Monday night and in the overnight hours. u local: View, Share Photos Severe Weather Emails | Mobile Radar | Forecast | Maps
The New Enemies List The firestorm around the White House is only going to grow with the knowledge that the administration targeted Fox News’ reporter James Rosen for doing nothing more than being a reporter. Kirsten Powers: “Turns out it’s a fairly swift sojourn from a president pushing to “delegitimize” a news organization to threatening criminal prosecution for journalistic activity by a Fox News reporter, James Rosen, to spying on Associated Press reporters. In between, the Obama administration found time to relentlessly persecute government...
Learning About Growth from Austerity MILAN – In a recent set of studies, Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff used a vast array of historical data to show that the accumulation of high levels of public (and private) debt relative to GDP has an extended negative effect on growth. The size of the effect incited debate about errors in their calculations. Few, however, doubt the validity of the pattern.This should not be surprising. Accumulating excessive debt usually entails moving some part of domestic aggregate demand forward in time, so the exit from that debt must include more savings and diminished...
Burma Policy: Lift Sanctions, Ask Questions Later President Obama’s meeting with Burma’s President Thein Sein at the White House today is a stark reminder of how far the Administration has come on Burma policy.In initiating the annual process for renewal of the ban on Burmese imports last week, Representative Joseph Crowley (D–NY) reiterated his desire that the Administration “not waver” from an “action-for-action” policy that demands concrete political reforms in return for easing of U.S. sanctions.It’s a...