Racial gap in breast cancer survival rates remains

Differences at diagnosis, not differences in treatment, explain more about the discrepancy. The two-decade-long divide in breast ...

Kate and William show off Britain's new prince

Prince William and his wife Kate gave the world its first glimpse of their new baby on Tuesday when they left hospital to a barrage of c...

Michael Kors Sketches New Base, Near 65.21 Buy Point

Fashion designer Michael Kors ( KORS ) is near a buy point as it sketches a cup-with-handle base. The stock is about 4% below the 65.21 ...

George Zimmerman Could Face Civil Suits, Death Threats, Federal Prosecution

Although jail time is no longer a threat for Zimmerman, his lawyer says he fears for his life and may have to remain in hiding. He also ...

If the hunt for Edward Snowden were a Hollywood movie, the climactic music would be thundering and the final scene playing out: An Aeroflo...

Rock, Economics and Rebuilding the Middle Class

  Alan Krueger, the outgoing chair of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, uses rock 'n' roll's sup...

Is this the royal baby stroller?

Prince William may soon be pushing this $3,000 Aston Martin   The pitch ...

3 Women Held Captive in Cleveland Thank Supporters

The three women held captive in a Cleveland house for a decade before being discovered and released earlier this year spoke publicly for t...

Bankers will face jail for reckless misconduct, says George Osborne

  Chancellor promises to adopt recommendations of commission on banking standards, but fails to back plan to delay bonuses Banke...

Muslim Brotherhood decries killing of Morsi supporters in Cairo 'massacre'

Army says 'terrorists' tried to storm Republican Guard club where Mohamed Morsi is rumoured to be in detention   Egypt's cr...

8 killed in suicide attack in NW Pakistan

At least eight people were killed and nine others injured when a suicide bomb blast rocked Pakistan' s northwestern district of Han...

Third bomb recovered near Bodh Gaya after serials blasts

A third bomb was recovered on Sunday from avillage near Bodh Gaya hours after serial blasts rocked the temple town in Bihar's Gaya di...

One dead as train explodes in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec forcing residents to flee

One person has been declared dead after a driverless freight train carrying tankers of crude oil derailed at high speed. LAC MÉGANTIC, Q...

Boeing Plane Crash Lands In San Francisco

Witnesses describe seeing the tail of the Boeing 777 break off as it hit the runway at San Francisco International Airport.   Two ...

Can Google+ outgrow Facebook by 2016?

An analyst at Searchmetrics is making a bold claim about social networking, saying that Google's social networking site Google+ w...

'Master key' to Android phones uncovered

A "master key" that could give cyber-thieves unfettered access to almost any Android phone has been discovered by security res...

Dell: Windows 8 tablet adoption "slow"

Dell has admitted that sales of its tablets running on Windows 8 and Windows RT are in the "hundreds of thousands" - and sai...

4G coverage on Mount Everest

Mount Everest now has 4G coverage at 5,200 metres above sea level, thanks to Huawei and China Mobile.    Climbers will now be able ...

European watchdogs order Google to rewrite privacy policy or face legal action

  Privacy watchdogs in the UK, Germany and Italy have told Google to rewrite its privacy policy in Europe or face legal sanctions, 15...

Mohamed Morsi ousted in Egypt's second revolution in two years

A polarised Egypt is facing the most critical phase of its post-revolutionary life after Egypt's army ousted the country's ele...