May 13 2008
A stack of crisp new dollar bills, delivered to your doorstep courtesy of Uncle Sam. Can an economic stimulus package really help pump up a faltering economy? No matter your political stance or your take on deficit spending, $600 that you previously...
May 13 2008
Builders clearing land for a housing project in Colombia have uncovered an ancient burial site containing nearly a thousand tombs linked to two little-known civilizations.
May 13 2008
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain remains a strong candidate despite a gloomy national mood and record low ratings for President George W. Bush, according to a Washington Post-ABC New poll released on Monday. Weighed down by the...
May 13 2008
One of Pakistan’s biggest political parties is to leave its fragile civilian government only three months after the coalition was formed. Nawaz Sharif announced that he was pulling his PML-N party out, after failing to agree terms with his...
May 12 2008
Michael Dudley is the son of a preacher man. He’s a born-again Christian with two family members in the military. He grew up in the Bible Belt, where almost everyone he knew was Republican. But this fall, he’s breaking a handful of...
May 11 2008
Poehler’s Clinton says how the race is “hopelessly deadlocked” and she gives reasons why she will make the better president. Reason one? “I am a sore loser... I will probably refuse to campaign for him.” Second: “My...
May 11 2008
Wikipedia, the upstart Internet encyclopedia that most universities forbid students to use, has suddenly become a teaching tool for professors.
May 9 2008
NASA scientists have built a dynamic little spacecraft in record time. It may someday rendezvous with asteroids, orbit Earth or Mars, and land on the moon — for roughly one tenth the price of a conventional unmanned mission.
May 9 2008
More than 300 people ran riot and destroyed an award-winning garden after they responded to a campaign for a mass water fight on social networking website Facebook.http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/05_02/waterfight1RPY_468×350.jpg facebook...
May 7 2008
, Mexico — The job offer was tempting. It was printed on a 16-foot-wide banner and strung above one of the busiest roads here, calling out to any “soldier or ex-soldier.” “We’re offering you a good salary, food and...