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Search ends for big wave surfer Alec ‘Ace Cool’ Cooke

Search ends for big wave surfer Alec ‘Ace Cool’ Cooke

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for big wave surfer Alec “Ace Cool” Cooke off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. Cooke’s girlfriend reported… Read More ›

Thousands march to remember victims of Bucharest nightclub fire

Thousands march to remember victims of Bucharest nightclub fire

  Bucharest, Romania – More than 12,000 people took to the streets of Bucharest on Sunday to commemorate the victims of a nightclub fire that killed… Read More ›

New assaults on ISIS in Iraq and in Syria

New assaults on ISIS in Iraq and in Syria

Iraq-Syria border – A thick column of black smoke hangs over the Iraqi Syrian border near the town of Ash Shaddadi in Syria ‘s Hasakah province.… Read More ›

UK building first permanent Middle East base since 1971

UK building first permanent Middle East base since 1971

The military base in Bahrain is aimed at helping Britain and its allies “reinforce stability in the Gulf and beyond,” says British Foreign Secretary. For… Read More ›

De facto win for Erdogan in Turkey’s elections

De facto win for Erdogan in Turkey’s elections

Islamist AK Party garners 49.5 percent of votes, with 95 percent of votes counted in major boost for Erdogan; clashes break out between security forces… Read More ›

Analysis: A human rights record worse than Ahmadinejad’s

Analysis: A human rights record worse than Ahmadinejad’s

“The human rights situation in the country remains dire,” says Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN’s special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran.… Read More ›

Virtualization – the cloud is just the beginning

Virtualization – the cloud is just the beginning

Veeam CEO Ratmir Tamishev tell the ‘Post’ in Las Vegas how he’s transforming the landscape.   LAS VEGAS – Imagine your company’s main computers and… Read More ›

These 2 work-related stressors could make you die sooner

These 2 work-related stressors could make you die sooner

  There is a life-expectancy gap in America. One report, using actuarial data, found that white-collar workers live longer than blue-collar workers. Another study confirmed this,… Read More ›

College grads who studied this one subject have the ‘safest route to the upper middle class in America today

College grads who studied this one subject have the ‘safest route to the upper middle class in America today

  When The Economist was creating its first-ever college rankings, it excluded vocational and trade schools. The decision makes sense because schools for specific professions… Read More ›

Chipotle closes 43 stores in Seattle and Oregon over an E. coli scare

Chipotle closes 43 stores in Seattle and Oregon over an E. coli scare

  SEATTLE (AP) — An investigation was underway Saturday in an E. coli outbreak linked to Chipotle restaurants in Washington state and Oregon, health officials… Read More ›

Miami – Two Passengers Still In Hospital In Florida As Plane Fire Investigated

Miami – Two Passengers Still In Hospital In Florida As Plane Fire Investigated

  Miami – Two adult passengers remained hospitalized as National Transportation Safety Board investigators began examining the engine on a Venezuela-bound 767 airplane that burst… Read More ›

Damascus – New U.S.-Backed Syrian Rebel Alliance Launches Offensive Against Islamic State

Damascus – New U.S.-Backed Syrian Rebel Alliance Launches Offensive Against Islamic State

  Damascus – A newly formed U.S.-backed Syrian rebel alliance on Saturday launched an offensive against Islamic State in the northeast province of Hasaka, a… Read More ›

WTA Finals 2015: Petra Kvitova stuns Maria Sharapova

WTA Finals 2015: Petra Kvitova stuns Maria Sharapova

  Petra Kvitova and Agnieszka Radwanska advanced to the title match at the WTA Finals Saturday after upset victories in semifinal matches in Singapore. Fomer… Read More ›

Blogger killed in Bangladesh, three others wounded, police say

Blogger killed in Bangladesh, three others wounded, police say

  Dhaka, Bangladesh – Another secular blogger was hacked to death and three other people were severely wounded in two separate attacks in Bangladesh’s capital on… Read More ›

Russian plane crashes in Sinai, killing all 224 people on board

Russian plane crashes in Sinai, killing all 224 people on board

Cairo – A Russian passenger plane crashed early Saturday in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people aboard, officials said. Russian state media reported that many… Read More ›

Rafsanjani revelation on Iran drive for nuclear bomb eludes alleged Khamenei fatwa

Rafsanjani revelation on Iran drive for nuclear bomb eludes alleged Khamenei fatwa

The International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations nuclear watchdog, is investigating whether Iran’s nuclear program ever had a military application.   Former Iranian president… Read More ›

Here’s why the US is selling almost 10% of its oil

Here’s why the US is selling almost 10% of its oil

  The U.S. Congress is moving on abudget deal to avert a standoff over raising the debt ceiling, at least until 2017. The emerging budget… Read More ›

Hampton Creek’s response to the FDA: Mayo is different than mayonnaise

Hampton Creek’s response to the FDA: Mayo is different than mayonnaise

  In August, the US Food and Drug Administration told eggless-mayo startup Hampton Creek that it needs to drop all claims of making mayonnaise. The startup has… Read More ›

Google is merging its Chrome OS into Android

Google is merging its Chrome OS into Android

  Google will fold its Chrome operating system used in personal computers into the Android mobile OS, according to The Wall Street Journal. Beginning in… Read More ›

New York – Tarantino, Condemned By Police, Gets Support From Protesters

New York – Tarantino, Condemned By Police, Gets Support From Protesters

  New York – Organizers of a rally against police brutality spoke up Thursday in support of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, who has been condemned by… Read More ›