Despite having less than half the population of the United States, Japan is second only to China in the amount of cigarette tobacco smoked... and thats your...

Egyptians seem to be enjoying democracy more than Americans have for a long time.

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It seems to me that we’re slowly getting to a point where organizations are no longer doubting the suitability of the Cloud for them, but rather having to make some big decisions about which Cloud vendor to use.

An amazing piece of statistical analysis produced this zoomable (down to the block level) map of energy consumption for New York City, based on Spatial distribution of urban building energy consumption by end use. [via]

SoftPanorama SoftPanorama Switchboard, created by Nikolai Bezroukov, is one of those vast, practical resources with a fun side too. There is the excellent and very useful Cl***ification of Corporate Psychopaths | Coping with the toxic stress in IT e...

American officials said there was mounting evidence that Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, had been steadily building an operations hub in the mountainous Pakistani tribal area of North Waziristan. The United States has also id...

After 16 undistinguished terms in Congress, blunt and br***y Jack Murtha is moving close to command over U.S. policy on Iraq.

Police say missing Utah moms husband set fire to his home, killing himself and their two young sonsHome of Missing Maine Toddler Hit By Vandals, Police Say

GOP presidential candidates look to topple Mitt Romney in upcoming states of Minnesota, Colorado and MaineNevada Caucuses Suffer Low Turnout, Surly ConfrontationsOPINION: The Ron Paul PhenomenonTrack the Nevada CaucusesGOP Candidates Stake Claim in S...

Eli Manning and the New York Giants are Super Bowl champions again, defeating the New England Patriots 21-17 in Indianapolis for their fourth Lombardi Trophy.

Eli Manning and the Giants one-upped Tom Brady and the Patriots again, winning 21-17 and NYs 4th championship title

Josh Powell has been a person of interest in disappearance of Susan Powell more than two years ago

Josh Powell and his two sons died in a blast at Powells Washington home, a Pierce County sheriffs spokesman said. Utah police previously had identified Powell as the lone person of interest in the disappearance of his wife Susan Powell-Cox in 2009. ...

Mitt Romney rolls to victory in convincing fashion while Newt Gingrich says he has no intention of pulling out of the race.

Eli Manning and the Giants one-upped Tom Brady and the Patriots again, coming back with a last-minute score to beat New England 21-17 Sunday night for New Yorks fourth Super Bowl title.

Israel is right to be concerned about Irans push to join the league of nations that possess nuclear weapons, but diplomacy - not military intervention - remains the preferred solution to averting a potential arms race in the Middle East, President Ba...

Take that, Brady. You too, Peyton.

For all the pomp and excess of Madonnas Super Bowl halftime extravaganza a single extended middle finger by guest singer M.I.A. is likely to be the most remembered piece of the show.

CTV.caOfficial: Missing womans husband blows up house to kill himself, 2 sonsCNN InternationalBy the CNN Wire Staff This was all on him. He set this up, he did it, the sheriffs spokesman adds (CNN) -- Minutes after locking out a social worker whod br...

New York TimesGiants Beat Patriots in Final RallyNew York TimesINDIANAPOLIS — Four years ago, the Giants were the charming underdogs who took the New England Patriots perfect season and made it imperfect. This season, however, having survived summer ...

AP - Take that, Brady. You too, Peyton.

AP - Josh Powells note was simple and short, a farewell to the world after two years of being scrutinized in the media, hammered by police and questioned by judges, prosecutors and social workers, living his life under a microscope since the day his ...

: The era of the megaship didnt sink with the Titanic in fact, it was just picking up steam. Shipbuilders have been engaged in a battle for size supremacy for more than a century. And in September, Royal Caribbean took delivery on the next biggest th...

1675: Gottfried Leibniz writes the integral sign ∫  in an unpublished manuscript, introducing the calculus notation thats still in use today. Leibniz was a German mathematician and philosopher who readily crossed the lines between academic discipline...

itwbennett writes Just a few hours after a fake CNN news report appeared on Facebook Friday, more than 60,000 users had gone to the spoofed, malware bearing page according to Sophos Senior Security Advisor Chester Wisniewski. Facebook didnt respond t...

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Extra footage released from first gulf war coverage supposedly from outside a Saudi Arabian hotel, appears to be filmed inside a sound stage.