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 Federal authorities announced that a professor from the University of Florida and his wife are under the suspicion of having stolen money from NASA. The police discovered the fraud after they had raided the professor’s office at the university on Wednesday.The university spokesman Steve Orlando said that the FBI searched the Innovative...
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Washington - US President Obama is close to a decision to withdraw all US combat troops from Iraq by August 2010, the Washington Post and New York Times reported Wednesday.
The reports said that Obama was expected to announce the decision this week, encompassing a withdrawal timetable that is three months longer than the...
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Washington - US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that his administration is ushering in a "new era" of diplomacy, vowing to strive for Middle East peace and assuring the nation that he will not back down in the war on terrorism.
In his first major address before Congress, Obama said he will strengthen alliances and seek...
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Washington - President Barack Obama's choice to head the US Labour Department was confirmed Tuesday by the Senate.
Hilda Solis, a former congresswoman from California, was approved 80 to 17 by the Senate, putting in place one of the last members of Obama's economic team.
Solis, 51, becomes the country's first labour secretary of...
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Johannesburg - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was scheduled to discuss the global financial crisis, Zimbabwe's fragile power-sharing government and climate change with South Africa's leadership at the start of his five-nation Africa tour Wednesday.
Ban arrived in South Africa on Tuesday evening on his first visit to the African...
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Washington - Scientists hope to get a clearer picture of how the Earth reacts to carbon dioxide with the launch Tuesday of a new spacecraft designed to collect data on the climate-changing gas.
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory launched early Tuesday from California and will take about 8 million measurements every 16 days for the next...
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Los Angeles - Charles Barkley did the crime, and now he'll serve his time
Barkley, the Hall of Fame Basketball star turned TV analyst, was sentenced on Monday to 10 days in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of driving under the influence (DUI), according to Phoenix, Arizona radio station KTAR.
Arrested on New Year's Eve,...
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 A new research shows that many forensic laboratories across
the United States have been facing with an increasing number of problems during
the last few years. The scientists revealed that crime labs usually lack necessary
financial support from the government, have few employees and generate delays
in court cases. The research was...
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Los Angeles - The Oscar race is all over - except for counting the votes and announcing the winner on Sunday night.
Voting for the most famous awards in the movie world ended Tuesday, with the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences saying it will reject any ballots that did not reach it by 5 pm. Teams of accountants will tally...
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Montreal - Human rights and church groups in Canada are hoping that US President Barack Obama would raise the issue of Guantanamo prisoners with Prime Minister Stephen Harper Thursday during his six-hour visit to Ottawa.
The Obama administration is already pushing Europe to take in some of the inmates expected to be released...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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