Mistrial declared in 3rd trial of drug conspiracy
A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of a D.C. nightclub owner charged with drug conspiracy — 2 ½ years after his previous conviction was ...
Czech news media face cyberattacks
Leading media websites in the Czech Republic say they have come under repeated and powerful cyberattacks. The online editions of Mlada Fronta Dnes, ...
Grunting Ohio zoo workers act as moms to gorilla
Some zoo workers in Cincinnati are going ape over a baby gorilla. They are wearing all-black outfits, grunting affectionately, and generally imitating ...
Evernote hacked: 50 million passwords reset
Online note-taking service Evernote Corp. has been hacked and is resetting all its 50 million users' passwords as a precaution. The Redwood City, ...
Shell: Nigeria pipeline spills caused by thieves
Royal Dutch Shell PLC says a major pipeline it has in Nigeria has come under repeated attack by thieves wanting to steal the crude oil it transports.
Thailand's prime minister vows to end ivory trade
Facing the possibility of sanctions, Thailand's prime minister vowed for the first time to work toward ending her country's trade in ivory. But she ...
Rescuers end effort to find body in Fla. sinkhole
Crews planned to begin demolishing a Florida home Sunday that is perched over a huge sinkhole, deeming it too dangerous to keep searching for the man ...
AP: NY fracking held as Cuomo, RFK Jr. talk health
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo came as close as he ever has to approving fracking last month, laying out a limited drilling plan for as many as 40 gas ...
No-kill wolf ban spurs nonlethal options
As long as wolves have been making their comeback, biologists and ranchers have had a decidedly Old West option for dealing with those that develop ...
Ark. police photograph license plates, store data
Little Rock may not be a likely terrorism target or a gang crime hotspot, but the Arkansas capital has decided to follow the example of high-security ...
Ahead of CITES, pressure to ban Thai ivory trade
You can buy it freely in urban markets and rural stalls set up at elephant shows in Thailand every day: ivory, carved into everything from intricate ...
Budget cuts to hit military school districts first
Public schools everywhere will be affected by the government's automatic budget cuts, but few may feel the funding pinch faster than those on and ...
NASA Mars rover in safe mode; science halted
Science experiments by the NASA Mars rover Curiosity have been put on hold as engineers troubleshoot a problem with its computer. NASA says the ...
SpaceX company fixes Dragon capsule problem
A commercial craft carrying a ton of supplies for the International Space Station ran into thruster trouble shortly after liftoff Friday.
Companies struggle to popularize mobile money
Mobile money may seem like a hot concept, but consumers aren't warming to it. At the world's largest cellphone trade show, here in Barcelona this ...
Mushers, dogs line up for Alaska's Iditarod race
The world's most famous sled dog race kicks off Saturday with an 11-mile-long trot through Alaska's largest city. Think of the short jaunt in ...
Struggling Groupon ousts CEO Andrew Mason
Struggling online deals pioneer Groupon has fired its quirky founder and CEO, Andrew Mason, amid worries that people are tiring of the restaurant, spa ...
China sets its 5th manned space mission for summer
China will send three astronauts to its orbiting space station this summer in a mission that's part of preparations to establish an even larger ...
DOE: Budget cuts may slow nuclear waste cleanup
Cleanup of radioactive waste at nuclear sites across the country — including one in Washington state where waste tanks may be leaking 1,000 gallons ...
Syrians find makeshift homes in ancient structures
Like countless other Syrians fleeing their country's civil war, Sami was eager to escape the bombs and artillery shells falling on his village.
Plight of the American bumblebee: Disappearing?
It's not just honey bees that are in trouble. The fuzzy American bumblebee seems to be disappearing in the Midwest. Two new studies in Thursday's ...
BP probe of Gulf spill didn't explore cost cuts
An internal BP probe of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico didn't explore whether decisions by upper-level management or cost cuts had a role ...
New, temporary radiation belt spotted around Earth
You may not have noticed it, but for several weeks last year, the Earth was surrounded by an extra ring of radiation. There are two doughnut-shaped ...
Dust from Africa affects snowfall in California
One of the driest spots on Earth — the Sahara desert — is increasingly responsible for snow and rain half a world away in the western U.S., a new ...
Apple says iTunes U downloads top 1 billion
Apple says people have downloaded more than 1 billion items from iTunes U, which features free books, lectures and other information from schools, ...
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