Arms vendors turn to cyber security as sales drop
The world's largest arms vendors are expanding in the cybersecurity sector as austerity measures weigh on sales of traditional weapons, a Swedish ...

LG to release full HD smartphone in SKorea
LG Electronics Inc. said Monday its new smartphone with a full high-definition screen will go on sale in South Korea this week before hitting shelves ...

Meteor-broken windows in Russian city being fixed
Authorities in a Russian city say more than half of the acres of windows smashed in the city by an exploding meteor's shock wave have been replaced.

Russian region begins recovery from meteor fall
As a small army of people worked to replace acres of windows shattered by the enormous explosion from a meteor, many joked on Saturday about what had ...
Cuba, too, reports powerful meteorite explosion
Cuba apparently experienced a phenomenon similar to but smaller than the meteorite that detonated over Russia this week, island media reported, with ...
Egypt telecoms authority says can't block YouTube
An Egyptian rights group and the nation's telecommunication's ministry have filed appeals to reverse a court order to block YouTube. Last week, a ...

Islands want UN to see climate as security threat
The Marshall Islands and other low-lying island nations appealed to the U.N. Security Council to recognize climate change as an international security ...

Budget cut warnings may prove harsher than reality
Get ready for two weeks of intensifying warnings about how crucial, popular government services are about to wither — including many threats that ...

SKorean lawmaker loses seat over Samsung wiretaps
A South Korean lawmaker known for criticism of the Samsung conglomerate has forfeited his seat in parliament after the Supreme Court ruled he violated ...

Facebook gets unwelcome look at hackers' dark side
Facebook is getting an unwelcome look at the shady side of the hacking culture that CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrates. Intruders recently infiltrated the ...

2 space rocks hours apart point up the danger
A space rock even bigger than the meteor that exploded like an atom bomb over Russia could drop out of the sky unannounced at any time and wreak havoc ...

Meteor explodes over Russia, 1,100 injured
With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the western Siberian sky Friday and exploded with the force of 20 atomic bombs, ...

New Yorkers react to mayor's plastic foam ban push
Barely 24 hours after Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed an all-out ban on plastic foam food containers in the city and already New Yorkers are asking: ...

Skyfall: Meteorites strike Earth every few months
A meteor exploded in the sky above Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday, causing a shockwave that blew out countless windows and injured hundreds of ...

AP PHOTOS: Meteor explodes over Russia
A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb Friday, its sonic blasts shattering ...
Budget cut impact: Smaller Navy, fired teachers
What does smaller government look like? The budget standoff between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans means Americans may soon find ...
Facebook wins German court fight on fake names ban
Facebook has won a court battle against a German privacy watchdog that challenged the social networking site's policy requiring users to register with ...
Report: J&J recalls thousands of hip implants
Johnson & Johnson has again recalled thousands of its hip implants, 2 1/2 years after the problem-plagued health-care giant issued a recall of two ...
Synthetic marijuana linked to kidney damage
Health officials say synthetic marijuana has been linked to kidney damage in some teens and young adults. Sixteen people who smoked synthetic ...

NY town of 9/11 workers wages gas pipeline fight
After four months helping in ground zero recovery post-Sept. 11, New York City Police Officer Nick Russo sought respite by moving with his family to ...
Brown-and-white whistling owl ID'd as new species
Researchers looking for a nocturnal bird in Indonesia accidentally identified a new species of owl — one that has a distinct whistling song and is ...

World's richest men aid 'Green Revolution' center
The research center largely responsible for launching the "green revolution" of the 1960s that dramatically raised crop yields is getting support from ...
3 charged in smuggling horns of endangered rhinos
Three people have been charged with participating in an international smuggling ring that traffics in the horns of endangered black rhinos. The U.S.

Brazil: local company has patent on iPhone brand
Brazil's patent authority has taken a bite out of Apple with an announcement Wednesday that the iPhone name in Brazil belongs to a local company ...