
Is blizzard getting too much hype? No, experts say
You can call it a snowstorm of historic proportions. You can call it the return of New England's blizzard of 1978. You can call it simply dangerous.

Earth-observing satellite to launch from Calif.
Carrying on a four-decade tradition, a new Earth-observing satellite is set to provide another watchful eye over our planet's glaciers, forests, water ...

NYC, New England brace for up to 3 feet of snow
Snow was falling around the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what's predicted to be a massive, possibly historic blizzard, and sending residents ...

Blizzard threatens NYC, New England; 2 feet feared
A blizzard of potentially mammoth proportions threatened to strike the Northeast with a vengeance Friday, with up to 2 feet of snow feared along the ...
Airlines canceling flights in advance of storm
The big storm heading for the Northeast is already disrupting air travel, with over 2,100 flights cancelled for Friday. United Airlines said it has ...
Investor sues Apple, wants more cash
With its annual meeting looming and its stock on the decline, Apple is facing a rebellion from an influential investor who wants the company to stop ...

150-foot asteroid will buzz Earth, no need to duck
A 150-foot-wide asteroid will come remarkably close to Earth next week, even closer than high-flying communication and weather satellites. It will be ...

Tragedy for dinosaurs, opportunity for mammals, us
New research pinpoints how the torch passed from one dominant creature on Earth to another, from the brutish dinosaur to the crafty mammal.
Colorful investor Einhorn behind Apple attack
David Einhorn, the 44-year-old investor who attacked Apple Thursday, has a history of taking on companies and winning. But Apple is his biggest target ...

Southern diet, fried foods, may raise stroke risk
Deep-fried foods may be causing trouble in the Deep South. People whose diets are heavy on them and sugary drinks like sweet tea and soda were more ...

Add-ons let semi-autos fire like military weapons
In the video, a shooter cradles a rifle equipped with a grenade launcher and 250-round magazine. But the star of this demonstration, posted online, ...

Syrian soldiers dance to Usher in online video
A video posted online purportedly shows Syrian soldiers taking a break from the country's civil war by bopping around to American R&B star Usher's hit ...

London 'Micrarium' aims to showcase tiny animals
They're minuscule, there are millions of them, and one museum manager says they're massively under-represented. Jack Ashby, who is in charge of the ...

Review: 'Dead Space 3' a less scary, solid shooter
Isaac Clarke has grown over the first two "Dead Space" games from a troubled systems engineer into a full-fledged action hero, so it would be naive ...
EU pushes plans for safer, more secure Internet
EU officials are pushing a plan to make the Internet safer — more resistant to cyberattacks, freer from cybercrime and safer for children to use.
Calif. great white sharks get protections for now
The most feared predator in the ocean received new protections today when a California commission decided the great white shark should be studied as ...

Blizzard could bury New England's bare grounds
A blizzard heading to New England could make travel nearly impossible and dump up to 2 feet of snow on a region that has seen mostly bare ground this ...

Closest Earth-like planet 'stroll across park'
Earth-like worlds may be closer and more plentiful than anyone imagined. Astronomers reported Wednesday that the nearest Earth-like planet may be just ...

Review: iPhone Google Maps lags Android version
Every time my husband and I drive the 677 miles from New York to my parents' house in Michigan, we dread the long stretch of Interstate 80 through the ...

Vonn to have surgery in US next week after crash
Lindsey Vonn will head home for surgery in Colorado next week after tearing two ligaments in her right knee and breaking a bone in her lower leg in ...

UK's space age Antarctic base can slide across ice
British researchers have unveiled a futuristic Antarctic research base that can move, sliding across the frozen surface to beat the shifting ice and ...

EU parliament pushes fish reform in landmark vote
The European Union parliament on Wednesday pushed for a drastic reform of fishing policy in a landmark vote seeking to end decades of overfishing that ...

IOC's Rogge defends high costs for Sochi Olympics
With the Winter Olympics a year away, IOC President Jacques Rogge praised Sochi organizers on Wednesday and defended the $51 billion price tag.

Iceland investigating mass herring deaths
Researchers in Iceland are blaming low oxygen levels in a shallow fjord for the deaths of tens of thousands of tons of herring. Masses of dead herring ...
New keyboard BlackBerry in US could take months
A modern BlackBerry with a physical keyboard might not arrive in the U.S. until May or June, a month or two behind other parts of the world, the chief ...