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The chance of a city-killing asteroid striking Earth is higher than scientists previously believed, a non-profit group building an asteroid-hunting telescope said on Tuesday.
A global network that listens for nuclear weapons detonations detected 26 asteroids that exploded in Earth’s …

South Korean divers retrieved three bodies from inside a sunken ferry overnight, officials said on Sunday, the first time they have been able to gain entry to the passenger section of the ship.
What was a search-and-rescue mission has now …

Reuters won in international reporting for its coverage of the violent persecution of a Muslim minority in Myanmar who in efforts to flee often fall into the hands of brutal human-trafficking networks.
The celebrated prizes, awarded by Columbia University, are …

Goldman Sachs Group Inc delivered its top executive his biggest paycheck in six years. Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman’s chairman and CEO, received $23 million in salary and bonus for his 2013 performance. He is also eligible to earn another $6 million …

Salamanders ain’t what they used to be. Six species of the amphibian living in the Appalachian Mountains, researchers say, are smaller — by 2 to 18 percent compared to their size in the 1950s — and they think it’s because …

Fourteen days after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, finding it remains global search and rescue effort. The bulk of the attention is on the southern Indian Ocean, where a commercial satellite photographed objects that Australian authorities say could …

Green food may mean party time in America, where St. Patrick’s Day has long been an excuse to break out the food dye. But in Ireland, where the Irish celebrate their patron saint on March 17, green food has bitter …

Of all stunts that Ellen DeGeneres pulled at Sunday’s Academy Awards, one that outlasted the excitement of the evening couldn’t have happened without Twitter.

By simply urging a few well-dressed Oscar nominees — and others sitting in the front rows …

Hot Pockets recalled after meat found ‘unfit for human food’

Nestlé announced Tuesday that it was voluntarily recalling two of the snack products following a widespread meat recall. The move affects its Philly Steak and Cheese Hot Pockets in three …

One of the largest prizes in the lottery’s history, the Powerball jackpot rose to $400 million

No jackpot winners in last night’s powerball drawing(Sunday February 16, 2014). The pot will now grow to an estimate four hundred million for Wednesday’s …