Out-of-season's greetings from the Arctic frost flowers Season's regards from an icy meadow in the Arctic, but it's no winter wonderland and please don't dash out into itHow hacking a mosquito's heart could eradicate malaria Watch how a double-pronged trick helps mosquitoes remain healthy while carrying disease, a process that could be exploited to eliminate malariaNew drug lifts hard-to-treat...
US blacklists Al-Qaeda-linked rebels in Syria
Labels: Technology WASHINGTON: Washington blacklisted an Al-Qaeda-linked rebel group in Syria Tuesday, warning extremists could play no role in building the nation's future as the US readies to recognize the new Syrian alliance.The move against the Al-Nusra Front came ahead of talks in Morocco on Wednesday, when the United States is expected to give full recognition to the Syrian National Coalition as the...
Remains found at Rivera crash site
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSRemains have been found at the site where Jenni Rivera's plane is believed to have crashedInvestigators cannot say whose remains they are yet and wouldn't describe their conditionDNA tests are under way; results could take from a day to weeks, official says(CNN) -- Investigators have found human remains at the site of a crash in northern Mexico believed to have killed Mexican-American...
Right-to-work poised to become law in Michigan
Labels: Health Against a backdrop of raucous protests in the Michigan capitol, Republican Gov. Rick Snyder is poised to sign controversial right-to-work legislation after it neared final passage in the GOP-led state legislature. Play VideoTens of thousands protest right-to-work in Mich. The Michigan house passed two right-to-work laws today - one focused on public sector workers, and one focused on private-sector...
Serial Killer 'Broke Own Rule,' Lost Control
Labels: Business Serial killer Israel Keyes' capture was his own undoing. It was the meticulous murderer's loss of control and violation of his own careful rules of murder that ended years of traveling to kill for fun.When Keyes, 34, approached an Anchorage coffee stand Feb. 1, he told himself that if the person working inside did not have her own car, he would only rob the place and leave.But...
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Doha summit launches climate damage aid
Labels: World The latest summit to stop climate change, held in Doha, Qatar, over the past two weeks has been roundly slammed. Little was agreed to curb greenhouse gas emissions and the latest modelling, carried out by the Climate Action Tracker consortium shows global averages temperatures are still set to rise by at least...
Facebook vote ends experiment with democracy
Labels: Technology SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook closed the polls Monday on letting democracy rule when it comes to policy changes.A referendum to strip Facebook users of the power to endorse or reject policy changes through popular vote was opposed by a majority of voters, but not enough people cast ballots to make the results binding.The referendum was opposed by 87 percent of the 668,125 members who cast ballots,...
Bodies ID'd as missing Iowa cousins
Labels: LifestyleBy CNN Staffupdated 4:43 PM EST, Mon December 10, 2012STORY HIGHLIGHTSLyric Cook, 10, and Elizabeth Collins, 8, had been missing since JulyHunters found their bodies in a wooded area last week, and the cause of death is pending(CNN) -- Relatives of 10-year-old Lyric Cook and 8-year-old Elizabeth Collins got news Monday that no family wants.Authorities identified the bodies found by hunters in a wooded...
Report: Asian economies to be world's largest by 2030
Labels: Health WASHINGTONThe United States could see its standing as a superpower eroded and Asian economies will outstrip those of North America and Europe combined by 2030, according to the best guess of the U.S. intelligence community in its latest forecast. "The spectacular rise of Asian economies is dramatically altering ... U.S. influence," said Christopher Kojm, chairman of the National Intelligence Council,...
New Evidence Suggests Biblical Flood Happened
Labels: Business The story of Noah's Ark and the Great Flood is one of the most famous from the Bible, and now an acclaimed underwater archaeologist thinks he has found proof that the biblical flood was actually based on real events.In an interview with Christiane Amanpour for ABC News, Robert Ballard, one of the world's best-known underwater archaeologists, talked about his findings. His team...
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