Hey, things are bad between presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin -- but not that bad. Obama confirmed Friday that, yes, he would "absolutely" save his Russian counterpart from drowning, if it became necessary. "I'd like to think that if anybody is out ...
Russia's central bank on Friday raised its benchmark interest rate half a percentage point to 7.5% to cope with rising inflation in another sign of widening economic fallout from the Ukraine crisis. The increase follows a March 3 hike from 5.5% to 7% that bank ...
Google is using the Street View feature on its Maps application to send users back in time. The company announced it has compiled historical imagery in Street View that will allow users to explore an area and see how it has changed over time. Landmarks ...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's trade deficit surged nearly 70% to a record 13.75 trillion yen ($134 billion) in the last fiscal year, the third straight year of deficit, as exports failed to keep pace with surging energy costs. The Finance Ministry reported Monday that ...
Pope Francis rode out on the popemobile Sunday to greet more than 150,000 tourists in St. Peter's Square for Easter Sunday, Christianity's most joyous and hopeful day. (April 20) Video provided by AP. Loading… Post to Facebook. Raw: Pope greets Easter ...
SUWON, South Korea — And you thought your kids were hard on your smartphone. It's nothing near the abuse Samsung Electronics inflicts on its Galaxy S5 and other products in the company's pipeline. Phones are dropped on purpose, subjected to heat, ...
You've heard the infectious song over and over. Happy is Pharrell Williams' No. 1 hit. And on Sunday night, Oprah Winfrey sat down with the singer on Oprah Prime and he talked about how — "boom" — the song exploded when the video arrived last ...
Look up! There's two total lunar eclipses happening this year and the first one takes place between tonight and tomorrow morning. You don't want to miss it, because the next one won't take place for another six months. As the moon passes through the Earth's ...
Each Samsung Galaxy phone gets bigger and bigger. So is it time for the iPhone to finally sport a larger screen? Jefferson Graham heads to Venice Beach to find out. Loading… Post to Facebook. Who needs a bigger iPhone? | Talking Tech on ...
Secretary of State John Kerry says Russia is creating a contrived crisis in Ukraine to destabilize the country. Kerry is expected to meet soon with top diplomats from Russia, Ukraine and the European Union in a new push to ease tensions. (April 8). Loading…
Naval vessels carrying sophisticated deep-sea black box detectors are en route to a location in the southern Indian Ocean where a Chinese patrol ship has twice detected a pulse signal coming from the search area of a missing airliner, Australian officials say.
The victims who died in the latest shooting rampage at Fort Hood have been identified. Sixteen soldiers were injured. One of the men still in the hospital released a note encouraging others. Loading… Post to Facebook. Fort Hood victim writes selfless note ...
On Wednesday a gunman identified as Spc. Ivan Lopez opened fire at Fort Hood in Texas, killing three and wounding 16 before killing himself. The incident follows a 2009 mass shooting at the base when Maj. Nidal Hasan shot and killed 13 people and ...
Another big week for tech as voice-activated search breakthroughs kick off the headlines. Amazon and Microsoft introduced products that made heavy use of voice search technology. Here's a look at what you need to know: 1) CALLING CORTANA. Microsoft's ...
A Pulitzer prize winning photographer for the Associated Press was killed and her colleague was injured when an Afghan police officer shot at the pair as they sat in their car in eastern Afghanistan. Anja Niedringhaus, 48, a German photographer with the AP ...
Hosiptal officials say the victims of the mass shooting at Fort Hood are on a path to recovery but are not completely out of the woods yet. Loading… Post to Facebook. A bit of good news after the Ft. Hood shooting tragedy on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/ ...
Doctors at Scott & White Memorial Hospital say there are still three patients in critical condition after the Fort Hood shooting Wednesday afternoon. Loading… Post to Facebook. 3 Fort Hood shooting victims still critical on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/ ...
IQUIQUE, Chile (AP) — Coastal residents of Chile's far-north spent a second sleepless night outside their homes early Thursday after a major aftershock rattled an area hit a day earlier by a magnitude-8.2 earthquake that caused some damage and six deaths.
SAN FRANCISCO — Fans of the Halo video game franchise will recognize the voice of Windows Phone 8.1's new Cortana voice assistant: It's voice actress Jen Taylor, who voiced the character in the video game. The beta version of Cortana that will launch in ...
Microsoft introduced its new Cortana voice-activated search assistant at a San Francisco conference. Jefferson Graham compares Cortana to Siri and Google Now on Talking Tech. Loading… Post to Facebook. Cortana vs. Siri and Google Now -Talking Tech ...
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