(CNN) -- The amazing discoveries from NASA's Kepler planet-hunting space telescope keep rolling in. The latest, announced this week by astronomers, is the discovery of a planet just 10% larger than the Earth orbiting in the so-called "habitable zone" of the ...

Facebook, competing with more apps for users' attention, is giving subscribers a new reason to check in—the Nearby Friends feature. Facebook already helps users of its mobile app discover nearby restaurants and shops, and soon that helpfulness will ...

A forth-term president for Algeria, re-elected in spite of failing health. The other candidates thought one of them might really have a chance to succeed Abdelaziz Bouteflika this time. Swiss RTS. Algeria, an economic paradox. Among the richest in the region's ...

The Vermont Senate has voted in favor of approving H.112, legislation that would require the labeling of GMO foods in the state. According to the Center for Food Safety (CFS), “minor changes made by the Senate must still be approved by the state House, ...

The Vermont Senate has voted in favor of approving H.112, legislation that would require the labeling of GMO foods in the state. According to the Center for Food Safety (CFS), “minor changes made by the Senate must still be approved by the state House, ...

(MEXICO CITY) — A powerful earthquake shook central and southern Mexico on Friday. The U.S. Geological Survey calculated its magnitude at 7.5 and said it was centered near the Pacific resort of Acapulco, where many Mexicans are vacationing for the ...

The foreign ministers of Russia, the US, European Union and Ukraine agreed on Thursday in Geneva on a deal to pull Ukraine back from the brink of a civil war which could spill over into a wider conflict sucking in the great powers. "Pro-Russian" ...

epa04170835 A handout picture provided by the South Korean Coast Guard on 18 April 2014 shows ferry Sewol's captain Lee Jun-Seok (3-R) receiving help from maritime policemen to escape after the ferry sank in waters off Jindo Island in the southwestern ...

In this photograph taken on Dec 4, 2009, Mount Everest is seen from the Kalapattar Plateau some 140km northeast of Kathmandu. At least 12 Nepalese guides preparing routes up Mount Everest for commercial climbers were killed Friday, April 18, 2014, ...

NASA scientists discovered Kepler-186f, considered the most “Earth-like” planet detected so far. (Photo courtesy: NASA). Tweet. Text size A A A. Staff writer, Al Arabiya News Friday, 18 April 2014. U.S.-based scientists have discovered a “rocky” new planet, ...

BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Friday expressed condolences over the death of Nobel Prize-winning Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Garcia Marquez passed away Thursday in his home in Mexico City at ...

It is the day when Christians commemorate Jesus Christ's crucifixion. So why is it called Good Friday? According to the Bible, the son of God was flogged, ordered to carry the cross on which he would be crucified and then put to death. It's difficult to see what is ...

The prosecutor at the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee Olympian, cross-examined one of the defense's forensic experts Thursday. Chief prosecutor Gerrie questioned materials analyst and former policeman Roger Dixon on his findings ...

PERTH, April 18 (Bernama) -- The Bluefin-21 deployed in the underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean is considered the best autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for such an operation. Charitha ...

Russia, Ukraine, the US and EU have reached a surprise deal on de-escalating the worsening Ukrainian crisis, in a ray of hope for the former Soviet Republic that has plunged into chaos. The agreement reached in Geneva comes as a strong contrast to ...

Divers enter the water as part of the rescue operation. Nearly 300 people are still missing and at least 25 confirmed dead after a passenger ferry carrying hundreds of teenagers sank off the southern coast of South Korea on Wednesday. Photograph: Kim ...

The Kremlin arranged for former NSA contractor Edward Snowden to call in to Vladimir Putin's show and ask if Russia spies on its citizens. No, Putin said. “Thank God.” The Dallas Morning News. Published: 18 April 2014 12:21 AM. Updated: 18 April 2014 ...

The hunt for potential life in outer space has taken a step forward – an international team of researchers has discovered the first Earth-sized planet within the 'habitable zone' of another star. The exoplanet dubbed Kepler-186f was first spotted by scientists ...

DECATUR – The live Stations of the Cross was an annual tradition in Mary Jane Kafalas' church in the Chicago area. When the family moved to Decatur and began attending Holy Family Catholic Church, she got the idea to try re-creating the event. “I always ...

Last year, for my first Halloween in Washington, I dressed up as Edward Snowden. I borrowed a jacket festooned with CDs and labelled the discs "Property of the NSA", "Greenwald", "PRISM" etc. Then I went out to a bar. Most people smiled. At one table ...