A seven-seat space taxi backed by NASA to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station will make a high-altitude test flight next summer, officials said on Tuesday. Sierra Nevada Corp’s “Dream Chaser” space plane, which…
CHICAGO–According to the Immigration Policy Center, there are approximately 36,000 same sex, bi-national couples living in the United States. These couples have to reach out to alternative methods such as student visas or other legal…
President Barack Obama meets with members of his national security team in the Situation Room of the White House, Oct. 11, 2011, to thank them for their work in disrupting a plot to assassinate Ambassador…
My time on Indonesia Media Tours has always been a unique and adventurous mix of cultures and traditions. Through this specific tour I have ridden a camel, witnessed the mystic whirling dervishes, and watched history…
Three years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers touched off a tidal wave of bankruptcy filings, corporate failures may be about to pick up again, with some big-name companies among those struggling for survival. Companies…
The Rev. Al Sharpton brought his nationally syndicated radio show to the New York hub of the Occupy Wall Street movement on Monday, lending his support to a cause that he says speaks for “99%…
Indonesia is expected to have 100,000 millionaires by 2015 as boom times bring increasing prosperity. The World Bank predicts that despite a worldwide economic downturn, Indonesia’s growth will continue. The rising price of Indonesia’s natural resources…
An international research team announces it has taken a key step toward achieving its goal of a ‘prosthetic exoskeleton’ that a quadriplegic could command by brain power. In a busy lab at Duke University, Dr.…
Steve Jobs, in pain and too weak to climb stairs a few weeks before his death, wanted his children to understand why he wasn’t always there for them, according to the author of his highly…
Over 111 people arrested in connection to a NYC-based international identity theft scheme that spanned four continents. New York police have broken up an international identity theft ring that made fake credit cards using information…
California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a bill giving illegal immigrant college students access to state-funded financial aid, the second half of two-part legislation known as the “Dream Act.” The controversial measure, which passed…
Yesterday, President Obama addressed the 15th Annual Human Rights Campaign National Dinner at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. In his speech, the President stressed his commitment to the cause of equality over the past two…
A president and two activists honoured for their non-violent campaigns in Africa and in the Middle East. Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni women’s rights activistTawakul Karman have been named winners…
He was neither head of state nor Hollywood star. But the death of Steve Jobs, the visionary genius who reshaped the world, was marked with the love and respect reserved for the most illustrious of…
US president says his American Jobs Act will appease some concerns raised by the growing “Occupy Wall Street” movement. US President Barack Obama has said that the “Occupy Wall Street” protests in New York and other US…
SAN FRANCISCO — Abdul Fattah Jandali, a young Syrian Muslim immigrant in Wisconsin, never met his son Steve Jobs. When a baby was born to the 23-year-old Jandali — now known as John — and…
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