The strong earthquake that struck China's Sichuan province at 8:47 a.m. local time Saturday (April 20) probably hit along the same fault as the region's devastating 2008 earthquake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. (Source: LiveScie... [Full Article]
By Eamonn Mallie BELFAST (Reuters) - Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher caused "great suffering" in Ireland and her policies there ultimately failed, Irish republican leader Gerry Adams said on Monday. Thatcher has long been a ... [Full Article]
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government said on Monday that a gas leak caused a blast that killed at least 37 people at the offices of state oil monopoly Pemex in Mexico City, raising fresh questions about the firm's safety record. Attorn... [Full Article]
The Baltic Crusades left major ecological and cultural scars on medieval pagan villages, and new archaeological evidence shows the campaign caused deforestation, pushed species to extinction and may have even ended a pagan practice of eating dogs. (S... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Regulators on Thursday accused a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc trader of defrauding the Wall Street bank of $118 million in a scheme of fabricated trades and fake entries. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhatt... [Full Article]
Yahoo News asked voters to share stories about relationships gone sour during the election -- and how they're working to mend fences. Here's one person's story. (Source: Yahoo! Contributor Network)... [Full Article]
An unusual trio of weather factors conspired to create Hurricane Sandy, the enormous storm churning toward the mid-Atlantic states today - that much is clear. What researchers aren't as sure of is how much climate change influenced this particul... [Full Article]
Feverishly hot ocean surface waters potentially reaching more than 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) may have helped cause the greatest mass extinction in Earth's history, researchers say. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
Genetic mutations have been found in three generations of butterflies from near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, scientists said Tuesday, raising fears radiation could affect other species. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]