Neanderthals' keen vision may explain why they couldn't cope with environmental change and died out, despite having the same sized brains as modern humans, new research suggests. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Cardinals have begun filing into the Sistine Chapel for the conclave to elect the next pope amid deep divisions and uncertainty over who will lead the 1.2 billion-strong Catholic church and tend to its many problems. (Source: Asso... [Full Article]
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Cardinals celebrated a final Mass on Tuesday before sequestering themselves in the Sistine Chapel for the conclave to elect the next pope, seeking to overcome their divisions and rally behind a single man who can lead the 1.2 bill... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - Two officials monitoring the Syrian border say U.N. peacekeepers held by Syrian rebels for four days have begun crossing into Jordan. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
ROME (AP) - Italian voters appeared to reject Silvio Berlusconi's bid for a triumphant comeback, exit polls showed Monday, as a center-left coalition that has suggested it would stay the course of painful economic reforms took the lead in the co... [Full Article]
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Oscar-winner Jane Fonda has been added to this year's list of presenters at the Academy Awards ceremony, along with non-Oscar winners Kristen Stewart, Jennifer Garner and Kerry Washington, the show's producers sa... [Full Article]
TEXCOCO (Reuters) - Carlos Slim and Bill Gates, the two richest men on the planet, inaugurated a new agricultural research center outside Mexico's capital, touting the millions they have donated to bolster global food security. The two tycoons p... [Full Article]
LONDON (AP) - British food safety officials say six horse carcasses that tested positive for the equine drug bute may have entered the human food chain in France. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Defense Ministry said two Russian fighter jets briefly intruded Thursday into Japanese airspace as the country was holding rallies demanding that Moscow return a group of disputed islands. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is planning its first major expansion since it opened in 1971 as a "living memorial" to President John F. Kennedy, with new features including pavilions to house rehearsal halls a... [Full Article]