High radiation levels found at Ohio nuke plant

2011-04-27 10:58:32

High radiation levels recorded at a nuclear reactor in northeast Ohio have prompted a special inspection by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Sony PlayStation suffers data breach

2011-04-27 09:08:13

Sony suffered a massive breach in its video game online network that led to the theft of names, addresses and possibly credit card data belonging to 77 million user accounts.

In a first, women surpass men in advanced degrees

2011-04-27 09:17:19

For the first time, American women have passed men in gaining advanced college degrees as well as bachelor's degrees, part of a trend that is helping redefine who goes off to work.

US to regulate electronic cigarettes as tobacco

2011-04-26 19:39:37

The US government said on Monday it plans to regulate electronic cigarettes as tobacco products.

US: Storms, floods kill 5 in Arkansas

2011-04-26 14:51:18

Violent storms carved out a swatch of damage three miles (five kilometers) wide Monday night in central Arkansas, leaving at least two residents of a small town dead, authorities said.

NYC Easter parade both elegant and zany

2011-04-26 08:01:26

Bonnets both elegant and zany took center stage at this year's Easter Parade on Fifth Avenue - along with spirited talk about Christ's resurrection and gay marriage.

500-year-old book surfaces in Utah

2011-04-26 07:40:40

Book dealer Ken Sanders has seen a lot of nothing in his decades appraising "rare" finds pulled from attics and basements, storage sheds and closets.

US man kills girlfriend from Philippines, self

2011-04-25 22:08:03

Police say they're trying to determine what led a man to kill his girlfriend from the Philippines at her brother's New York state home before turning a gun on himself.

Workers recover body of trapped US miner

2011-04-25 12:44:57

The operator of a northern Idaho silver mine says workers have recovered the body of a miner who was trapped when a tunnel collapsed nine days ago.

1 teen dead, another critical after shooting in US

2011-04-25 13:29:27

Police say a 16-year-old who was on a weekend pass from a children's home has fatally shot a 17-year-old boy and critically wounded his own 17-year-old sister after finding them together.

Hats show in New York Easter parade

2011-04-25 10:44:36

Three girls pose when they participate the Easter parade in New York Fifth Avenue, April 24, 2011.

Tragic romance eclipses 2nd-to-last-shuttle flight

2011-04-25 09:54:08

Mark Kelly would indeed command the next-to-last space shuttle flight and that his wounded wife, Gabrielle Giffords, would be here in Florida watching.