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Guatemala volcano erupts outside tourist center

A long-simmering volcano exploded with a series of powerful eruptions outside one of Guatemala's most famous tourist attractions on Thursday, hurling thick clouds of ash nearly two miles (three kilometers) high, spewing rivers of lava down its flanks and prompting evacuation orders for more than 33,000 people from surrounding communities.Guatemala's head of emergency evacuations, Sergio Cabanas, s

Technology Sept. 14, 2012

Israeli man allegedly raped 3 daughters

This photo is not directly related to the article. (123rf)An Israeli man has been indicted for allegedly raping three of his daughters repeatedly for the past 21 years while his wife kept silent.The indictment, filed Wednesday in Tel Aviv District Court, said the man, whose name was not reported, allegedly raped three of the couple's four daughters and peeped in on them while they showered, Ynetne

World News Sept. 14, 2012

N. Korea may try to launch another satellite in 2015: researcher

North Korea's satellite program appears to have made steady progress, though it remains primitive, and the communist country may try for another launch in 2015, according to an analysis by a U.S.-based researcher Friday. North Korea's much-hyped rocket launch ended in failure in April. Pyongyang claims the launch was aimed at putting a satellite into orbit, but Seoul, Washington and other nations

North Korea Sept. 14, 2012

Planets not like Earth could harbor life

(123rf)Extreme forms of life could exist on eccentric planets outside the solar system with conditions unlike those on Earth, U.S. scientists say.Extreme exoplanets, from scorching hot worlds with molten surfaces to frigid ice balls, could maintain some form of life even though they don't inhabit a star's so-called habitable or "Goldilocks" zone, they said."When we're talking about a habitable pla

Technology Sept. 14, 2012

Planets not like Earth could harbor life

Protesters storm U.S. Embassy in Yemen in new attack

Chanting “death to America” and “death to Israel,” hundreds of protesters angered by an anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen's capital and burned the American flag on Thursday, the latest in a series of attacks on American diplomatic missions in the Middle East.The string of assaults this week, in Yemen, Egypt and the storming of a U.S. consulate in Libya that killed four Ame

World Sept. 14, 2012

Fed to spend $40B a month on bond purchases

The Federal Reserve announced bold steps Thursday to stimulate the still-weak U.S. economy and reduce high unemployment, saying it will spend $40 billion a month to buy mortgage-backed securities for long as necessary. The central bank also extended a plan to keep short-term interest rates at record lows -- close to zero -- through mid-2015, or six months longer than it had planned. And it said it

World Sept. 14, 2012

Anti-Japan protesters rally in Beijing

A Chinese man protests outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, China, Thursday. (AP-Yonhap News)Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Thursday, singing the Chinese national anthem and waving flags, to condemn Tokyo's purchase of a disputed island chain.The latest demonstration came after the Japanese government this week nationalized three islands in a chain i

World News Sept. 14, 2012

Tallest ever dog revealed in new Guinness Book of Records

A Great Dane who towers 2.2 meters on his hind legs is named the tallest dog ever recorded in the latest Guinness Book of World Records launched on Thursday.The giant canine from Michigan in the United States eats an entire 14-kilogram bag of food every day and weighs in at 70.3 kilograms, the 57th edition of the global records book says.Measuring 1.12 meters from paw to withers -- the point betwe

Culture Sept. 13, 2012

Unlikely Korean pop star conquers the U.S. -- 'Gangnam Style'

(YouTube)A chubby thirty-something with wacky dance moves, Park Jae-Sang falls far short of the prettified, teenage ideal embodied by the stars of South Korea's phenomenally successful K-pop industry.But Park, known as "Psy," has succeeded where the industry-manufactured girl and boy bands have tried and failed, making a huge splash on the mainstream U.S. music scene thanks to a viral video and a

Performance Sept. 13, 2012

Unlikely Korean pop star conquers the U.S. -- 'Gangnam Style'

Study suggests dark energy does exist

(123rf)Dark energy, a mysterious substance thought to be responsible for accelerating the expansion of the Universe, is real, European astronomers say.Writing in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, researchers at the University of Portsmouth and LMU University Munich say their two-year study puts the possibility of the existence of dark energy at 99.996 percent."Dark energy is o

Technology Sept. 13, 2012

Woman finds ex from 12 years ago in attic

(123rf)A South Carolina woman said she was shocked to discover her ex-boyfriend from 12 years ago has been living in her attic.The Rock Hill mother of five, who identified herself as Tracy, said her one-year relationship with the 44-year-old man, whose name was not released, ended 12 years ago due to his drug use and conviction for robbing a flower shop, The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer reported Tues

People Sept. 13, 2012

Woman finds ex from 12 years ago in attic

BOK freezes key rate for 2nd month

South Korea's central bank unexpectedly froze the key interest rate for the second straight month on Thursday in an apparent bid to save ammunition for any worsening of economic conditions.Bank of Korea (BOK) Gov. Kim Choong-soo and his fellow policymakers unanimously left unchanged the benchmark 7-day repo rate at 3 percent for September. The decision surprised the market as most analysts had pre

Sept. 13, 2012

Missing baby's mom to wed suspect

(MCT)A Michigan woman whose daughter went missing in June 2011 says she will marry a man suspected of killing the child to get more information about her fate.Ariel Courtland told WOOD radio, Grand Rapids, Mich., she will marry Sean Phillips, who was convicted in April of unlawful imprisonment of his daughter with Courtland, Katherine Phillips, who has not been seen since disappearing from her Lud

World News Sept. 13, 2012

Ex-007 Roger Moore 'beaten up by first two wives'

Former James Bond actor Roger Moore has claimed he was a victim of domestic violence during his first two marriages, it emerged on Wednesday.The 84-year-old British star, who first played agent 007 in 1973's "Live and Let Die", said his former wives Doorn Van Steyn and Dorothy Squires subjected him to a string of attacks in both of their doomed marriages.Van Steyn, an ice skater who married Moore

Film Sept. 13, 2012

Seoul shares open lower ahead of Fed announcement

South Korean stocks started lower Thursday as investors sat on the sidelines ahead of a key decision by the U.S. central bank, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 9.96 points, or 0.51 percent, to 1,940.07 in the first 15 minutes of trading.Most shares traded bearish, with top shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries falling 0.61 percent and steelmaker POSCO sliding

Sept. 13, 2012

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