A Chinese couple is being accused for selling their children so that they could play video games at internet cafes, according to reports.Li Lin and Li Juan, who first met at an Internet café in 2007, decided to sell their second child, daughter, for 3,000 yuan (about $500).After spending their earnings, the couple sold their first child, a son, for 30,000 yuan. When their third son was born, the p

World News July 27, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The wealth gaps between whites and minorities in the United States have grown to their widest levels since the U.S. government began tabulating them a quarter-century ago. The recession and uneven recovery have erased decades of minority gains, leaving whites on average with 20 times the net worth of blacks and 18 times that of Hispanics, according to an analysis of new Census da

July 27, 2011

BRUSSELS (AFP)— An unidentified flying object photographed high in the Belgian sky that puzzled even NASA scientists turns out to have been a fake made out of foam, the man behind the hoax said Tuesday.Though scientists pored over the picture of a triangular-shaped flying saucer with four lights, allegedly photographed in April 1990 by a young worker, the mystery remained intact until the man's re

Technology July 27, 2011

The Norwegian mass murderer wished to meet South Korean President Lee Myung-bak along with other global leaders, according to reports.Anders Behring Breivick included President Lee on the list of global leaders that he want to meet in his 1,518 page document entitled “2083: A European Declaration of Independence.”　He mentioned the Pope and Putin, and other global leaders such as Geert Wilders and

World News July 27, 2011

OSLO, Norway (AP) _ When Anders Behring Breivik launched his assault on the youth campers of Utoya Island, he expected Norway's special forces to swoop down and stop him at any minute.Instead, Delta Force police officers made the 25-mile (40-kilometer) journey by car _ they have no helicopter _ then had to be rescued by a civilian craft when their boat broke down as it tried to navigate a one-minu

World News July 27, 2011

OSLO, Norway (AP) _ A dreadlocked teenage musician who made it onto a television talent show. A secretary who might have survived if her bicycle hadn't been in the shop. A gentle young man whose last phone conversation with his father broke off with the words, ``Dad, someone is shooting.''All were among the 76 victims of Friday's bombing in downtown Oslo and the island summer-camp shooting spree t

World News July 27, 2011

OSLO, Norway (AP) _ The suspect in the bombing and mass shooting that killed 76 people in Norway sees himself as ``some kind of savior'' and is likely insane, his attorney said Tuesday, though the lawyer said he did not know whether he would use an insanity defense.Geir Lippestad told The Associated Press in an interview that his client, Anders Behring Breivik, is unaware of the impact of the atta

World News July 27, 2011

OSLO, Norway (AP) _ The father of a victim of the Norway massacre said Tuesday his son was full of love for people and for the outdoors _ and the young man's last words to him were ``Dad, someone is shooting.''Norwegian police on Tuesday began releasing the names of those killed in last week's bomb blast and massacre at a Labor Party youth camp, an announcement likely to bring new collective grief

World News July 27, 2011

CHUNCHEON, South Korea (Yonhap) -- Heavy torrential rains pounded the nation's central regions, causing a landslide in a mountain resort east of Seoul that killed nine and destroyed four buildings, emergency rescue workers said as of 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning.The landslide, which occurred just after midnight near the Soyang River Dam about 100 kilometers east of Seoul, destroyed a pension and th

Social Affairs July 27, 2011

CHICAGO (AP) _ To some, Park Ji-sung seemed to be nothing more than a human marketing ploy when he arrived at Manchester United in 2005.Fans figured the English Premier League team simply wanted to raise its profile and sell more merchandise in Asia, and adding a South Korean player seemed to be the easiest path for the world's most popular club to reach an even broader audience.So much for that:

Soccer July 26, 2011

A British man irritated by noise from a late night party allegedly stabbed a female guest to death and injured a male attendee.Heather Dyer, 22 years old, was declared dead at the scene on Saturday 2:30 a.m. (local time) after being stabbed in the chest twice. The other victim is currently in hospital in a serious condition.The murderer, whose name has not been released, was furious about the nois

July 26, 2011