The 'vanishing ink' plot in Egypt vote
Rumour had it a devious conspiracy was afoot: Egyptians voting for a new president on Sunday were being tricked into using pens with disappearing ink so their choice on the ballot would vanish before
Olympic Club’s history goes beyond US Opens
Next week’s US Open host has conquered far more than golf’s greatest.
Mystery over ‘Forest boy’ is solved is solved
The forest boy mystery is solved: It’s not true. Berlin police said Friday that an English-speaking teenage boy allegedly called Ray who wandered into the city nine months ago saying he had been living in the forest for the last five years has been spinning a yarn.
Barack Obama policy to spare many youths from deportation
President Barack Obama eased enforcement of immigration laws on Friday, offering a chance for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants to stay in the country and work. Immediately embraced by Hispa
Tethered Nik Wallenda walks on wire across Niagara Falls
Daredevil Nik Wallenda has finished his attempt to become the first person to walk on a tightrope 1,800 feet across the mist-fogged brink of roaring Niagara Falls.
The seventh-generation member of th
Man accused of driving off with woman stuck to car
A man was accused of fleeing a hit-and-run accident with the victim still attached to his fender and fighting to get free.
A van driven by Frank Rega struck a 23-year-old woman who was standing in fr
Ohio woman drives into crowd, injures dozens: Cops
A woman suddenly drove her car into a crowded town square in northwest Ohio, injuring 20 to 25 people, some of whom were pinned under the car and freed when bystanders lifted it, authorities and witne
Exhausted Suu Kyi falls ill during news conference
A rock star welcome greeted Aung San Suu Kyi as she embarked on her first trip to Europe in 24 years. But after a whirlwind of standing ovations, speeches and receptions, it all became too much, and s
US Olympic uniforms could shave time off sprints
U.S. Olympic track and field athletes will wear uniforms at the London Summer Olympics that Nike says could shave up to 0.023 seconds off 100-meter sprint times - a difference that could have elevated
Sony to pay USD 271 mn to boost stake in India TV firm
Sony Corp's television subsidiary is boosting its majority stake in Indian pay TV operator Multi Screen Media Private Ltd for USD 271 million in cash.
Sony Pictures Television said on Friday it had