Nintendo lifts lid on Wii U, seeks hardcore gamers
2011-06-08 09:03:32
While the first new gaming console in five years fell short of being the game-changer the original was -- luring millions of new casual users with its simplicity and motion-control -- industry executives and analysts gave the Wii U's touchscreen controller the thumbs-up.
US officials: Yemen leader heavily burned in blast
2011-06-08 08:43:51
President Ali Abdullah Saleh was burned over 40 percent of his body and suffered bleeding in the brain from last weekend's attack on his palace, US officials said Tuesday
Blast at Arizona Intel microchip plant injures 7
2011-06-08 07:57:47
Seven workers at an Intel Corp microchip manufacturing plant outside Phoenix were injured by an explosion at the facility on Tuesday, and the building was immediately evacuated
US wildfire forces large evacuation
2011-06-08 07:57:42
Stiff winds whipped up a gigantic blaze in the mountains of eastern Arizona, forcing the evacuation of a third resort town and casting a smoky haze over states as far away as Iowa.
US gay teens 'more likely' to smoke, drink
2011-06-08 07:57:42
Gay, lesbian and bisexual US high school students are more likely than heterosexual students to engage in such risky behavior as smoking, drinking alcohol and carrying guns
Bernanke to take spotlight and assess economy
2011-06-07 14:32:37
It's Ben Bernanke's turn to assess how much the economy has weakened.
Debt crisis to dominate talks
2011-06-07 14:05:53
US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will air their differences over fiscal policy, the Eurozone crisis and the war in Libya.
India approves biggest defense deal with US
2011-06-07 10:05:46
India has approved its biggest defense deal with the United States for 10 Boeing C-17 strategic heavy-lift planes for $4.1 billion, reported local media Tuesday.
Plane makers promote biofuels
2011-06-07 08:05:00
Boeing and Airbus in negotiations to increase supplies of cleaner fuel
End the US embargo against Cuba
2011-06-07 08:00:52
I had dreamed of visiting Cuba for a long time. I never thought I would finally make two trips there in less than 10 days.
Yale lab tech gets 44 years for killing student
2011-06-04 09:02:33
A lab technician convicted of killing a Yale University student, whose body was found stuffed behind a wall on the day she was to be married, was sentenced to 44 years in prison on Friday.
US twin friars die on same day at age 92
2011-06-04 08:39:30
Identical twins Julian and Adrian Riester were born seconds apart 92 years ago. They died hours apart this week.