For Eriko Ebina, standing outside a downtown Tokyo medical equipment store that has a side business buying gold, the recent surge in prices for the precious metal was just too tempting.
On his days off, Cordell Kent drives with his family about an hour into the eastern Australian countryside, lays out a picnic blanket and then joins hundreds of other families panning for gold in hopes of striking it rich.
Four Italian journalists who were abducted near Zawiya in Libya Wednesday have been freed, the Italian daily Corriere della Sera reported on its Web site Thursday.
The resignation of Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs has opened the door for rival Samsung Electronics at a crucial time in the battle for smartphone supremacy in salesrooms and courtrooms around the world.
A small, shrew-like creature from the Jurassic era may be the earliest-known ancestor of the present placental mammals, which includes humans, a new study reveals.
Libya's new masters have offered a million-dollar bounty for the fugitive Moammar Gadhafi, after he urged his men to fight on in battles across parts of the capital.
Tim Cook, Apple's Chief Operating Officer, who has been standing in for CEO Steve Jobs during his medical leave, has been named the new CEO after Jobs resigned as Apple Inc Chief Executive on Wednesday, without specifying a reason.
Routine bribery shakedowns have driven middle-class Indians to pour into the streets to say enough is enough.
The discovery of partial skeleton of a small, shrew-like mammal, in the fossil beds of Liaoning, China, has helped explain the ancestry of living mammals on earth, including humans.
Could our ancient ancestor have been a tiny rodent?
Evolution's arc is a long one: the recently unearthed fossil of the Jurassic Mother, a tiny shrew-like creature that lived among dinosaurs, could be the ancient forerunner of humans.
A tiny mammal that weighed less than a chipmunk and coexisted with dinosaurs may have been an ancient forerunner to mammals and eventually humans, according to a new study.
A Fossil of the Jurassic Mother, known to be the earliest ancestor of today's placental mammals has been discovered by a paleontologist in China.
Martin Luther King's memorial has awed visitors as it opened for a public preview at the National Mall in Washington on Monday ahead of Sunday's official dedication ceremony
Libya's new masters offered a million-dollar bounty for the fugitive Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday, after he urged his men to carry on a battle that kept the capital in a state of fear.
Libya's new masters offered a million-dollar bounty for the fugitive Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday, after he urged his men to carry on a battle that kept the capital in a state of fear.
Apple will ship 44.2 million iPads, researchers say
Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney wins endorsements from key supporters of Tim Pawlenty, who dropped out of the race after a poor showing in the Ames Straw Poll.
Five years ago today, Pluto ceased to be a planet, when the International Astronomical Union demoted it to a newly created category of dwarf planet.The decision to redefine the long-known ninth planet of the solar system remains controversial today, with some disagreements among scientists as well as confusion among the public.
The United States government has issued a production order to Wikileaks for information on Julian Assange, through the Patriot Act, according to WikiLeak's Twitter feed.
After being held up as a model of strength in a region saddled with debt and low growth, Germany suddenly finds itself in a perfect economic storm that could force it to rethink its approach to the crisis plaguing the wider euro zone.
Before Joe Biden left China this week, the last thing Vice President Xi Jinping told him over dinner was simple: he wants to be friends.
