EARTHQUAKE

Noda, the former finance minister and a fiscal conservative, also vowed to rebuild Japan’s stagnant economy.

America's nuclear power plants are more vulnerable to earthquakes causing catastrophic disasters than previously thought, according to an analysis of government data.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck Friday morning off the coast of Alaska, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Give credit to the co-manager of trading at Themis Trading, Sal Arnuk, for encapsulating Friday's lousy economic data, slumping stock market and clueless American president.

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The Alaska quake on Friday registered a magnitude-7.1 and sparked a tsunami warning south-east of the remote Aleutian Islands.

A tsunami warning was canceled early Friday morning for Alaska's Aleutian Islands following a 7.1 magnitude earthquake recorded in the Pacific Ocean.

Alaska officials canceled a tsunami warning for the Aleutian Islands Friday morning after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded.

A minor, 4.3 magnitude earthquake shook the Greater Los Angeles area, on Thursday afternoon.

A 4.2 magnitude earthquake hit Los Angeles, California Thursday around 1:45 p.m. The quake was felt across Los Angeles County, but so far no damage has been reported.

Residents in Central Virginia awoke to a 3.4 magnitude aftershock on Thursday morning at 5:09 a.m. that was centered 4 miles southeast of Mineral, Virginia - the same location as last Tuesday's 5.8 earthquake.

As if the damage to the Washington Monument from the hurricane wasn't enough, Hurricane Irene left behind water puddled inside the iconic structure's interior.

The Canadian economy shrank in the second quarter, its first quarterly fall since the 2008-09 recession, with temporary factors such as Japan's earthquake and tsunami playing a big role, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday.

Here are Indicators that the morale of the American consumer is at its lowest in years.

Scientists at the Tokyo Earthquake Research Institute discovered that the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked Japan in March changed the contact between the tectonic plates under the capital city, drastically increasing the chance that a quake could hit Tokyo in the near future.

Nuclear energy could find a second life on the moon and Mars.

The English language Chinese daily Global Times newspaper described Noda as a “hawk.”

Maria Sharapova survived an early scare at the U.S. Open Monday after Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova had been knocked out of the year's final grand slam, which began on time and in perfect conditions after a week of wild weather in New York.

Washington's never-ending budget battle threatened to snarl the recovery from Hurricane Irene as a top Republican said on Monday that any federal aid will have to be offset by spending cuts elsewhere.

Michele Bachmann claims she was speaking in jest when she said that Hurricane Irene and last week's earthquake in Virginia were signs from God that the United States needed to cut spending. But it seems more indicative of a clever tactic: making an outlandish statement and disavowing it once it has achieved its purpose.

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