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The strike of 45,000 Verizon workers is nearing the end of two weeks. Workers haven't received paychecks and on Aug. 31 they will lose health benefits if they remain on strike.

A report rolled out by one of NASA’s scientists has suggested that the Earth's rising levels of greenhouse gases could provoke an alien attack.

If former Delaware U.S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell is trying to create a stir for her new book Troublemaker by walking off the Piers Morgan show and accusing the CNN host of sexism the next day -- it isn't working. In the first week, sales of O'Donnell's new book are slow, despite the publicity from her set walk-off and ensuing comments.

A father-son duo were arrested for allegedly making hundreds of menacing phone calls to Sarah Palin's family and lawyer.

Humans should reduce impact on global ecosystems and limit emissions of greenhouse gases to avoid contact with aliens, says a recent report by NASA and Pennsylvania State University.

It may sound like a plot of a sci-fi movie, but aliens might attack Earth to destroy humanity for the greater good of the rest of the Milky Way galaxy.

The increase of violent flash mobs in the United States is proving that technology is a double-edged sword. Mass communication and social networking are connecting people across the world, but sometimes to the detriment of society.

Foreign workers at the Hershey plant are sick of working conditions.

Renewed worries about Europe's debt crisis and a raft of weak U.S. economic data hit global markets on Thursday, driving down stocks and oil prices and pushing U.S. bond yields to record lows while pushing gold to a record high.

Overtime flows like water at the Port Authority, and management has no clear strategy to achieve its own benchmarks and goals for curbing costs, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said.

As you sip on your morning coffee, do you ever wonder why a ring forms when you spill it? Scientists have debunked the coffee-ring effect, attributing the cause to spherical particles, which can revolutionize printing and paint chemicals or even makeup.

Ever wondered why a spilled drop of coffee dries out, forming a ring with a defined edge, as opposed to say, a drop of blood, which will dry as an evenly distributed blob? It took about a decade for scientists to explain this seemingly simple phenomenon, the "coffee ring effect."

Apple Inc, Nokia and Qualcomm Inc are among several technology companies pondering bids for InterDigital Inc, sources familiar with the situation said.

Core producer prices rose at their fastest pace in six months in July on strong tobacco and light truck costs, though weak domestic demand was seen keeping inflation pressures under control.

Mom of eight, Kate Gosselin's reality TV show has been canceled, broadcaster TLC said on Monday, ending a six-year headline-making run that made the 36 year-old woman one of the most loved and reviled people on U.S. television.

The strike of 45,000 Verizon land line employees continued onto its ninth day on Monday, as groups across the country picketed in front of Verizon stores. IBTimes was on the scene to capture a group of picketing Verizon workers in Lower Manhattan.

The National Beef Packing Co. has recalled more than 60,000 pounds of ground beef products.

?We?ve been willing to talk and willing to move forward,? said union spokeswoman Candice Johnson.

The former juvenile court judge allegedly accepted nearly $1 million in exchange for sentencing minors to time in for-profit detention centers.

Verizon Communications (VZ.N) won court injunctions in three states to prevent strikers from blocking facilities and it was seeking similar legal protection in two more states on the fifth day of a strike involving almost half the workers in its wireline business.

Pennsylvania researchers used a "killer" technique where patients with leukemia had some of their own blood removed and genetically reprogrammed to attack tumor cells. The treatment made the most common type of leukemia disappear in two patients, and reduced cancer cells by 70 percent in a third.