California schools rated a 'C' in national survey
Dragged down by poor reading and math scores, a low graduation rate and eroding funding for schools, California education received a grade of C and ranked 30th in...
Michelle Rhee Wants to Spend $1 Billion Fixing Education
The day after Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian Fenty lost his reelection bid last September, Michelle Rhee, the city's schools chancellor and No. 1 lightning rod, had an OMG...
Department of Education acts in response to discovery of PCBs at PS 36
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Custodians at public schools across the city have been directed to search for evidence of toxic chemicals in light ballasts following protests at PS...
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales - share the knowledge
HAMBURG, Jan 12, 2011 (dpa - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Jimmy Wales is constantly on the go. Most of the year he travels round the globe....
Google Android More Vulnerable Than IPhone
Jan. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc.’s Android operating system for mobile devices is more vulnerable to hackers and viruses than Apple Inc.’s iPhone platform, according to security-software maker...
Sony hits back at PS3 hackers
Sony has stepped up its fight over recent PS3 exploits by filing for a restraining order against George "Geohot" Hotz, the "hacking group" fail0verflow and numerous other individual...
Android Beats Apple App Store’s Growth
Google Inc.’s Android Market, Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry App World and Nokia Oyj’s Ovi Store added mobile-phone software faster than Apple Inc.’s App Store in the U.S....
India Industrial Output Growth Slows to 2.7% Even as Rate Pressure Mounts
India’s industrial production grew at the slowest pace in 18 months in November, a deceleration that may not prevent the central bank from raising interest rates this month...
South Africa vs India ODI starts today: India ahead by a nose
South Africa vs India, 1st ODI starts 18:00 IST | 12:30 GMT | 14:30 local India takes on South Africa in the first one-day international (ODI) at Durban...
Freezing weather kills 13 more in north India
LUCKNOW, India -- Police say near-freezing temperatures and Himalayan winds killed at least 13 homeless people in northern India, raising the death toll from a severe cold spell...
Investigators say poor crew training led to Kaczynski plane crash
Flaws in flight preparation and poor pilot training led to the plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 other top officials in April 2010, Russian...
Suicide Bomber Kills 4 in Afghan Capital
Afghan officials say a suicide bomber on a motorbike killed four people in an attack close to the country's parliament Wednesday. Afghanistan's Interior Minister Zemarai Bashary said the...
Floods ground Mahinda Rajapaksa
Heavy monsoon rains have forced Sri Lanka's president to abandon a visit to areas affected by severe flooding which has displaced nearly 200,000 people and killed 18 others....
Akshay Kumar To Play For England Cricket Team
Akshay Kumar will soon turn into a cricketer. Yes you hear it right. For his next movie, PATIALA HOUSE, the dashing Khiladi will soon be seen playing Cricket....
Ntini retires from international cricket
Durban, Jan 10: South African fast bowler Makhaya Ntini retired from international cricket at the end of the Twenty20 match played between India and South Africa in Durban...
Playboy to Go Private With Hefner Bid
Playboy Enterprises said on Monday that it had agreed to be taken private by Icon Acquisition Holdings, a partnership run by Hugh Hefner, in a deal valuing the...
US Stock Futures Fall Ahead Of Alcoa Report
U.S. stock futures dropped following declines in Asian and European markets, with aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. set to kick off the fourth-quarter earnings season after the close of...
TOP Oil Market News: Oil Rises; Alaska Pipeline Remains Shut
The following is a selection of the most important news affecting the oil market. Oil Rises for First Time in Three Days as Alaskan Pipeline Shuts Oil climbed...
3D digital cinema debuts on Allure of the Seas cruise ship
Barco and FUNA International have partnered to develop projection, LED, lighting and controller systems for several entertainment venues from stem to stern on the newly launched Allure of...
Ekta's into Marathi Cinema
After her films Love, Sex Aur Dhokha and Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai became good success stories, Ekta Kapoor has partnered with Neeraj Pandey (A Wednesday) to...
Motorola XOOM WiFi-only in April; 800k shipments expected Q1
Motorola is expecting strong sales of its XOOM tablet, and has ordered as many as 800,000 units for Q1 2011 alone, according to the latest supply chain leaks....
Facebook Is Nowhere In Japan
One of the few countries where Facebook is really struggling is Japan. The Times has a good rundown of the company's struggles there. The main culprit? Privacy. The...
Mercedes-Benz clocks highest ever India sales in 2010
PUNE: Luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz India Limited(MBIL) has posted its highest ever annual sales in India in the year 2010, during which it sold 5819 vehicles. This is...
Mozambique Rejects Coal India's Application for More Exploration Blocks
Mozambique turned down an application from Coal India Ltd., the world’s largest producer of the mineral, for more coal blocks, Deputy Mineral Resources Minister Abdul Razak Noormahomed said....
India and China differ on boundary: Army chief
New Delhi: Indian Army Chief General VK Singh says that India has a "perceptional difference" with China over boundaries. Reacting to reports of Chinese troops having entered Ladakh,...
Pak govt divided on lifting onion export ban to India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan government today appeared divided over resuming onion exports to India with the agriculture ministry not averse to lifting the ban but the commerce ministry has some...
Foreign woman held on Iran border released
Iranian border guards have released a woman they were holding who, according to some reports, was suspected of being a U.S. spy, state broadcaster IRIB reported on Sunday....
