Harold Camping's Third End-of-the-World Prediction Fails Again
American doomsday preacher Harold Camping is wrong again in predicting that the world will end on Oct. 21. The 89-year-old is now embarrassed and conceded that only God has the final say on whatever is in the Bible.
California Surgeons Try to Separate Filipino Conjoined Twins
Surgeons started separating twin girls joined in the chest and abdomen at Stanford University's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in California on Tuesday morning.
Trawler’s Catch: Fish and Bag with $145,000
Japanese fishermen have caught a bag filled with local currencies amounting to $145,000 off the coast of Ofunato City in Japan's northeastern prefecture of Iwate.
Gadhafi's Son is no Mass Murderer, Says Bodyguard
The Canada-based Australian bodyguard of Al-Saadi Gaddafi, the third son of former Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, has surfaced and belied allegations that his client was a mass murderer.
Nokia, Microsoft Offer 25,000 Free Lumia 800s to Developers
Nokia and Microsoft is giving 25,000 free Lumia 800 smartphones to developers who will write apps for the Windows Phone platforms.
Space Shuttle Hangar Set to Become Boeing’s Spaceport
Boeing announced Monday it is leasing the space shuttle processing hangar at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for use as operational base for its commercial manned spacecraft business.
Anonymous Takes On Mexican Drug Cartel After Kidnapping of Hacker
Anonymous hackers are taking on the violent Mexican drug cartel Zetas after one member was allegedly kidnapped by the gang notorious for executing rivals, police and civilians who get in their way.
China Attempts First Docking of Spacecrafts in Orbit
China sent Tuesday an unmanned spacecraft to space to dock with its orbiting space station launched in September. It will be the first time the country will try to dock two spacecrafts together in space.
In Queensland Pedophiles to Wear GPS Trackers
The Queensland government will fit GPS trackers initially to 67 convicted pedophiles starting next year so their whereabouts can be monitored 24/7.
ChiTree Recalls Apricot Kernels Due to Poisoning Risk
ChiTree Apricot Seeds is recalling its products as excessive eating of raw apricot kernels may cause poisoning from its naturally occurring hydrocyanic acid.
Asteroid Visible in Closest Approach on Nov. 8
Astronomers are not the only ones who will have a chance to closely observe an asteroid that will pass closer to Earth than the moon's orbit on Nov. 8. Anyone can see the 400-meter 2005 YU55 using a 12.5 centimetre telescope.
Scientists to Rerun Faster-Than-Light Experiment
Amidst uproar and doubt over their experiment showing neutrino beams traveling faster than light, the scientists who achieved the shocking feat are repeating the measurement they used in a bid to prove they are correct.
Grant Hackett, Candice Alley’s Home Trashed, Police Investigating
A grand piano was found overturned inside the trashed apartment home of ex-Olympian Grant Hackett and wife Candice Alley early Sunday morning.
Australian Government Lifts Qantas Lockout, Flights To Resume
Qantas will resume flights by noon Monday after Fair Work Australia (FWA) ordered an end to its lockout and grounding of 108 planes that stranded 68,000 passengers worldwide since Saturday.
Personal Sub Can Make Trips to Mariana Trench
The 52nd annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show in Florida is showcasing a prototype of a personal submarine that can repeatedly take up to three people for a trip down into the deepest part of the Earth, the Mariana Trench.
Warning: Your Facebook Friend May Be a Bot
Facebook protects majority of its 800 million active users from spams using a massive defense network called Facebook Immune System (FIS). But a researcher said users may lose their personal information to bots posing as friends.
Perth Mint Produces World’s Largest Gold Coin
The Perth Mint unveiled Thursday the world's largest gold coin weighing over a ton and cost $53.5 million to make. It is made from 99.99 percent gold.
Desal Plant Builder to Pay $1.6 Million Per Day Due to Delays
Victoria's water minister said the project manager of the desalination plant under construction in Wonthaggi will have to pay $1.6 million fine for each day of delay in finishing the project after the June 30 deadline.
How Many Escaped Crocs are Hiding in Bangkok Suburbs?
Thailand's floods have washed over crocodile farms pens and swept the reptiles downstream to Bangkok's northern suburbs threatening to make a meal out of residents of townhouse subdivisions there.
Japanese Auction Highly Radioactive Cars to Unsuspecting Buyers
Owners of cars exposed to the Fukushima radiation are auctioning off the vehicles around Japan after failing to export and decontaminate them.
Cancer Victim Wins $2 Million Compensation from James Hardie
A WA man has won $2 million in compensation from James Hardie after the Western Australian Supreme Court found the building materials company negligent in dumping asbestos that caused him to develop mesothelioma.
California Scientists Prove Alien, UFO Encounters Only Dreams?
American researchers are claiming that supposed human encounters with aliens and unidentified flying objects (UFO) may just be dreams based on results of a sleep experiment.
4 Chrome Bug Hunters Take Record Google Bounty
Google has paid out a record $26,511 in bounty to four researchers who found bugs in the Chrome browser.
Fugitive Found in Sydney Dares UK Police to Get Him
A British fugitive found living in Sydney under an alias has claimed that he is innocent of the charge that he faked his death to get a $2 million in life insurance and has dared the U.K. police to arrest him in Australia.
Warning on Internet-inspired Choking Game
The parents of a 15-year-old Gold Coast schoolgirl who died from an Internet-inspired choking game on Oct. 3 warned that the U.S. fad has spread to the country and is deadly.
Jobs Bio Turned into 90-minute Animation
Animated news maker NMA.tv has come up with a cartoon version of Steve Jobs's bio compressing the book's 630 pages into a 90-minute video show.
Intel Sets Ultrabook-MacBook Price Showdown
Intel is working with suppliers and manufacturers to bring down production cost for ultrabooks and make the price of the thin and light notebooks lower than Apple's MacBooks and various tablet PCs.
Australia's Customs Workers to Hold Strike As Pay Negotiations Break Down
Negotiations between the customs workers union and the Australian government over pay increase broke down on Tuesday and the one-day strike at airports will go ahead on Thursday.
Gas Leak in Bathurst Leads to Evacuation
Gas leaked from a ruptured pipe in a section of Bathurst's central business district on Tuesday and firefighters closed the area and evacuated people.
Attorney General Rejects War Crimes Charges, Cites Rajapaksa’s Diplomatic Immunity
Tamils in Australia were frustrated after Attorney-General Robert McClelland disallowed war crimes charges against visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to proceed citing his diplomatic immunity.