Category Archives: News

Google Voice finally on iPhone, in the browser

Google’s end run around Apple’s App Store is complete: Google Voice is ready as a Web application.

Flying radio station broadcasts help to Haiti

Sixty miles west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, an Air Force C-130 makes slow and lazy ovals over the Golfe de la Gonzave, a 264-foot weighted wire dangling from its belly like a plumb line.

Haitian PM: Orphans being targeted by traffickers

There is trafficking in children and human organs in the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated parts of Haiti, Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive has said.

China’s super-rich look for love online

In China it can be hard for millionaires to find love. Just ask Xu Tianli.

State of Union ‘pivotal’ for Obama

It’s a tale of two speeches.

Rescuers pull girl, 16, from rubble

French rescuers in Haiti on Wednesday pulled from rubble a girl who they believe could have been trapped since the January 12 earthquake.

Mudslides trap Machu Picchu tourists

Heavy rain over several days has unleashed flooding and landslides in southern Peru, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of tourists stranded in the Andes near the Inca ruins at Machu Picchu, officials said.

Sri Lanka opposition leader surrounded

Sri Lanka’s defeated opposition leader accuses newly re-elected President Mahinda Rajapaksa of intimidation as troops surround his hotel in Colombo.

Survey: Americans cooling on climate

Public concern about global warming and trust in climate leaders has dropped sharply in the U.S. according to a survey.

Obama wants change on gays in military

President Obama will ask Congress during his State of the Union address to repeal the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, an administration official said.