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(Reuters) - Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was captured and wounded near his hometown of Sirte at dawn on Thursday as he tried to flee in a convoy which NATO warplanes attacked, National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid said on Thursday. The senior NTC military official...

The scale of the American build-up, including helicopter gunships, heavy artillery and hundreds of American and Afghan troops, caused panic in north Waziristan where tribal militias who feared they could be targeted gathered in the capital Miranshah to coordinate their response...

A lot of ink has been spilled chronicling the pro-Israel leanings of American neocons and fact that a the disproportionate percentage of them are Jewish. Some commentators are worried that these individuals – labeled ‘Likudniks’ for their links to Israel’s right wing Likud...

The country’s largest food processor says it will close five plants, including one in Toronto at the heart of a listeria tragedy, for a net loss of 1,550 jobs mostly in Ontario. Maples Leaf Foods Inc. said the closures are part of a massive $560 million investment in future productivity that...

Biden: Wish Those Who Oppose Stimulus Knew What It Was Like To Be Robbed Or Raped - YouTube Vice-President Biden blasted Republicans today in Philadelphia for suggesting that Obama's jobs bill was only "temporary." "Let me tell you It's not temporary when that 911call comes in and a woman's...

Runnin' low on weed eh. From The Source, Oct. 18, 2011: Jacqui Delaney gives me some perspective on my visit to the Occupy Toronto site at which I met--among others--a guy who told me about "FEMA's genocide," another guy who was running low on weed, a woman who says "the point" is...

Fail. Keith Olbermann is not in the witness protection program, but he might as well be. His show on Al Gore’s Current TV (America’s least watched network) has lost nearly a third of its viewers in four months. Pretty impressive result for $10 million a year. That’s just his salary...

"all the choices we've made have been the right ones" The following is a transcript from ABC News senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper's exclusive interview with President Obama on the economy and his overall performance for "Nightline" in Jamestown, N.C. Charts and graphs and...

MIT researchers have developed a new radar technology that gives real-time video of what’s going on behind solid walls from up to 60 feet away. While existing through-wall systems have delivered images at a snail's pace, the new device offers video at 10.8 frames per second. "If you’re in a...

From last week: Restaurant explosion kills three in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - YouTube Story: Video: Restaurant explosion kills three in Brazil - Telegraph

Puny little Obama $450 billion give-a-way plan indeed...

How much would you pay to have your picture taken with First Lady Michelle Obama? When she travels to Chicago next week to tour Chicago food deserts with Mayor Rahm Emanuel and later host a fundraiser at Plumber's Hall...

Quantum Levitation - YouTube

This is a world first. A unique FPS simulator that turns gaming into reality as you move, aim, fire and get shot within a 360-degree immersive environment. Using a pre-release copy of Battlefield 3 and a team of top technology experts from across Europe we've built a truly one of a kind...

Helping hand or campaign photo-op...whatever. Thanks for the help girls. Protip: Use a cutting brush next time. ;-) WASHINGTON — Army Sgt. Johnny Agbi's narrow three-story rowhouse doesn't look ideal for a disabled veteran. It's perched on a small hill along a busy thoroughfare just...

That’s right, a truck carrying the president’s teleprompter (jokingly referred to as TOTUS, or the teleprompter of the United States), podiums, and audio equipment was stolen in Virginia, WWBT-TV reports. The Department of Defense confirmed the heist, but it’s unclear if the thieves targeted...

So, they decided to go on a luxury retreat to forget about all of that American International Group Inc. (AIG), the insurer majority owned by the U.S. after a 2008 bailout, is hosting an event at a California facility that advertises “the amenities of an ultra luxury hotel.” The American...

BEIJING — Wal-Mart said Monday it was replacing the head of its operations in China, the giant retailer's latest setback there after employees were arrested and detained last week in the western city of Chongqing in connection with a labeling scandal. The company said on its website that...

Many of the ideas in Paul’s 11-page Plan to Restore America are familiar from his staunch libertarianism, as well as tea party favorites, like eliminating the Education and Energy Departments. But Paul goes further, proposing an immediate freeze on spending by numerous government agencies at...

A set of high quality historical images from various concentration camps, mainly after their liberation. Some were used as evidence at the Nuremberg Trials. Not for the squeamish. One of the most horrific terms in history was used by Nazi Germany to designate human beings whose lives were...