Did President Obama land a Nobel peace prize at such an early stage of his presidency simply because he’s not George W.
Analysis: Did Obama win Nobel for not being Bush?
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Israel calls talks with U.S. Mideast envoy ‘useful’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with the top U.S. envoy to the Middle East on Friday was “useful and constructive,” the Israeli leader’s office said.
Physicist held in France over ‘terror links’
A man arrested in France on suspicion of links to terrorist organizations is a physicist who was working with the agency known for being home of the Large Hadron Collider — the world’s most powerful particle accelerator. Talks between American diplomat George Mitchell and Netanyahu focused on efforts to restart the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and the two men agreed to continue their discussions in the coming days, the minister’s office said
Zakaria: Nobel rewards Obama’s ‘big, bold gambit’
President Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a stunning decision that comes just eight months into his presidency. NEW YORK (CNN) — President Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a stunning decision that comes just eight months into his presidency.
Prison inmates go Zen to deal with life behind bars
In his darkest moment, Kenneth Brown lost it all. His wife and kids, the housebroken dog, the vacation home on Cape Cod all vanished when he was sent to prison for an arson in 1996
Praise and skepticism greet Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize
The surprise decision to award U.S.
The Screening Room’s top 10 movie shoots from hell
Budgets spiraling out of control; cast and crew on the verge of collapse; sets destroyed: Just a few of the catastrophes to afflict the ill-fated productions in The Screening Room’s Top 10 movie shoots from hell. From “Cleopatra” to “Apocalypse Now,” these infamous productions have all been struck by extreme weather, tragedy, illness and sometimes death.
NASA crashes rocket, satellite into moon in search for water
NASA crashed a rocket and a satellite into the moon’s surface on Friday morning, a $79 million mission that could determine if there is water on the moon. NASA televised live images of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, as it crashed into a crater near the moon’s south pole.
Obama peace prize win polarizes Web
News that U.S. President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize has been as polarizing as his embattled healthcare reform plans
IOC add rugby sevens and golf to 2016 Olympics
The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will include rugby union sevens and golf as sports, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced.