A controversial Colombian senator who has obtained the release of 16 hostages held by Marxist guerrillas is the leading candidate to receive this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, which will be announced Friday, said an independent research institute in Norway. Sen
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Obesity, politics, STDs flow in social networks
Report: Iran accuses U.S. in researcher’s disappearance
‘SNL’ Obama sketch marks end of honeymoon
Police clash with protesters outside finance meeting in Turkey
Hindu Festival of Lights brightens up London
‘Sextortion’ is latest issue pushing Letterman into spotlight
For someone who seems to go to great lengths to keep his private life away from prying eyes, late-night talk show host David Letterman has seen a great deal of his personal life become public. Heart problems, a troubled stalker and a plot to kidnap his son have all landed Letterman in the news and provided fodder for jokes, including some of his own
Oldest human skeleton offers new clues to evolution
The oldest-known hominid skeleton was a 4-foot-tall female who walked upright more than 4 million years ago and offers new clues to how humans may have evolved, scientists say. Scientists believe that the fossilized remains, which were discovered in 1994 in Ethiopia and studied for years by an international team of researchers, support beliefs that humans and chimpanzees evolved separately from a common ancestor.
iPhone app helps track climate change
Despite the fact that some of the effects of climate change are still imperceptible to all but the most highly trained eyes, there can be no doubting the alarming picture painted by glacier melt. As these rivers of ice retreat back up the valleys they carved out, so scientists’ knowledge of climate change advances, in turn helping us recognize the signs of a warming world.