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In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by General Motors Corp.

In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by General Motors Corp.

One may discount the wild rhetoric and clumsy tests, but there’s little doubt that North Korea is determined to acquire a capability to threaten North America and hold our cities hostage

Luxury goods group is targeting development in emerging markets such as China and Latin America as it shifts focus to retail and away from wholesale

MavenSay, a social recommendation app, just got a surge of unplanned downloads coming from Indonesia, and its founders are moving quickly to include Southeast Asia in its expansion plans, as a result. The company’s Toronto-based co-founder, Jesse Dallal, said the two-month old app got 100,000 downloads over the past fortnight. It has a total of 130,000 downloads so far,...

Dúo mexicano publica edición española de su disco '¿Con quién se queda el perro?', con participación de Pablo Alborán

3:30 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA:  I want to welcome President Thein Sein to the United States of America and to the Oval Office. Last year, I was proud to make a historic visit to Myanmar as the first U.S. President ever to visit that country.  And now President Sein is able to return the favor by making a visit to the United States, and my understanding is that this is...

No, America hasn't "lost" Iraq. But a dangerous realpolitik is the new normal in Baghdad.

In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by General Motors Corp.

Rival online takeout services Seamless North America and GrubHub on Monday announced plans to combine and create a new company covering more than 20,000 restaurants in 500 cities across the U.S.

Tensions between the US and China deepened on Monday as Washington officials and cyber security experts accused Chinese hackers of continuing their attacks on corporate America.    

After sitting out the Europa League triumph and final Premier League fixture, the Blues' skipper now misses their Stateside double-header against Manchester City.

La verdad, la justicia y la reparación son esenciales en la construcción de un tejido social sano

What's better than ONE hunky musician?! THREE, duh! The boys of Emblem3 have intrigued us since coming thisclose to winning last season's X Factor (they eventually finished 4th), and we were VERY delighted by their first single… Which is why we are pumped to present to you this live, EXCLUSIVE performance of Emblem3's fun, cheeky love [...]

Star Trek Into Darkness had a bigger opening weekend than The Amazing Spider-Man, Captain America and Twilight. But there's one film Into Darkness couldn't beat that stands out: its 2009...

Mexican phone giant America Movil, owned by billionaire Carlos Slim, announced Monday that its US unit reached a deal to acquire US mobile phone company Start Wireless Group.

WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - Cinemark Holdings Inc , which owns 467 theaters in the United States and Latin America with more than 5,000 screens, has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy Rave...

Piper Jaffray‘s Gene Munster this afternoon offers a brief update on the state of Apple‘s (AAPL) Mac computer business, writing that data from research firm NPD suggest that sales in the month of April in North America were flat, year over year, in unit terms, which is “neutral to slight positive as we maintain our [...]

Brasilia, 20 may (EFECOM).- El ministro de Transportes de Brasil, César Borges, recibió hoy a la titular de Fomento de España, Ana Pastor, ante quien valoró la "gran experiencia" de las empresas españolas en infraestructuras, la cual afirmó que puede ser "muy importante" para los planes que tiene su país. "España tiene una experiencia muy importante, especialmente...

Exposed Chinese hacking unit resumes attacks Top news: The Chinese army unit identified as the central player in China's cyberattacks on foreign governments and businesses has resumed operations after being exposed earlier this year. According to a report by the cybersecurity firm Mandiant commissioned by the New York Times, PLA unit 61398 is operating...

In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by General Motors Corp.

Los dos finalistas del Clausura 2013 estarán, por regla, en la máxima competencia de clubes CONCACAF para la siguiente campaña.

América y Cruz Azul se verán las caras en una final tras 24 años de no hacerlo. Con un triunfo por bando, se desequilibrará la balanza.

If shareholders separate the jobs of chairman and chief executive — positions that Jamie Dimon has held since 2008 — it would signal a shift in the balance of power in corporate America.    

NEW YORK (AP) -- Rival online takeout services Seamless North America and GrubHub on Monday announced plans to combine and create a new company covering more than 20,000 restaurants in 500 cities across the U.S....

After announcing its deal to acquire Tumblr for $1.1 billion, mostly in cash, Yahoo today started to lay out some of the details for how it intends to make use of the property while trying to stick to its promise "not to screw it up." Expect more advertising by next year as well as more Tumblr content on Yahoo properties, but more of a cautious step as to how Yahoo will...

A new report commissioned by research giant GfK claims that the growth of the high density cluster of technology companies in East London (dubbed Tech City by the UK government) is being "stunted" by a talent shortage and lack of access to capital. The ‘Tech Futures Report' - commissioned by publishing company TechCityInsider and sponsored by accountant Grant Thornton,...

La ministra de Fomento de España, Ana Pastor, dijo hoy en Brasil que su país prepara un consorcio de empresas públicas y privadas para competir en la primera licitación del futuro tren de alta velocidad entre Río de Janeiro y Sao Paulo, que será la primera vía de ese tipo en América Latina. Pastor señaló que España "tiene los requisitos para optar a un concurso...

After more than four decades of a failed war on drugs, calls for a change in strategy are growing louder by the day. In Latin America, the debate is positively deafening.

Though the Cold War was in full swing, America lifted travel restrictions on Soviet travelers in 1955 to avoid looking like they were themselves behind an Iron Curtain.

Die US-amerikanischen Pfadfinder stehen vor einer richtungsweisenden Wahl: Am kommenden Donnerstag stimmen rund 1.400 Mitglieder der Nationalversammlung darüber ab, ob die traditionsreiche Gemeinschaft in Zukunft offen homosexuell lebende Menschen aufnehmen soll. Die Stimmungslage im Vorfeld ist gespalten: Liberale Vertreter sehen eine Öffnung als ersten Schritt in die...

LOS ANGELES, May 20 (Reuters) - In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by General Motors Corp.

As Congress investigates solicitations, some corporations and philanthropies are reluctant to contribute to an outreach program to help with the president’s health care law.    

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When I started Teach For America, I wasn't trying to come up with an idea that would change the world. I was trying to solve a problem much closer to home: I was a senior in college and I had no idea what I was going to do with my life! I'm sure that doesn't sound at all familiar.

Century Campus Morehouse College Atlanta, Georgia 12:06 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Morehouse!  (Applause.)  Thank you, everybody.  Please be seated.  AUDIENCE MEMBER:  I love you! THE PRESIDENT:  I love you back.  (Laughter.)  That is why I am here.  I have to say that it is one of the great honors of my life to be able to address this...

Virgin are actively encouraging their passengers to join the mile-high club and a new gimmick makes it possible for passengers to flirt without leaving their seat. Passengers can pay for meals and drinks for other people on the flight as well and sending flirty messages to fliers at 35,000 feet.

America's East Coast is bracing for hordes of flying cicadas in a once-in-a-generation phenomenon.    

I ask you, fans across America and around the world, to root for Memphis -- both the Grizzlies team and the city. Maybe a Grizzlies championship can provide just the "grits" this Southern city needs.

Move over Verdi, Puccini, Bizet...(not you, Mozart)....make room for Lee Holdridge and Richard Sparks. Who? These are the guys who have created a new...

(Reuters) - "Star Trek Into Darkness," the newest installment in the classic intergalactic franchise, blasted to the top of movie box office charts with $70.6 million in weekend ticket sales at theaters in the United States and Canada.

A growing body of mortality research on immigrants has shown that the longer they live in this country, the worse their rates of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. And while their American-born children may have more money, they tend to live shorter lives than the parents.The pattern goes against any notion that moving to America improves every aspect of...

One of the greatest threats to press freedom in Latin America comes in the form of shady criminal groups like Mexican drug cartels or Colombian paramilitaries who harass and sometimes murder journalists that report on their activities.Increasingly, however, a new threat is emerging in the hemisphere. It comes in the form of democratically elected officials. These politicians,...

One of the scenarios envisaged in a 'gamechanging' report on global drugs policy released by the Organisation of American States.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell charged on Sunday the Obama administration "made up a tale" about the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in fall 2012 because it "was inconvenient within six weeks of the election for the administration to, in effect, announce that it was a terrorist attack." NBC "Meet the Press" host David Gregory also asked McConnell...

Two minor characters from my novel Makers have apparently come to life and written an article for 3D Printing Industry. These two people are patent lawyers for Finnegan IP law firm, Washington, DC, which I don't recall making up, but this is definitely a pair of Doctorow villains (though, thankfully, I had the good sense [...]    

The pan-Arab news giant is laying the groundwork for the launch of al-Jazeera America after its purchase of Current TV, a struggling US cable channel.

In an exclusive interview with Chris McGreal in Kigali, Rwanda's president denies backing an accused Congolese war criminal and says challenge to senior US official proves his innocenceRwanda's president, Paul Kagame, has rejected accusations from Washington that he was supporting a rebel leader and accused war criminal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by challenging...

El presidente del Gobierno, Mariano Rajoy, participará el próximo jueves en Cali (Colombia) en la VII cumbre de la Alianza del Pacífico, la primera con presencia de los países que, como España, tienen en este foro la condición de observadores y en la que buscará vías de acceso a los mercados asiáticos. El Ejecutivo ha estado muy interesado en participar en esta...

El énfasis en el éxito económico de Asia opaca el hecho de que esa región alberga las principales amenazas a la estabilidad mundial

America Letter: the novelist’s final resting place is sober compared with the latest celulloid version of ‘The Great Gatsby’    

Carey L Biron Over the next decade and a half, a major global shift will result in the developing world controlling roughly half of the world’s capital, up from less than a third today. According to new scenarios released Thursday by the World Bank, developing countries could control some $158tn (at 2010 rates) by 2030, particularly in East Asia and Latin America. By...

El 4-3 global le da al América su primer boleto a una final en seis años. Salvo una catástrofe de Cruz Azul ante Santos Laguna, todo apunta a un Clásico Joven por el título

Some cities have done away with the plastic shopping bag, but much of America seems more addicted than ever.    

Editor's note: Richard Bennett is a Senior Fellow with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and co-author of ITIF’s 2013 report, "The Whole Picture: Where America’s Broadband Networks Really Stand." We’ve all heard the story: America’s broadband networks are second-rate. We pay exorbitant prices for shoddy service because broadband...

El exajedrecista ruso es hoy el rostro internacionalmente más reconocible de la oposición a Vladímir Putin

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is known for his unusual Twitter feed, and he took to the website again on Saturday with more unique posts.Grassley sounded a warning early Saturday on one area where he thinks America is suffering:US has no foreign policy. We shld remember what happened th last time we had no foreign policy. It was Sept 1939 Hitler started WWII Poland— ChuckGrassley...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Paul McCartney is kicking off the North American leg of his "Out There" tour in Orlando.The massive production, which requires 31 trucks' worth of equipment, includes lasers, huge pyrotechnics, and state of the art video displays, according to the website of the former Beatles star.Read More...More on Paul McCartney

I've written that in the end, congressional Republicans won't agree to move forward on the budget, tax reform, immigration, job creation, or any other issues that matter to mainstream America before the presidential elections. But the fall of 2016 is a long time away, and they have to do something in the meantime. Now we know what it is.Read More...

It’s still practically a newborn but Indian mobile messaging app Hike is already channelling almost a billion messages a month between its 5m registered users. Those numbers sound insignificant when you stack them up against the big beasts of the messaging space – WhatsApp claims 200m+ monthly active users, and 600bn messages – but Hike’s growth is impressive when...

Sit back for a couple of minutes and take an exhilarating journey through Peru and Bolivia in this beautiful stop-motion video by Polish artist Piotr Wancerz of Timelapse Media. It's an elaborate composite of 12,000 photos and video frames, shot over a three-week period during Piotr's first trip to South America. You'll see his model and traveling companion seemingly standing...

America Ferrera may return to ABC.The former "Ugly Betty" actress’ telenovela project "Pedro & Maria" is in development at the broadcast network as a potential limited series. Originally developed at MTV three years ago, "Pedro & Maria" is a modern day twist on "Romeo and Juliet." The project is from executive producer Ben Silverman ("The Office," "The Biggest...

First revelation that IRS was targeting Tea Party groups came in planted question during lawyers' conference in early May, an attempt to start getting out bad news on impending scandal, though attorney who asked question tells Fox News she had no knowledge of the plan.GOP: Scandal Shows IRS 'Rotten at the Core'Tea Party Groups Prepare to Sue IRSInvestigations...

América recibe a Rayados por el pase a la final con dos goles de visitante como respaldo.

Amnistía Internacional sugiere a la presidenta brasileña que relate su experiencia como militante perseguida durante la dictadura

With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units....

The army of road warriors spawned by Lance Armstrong obscured a more fundamental cycling shift: riding a bicycle is increasingly just another form of commuting in cities across North America. No lycra required. Toronto has been riding the same wave. Although peArmstrongople have always cycled here, it’s no longer just a few zealots who do it all winter. And in the spring,...

Una ternera mansa y saludable que pasta en una granja en Brasil es única en el mundo por haber sido la primera que ha sobrevivido a una clonación a partir de una célula de tejido adiposo. Se trata de "Brasilia de Cerrados", una ternera de la raza guzerá lechera nacida el 23 de abril pasado en las granjas experimentales de la Empresa Brasileña de Pesquisa Agropecuaria...

Conservative activists prepare to sue the federal government for the practice of targeting Tea Party groups, arguing they were singled out by the IRS and had their tax-exempt status delayed or denied. Investigations of IRS Will Probe Whether Laws Were Broken OPINION: Obama Failing as America, Inc. CEOTables Turn on IRS, Lawmakers Grill Outgoing Agency...

The Discovery Channel’s seven-part series “North America” is a visually stunning look at the fauna of the continent, accompanied by some silly historical and pop-cultural references.    

On 9/11, Islam jihadists turned four U.S. airlines into weapons of mass destruction and killed almost 3,000 people. Within a month the George W. Bush...

Although outgoing IRS commissioner claims agency's practice of singling out conservative groups for extra scrutiny was 'foolish,' but not illegal, the Justice Dept. will formally probe what went on at the agency over the last three years.Tea Party Groups Prepare to Sue IRS OPINION: Obama Failing as America, Inc. CEOTables Turn on IRS, Lawmakers Grill Outgoing...

The army of road warriors spawned by Lance Armstrong have obscured a more fundamental cycling shift: riding a bicycle is increasingly just another form of commuting in cities across North America. No lycra required. Toronto has been riding the wave. Although people have always cycled here, it’s no longer just a few zealots who do it all winter. And in the spring, as...