LONDON (AP) _ The loose-knit hacking movement ``Anonymous'' claimed to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor. One hacker said the goal was to pilfer funds from individuals' accounts to give away as

Dec. 26, 2011

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) _ Terror attacks across Nigeria by a radical Muslim sect killed at least 39 people, with the majority dying on the steps of a Catholic church after celebrating Christmas Mass as blood pooled in dust from a massive explosion.Authorities on Sunday acknowledged they could not bring

Dec. 26, 2011

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) _ Authorities in Iran said Sunday they are again moving ahead with plans to execute a woman sentenced to death by stoning on an adultery conviction in a case that sparked an international outcry, but are considering whether to carry out the punishment by hanging instead.Sakineh Moh

Dec. 26, 2011

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona (AP) -- A U.S. university student said she had nothing to eat but two candy bars while her car was stuck in the snow for nine days in a remote area of Arizona. In neighboring New Mexico, a family found themselves struggling to breathe after nearly two days in their SUV, which was

Dec. 25, 2011

PARIS (AP) -- France took a costly and unprecedented leap Friday in offering to pay for 30,000 women to have their breast implants removed because of mounting fears the products could rupture and leak cheap, industrial-grade silicone into the body.Tens of thousands of other women elsewhere in Europe

Dec. 25, 2011

SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian woman has won the right to pocket the Aus$100,000 ($101,000) she won on a slot machine, after a casino agreed to pay her the money she won with another gambler's abandoned dollar.Cecilia Cubillo used a $1 credit someone else had left in a poker machine to hit the jackpot

Dec. 25, 2011

Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Leah Garrapy produced so much breast milk for her baby Ella that she stuffed freezers with leftovers. She posted online that she's sell the surplus for $2 an ounce."I was running out of space,"said Garrapy, 25, who lives near Boynton Beach, Florida. "If I can sell some and mak

Dec. 21, 2011

Israeli medical researchers say they have developed a new technique for blasting cancer tumours from the inside out which reduces the risk of the disease returning after treatment.Tel Aviv University professors Yona Keisari and Itzhak Kelson are about to start clinical trials of a pin-sized radioact

Dec. 14, 2011

MENLO PARK, California (AP) _ Facebook is making it easier for people who express suicidal thoughts on the social networking site to get help.A program launching Tuesday enables users to instantly connect with a crisis counselor through Facebook's “chat” messaging system.The service is the latest to

Dec. 14, 2011

A three-page contract that established Apple Computer Co. (AAPL) sold for $1.59 million at Sotheby’s (BID) in New York today, soaring past the presale estimate of $100,000 to $150,000. The bidding started at $70,000 in a half-empty room attended by about 20 people and almost as many Sotheby’s staffe

Dec. 14, 2011

BEIJING (AP) _ Chinese state media say a school bus belonging to a primary school has overturned, killing at least 15 students, despite a recent government pledge to improve school safety after an earlier crash of a school van. The official Xinhua News Agency did not give the ages of the victims

Dec. 13, 2011

ATLANTA (AP) _ In what's being called a landmark study, researchers used gene therapy to successfully treat six patients with severe hemophilia, a blood-clotting disorder.The study was preliminary and involved only six patients, and other promising early attempts to use gene therapy against hemophil

Dec. 12, 2011