Mon May 21, 2012 - 9:36 AM

The deadly weekend unfolded as an estimated 150 climbers tried to reach the top Friday and Saturday as they rushed to use a brief window of good weather in an otherwise troubled climbing season. Many had been waiting at a staging camp for several days for their chance to head to the summit.The three climbers who died Saturday were believed to have suffered exhaustion and altitude sickness, Nepali mountaineering official Gyanendra Shrestha said. Officials on Monday were still gathering details fr ... Full Story

Tue May 1, 2012 - 11:29 AM

Murdoch, according to the House of Commons select committee on culture, media and sport, which examined the phone-hacking scandal now convulsing the Australian-born moguls media empire, "is not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company". That wording immediately awoke memories of a judgment passed on Maxwell a generation ago by another arm of the British establishment, the Department of Trade and Industry, which had investigated the tak ... Full Story

Mon May 21, 2012 - 9:18 AM

Millions of people across a narrow strip of eastern Asia and the Western U.S. turned their sights skyward for the annular eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges.The rare lunar-solar alignment was visible in Asia early Monday before it moved across the Pacific â?? and the international dateline â?? where it was seen in parts of the western United States late Sunday afternoon.People from Colorado, Oklahoma and as far away as Canada travele ... Full Story

Mon May 21, 2012 - 9:39 AM

With 18,000 towel-waving fans roaring like the engines at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Indiana Pacers had knocked the Miami Heat to the floor and to the edge of elimination.James didnt panic. He simply picked up his teammates and carried them to a win.And this time, Dwyane Wade helped.James scored 40 points with 18 rebounds and nine assists, and Wade added 30 points â?? 22 in the second half â?? as Miami rallied to even their semifinal series against Indiana with a 101-93 win on Sunday over ... Full Story

Mon May 21, 2012 - 9:21 AM

Jaczko, 41, was a polarizing figure who oversaw the nuclear safety agency as it crafted expensive new rules in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japans Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. But Jaczko made more headlines from a series of reports and congressional hearings that painted him as a bully who had reduced some senior female employees to tears -- accusations he consistently dismissed and denied. Jaczko, appointed to the ch ... Full Story

Mon May 21, 2012 - 9:10 AM

The comic book superhero blockbuster made $55.1 million over the weekend in North America, said box office tracker Exhibitor Relations. The film has become the highest-grossing movie in Walt Disney Studios history with global earnings exceeding $1 billion, according to industry website IMDb. "The Avengers" -- which include Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America and Thor -- was directed by cult favorite Joss Whedon in collaboration with Marvel Comics and made for an estimated $220 million ... Full Story

Fri May 18, 2012 - 9:33 PM

Everything By its nature, recruiting by humiliation is secretive, more so these days as its illegal in most states: Forty-four have anti-hazing laws. Often, a student suffered a mental breakdown or died to trigger legislation,  and past the defense that hazing is a voluntary rite (and therefore a right)â??a way to ferret out who's made of sterner stuff in a mollycoddled society. Recent tragedies underscore that hazing (inevitably) continues. What might be changing are attitudes, as people shif ... Full Story

Two "There is no second-degree murder evidence in this case," Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said. "It's a very close case." Details released in the past week add to the picture of what might have transpired on that rainy Feb. 26 before Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain in the Sanford, Fla., community where Martin, 17, was staying with his father's fiancée, shot the teen dead. Previously unknown particulars, including the scrape on Martin's knu ... Full Story

Mon May 21, 2012 - 9:24 AM

"You Aint Seen Nothing Yet" is a love letter to the acting profession that shows a troupe of thespians performing a play based on the Greek myth of lovers Orpheus and Eurydice.There are several plays-within-a-play in the drama, which features a who's who of French dramatic talent, including Lambert Wilson, Michel Piccoli and Mathieu Amalric.The 89-year-old Resnais told reporters that he was trying to show the similarities between theater and film, often portrayed as completely different art form ... Full Story

Fri May 11, 2012 - 7:19 PM

McNamaras record-setting feat was verified by Guinness after an independent panel of big wave and photography experts painstakingly measured still and video images of the colossal wave, a spokeswoman for the agency said. (Video: http://r.reuters.com/fuq28s ) "I was totally in the moment. PCP. Present, connected and protected," McNamara, 44, told Reuters in a phone interview from his home in Haleiwa, Hawaii, on the North Shore of Oahu. According to Guinness, the epic feat eclipsed by more than 1 ... Full Story

Mon May 21, 2012 - 9:17 AM

The FTSE Eurofirst index of top European shares was around 0.4 percent higher at 974.03 points after losing 5.1 percent last week to reach its lowest level of the year. "There has to be a resolution around Greece before any sort of confidence comes back to the markets," Andrew Wells, Global Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income, at Fidelity Worldwide Investment. The euro was down 0.1 percent 1.2777, but well above Fridays four-month low of $1.2642, whi ... Full Story

Mon May 21, 2012 - 9:21 AM

Jaczko, 41, was a polarizing figure who oversaw the nuclear safety agency as it crafted expensive new rules in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japans Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. But Jaczko made more headlines from a series of reports and congressional hearings that painted him as a bully who had reduced some senior female employees to tears -- accusations he consistently dismissed and denied. Jaczko, appointed to the ch ... Full Story