Science

Fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published

The field of mental health will face its greatest upset in years on Saturday with…

Human tissue cloning could treat heart disease or Parkinson’s disease

Lorraine Barnes suffered a heart attack in 2005 and has lived with the consequences –…

Psychologists find being positioned above others buffers against effects of ostracization

Being physically above others can buffer against some of the negative psychological consequences of social…

Zombie climate skeptic theories survive only in newspapers and on TV

Study finds overwhelming scientific consensus that humans have caused global warming, but media still hasn’t…

Tech News

Google’s Eric Schmidt denies company avoided British taxes

Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt on Sunday defended the US Internet giant’s tax arrangements after…

Facebook exec and ‘Lean In’ author Sheryl Sandberg says it’s OK for women to cry at work

Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said in an interview published Saturday says it’s ok…

Media

Denmark wins Eurovision Song Contest

Denmark won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in the Swedish city of Malmoe early Sunday…

Actor Gerard Depardieu compares Vladimir Putin to Pope John Paul II

French actor and newly-minted Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu on Saturday compared President Vladimir Putin to…

World

Saudi man ‘spared paralysis sentence’

A Saudi man escaped a sentence of paralysis for stabbing and paralysing another man by offering him compensation, media reported…

Briton accused of slitting throats of two young children in France

French police were on Sunday questioning a 48-year-old divorced Briton arrested on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two…

Gay and lesbian couples push for same-sex marriage in Venezuela

Gays and lesbians demonstrated in Venezuela’s capital Saturday to push for an end to discrimination and for civil rights such…

Female filmmaker says Saudi Arabia becoming more tolerant

Saudi Arabia’s first woman film maker, Haifaa Al-Mansour, said her country was becoming “more tolerant and more accepting” as she…

Tens of thousands march against budget cuts in Rome

Tens of thousands of people joined a union-organised march in Rome Saturday, protesting against the new coalition government’s austerity measures.…

U.S. News

Falling U.S. deficit renews ‘austerity or growth?’ debate

Austerity or growth? Europe’s struggling economies have faced the question without fully answering it in…

New Yorkers unnerved by neighbor’s voyeuristic photos

Residents of a New York City apartment building are up in arms over an exhibition…

Bobby Jindal calls for jailing of IRS officials behind Tea Party targeting

Louisiana governor uses speech to Virginia Republicans to say Barack Obama ‘bears responsibility’ as scandals…

Confederate Civil War General ‘Stonewall’ Jackson venerated with lemons 150 years after his death

It has been 150 years since Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson died, and visitors are still bringing…

ACLU’s legislative counsel tells Congress: ‘Drones are coming to America’

) In this file photo, Seattle Police officer Jim Britt demonstrates an unmanned aerial vehicle…

New York auction houses celebrate after billion-dollar sales week

Two of New York’s leading auction houses combined for the art world’s richest sales week…

O.J. Simpson’s lawyer: I told him to go to the cops

The lawyer accused of bungling O.J. Simpson’s defense in his armed robbery trial said Friday…

Appeals court rules Fair Sentencing Act applies retroactively to crack offenses

A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a 2010 law mandating less-stringent penalties on…