Papai Noel mergulha em aquário com mensagem de preservação em MG

Bom velhinho mostrou tipo de presente que natureza quer ganhar no Natal.
O local ainda conta com 22 tanques e 1.200 espécies de peixes. Leia mais...

Controle PlayStation Move chega ao Brasil antes do Natal por R$ 800

Sony afirma que produto chega nos próximos dias.
Aparelho foi lançado nos EUA no dia 17 de setembro. Leia mais...

Mais quatro envolvidos no caso Eliza Samudio são soltos em Minas Gerais

Dayanne, Fernanda, Elenílson e Coxinha deixaram prisão nesta madrugada.
Eles serão julgados pelo desaparecimento e morte de Eliza Samúdio. Leia mais...

Bolivianos são detidos com pasta base de cocaína em MS

Casal transportava dois quilos da droga em cápsulas.
Polícia diz que dupla receberia R$ 3 mil pelo transporte. Leia mais...

Frio e neve afetam transportes no Reino Unido e na França

Aeroportos de Heathrow e de Gatwick foram paralisados neste sábado.
Motoristas franceses tiveram que abandonar carros após nevasca. Leia mais...

Cidades na rota do tráfico estão fora de programa federal para segurança

CPI aponta 17 cidades como portas de entrada de drogas e armas no Brasil.
Só dois desses municípios estão aptos a pedir recursos do Pronasci. Leia mais...

Venezuela aprova lei que dá poderes especiais a Chávez

Governistas estenderam validade da Lei Habilitante por 18 meses.
Instrumento legal permite a presidente governar por decreto. Leia mais...

Mega-Sena pode pagar R$ 24 milhões neste sábado

Apostas devem ser feitas até as 19h (horário de Brasília).
Semana do Natal terá três sorteios da Mega-Sena. Leia mais...

Cidades na rota do tráfico estão fora de programa federal para segurança

CPI aponta 17 cidades como portas de entrada de drogas e armas no Brasil.
Só dois desses municípios estão aptos a pedir recursos do Pronasci. Leia mais...

22,9% dos voos domésticos registram atrasos, segundo Infraero

Dos 2.331 voos previstos até as 21h, 533 registraram atrasos.
Foram canceladas 92 decolagens, o que corresponde a 3,9% do total. Leia mais...

Belarus looks east and west as presidential elections approach

MOSCOW - Russia has been putting the squeeze on Belarus, trying to get a foothold in the Belarusan economy, and presidential elections there this Sunday could prove to be a significant moment in that quest. More...

Top CIA spy in Pakistan pulled amid threats after public accusation over attack

U.S. officials said Friday they are increasingly convinced that Pakistan's intelligence service deliberately exposed the identity of the CIA's top spy in Pakistan, triggering death threats and forcing the agency to pull him from his post. More...

Pakistan’s Palette of Blood and Tears

KARACHI, Pakistan — In this chaotic city of 18 million people, an exhibition of works by Pakistan’s most significant contemporary artists shows just how imbued with violence daily life here is: on the street, in the air and in the debate about the future course of the nation. More...

Best Buy Feels the Pressure of Rivals on the Web

At barely 10 a.m., holiday shopping was in full swing at a Best Buy on the Upper West Side. A harried father searched for a new Xbox for his children. A personal assistant picked up video game accessories for her boss’s twins. One young woman fiddled with a coffeemaker, while another paid for a DVD player. More...

Beneath the Dead Sea, Scientists Are Drilling for Natural History

EIN GEDI, Israel — Five miles out, nearly to the center of the Dead Sea, an international team of scientists has been drilling beneath the seabed to extract a record of climate change and earthquake history stretching back half a million years.More...

Santa via Cellphone: Shopping Online Without a Computer

This holiday season, consumers are beginning to shop and make purchases on their mobile phones. The shift from buying presents in front of the computer at home or work to doing it during bus commutes or while standing in line at cafes is small, but, for the first time, noticeable and even significant.More..

Sharing Stories of a Man Who Loved Big Challenges

There were tears and laughter and embraces as the crowd began to build Friday night in the Manhattan apartment of Richard C. Holbrooke at a private memorial service for the diplomat they remembered as a boss, a source and a friend.More...

A Catholic School Meets a Challenge

When Eric Ostrow was hired last year to teach drama at Xavier High School in Manhattan, as a newcomer he chose two impeccably innocuous shows for student productions. The first was a comedy, “Epic Proportions,” and then came the musical “Grease,” with its script scrubbed of profanity and one character’s unwed pregnancy papered over in euphemisms.More...

Early Tests for Alzheimer’s Pose Diagnosis Dilemma

Marjie Popkin thought she had chemo brain, that fuzzy-headed forgetful state that she figured was a result of her treatment for ovarian cancer. She was not thinking clearly — having trouble with numbers, forgetting things she had just heard. More...