MANILA, Philippines – Suspected Abu Sayyaf extremists have detonated a pipe bomb that killed a soldier and wounded eight others in an attack that was followed by a brief gun battle in a far-flung town in the southern Philippines. An army infantry battalion commander, Lt. Col. Cristobal Paolo Perez, says …

KIEV, Ukraine – Prosecutors in Ukraine’s capital say they have detained two people suspected of murdering a journalist known for his pro-Russian views. The Kiev prosecutor’s office said Thursday that the suspects are in their mid-20s and are residents of the city, but gave no further details. Oles Buzina, a …

As an investigation by the London School of Economics continues into a blog posting by one of its lecturers who questioned why black women are “less physically attractive” than other women, a growing number of critics are calling for his ouster. In a blog posting Sunday that was removed from …

One of the nation’s most prominent Christian ministries has decided to take Christ out of its name – a move that has generated cries of political correctness from within the evangelical community. Campus Crusade for Christ International announced this week that it will change the name of its U.S. Operations …

Fifty years ago, on May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy told a joint session of Congress that “this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.” His vision became NASA’s …

Two seismic events — one natural, the other manmade — occurred not far from a West Virginia coal mine just days before a suspected methane explosion left 25 miners dead and four missing. An earthquake registering magnitude 3.4 occurred early Sunday morning about 100 miles northeast of Montcoal, W. Va., …

Jetpacks are so last year. The real vehicles of the future are robotic jetpacks. And the future has arrived. The Martin Aircraft Company, makers of the world’s only commercial jetpack, has built an unmanned version of the device that can be launched from the back of a pickup truck, ferry …

It wasn’t quite as scandalous as Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show, but a weary nation was exposed to yet another bare nipple on last night’s live broadcast of “American Idol.” Last week, judge Steven Tyler took some heat from fellow judge Jennifer Lopez after …

“The Hunger Games” wasn’t the only film to hit box office paydirt this past weekend. Although it only opened in 390 theaters, the anti-abortion drama “October Baby,” starring John Schneider,earned the second-highest-per-screen average, bringing in almost $2 million in ticket sales. “I was shattered when I first learned about the …

The following two scenes speak volumes about where the 2012 presidential race currently stands. Picture first the White House basking in the glow of Friday’s jobs report that the unemployment rate has fallen form 8.5% to 8.3% while total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 243,000 in January – well ahead …