VARA BLANCA, Costa Rica (Reuters) - Rescue helicopters ferried stranded tourists on Friday from a picturesque volcanic area in Costa Rica where a strong earthquake killed around 14 people. more
Fri Jan 09 08:09pm CST
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel pressed on with a punishing Gaza offensive and Hamas sent more rocket salvoes into southern Israeli towns in a two-week-old war that continued to defy international efforts to stop it. more
Fri Jan 09 07:01pm CST
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates freed a Saudi supertanker seized in the world's biggest ship hijacking for a $3 million ransom on Friday, an associate of the gang said. more
Fri Jan 09 03:44pm CST
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Friday it has paused offering downloads of the public test version of its new version of Windows due to "high demand." more
Fri Jan 09 07:54pm CST
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Green is in like never before at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, with 3,000 square feet of dedicated floor space and companies touting the energy-saving, earth-friendly attributes of their gadgets. more
Fri Jan 09 07:30pm CST
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Dell Inc, the world's second-largest maker of personal computers, on Friday introduced a 10-inch netbook and gave a very brief, sneak peek of its new ultra-thin laptop PC. more
Fri Jan 09 05:18pm CST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Dexter" star Michael C. Hall has married co-star Jennifer Carpenter, who plays his sister on the television show, the actor's representative said on Friday. more
Fri Jan 09 06:27pm CST
LONDON (Reuters) - The first official sequel to the original Winnie-the-Pooh books will appear in October, its publishers said on Saturday, more than 80 years after the honey-loving bear first appeared in print. more
Fri Jan 09 06:32pm CST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - William Zantzinger, a Maryland man who became the subject of 1964 Bob Dylan song "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, has died at age 69. more
Fri Jan 09 05:23pm CST