US committed to strong relationship with Pakistan: Ambassador

LAHORE:  American Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson reiterated on Tuesday the United States’ commitment to a strong bilateral relationship with Pakistan based on mutual respects and interests during his meeting on Tuesday with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif. Olson met with Nawaz in Lahore and congratulated...

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In scandal-plagued Washington, lawmaker struggles to keep track of issues

With the rumbling of so much scandal ripping through Washington this week—woeful stories aboutBenghazi, the DOJ subpoena of journalists' phone records and the IRS unfairly targeting conservative groups—it's hard to keep track of all the terrible. Even lawmakers sometimes struggle At Rep. Steny Hoyer's weekly meeting with reporters...

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Firefighters rescue cop rescuing a cat

Firefighters in New York City received an usual request: Rescue a cop stuck in a tree who'd been trying to rescue a cat. According to a hilarious account in the New York Post, New York’s finest spent about 30 minutes to right a rescue gone embarrassingly wrong. First, the New York Police Department responded to 911 phone calls from local...

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Are you feeling lucky?

If you’ve ever fantasized about quitting Facebook once and for all, but can’t quite pull the trigger, Kyle McDonald has a solution for you — sort of.  Social Roulette, which he created with a couple of collaborators, bills itself as a game: Sign in with your Facebook credentials, and it has a once in six chance of...

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Skylab Legacy: Space Station Astronauts Reflect on 40 Years of Life Off Earth

Before the International Space Station existed, before U.S. astronauts shared space on Russia's space station Mir, America's first home in Earth orbit was Skylab.  The converted upper stage of a massive Saturn V moon rocket, Skylab was launched 40 years agotoday (May 14). The orbital workshop gave NASA its first experience at establishing...

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Stocks rise further as optimism prevails

LONDON (AP) — Stocks pushed higher Tuesday as investors remained optimistic that economic growth is picking up, but not so much that the U.S. Federal Reserve will start to wind down its stimulus program imminently. Over the past few weeks, investors have been picked up by a wave of optimism over a range of issues — including the prospects...

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Bangladesh honors the dead from building collapse

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory buildingto offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people who died in the structure's collapse last month, the worst tragedy in the history of the global garment industry. The Islamic prayer service was held a day after...

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Hoarding disorder gets spotlight in DSM-5

Regular viewers of hoarding reality shows are used to being stunned by someone's clutter. But behind the sensationalistic stories of rooms buried in trash, kitchens filled with rotting food, and yards overrun by goats are people suffering from a serious mental illness –hoarding–that for many years was misdiagnosed. The upcoming fifth version...

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Britain's PM Cameron visits Boston bombing site, pays tribute

BOSTON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron paid tribute to the victims of the Boston marathon bombing on Tuesday in a visit to the site of the attack, saying Britain stood shoulder to shoulder with the United States against terrorism. On the second day of a three-day trip to the United States, Cameronvisited...

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RNC chief: Obama must fire Attorney General Holder

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus pressed President Barack Obama on Tuesday to fire Attorney General Eric Holder. Priebus argued that the Justice Department had violated the First Amendment by scooping up phone records of Associate Press reporters and editors. “Attorney General Eric Holder, in permitting the Justice Department...

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Analysis: Controversies give Obama new governing headaches

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama learned on Monday what can happen to presidents caught up in allegations of scandal: they have to address them instead of anything else. It happened when the president had to interrupt his news conference with Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain to answer questions about the widening investigation...

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Analysis: Syria's savagery will thwart reconciliation

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian soldiers slowly stab a man to death, puncturing his back dozens of times. A rebel commander bites an organ ripped out of an enemy combatant. A young boy hacks the head off a prisoner. A soldier mutilates the genitals of a corpse. These are the images of Syrian conflict, the first war in which the prevalence of...

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