SHUTDOWN IMPACT: DEFENSE WORKERS RETURN TO WORK
Protestors hold signs during a during an event with the Democratic Progressive Caucus and furloughed federal employees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, as the budget battle…
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TWITTER DISHES TANTALIZING TIDBITS IN IPO TREATISE
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE FILE – In this Feb. 2, 2013, file photo, a smartphone display shows the Twitter logo in Berlin, Germany, Twitter unsealed the documents Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013,…
CUBAN, GOV’T LAWYER SPAR AT INSIDER-TRADING TRIAL
By DAVID KOENIG Dallas Mavericks NBA basketball team owner and business man Mark Cuban stops to chat as he walks out of the federal courthouse during a break in testimony…
OVERFLOWING TANK CA– USE OF NEW LEAK AT FUKUSHIMA
By MARI YAMAGUCHI This aerial photo shows the storage tank, fifth from left at left plot, which workers detected the water dripping from the top, at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear…
WAVE OF JELLYFISH SHUTS DOWN SWEDISH NUKE REACTOR
By GARY PEACH FILE – In this May 22, 2008 file photo, an exterior view of the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in Oskarshamn, southeastern Sweden. Officials at OKG, which runs…
NEW COMMERCIAL SUPPLY SHIP REACHES SPACE STATION
By MARCIA DUNN This framegrabbed image provided by NASA-TV shows the Cygnus spacecraft at the 30 meter hold point from the International Space Station Sunday Sept. 29, 2013 as both…
MICROSOFT UNVEILS NEW SURFACE AT NYC EVENT
By ANICK JESDANUN The Surface logo is illuminated on a stage prior to the introduction Microsoft’s new Surface tablet computer, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013 in New York. Microsoft is introducing…
VENEZUELA’S PRESIDENT IN CHINA, SIGNS AGREEMENTS
BEIJING (AP) — China and Venezuela signed several agreements Sunday during a visit by the Venezuelan president that is meant to strengthen economic ties between the South American nation and…