UK LulzSec suspect charged with hacking in US

A British man suspected of being part of the Lulz Security hacking group has been formally charged in the US.US prosecutors accuse 20-year-old Ryan Cleary, who is in custody in the UK, of breaking into a number of websites, including that of the US X-Factor.The indictment claims that the hacks were...

Icann reveals new internet top-level domain name claims

The full list of submissions for new internet address endings has been published by the global organisation co-ordinating the expansion.Requests to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) include .porn, .ninja, and .ferrari.The BBC was among the applicants, applying for...

Egypt supreme court calls for parliament to be dissolved

Egypt's supreme court has caused outrage by calling for the dissolution of the lower house of parliament and for fresh elections.It has ruled last year's parliamentary election was unconstitutional, with one third of the seats "illegitimate".The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate in this weekend's presidential...

Australia to create world's largest marine reserve

Australia says it will create the world's largest network of marine parks ahead of the Rio+20 summit.The reserves will cover 3.1 million sq km of ocean, including the Coral Sea.Restrictions will be placed on fishing and oil and gas exploration in the protected zone covering more than a third of Australia's...

At Age 14, Making History in Making the Field

On Tuesday morning at the Olympic Club, the 14-year-old Andy Zhang joined a backup of golfers waiting to tee off on the par-3 third hole in a bottleneck that began rubbernecking.  Zhang, a native of China who lives in Florida, moved closer to study Y. E. Yang, whose victory over Tiger Woods at...

The Reward for Donating a Kidney: No Insurance

When Erika Royer’s lupus led to kidney failure four years ago, her father, Radburn, was able to give her an extraordinary gift: a kidney.Ms. Royer, now 31, regained her kidney function, no longer needs dialysis and has been able to return to work. But because of his donation,...

After Liposuction, Exercise Keeps the Fat Off

Liposuction, generally considered the most popular cosmetic surgical procedure in the United States and worldwide, involves suctioning out subcutaneous fat cells, those that accumulate just beneath the skin. But to gain lasting benefits, a new study suggests, people need to exercise. Otherwise...

After Rapes Involving Children, Skout, a Flirting App, Bans Minors

In the latest cautionary tale of the risks of using social networks to connect with strangers, three men have been accused of raping children they met using a mobile app designed for flirting between adults.Therapecharges startled managers of Skout, the social networking app, because they thought...

United, Continental airlines rank in bottom half on customer satisfaction survey

Satisfaction fell 2 index points to 681, out of 1,000, despite improvements in scores for low-cost carriers, which have showed higher scores that traditional carriers for the third consecutive year. "Passengers want it all, but they are not necessarily willing to pay for it all," Stuart Greif,...

US allows late goal in 1-1 tie at Guatemala in World Cup qualifying

Marco Pappa scored on a free kick in the 83rd minute, giving Guatemala a 1-1 tie with the United States in a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday night.Clint Dempsey put the United States ahead in the 40th minute, but Fabian Johnson pulled down Carlos Ruiz just outside the penalty area to set up the late...

$10,000 reward offered for information in rape, homicide cold cases

 Detectives have a serial rapist's DNA, which connects him to four rapes, a homicide and an attempted homicide since 1996, but they still don't know his name.The most recent rape occurred Dec. 8, 2010, when he attacked an 18-year-old woman near East 79th Street and Kinsman Road. She was raped at...

Airlines, ticket firms battle over booking system

A guaranteed aisle seat, special meals, access to the VIP lounge -- and tickets to a musical?Airlines want to raise new revenues by selling such extras alongside tickets and are locked in a battle with three companies that dominate the bookings industry over the introduction of a new global reservation...

U.S. nuns meet with Catholic officials in Rome over crackdown

The Vatican insisted after a high level meeting Tuesday that American nuns must faithfully promote age-old church teachings, after the women were accused by Rome of flouting core doctrine and taking an overly liberal "feminist" bent. Sister Pat Farrell and Sister Janet Mock, respectively president...