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Herder in China Trips on Fabulous Gold Find

Feb 06, 2015 12:33 AM EST

When people say big things come in small packages, that is not necessarily true for a lowly herder in China's far west who had no idea that his fortunes would change overnight when he struck gold - quite literally.

Islamic State Killed 3 Chinese Fighters: China Tabloid

Raymond Legaspi |

Feb 05, 2015 02:34 PM EST

Three Chinese nationals who were accused of being traitors to Islamic State in Iraq and Syria had been executed, an official tabloid paper of China's Communist Party reported on Thursday.

Forget About Mouse, Keyboard: Piano a Hint to Input Device of the Future

Raymond Legaspi |

Feb 05, 2015 02:33 PM EST

It may look like a regular piano, but the Seaboard Grand is so much more, offering a big clue to what hi-tech user interface devices of the future may look like.

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Xi Jinping

Of ‘Lice’ and ‘Petloleum’: Argentina’s President ‘Solly’ for Mocking Chinese Accent

Raymond Legaspi |

Feb 05, 2015 12:55 AM EST

Argentinian President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has learned the hard way that making fun of the accent of her host, China, does not sit well with her countrymen especially when she is seeking billions of dollars in aid from her host.

Houston Pastor, Wife and Toddler ‘Beaten’ to Death

Houston Pastor, Wife and Boy ‘Beaten’ to Death

Raymond Legaspi |

Feb 04, 2015 04:12 AM EST

Houston police are looking for the killer of a whole family -- an Episcopal pastor, his wife and their young child -- who were found apparently beaten to death in their apartment on Monday.

At Least 11 Dead After Taiwan TransAsia Flight Crashed Into River

Raymond Legaspi |

Feb 04, 2015 04:02 AM EST

A TransAsia Airways plane hit a bridge and dived into a river near the capital Taipei in Taiwan, leaving at least 11 people confirmed dead and 19 missing.

Sequel to Harper Lee Classic ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Out in July

Raymond Legaspi |

Feb 03, 2015 08:57 PM EST

The American classic novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" has a sequel after all, which will be sold in bookstores more than six decades after it was written.

U.S. ‘Tricked’ Into Aiding China Through 100-Year Con: Author

Raymond Legaspi |

Feb 03, 2015 08:49 PM EST

China has been carrying out a clandestine century-long ploy to fly under the radar while receiving aid in the form of funds, know-how and technology from the United States, claimed a China expert in a recently released book.

China Scrambles to Erase Reports About New Aircraft Carrier

Raymond Legaspi |

Feb 03, 2015 08:23 PM EST

Work on China's second aircraft carrier is underway, apparently a secret that ended up appearing on social networks and a newspaper, which officials did a poor job of covering up.

'Selfies' Likely Caused Denver Plane Crash: NTSB

‘Selfies’ Likely Led to Fatal Jet Crash Near Denver: Investigators

Raymond Legaspi |

Feb 03, 2015 08:08 PM EST

The pilot of a two-seater Cessna-150 that crashed near Denver in May last year found out too late that taking self-photographs, popularly known as "selfies," could be a deadly distraction, federal crash investigators said in a recent report.

Angry Jordan Loses No Time Executing Bomber, Jihadists on Death Row

Raymond Legaspi |

Feb 03, 2015 07:43 PM EST

Jordan plans to execute on Wednesday an Iraqi woman linked to bomb attacks and other jihadists sentenced to death, following a posted Islamic State video showing a Jordanian pilot burned alive.

Jordanian Pilot Appears to Be Burned Alive in Islamic State Video

Raymond Legaspi |

Feb 03, 2015 07:41 PM EST

Islamic State militants posted a video on Tuesday in which a captured Jordanian pilot was apparently burned alive.

Men Hack Llama to Pieces in North Carolina for ‘Fun’

Raymond Legaspi |

Feb 03, 2015 09:10 AM EST

Three men chopped to pieces for their amusement a llama that was keeping an eye on a herd of alpacas at a Monroe farm in North Carolina, authorities said on Tuesday.

Minority Speaker Tells Israel PM: Talk About Iran on TV, Not Before U.S. Congress

Raymond Legaspi |

Feb 03, 2015 12:39 AM EST

Democrats in the U.S. Senate and House hint they may boycott Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned speech on March 3 after advising him to cancel it.

FAA probes JetBlue, 'Joyriding' Plane Near Collision

U.S. Aviation Agency Probes Near Collision of JetBlue and ‘Joyriding’ Plane

Raymond Legaspi |

Feb 03, 2015 12:06 AM EST

U.S. aviation regulators are officially investigating the narrow mid-air miss between a JetBlue Airbus 320 bound for New York state and a small aircraft which is reported to be "joyriding" in civil airspace.