Drone Crashes into Crowd in Virginia Injuring Five People 27 Aug 2013 | 10:11 pm

Syria crisis: Russia and China step up warning over strike 27 Aug 2013 | 09:56 pm

Russia and China have stepped up their warnings against military intervention in Syria, with Moscow saying any such action would have "catastrophic consequences" for the region. The US and its allies...

Netanyahu warns Israel will respond 'fiercely' if it sees any attempt of a Syrian att 27 Aug 2013 | 09:53 pm

Netanyahu warns Israel will respond 'fiercely' if it sees any attempt of a Syrian attack With the US poised for military action against Syria, and amid concern Damascus may respond by lashing out at ...

AP source: US-Russia meeting on Syria postponed 27 Aug 2013 | 07:23 am

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it is postponing a meeting with Russian diplomats on Syria this week. The meeting at The Hague was about setting up an international conference to find a p...

Obama orders release of report justifying Syria strike 27 Aug 2013 | 06:26 am

(CBS News) President Barack Obama called his national security team together Saturday to talk about the next move in Syria. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper led off the three-hour White...

NASA set to test laser-based space communication system 27 Aug 2013 | 04:57 am

How do you improve bandwidth in the far reaches of outer space? Use lasers. NASA is preparing to test a new, laser-based communications system that will link up satellites in space with base stations ...

Syria's Assad says U.S. military will fail 27 Aug 2013 | 04:29 am

(Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned Washington in an interview published on Monday in Russia that any U.S. military intervention in Syria would fail and denied that his forces had used...

President Obama: Don't Strike Syria Without Congressional Approval 27 Aug 2013 | 04:19 am

On Sunday, Republican Sen. Bob Corker and Rep. Eliot Engel - a Democrat who voted for the Iraq war - told Fox News that President Obama should strike Syria first and get Congressional approval afterwa...

U.N. warns U.S. against illegal spying on diplomats 27 Aug 2013 | 03:57 am

United Nations officials on Monday reacted to the latest leaks about U.S. National Security Agency spying with a reminder to the Obama administration of its legal obligation to respect the “inviolabil...

The Kayak and the whale, aka the most holy sh!t moment ever 27 Aug 2013 | 03:30 am

In a pulse-pounding moment last week, a 40-foot, 80,000-pound humpback whale surfaced high in the air aside a stunned ocean kayaker in Monterey Bay, took a look and then swam on its way with another w...