Japanese authorities will continue searching for a missing U.S. university professor on Wednesday, but they will reduce the size of search team, a police official said Tuesday
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Evaluating Souter: A Strange Judicial Trip, Leaning Left
David Souter came to the supreme court as a man who was expected to make conservatives happy. To put it mildly, it didn’t turn out that way.
U.S. Air Force joins search for prof missing on Japanese island
Japanese police and U.S. Air Force helicopters were searching Friday for an American university professor who disappeared on a tiny volcanic island in Japan.
Why Google Wants You To Google Yourself
The act of Googling oneself has become the digital age’s premiere guilty pleasure — an activity enjoyed by all and admitted by few. The phenomenon has even been the subject of scholarly research.
Microsoft Follows in the Footsteps of McDonald’s and Wal-Mart
Microsoft just released earnings that were mediocre but not any worse than was expected. It said that the balance of the calendar year would not be much better
FAA relents, will open database on airplane-bird collisions to public
After getting pelted by criticism from everyone from airline passengers to federal accident investigators, the Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday reversed course and said it will publicly reveal its records on bird strikes. The FAA said it will make its entire bird-strike database available on a public Web site on Friday, and is withdrawing a proposal to keep certain data confidential. The FAA had argued that protecting certain information, such as the names of airlines and airports involved in bird mishaps, would encourage airlines to participate in the voluntary reporting program
One aboard in ‘not survivable’ Florida crash, official says
A Fort Lauderdale official said that only one person was on a plane that slammed into a vacant house Friday, a crash called "not survivable" by a fire official. The two-engine Cessna crashed about 11:15 a.m. in a neighborhood not far from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, from which it took off, the city official said.
Despite Downturn, and Backlash, Illegal Immigrants Are Staying Put
Margarito has a decision to make: After more than a decade of living and working illegally in the U.S., is it time to go back home to Mexico? He and his wife lost their jobs recently .
Google improves Gmail for iPhone, Android
Google has released a new Web-based version of Gmail that gives iPhone and Android phone users a more sophisticated version of the online e-mail service, including access to messages that’s faster and that works even when offline. Google demonstrated the Web-based mobile version of Gmail last week and announced its availability Tuesday on the Google Mobile blog. “You’ll notice that it’s a lot faster when performing actions like opening an e-mail, navigating, or searching.
Nebraska family missing nearly two weeks
A search will continue Thursday in the Black Hills of South Dakota for a Nebraska family that has been missing since March 20.