Rebels advanced west toward the birthplace of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Monday, firing mortars and heavy machineguns in sporadic clashes with loyalist forces.Emboldened by Western-led air strikes against Gaddafi's troops, rebels took the town of Nawfaliyah and moved toward Sirte, Gaddafi's home town and an important military base, in the sixth week of an…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Small photographs, crosses and assorted knick-knacks adorn the grassy site of one of the nation's worst nightclub fires, a makeshift memorial whose modesty belies the enormity of a disaster that killed 100 people eight years ago Sunday.Survivors of The Station nightclub fire and relatives of those killed have marked each anniversary with…

QUITO (AFP) – A court in Ecuador ordered US oil giant Chevron to pay an estimated $8 billion for causing environmental damage in the Amazon region, in a ruling that both sides plan to challenge.Chevron blasted the decision as a "product of fraud," while lawyers representing the Ecuadoran Amazon communities that filed the decades-old lawsuit…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – After posting a $17.4 billion profit for 2010, JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) awarded Chief Executive Jamie Dimon restricted stock and options that could be worth $17 million.The award is a large part of overall compensation for Dimon, who runs the second-largest U.S. bank by assets.It includes a grant of about…

NEW YORK – Tighter inventory controls, a lower credit card delinquencies and a holiday rebound in full-price sales helped upscale department store chain Nordstrom Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit rise 35 percent, the company said Thursday.The retailer also announced it is buying flash-sale website HauteLook for $180 million in stock, a testament to the changing buying habits…

Egypt has long been one of America's strongest allies in the Middle East, but with popular protests on the verge of driving President Hosni Mubarak from office, Egypt's future relationship with the United States is in doubt. What is the current state of affairs in Egypt politically and who are the key players? David Patel,…

On the eve of Cinese New Year Web-site H.ua put on sale the shortest e-mails in the world. For 950$ one can buy 8@h.ua, c@h.ua, h@h.ua or any other one-letter e-mail address and enjoy having the shortest possible e-mail in the world. (PRWEB) February 4, 2011 On the eve of Chinese New YearWeb-site put on…

Mark Kelly, the astronaut husband of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), is weighing the tough decision of whether to command his planned April space shuttle mission, or step down to remain by his wife's side.Giffords is recovering from a bullet wound to the head she received when a man opened fire at a constituent meeting she…

Microsoft recently announced a new feature that lets you create and maintain multiple phonyfrom your main .The new alias service lets you create up to five different e-mail addresses per year that point directly to your primary Hotmail account. Microsoft says you can keep up to 15 aliases on one account even though you can…

NEW YORK – Stocks swung between small gains and losses on Friday after a report said the unemployment rate fell last month but that new jobs remain scarce. The government said the unemployment rate in January dropped to 9 percent, the lowest rate since April 2009 and a sharp fall from 9.4 percent in December.…