Nuclear plants remain one of the safest ways to make electricity, and Britain should not allow Japan's tsunami-provoked problems to delay its new build plans, UK scientists said on Tuesday.According to a report by Oxford University's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment (SSEE), Britain could save billions of pounds if it builds new reactors…

Thriller writer John Le Carre asked Wednesday that his name be withdrawn from the shortlist for the Man Booker International Prize, disappointing judges who said they admired his work.The best-selling spy novelist was among 13 authors in consideration for the 60,000 pound ($96,070) literary award, which for the first time included Chinese authors in Wang…

Charged with teaching a dozen 7-year-old little league players the finer points of baseball, David Jacobs and Steven Lerner decided to start with a simple warm-up. They explained that they would yell out the name of a base, and the kids would run to it. When they started with "second base," however, children scattered to…

BRASILIA (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will try to advance a rapidly improving relationship between Washington and Brasilia and find common ground on issues such as China's undervalued currency when he makes his first official visit to Brazil on Monday.After strains in recent years over trade disputes and Brazil's cozy relationship with Iran,…

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – As president of CNN Worldwide, Jim Walton oversees the news operation's television, online and mobile businesses around the world.A day after CNN's parent company Time Warner reported its latest earnings, Walton spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about the cable network's 2010 financials, the early performance of Piers Morgan Tonight and…

CINCINNATI – The Procter & Gamble Co. on Tuesday reorganized its business units and announced the departure of a veteran executive.The world's largest consumer products maker said Robert A. Steele, vice chairman for Global Health and Well-Being, will retire Sept. 1 after 35 years at P&G. Until then, Steele, 55, will serve as vice chairman…

BEIJING (AFP) – In stews, as pets or adorning shop windows, rabbits are ubiquitous as millions of Chinese mark the Lunar New Year, hoping for a more tranquil time ahead as the old Year of the Tiger roars its last.The nation's 1.3 billion inhabitants will welcome the Year of the Rabbit on the night of…

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The White House was warned late last year of potential unrest in Egypt, a top US intelligence official said Thursday, but a key lawmaker said the CIA is "lacking" in collecting and providing useful information.Stephanie O'Sullivan, nominated by President Barack Obama to the country's second-highest intelligence job, told the Senate Intelligence Committee…

NEW YORK – Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned in his "State of the City" address Wednesday that New York still faces deep budget problems and promised he would seek to cut pensions for government workers that he said were more generous than those found in the private sector.In his speech on Staten Island, Bloomberg said reforms…

MINNEAPOLIS – Kevin Love is putting up staggering numbers for the Minnesota Timberwolves.Rebounds — 15.7 per game, nearly 2 1/2 better than the next closest NBA player.Points — 21.6, putting him on track to become the first player since Moses Malone in 1982-83 to average at least 20 points and 15 rebounds per game.Three-point percentage…