The United States said Wednesday its bank bailouts had earned a profit, 30 months after the Treasury committed hundreds of billions of dollars to rescue financial institutions as the economy plunged into crisis.After enduring deep criticism over the use of taxpayer funds to rescue banks run aground by billionaire executives, the Treasury said bank repayments…

Traces of radioactive material from the endangered Japanese nuclear plant are being detected from coast to coast in the United States and in Iceland, but amounts continue to be far below levels that would cause health problems.The development of super-sensitive equipment to detect radiation is both a blessing and a curse, allowing scientists to monitor…

World powers meeting in London on Tuesday should give Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi a chance to go into exile, with African nations or even Venezuela the most likely destinations, analysts said.The 35 nations gathered in the British capital are reportedly considering the possibility of offering an exit plan to Kadhafi to avoid the spectre of…

benefits include precision wire cutting and cost control Hartselle, AL (PRWEB) March 28, 2011 Cerro Wire LLC, a leading manufacturer of copper electrical building wire and cable, announces a new video that features Cerro Wire’s True Sequential Footage™, a sequentially printed cable reel that provides accurate wire length with each cut. The video can be…

Benin's constitutional court on Wednesday rejected opposition appeals over the results of this month's disputed presidential vote and declared incumbent Boni Yayi re-elected.In its decision, the court said it had rejected all appeals filed over the results showing Yayi won with 53 percent and "proclaims Mr. Boni Yayi definitively elected president of the republic.""The constitutional…

Searches conducted on Microsoft's Bing increased 21 percent in January, though Google and Yahoo held on to the top spots in terms of search engine share, according to Tuesday data from Experian Hitwise.Bing captured 12.81 percent of the market, up from 10.6 percent in December, Hitwise said. Google, meanwhile, had 67.95 percent, down about 2…

Maybe now Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will finally heed the many detractors who assail the social media empire'sof user privacy. Zuckerberg seems to have acquired his very own cyber-stalker on Facebook.In a cryptic, Dec. 22, 2010, Facebook message sent at 3:45 a.m. to Zuckerberg, a 31-year-old man named Pradeep Manukonda wrote, "Please Mark ... time…

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – The organizers of the Golden Globes are blasting back at their former publicist, charging that his lawsuit filed three days before last month's telecast was part of a campaign to "ridicule" the group.The Hollywood Foreign Press Association filed a countersuit Monday against the Michael Russell Group, alleging that Russell, his…

LONDON (Reuters) – The U.N.'s maritime agency called for a new drive against piracy Thursday as officials and ship-owners voiced fears that the growing scourge of Somali pirates was outpacing international efforts to deal with them.The International Maritime Organization's (IMO) action plan, which calls for closer international coordination of military and civilian efforts against piracy,…

GREEN BAY, Wis. – They came with their beads, brats and beer. They came with their jerseys, their capes and, of course, their cheese heads.The Green Bay Packers faithful rejoiced Sunday afternoon, jamming this tiny city's bars and braving freezing temperatures to tailgate in front of a deserted Lambeau Field and celebrate their beloved team…