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Father kills son over not wanting to watch football Anwar S. Richardson | Shutdown Corner, Yahoo!7 October 16, 2013, 3:35 pm A father in Morgan County, Indiana, fatally shot his teenage son this past Sunday after a dispute over when to stop watching football, police told IndyStar.com...

Youth now majority of drug abusers in China Xinhua | 2013-10-16 17:14:10 By Agencies Young people below the age of 25 now make up the majority of drug abusers in China, an official with the country's Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) said on Wednesday. Li Guoqing, an official with the...

Best man status lost after accidental sex with bride Staff reporter, The West Australian October 16, 2013, 9:33 am A groomsman has been acquitted of rape after a Chinese court ruled he accidentally raped his friend's newly wed bride. The blushing bride, whose surname was Huang, was found by a...

Search for Philippine quake survivors as death toll hits 142 AFP October 16, 2013, 8:54 pm Loon (Philippines) (AFP) - Rescue workers struggled Wednesday to reach isolated communities on a popular Philippine tourist island that was devastated by a huge earthquake, as aftershocks tormented...

SA man jailed for sexual advance murder AAP Margaret Scheikowski - October 3, 2013, 4:12 pm <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bxBFXwvDR7o?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"></iframe> A man who repeatedly punched, kicked and stabbed a guest who offered him...

Hornet attack death toll in China reaches 41 Staff reporters and AP, The West Australian October 3, 2013, 10:36 am The death toll from a rare spate of hornet attacks in central China has reached 41 people, local authorities said. The Shaanxi Provincial Government said in a statement that...

Qld superyacht explodes, 16 abandon ship AAP By Cleo Fraser - October 3, 2013, 6:50 pm <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/65Vo81ETCMo?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"></iframe> Sixteen people were rescued from a superyacht which caught fire and sank off far...

FBI shuts alleged online drug marketplace Silk Road Phone banks dedicated to the Federal Bureau of Investigation are shown during a tour of the Multi-Agency Communications Center (MACC) at an undisclosed location in the Chicago suburbs May 17, 2012. REUTERS/Frank Polich By Emily Flitter NEW...

Published on Oct 2, 2013 <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/44945kT9YM0?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"></iframe> British Transport Police have released footage of the scary moment when a cyclist ignored the barriers at a rail crossing and narrowly missed...

IAPA fingers the Venezuelan Gov't for silencing independent voices The chairman of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), Claudio Paolillo, denounced this "crafty and hardly creative manner of silencing the independent and critical...

Madman stabs 5, including tot By Kirstan Conley, Kevin Sheehan and Jamie Schram October 1, 2013 | 9:12am Investigators examine the scissors used in the bizarre attack (left), as the toddler stabbed in his stroller is returned home from the hospital Tuesday. Photo: Stefan Jeremiah / Robert...

Top shareholders back Alibaba's controversial corporate structure Reuters September 27, 2013, 5:17 pm A woman walks past an Alibaba advertisement on a wall in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province September 26, 2013. REUTERS/Chance Chan (Reuters) - Alibaba Group's biggest shareholders have backed a...

China to open up services, test freer yuan in Shanghai trade zone Reuters September 27, 2013, 5:32 pm A woman rides a bicycle next to a welcoming sign of the newly announced Shanghai Free Trade Zone, in Shanghai September 25, 2013. REUTERS/Carlos Barria BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China...

Ex-bosses cleared in Japan's worst train crash in half century AFP September 27, 2013, 5:31 pm Tokyo (AFP) - Three former presidents of one of Japan's biggest rail operators were Friday cleared of responsibility for a 2005 train crash that killed more than 100 people in the nation's worst...

Fears over Malaysian detention-without-trial plan Similar tough security measures in the past have been used on political opponents Wednesday, 25 September, 2013 [Updated: 10:52PM] Reuters in Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. Photo: AP Malaysia's government proposed an...

Thai provinces hit by floods, authorities say industry safe A resident walks outside a flooded shop at Srimahaphot district in Prachin Buri province, east of Bangkok September 24, 2013. REUTERS-Chaiwat Subprasom By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK | Wed Sep 25, 2013 4:27am EDT (Reuters) - Nine...

Cambodia frees men seen as scapegoats in murder of union leader Born Samnang (2nd L) and Sok Sam Oeun (2nd R) are escorted by police officers at the Supreme Court in central Phnom Penh September 25, 2013. REUTERS-Samrang Pring By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH | Wed Sep 25, 2013 6:46am EDT...

Suu Kyi urges Myanmar diaspora in Singapore to return home AFP September 22, 2013, 11:36 pm SINGAPORE (AFP) - Thousands of Myanmar nationals living in Singapore gave Aung San Suu Kyi an emotional welcome Sunday as the democracy icon urged them to consider coming home to help rebuild the...

Japan's gaming market is a world apart AFP Updated September 22, 2013, 4:52 pm CHIBA, Japan (AFP) - The latest version of blockbuster videogame Grand Theft Auto may have stoked a worldwide buying frenzy, but the ultra-violent offering is likely to be a minnow in Japan's vast gaming market...

Pakistan church suicide bombing kills 25: officials Published September 22, 2013 AFP PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – A twin suicide attack outside a church killed at least 25 people and wounded 46 others in the restive northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Sunday, officials said. "At least...