The SSTL's NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites, which were built under contract with the Nigerian National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), will give Nigeria the ability to perform monthly crop monitoring, help with increasing urban planning demands through the development of engineering skill, and advance the growth of new technologies in the African country.
A part of Interstate 580 was shut down on Wednesday morning as police negotiated with a gunman who had barricaded himself in a motel after firing a shot at the highway, according to the authorities.
News Corp. stock rose 1.4 percent on Tuesday even as the British Parliament released documents indicating that company executives may have been aware of phone hacking practices at the News of the World
A New Mexico man who witnessed a little girl's abduction pursued her kidnapper in a high-speed car chase.
Driver rescued by Fire Department
Tampa high school principal Chris Farkas said Wednesday that threats are common among large schools but most aren't credible. According to the San Francisco Examiner, Farkas said that "fear set in" after an expelled student was arrested for devising a plan to blow up Freedom High School.
The United States has already tied its full-year record for storm damage -- with more than $35 billion in damage from tornadoes, floods and heat waves -- the National Weather Service said, and there are still 4 1/2 months left in 2011, including hurricane season.
As Britain's Prince William and Kate celebrated their honeymoon in the archipelago in May, the Seychelles have become one of the most sought tourist attractions and honeymoon locations. The high-end beautiful archipelago popular for honeymooners witnessed a tragedy Wednesday after a shark mauled a British man as his newly-wed wife watched in horror.
The 33-year-old Brooklyn native was reportedly shot once before his body was burned by his assailants.
Tampa police arrested an expelled student who they suspected was preparing to carry out a catastrophic attack on a Tampa High School after bomb-making materials were found in his home.
According to a new analysis of lunar rocks, the Moon may turn out to be 4.36 billion years old, up to 200 million years younger than previously thought.
Wholesale gasoline differentials jumped 9 cents on Wednesday after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a 1.78-million-barrel draw last week on West Coast gasoline stocks, traders said.
International researchers have found five gene variant linked to deadly prostate cancer that could lead to better diagnosis and eventually treatment.
Flash mobs are increasing -- and becoming increasingly dangerous and frightening. Why is this phenomenon happening, and how can it be stopped?
Tampa law enforcement officials took a 17-year-old male into custody after they discovered that the boy was planning an attack on a local high school, Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor said Wednesday. Police said that they found explosive materials and a manifesto outlining a minute-by-minute attack on Freedom High School in the teenager's room.
Swedish government paused the licensed hunting of wolves this winter, as a response to the EU Commission's criticism against the licensed wolf hunt.
Cindy and George Anthony, the parents of the woman accused and subsequently acquitted of murdering her two-year-old daughter using duct tape and chloroform, have agreed to tell their story on the Dr. Phil show. It is unclear what will be discussed and what incriminating facts, if any, will emerge.
Is a film called "The Female Orgasm Explained" appropriate for a settle as public as an airplane?
New research indicates that Arctic sea ice may temporarily stabilize or expand over the next few decades after its rapid retreat that saw a historical peak in July. Arctic ice has been declining since the start of satellite monitoring in 1979, and half of the trend is attributed to human activity, the study also revealed.
A giant South American capybara rodent weighing at least 100 pounds has been spotted at a California waste-water treatment facility, but has since disappeared in the brush, a wildlife official said on Tuesday, adding that it is apparently an escaped pet.
Wednesday, Google Doogle celebrates Pierre de Fermat's 410th birthday, with his Last Theorem represented by:xn + yn ? znThe formula is written on a blackboard on the Google main page, over a barely readable "Google" overwritten by this "remarkable" proof by the French mathematician and lawyer.
Emily Spickler, a 19-year-old American student and a part-time model, was found dead in her dorm at the University of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba, police officials said.
In a bizarre incident, a teenager claimed to be a 500-year-old vampire and said he had a "need-to-feed" on blood.
Making heads turn once again are the sensational, ravishing "angels" from Victoria's Secret with the new Showstopper campaign promoting a range of designer bras.
Authorities in Missouri believe they have found the remains of Breeann Rodriguez, the 3-year-old girl who went missing on Aug. 6.
Walking above the ground or mid-air on a rope or wire is not so uncommon a sight. But slacklining is an exclusive mid-air adventure that involves a practice of walking on stretchable nylon rope.
The suspicious death of the 12-year-old New Hampshire girl Celina Cass remains a mystery to the investigators as they haven't been able to follow a potential lead in finding out what exactly happened to her on the night she went missing
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has announced a possible first-ever cosmic detection of flat carbon flakes called graphene in two small galaxies outside the solar system. Upon confirmation, researchers believe that it might hold vital clues on how life developed on Earth.
It's time to get ready for another interplanetary object encounter as NASA has confirmed that a very dark, nearly globular asteroid will pass between Earth and the moon later this year.
A Tulsa, Oklahoma man who perched on a TV tower 100 feet from the ground since last Thursday finally came down after a six-day standoff. He was then put on a stretcher and rushed to a hospital in an ambulance, reported Tulsa World.
