Prince Harry: I killed Taliban

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Obama looks to past to set course for future

News Analysis President Obama is a student of history - it was no coincidence that he formally announced his run to become the first African-American president back in 2007 at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, where Abraham Lincoln delivered his "house divided" speech in 1858 - and his inaugural address today drew an unmistakable line between the nation's past and its prospects for...

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Inauguration: 7.5 Things You Should Have Seen

A presidential inauguration is a big, long event that lasts all day and into the night–and who has time to really watch it? People have jobs, ones that don’t let you off for a federal holiday.Everyone (or, at least, some) will be talking about it, which means potential embarrassment for anyone who doesn’t know what happened. Thankfully, ABC employs  news professionals stationed in Washington,...

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Wind power delivers too much to ignore

Although aesthetic concerns need to be heard, qualms about wind's reliability are wide of the mark, argues energy policy researcher Reg Platt THE location of the British Isles at Europe's wild and windy western fringe does not always seem like a blessing. But in one important respect it is: the UK has the greatest...

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Thai deputy PM dies of suspected heart problem

BANGKOK: Thai deputy prime minister and minister of tourism and sports Chumpol Silpa-archa, aged 72, died on Monday of a suspected heart problem, his party said.Chumpol, the leader of the Chart Thai Pattana Party -- a member of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's ruling coalition -- was admitted to hospital with breathing problems on December 17."We received news that he passed away this...

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Midwest faces frostbite threat

By Ben Brumfield, CNNupdated 3:57 AM EST, Mon January 21, 2013STORY HIGHLIGHTSFrostbite can occur in as little as 10 minutes in extreme wind chill, the CDC warnsMonday's highs in North Dakota and Minnesota will stay below zeroExtreme cold is dangerous to people with heart conditions(CNN) -- Frigid temperatures in Minnesota and North Dakota this week will have residents thinking they've been living...

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Obamas Share the Love, Even for Michelle's Bangs

Jan 20, 2013 10:49pm (Charles Dharapak/AP Photo)President Obama used the first public remarks of his second term to address what he called the “most significant” event of this weekend: his wife’s much-talked-about new haircut.“I love her bangs,” Obama told supporters at an inaugural reception at the National Building Museum. “She looks good. She always looks good.”First...

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Earth may be crashing through dark matter walls

Earth is constantly crashing through huge walls of dark matter, and we already have the tools to detect them. That's the conclusion of physicists who say the universe may be filled with a patchwork quilt of force fields created shortly after the big bang. ...

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Malaysian prime minister to make rare visit to Gaza

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will visit Gaza this week, an official said Sunday, in what would be a rare visit by a foreign leader to the impoverished Palestinian territory.Najib will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Anifah Aman and other officials on the one-day visit on Tuesday, an aide to the prime minister told AFP on condition of anonymity.The aide declined...

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5 hurt in 3 gun show shootings

An injured person is taken from the North Carolina State Fairgrounds after being wounded in a gun accident on Saturday.STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: A man shoots business partner with a gun he bought at an Ohio show, police say A shotgun goes off as its owner unfastens its case at a N.C. gun show, wounding 31 man shoots himself with his semi-automatic in Indiana, police sayAll three shootings are deemed accidental...

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