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To Lift Hong Kong Park, Disney Deploys Iron Man

To Lift Hong Kong Park, Disney Deploys Iron Man


To Lift Hong Kong Park, Disney Deploys Iron Man

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 09:12 PM PDT

An Iron Man-themed thrill ride, photo pavilion and shopping area will open at Hong Kong Disneyland in late 2016.
    






Gates’s Future Fuels Speculation as Microsoft Seeks New Chief

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 08:26 PM PDT

As Microsoft prepares to name a new chief executive and plot a course out of its funk, the role of Bill Gates has been a source of wide fascination.
    






Uighurs in China Say Bias Is Growing

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 06:22 PM PDT

The Uighurs, a Muslim people who make up the largest ethnic group in the Xinjiang region, complain of barriers to employment and the free exercise of religion.
    

Senate Leaders Mull Raising Debt Ceiling in Challenge to House

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 06:14 PM PDT

The first Senate vote on raising the debt ceiling could come as early as Friday, but there have been no bipartisan meetings on ending the partial government shutdown.
    

Egyptian Attacks Are Escalating Amid Stalemate

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 06:00 PM PDT

The lethal conflict between Egypt's military-backed government and its Islamist opponents grew on Monday, with an expansion of attacks against government targets.
    






Damien Hirst’s Anatomical Sculptures Have Their Debut

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 04:42 PM PDT

In an unusually provocative move, the young sheikha who runs Qatar's museums authority has unveiled 14 giant sculptures by Damien Hirst, charting an infant's development in the womb.
    

By Degrees: How to Slice a Global Carbon Pie?

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 03:17 PM PDT

A U.N. panel makes its suggestions more palatable by setting out a range of scenarios of when earth may surpass the 3.6 degree rise in temperature seen as a yardstick.
    






Tiny Particle Looms Large on Eve of Top Physics Prize

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 02:40 PM PDT

Many expected that Peter Higgs, 84, whose name is attached to a landmark discovery, will be awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics, but there are other strong candidates.
    






How the U.S. Is Interrogating a Qaeda Suspect

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 01:36 PM PDT

A captured leader of Al Qaeda, Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, is reportedly being questioned by American intelligence specialists on a Navy ship in the Mediterranean Sea.
    






Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Influential Spiritual Leader in Israel, Dies at 93

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 01:03 PM PDT

Rabbi Yosef was a fiery figure in Israeli politics who, as the leader of the Shas Party, fought for the interests of Jews of North African and Middle East origin. He was 93.
    






Default Threat Generates Fear Around Globe

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 12:52 PM PDT

Five years after a financial crisis in the United States helped spread a deep global recession, much of the world again fears collateral damage.
    






ScienceTake: Energy-Saving Secret of Jellyfish

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 12:00 PM PDT

A jellyfish contracts its open bell and pushes water behind it, propelling itself forward. When the bell fills again, it gets a secondary, no-effort, thrust.
    

Fight Over Genetically Altered Crops Flares in Hawaii

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 11:42 AM PDT

With the collapse of the sugar and pineapple industries, seeds have become the state's leading agricultural commodity, but residents are concerned.
    

After Years on Run, Libyan Was Found With Family

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 11:34 AM PDT

Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, apprehended by American forces this weekend in Tripoli, Libya, was enjoying being home with his family for the first time in years, his son said in an interview.
    






Documenting a Pakistani Girl’s Transformation

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 11:28 AM PDT

The story of how Malala Yousafzai went from being a quiet 11-year-old to a spokeswoman for girls' education to a victim of the Taliban to a Nobel Prize candidate.
    

Profiles in Science: Focusing on Fruit Flies, Curiosity Takes Flight

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 11:05 AM PDT

For Michael Dickinson, a MacArthur prizewinning scientist, the humble fruit fly is a dream machine, and its brain a treasure trove of complexity that should be studied for its own sake, not just insight into humans.
    

After Years of Pain, Greece Expects a Budget Surplus

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 10:08 AM PDT

With its draft budget for next year, Greece offered hope that it could emerge from a six-year recession that has battered living standards.
    






India Ink: Clashes in India Spawn Refugee Camps

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 09:36 AM PDT

Officials say that after riots erupted between Hindus and Muslims last month, about 24,000 people are in refugee camps in the districts of Shamli and Muzaffarnagar.
    






DealBook: Top Court Will Not Hear Argentina Debt Case

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 08:08 AM PDT

The Supreme Court refused on Monday to hear Argentina's appeal of a lower court's decision in favor of hedge funds that held bonds on which the country had defaulted.
    






3 Americans Win Joint Nobel Prize in Medicine

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 07:01 AM PDT

James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman, and Thomas C. Südhof were recognized for their work involving the transport system of cells.
    






In a First, Japan Airlines Orders Airbus Jets

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 05:57 AM PDT

The move gives the European plane maker a foothold in a country whose carriers previously flew Boeing aircraft almost exclusively.
    






Obama’s Absence Leaves China as Dominant Force at APEC

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 01:51 AM PDT

President Obama, who canceled his appearance at the meeting, had planned to use his personal persuasion to push forward negotiations for the trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade bloc that is led by the United States and that excludes China.
    






Syrian Officials Sound a Conciliatory Note Toward the Opposition

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 07:58 PM PDT

In an interview, Qadri Jamil, a deputy prime minister, was critical of his government's handling of the war, while President Bashar al-Assad told a German magazine that he had made mistakes.
    

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