STORY HIGHLIGHTSPhillip Thompson: The new pope will be getting much advice He says the pope should build trust, introduce new transparency on range of issues He says put lay experts in charge of sex abuse probe, eliminate Vatican Bank Thompson: Church should empower laity, especially women, and restore faith, hope Editor's note: Phillip M. Thompson…
Buy AP Photo Reprints LONDON (AP) — Even without modern-day temptations like fast food or cigarettes, people had clogged arteries some 4,000 years ago, according to the biggest-ever study of mummies searching for the condition.Researchers say that suggests heart disease may be more a natural part of human aging rather than being directly tied to…
Seattle Mariners catcher Jesus Montero, left, leaps into the arms of closer Tom Wilhelmsen after the final out against the Los Angeles Dodgers in a baseball game Friday, June 8, 2012, in Seattle. The Mariners won 1-0 in a six-pitcher combined no-hitter. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)Seattle Mariners catcher Jesus Montero, left, leaps into the arms of…
Instagram‘s CEO, Kevin Systrom, will go down in history as one of the greatest Silicon Valley success stories of our generation. Unlike Mark Zuckerberg, the man responsible for acquiring the popular photo sharing app for $1 billion, Systrom received no formal engineering training. Systrom, an active user on Quora, is an entirely self-taught programmer. While…
Syria: How a year of horror unfoldedBy Peter Wilkinson and Nick Thompson, CNNMarch 14, 2012 -- Updated 2130 GMT (0530 HKT) Most PopularToday's five most popular stories College suspends woman in Petrino crash U.N. statement calls North Korea launch "deplorable" North Korea rocket breaks up in flight Bin Laden's widows to be deported from Pakistan…
BBC director general Mark Thompson has confirmed that the Beeb is working on launching a service that will let users download individual TV programs for a fee, the Guardian reports. Thompson made the announcement during a speech to the Royal Television Society in London today. Rumor had first emerged last week that the BBC was…
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