News 2012

Indian officials are blaming the blackouts, which have left a tenth of the world's population without power, on "energy-hungry states guzzling more than their allotted power" and crashing the grid.

Filmmaker Casey Neistat conducted an experiment in New York City where he locked up and proceeded to steal his own bike, using brazen means and audacious locations, like in front of a police station.

London capped two weeks of athletic achievement with a gaudy three-hour farewell, including a jukebox collection of songs and a marathon display of endearingly wacky stagecraft.

Antonio Manfredi, director of the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, has pledged to incinerate two or three pieces of art each week in protest of cuts to Italy's arts budget.

Fad romance! It seems the talented New Yorker never saw her "Vampire Diaries" boyfriend of 10 months as anything more than a fun LoveGame, particularly as he was so narcissistic.

A blistering op-ed about Goldman Sachs in The New York Times has prompted the typical Internet reaction to a cri de coeur: Twitter chatter, link-dropping and the inevitable parodies.

Egyptians went to the polls to choose their president for the first time in history, embarking on one of the most critical steps in Egypt’s transition to civilian government and democracy, nearly 1.5 yrs after the revolution.

Most of the prototypes on display at the "Reinventing the Toilet" Fair, hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, turn solid waste into energy, a practical and pragmatic solution for the developing world.

South Sudan faces daunting challenges in building a stable nation. Cattle raids have turned deadly. Tribesmen aren't just stealing; they are slaughtering rivals, burning villages and abducting women and children.

With eviction looming, Occupy Wall Street protesters have begun a preemptive cleanup of Zuccotti Park in the hopes that the city might relent and let them stay.