Too many in power want to restrict Internet access critics say. After Egypt’s government temporarily cut off Internet service there, debate in other countries on a “kill switch” has flared up. One prominent computer group has voiced concerns about possible developments in Germany. Discussion over a “kill switch” that would paralyze the Internet has flared up in Germany... 

Gender blurring: Men are now just as likely to want to get married as women. It may come as a surprise to most women, but single men are now more likely to want to settle down and start a family, the most comprehensive study of its kind has revealed. In a dramatic gender role reversal, more than half of single men wanted to have children compared to just 46% of women. Men are now also just as likely... 

Venezuela’s firebrand leader Hugo Chavez accused the United States on Sunday of a “shameful” role in the Egyptian crisis and of hypocrisy for supporting, then abandoning strongmen round the world. Chavez, Washington’s leading critic in the Americas, said he had spoken to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad for a briefing on the protests... 

In a move that calls back to the attempt by Texas cattlemen to sue Oprah Winfrey for “defamation of beef.” an Israeli lawyer has filed a class-action lawsuit against former President Jimmy Carter, seeking $5 million in damages because his book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” allegedly defamed Israel. Attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner insisted that Carter’s book violated New York State’s... 

Forcing the issue? Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak welcomes U.S. President Barack Obama during their meeting at the presidential palace in Cairo in this June 4, 2009 file photo. The Obama administration is in talks with top Egyptian officials about the possible immediate resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. U.S. officials said they are also discussing the formation of an interim government that... 

Lee draws his duty Glock 40 caliber pistol, and assures the crowd that it is "empty", then says: "I'm the only one in this room professional enough, that I know of, to carry this Glock 40". Undercover DEA agent Lee Paige learned the hard, painful way that whatever happens on video… immediately goes on YouTube. Paige is currently attempting to sue the U.S. government for releasing... 

Egyptian anti-government protestors gather by the seafront in Alexandria, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Banner in background reads, from right to left, “Before – Hope. After – Killing”, while showing a picture of a man atop a weapon, and in a hospital bed. Protesters and regime supporters skirmished in a second day of rock-throwing battles at a central Cairo square while new... 

NASA 2012 Researchers say intense solar storm coming in 2012. NASA researchers announced that a storm is coming, the most intense solar maximum in fifty years that could rival the the solar storm of 1958. But just like hurricanes often do, they become far stronger then anyone expected. “Like most experts in the field, Hathaway has confidence in the conveyor belt model and agrees with Dikpati... 

Ambassador Frank G. Wisner II (left) with US Iran expert Vali Nasr (right). Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) reports circulating in the Kremlin today state that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has agreed to allow the United States Central Intelligence Agency’s top spy to take over his countries military and police forces in order to stamp out the growing threat to America’s most vital... 

The feds' new airport security plan: scanning your face to read your mind. Stranded travelers could face a new homeland security toy this week. On Tuesday, the Transportation Security Administration announced that it’s begun “testing new software” on select airport body-scanning machines in Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Washington DC. The new imaging technology “auto-detects”... 

Battering: The giant Cyclone Yasi hits the Australian shore at northeast Queensland. Cyclone Yasi hit the Australian coastline today as tens of thousands holed up in shelters to survive the worst storm in the country for generations. The massive storm crashed into Queensland in the north east this lunchtime, ripping roofs from buildings and cutting power to thousands of homes. Officials and residents... 

Hundreds of cars are seen stranded Wednesday, Feb. 2, on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. Paralyzing ice, snow across 2,000-mile path could impact 100 million. A winter weather colossus roared into the nation’s heartland Tuesday, laying down a paralyzing punch of dangerous ice and whiteout snow that served notice from Texas to Maine that the storm billed as the worst in decades could live up to the... 

Supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, riding camels and horses, fight with anti-Mubarak protesters in Cairo, Egypt. Thousands of supporters and opponents of President Hosni Mubarak battled in Cairo’s main square Wednesday, raining stones, bottles and firebombs on each other in scenes of uncontrolled violence as soldiers stood by without intervening. Government backers galloped in on horses and... 

Nick Clegg today announced removal of legislation barring those with mental health problems from being MPs, telling Radio 5 Live it was an “old fashioned approach”. “Today we’re announcing we’re going to remove the law that means if you’re a politician or an MP and you suffer from a mental health problem for more than six months you are disqualified from standing... 

Second sun may appear at any moment. Scientists claim that Betelgeuse, a star 640 light years away from Earth, is going to explode soon. Nikolai Chugai, head of the department of Variable Stars and Astronomical Spectroscopy of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Astronomy shares his views with RIA Novosti’s Samir Shakhbaz, on possible threats and impact this star may cause to our planet. Samir...