As the budget conference begins, Reid and other Democrats want to find a way to cancel or replace cuts in discretionary spending, the funds Congress usually appropriates every year for items like military training and research at the National …

The value of a bitcoin soared from US$13 in January to a high of US$266 in April as more businesses and consumers used them to buy and sell online. … By the end of 2014, we'll be all over the world, including the United States." Bitcoin is not a …

Curved displays and flexible screens are the new battleground for phone makers as the screens open up possibilities that could eventually transform the high–end smartphone market. Curved smartphones provide a more comfortable grip than flat-screen …

FUTURE TECH: Is there a limit to how good our gadgets can be? Major advances … There are already high–end camcorders, such as the Blackmagic Cinema Camera, that shoot photo-quality raw stills, all of which can be extracted for photographic purposes.

Gold nanoparticles have unique properties that are useful medicine and electronics. But creating them usually requires toxic chemicals. "If I create my nanoparticle in some hazardous compound and later want to use it in a medical application, I have to …

The Orioles may reveal the identity of their pitching coach later today. Or they may not. I can offer you one certainty. The Orioles will find out how many of their six Gold Glove finalists are taking home the hardware. The winners will be announced on …

(Kitco News) – As of Oct.8, speculators added to their bullish gold and silver futures and options contracts traded on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, according to U.S. government data released Monday. This is the second weekly …

… 280 pieces of gold bars from a Fly Dubai flight. Sony Ramany / Demotix / Corbis. The airport armed police battalion recovered 280 pieces of gold bars from a Fly Dubai flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 29 …

Without any hint of surprise, Simmons' defensive excellence was rewarded Tuesday night when he learned he had garnered his first Rawlings Gold Glove Award, which is presented to the top defender at every position in both the National and American …