The change in leadership represents a new era for the pardon process.
But for two special guests at Sukiyabashi Jiro on Wednesday evening, mouthfuls of melt-in-the-mouth tuna, squid, and octopus were the culinary backdrop to discussing urgent matters of regional security. Soon after Air Force One touched down here, Barack Obama found himself in Tokyo’s upmarket Ginza district, tucked behind the counter of arguably the world’s best sushi restaurant with his Japanese host, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Sukiyabashi Jiro’s modest size – it has just 10 seats – is inversely proportionate to its reputation. The 19-piece special course, featuring a selection chosen by owner Jiro Ono, costs around $300, not including drinks.
Kansas judge grants Bradley Edward Manning's request to become Chelsea Elizabeth Manning.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Spacewalking astronauts easily replaced a dead computer outside the International Space Station on Wednesday and got their orbiting home back up to full strength.
A hoaxster who triggered a massive police response after falsely reporting he had killed his mother and was threatening to shoot more people was engaged in prank called "swatting," authorities there say.
Security treaty with Japan applies to China-Japan dispute, the president confirms.
Roger Pontz, nearly completely blind for years, has regained sight through high-tech procedure.
Four decades later, the killer's case is helping authorities solve another murder — one he didn't commit.
Unidentified material is being examined for any link to the lost Malaysian plane.
It's been a long time coming, but HBO has finally inked a deal to let people to watch shows like The Sopranos online without an HBO subscription. Here's why:
Encryption is the best way to protect your online communications from the prying eyes of the National Security Agency. So says NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. The rub is that email encryption systems like PGP — short for Pretty Good Privacy — are a real pain for people to use, especially if they’re not steeped in […]
Twitter just rolled out its latest profile redesign to the masses. It's pretty simple to update. But just in case you need a little help, here's how switch over to the new photo-centric look.
If you’re interested in building your own ASIMO, you’ve got to start somewhere. Kinematics’ modular TinkerBots provide a very great jumping-off point, letting you quickly assemble and program your own robots.
You often hear about decisions being made in the seat of power. In reality, it's more like seats.
For five years, a group of self-described techno-archaeologists working in an old, abandoned McDonald's have been on a mission: to recover and digitize forgotten photos taken in the ‘60s by a quintet of scuttled lunar satellites.
Off-road vehicles are not something you'd expect to get triple-digit fuel economy, even with a hybrid drivetrain. And yet that's exactly what Audi claims you'd experience in the TT Offroad.
From Airbnb to Lyft to Tinder, the sharing economy is rewiring the way we interact with each other.
Conversnitch, a device they built for less than $100 that resembles a lightbulb or lamp and surreptitiously listens in on nearby conversations and posts snippets of transcribed audio to Twitter.
Facebook's talent for online advertising is on the rise.