New EU president wins fans in Japan -- as a poet
Reuters - Saturday November 21, 04:43 AM
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Herman Van Rompuy, the European Union's new president, may not be very well known around the world but he's already winning fans in Japan -- as a poet rather than a politician.

New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles
Reuters - Friday November 20, 10:21 AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world

U.S. election, iPhone among decade's top 10 Internet moments
Reuters - Friday November 20, 10:20 AM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards.

All Blacks face dressing down over Twitter leak
Reuters - Friday November 20, 12:47 AM
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Neemia Tialata and Cory Jane can expect a talking to from All Blacks coach Graham Henry after revealing on the social networking site Twitter they had been left out of the New Zealand to play England this weekend.

Obama gets five minutes with half-brother in China
Reuters - Thursday November 19, 08:09 AM
BEIJING (Reuters) - President Barack Obama took time out of his busy diplomatic schedule in China to meet with his half-brother, who lives in the southern part of the country -- but only for five minutes.

Lost man drives nine hours to get newspaper
Reuters - Thursday November 19, 06:56 AM
CANBERRA (Reuters) - An elderly man who went out to fetch a morning newspaper ended up driving nearly 400 miles after getting lost and taking a wrong turn onto a major Australian highway, police said on Wednesday.

Lawmaker apologizes for insulting rival on Twitter
Reuters - Thursday November 19, 06:52 AM
OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian member of Parliament learned the hard way on Tuesday that insulting a rival legislator by Twitter is not a good idea, especially if you're sitting around the same table at the time.

Johnny Depp named People's "sexiest man alive"
Reuters - Thursday November 19, 06:24 AM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" on Wednesday, reclaiming a title he first won in 2003.

U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry
Reuters - Thursday November 19, 02:03 AM
PERKASIE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Carin Froehlich pegs her laundry to three clotheslines strung between trees outside her 18th-century farmhouse, knowing that her actions annoy local officials who have asked her to stop.

What's in an unusual name? More than you might think
Reuters - Wednesday November 18, 08:26 AM
LONDON (Reuters) - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes might have thought twice about naming their daughter Suri if they'd known that it means "pickpocket" in Japanese, "turned sour" in French, and "horse mackerels" in Italian.