A committee asked Virginia Tech University to not cut down trees to make room for a new indoor athletics facility this week, according to CNN.com. The area known as “stadium woods” is located...

Google Maps is flying - literally.  The company has issued planes to fly over cities to take pictures as part of its plan to create a digital map of the world. Google declined to name the cities,...

Facebook's introduction was a nightmare for investors last month, but help is on the way. On Wednesday, Nasdaq agreed to pay financial firms for their struggles after the exchange operator mishandled...

  You were always on my mind, Maxfield. You were the soft-spoken southern hunk who wasn’t enough of a ham to thrive in the big group numbers. And you didn’t survive: you got kicked off...

Ray Bradbury, the legendary science fiction author best known for “Fahrenheit 451,” “The Illustrated Man,” and “The Martian Chronicles,” has died. He was 91. His death...

Eight Muslims filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday in New Jersey to force the New York Police Department to end its surveillance and other intelligence-gathering practices. The lawsuit alleged the practices...

University of Minnesota Board of Regents executive director and corporate secretary Ann Cieslak announced she will retire June 17 after 13 years due to medical reasons. Board Chair Linda Cohen said in...