August 2, 2011 |  6:45 pm

Google may not have paid a lot of attention to patents for years. But the Internet search giant is certainly paying attention now.

Google has hired one of the Federal Trade Commission's top patent lawyers, the…

The government is likely to lose more than $1 billion in airline ticket taxes because lawmakers have left town for a month without resolving a partisan standoff over a bill to end the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration.

By JOAN LOWY

Associated Press

WASHINGTON —

The government is likely to…

August 2, 2011

The days of having to cart your cocktail to the ladies room may be over: two Israeli scientists say they have developed a sensor that can accurately detect date-rape drugs in drinks 100 percent of the time.

Professor Fernando Patolsky and Doctor Michael Ioffe of Tel Aviv University's school of chemistry say the sensor can tell you in real time whether your…

August 2, 2011 by Deborah Braconnier

According to a new study which will be presented August 4 at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, technology has made it possible to identify and gain the personal information of strangers by using facial recognition and social media profiles like Facebook.

The study, led by Alessandro Acquisti from Carnegie Mellon…

Alarm at rise in babies born addicted to prescription painkillers taken by their mothers during pregnancy

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 7:52 AM on 29th July 2011

Health officials are becoming increasingly alarmed at the rise in the number of babies born hooked on pills that their mothers took while…

Updated: Friday, 29 Jul 2011, 11:07 AM EDT

Published : Friday, 29 Jul 2011, 11:07 AM EDT

BELVIDERE, N.J. - A northern New Jersey school district has adopted a voluntary random drug testing program for middle school students.

Parental consent is required for sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students in the Belvidere school district. Parents must also pay for the cost of the treatment program.

Those who test positive will be required to attend an early…

A Lansing medical marijuana dispensary is offering medical marijuana patients a choice of a half a gram of medical pot or a marijuana-laced baked good called a “medible” in exchange for registering to vote.…

By WILLIAM YARDLEY

Published: July 29, 2011

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — Beginning late this summer, one of the most promising and pure acts of environmental restoration the region and the nation have ever seen will get under way here, experts say, in the…

Charles Monnett, whose 2006 report that polar bears had drowned in the Arctic helped boost the global warming movement, has been put on administrative leave by his federal agency.

By BENEDICT CAREY

The New York Times

The mental-health fallout from the Sept. 11 attacks has taught psychologists far more about their field's limits than about their potential to shape and predict behavior, according to a new review.

The review, a collection of articles due to be published next month in…

First Posted: 7/28/11 08:23 AM ET Updated: 7/28/11 08:24 AM ET

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut (Lynnley Browning) - If you want to know why tax from surging corporate profits isn't making much of a dent in the United States' crippling budget deficit, a glance at Microsoft Corp's recent results provides some clues.

Things were rosy in the giant software company's just-ended…

Agence France-Presse July 28, 2011 7:18 AM



 

The main gate at the U.S. Army post at Fort Hood, Texas is pictured in this undated photograph, obtained on Nov. 5, 2009.

Photograph by: III Corps Public…

By Gillian Shaw 27 Jul 2011

A Langley family has become the latest victim of swatting, a practice in which 911 callers trick police into sending out a SWAT  team in response to a bogus call.

Langley RCMP blocked traffic and the Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team surrounded a home in the 27100 block of 16th Avenue earlier this…

Randy Vickers's resignation follows string of online assaults on Senate, CIA, FBI and other government agencies

Josh Halliday

• guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 26 July 2011 12.57 BST

US cyber security…