JAKARTA - AT LEAST 36 people were injured and hundreds of homes and buildings damaged after a major earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sulawesi island near the Philippines early on Thursday, officials said.
The 7.2-magnitude quake struck at sea at 1.34am local time (1734 GMT Wednesday), prompting Indonesia's geophysics agency to issue a tsunami alert, which was later revoked.
WASHINGTON - BETTER think twice before choosing a password for emails, online bank accounts and airline tickets.
Passwords that show no imagination or distinctiveness are easy prey for information pirates, a new US study says.
WASHINGTON - AMERICANS are selling everything from the hair on their heads to what's coursing though their veins to make ends meet, as the US economy continues to tank.
Websites offering advice on selling plasma, sperm, or locks of hair have seen huge upticks in traffic, as have the individuals and businesses that will buy the highly personal items which are now being used by desperate Americans for their own personal bailout.
