SOLVING ANCIENT MYSTERIES

Archaeologists claim to find spot where Julius Caesar was stabbed

A bust of Julius Caesar, which was found at the bottom of the River Rhone in Arles in 2008. (AFP)

Archaeologists said Wednesday they believe they have found the exact spot in Rome where Julius Caesar was stabbed to death on March 15, 44 BC.

THROWING INSULTS? OR TRUTH?

Republican official: Voter suppression accusation is ‘extremely insulting’

Thomas Roberts interviews Sean Spicer

RNC Communications Manager Sean Spicer insisted that MSNBC host Thomas Roberts had insulted him after he was asked if Republicans “had put too much stock in voter suppression.”

WORKERS UNITE

Walmart worker strikes go viral, hitting 28 stores in 12 states

Walmart CEO Mike Duke. Photo: Flickr user Walmart Stores, creative commons licensed.

Walmart workers who recently went on strike in Illinois and California appear to have inspired some of their fellow big box employees, and now it looks like the movement is going viral.

CHRIST, WHAT AN ASSHOLE

Pastor Terry Jones brings gun to high school to protest ‘Muslim gangs’

Pastor Terry Jones via AFP

The controversial Florida preacher who sparked outraged in the Islamic world when he burned Qurans brought a gun to a high school in Michigan on Wednesday as a part of protest against so-called “Muslim gangs.”

HE'S BAAAAACK!

Clinton mocks Romney: ‘Old moderate Mitt’ is back!

Bill Clinton campaigns in Las Vegas

Former President Bill Clinton jabbed Mitt Romney for appearing to move to the center after months of campaigning as a “severe conservative.”

VOTER ID

South Carolina voter ID law blocked until 2013

A person voting. (AFP)

A federal court ruled Wednesday that South Carolina’s voter-identification law will go into effect starting next year, Reuters reported.

Science

NASA: SpaceX supply capsule successfully reached space station

A capsule on a first privately-run resupply mission successfully linked up Wednesday with the International…

Japan stem cell Nobel laureate to get research boost

Japan’s Nobel prize-winning Shinya Yamanaka will likely get up to 30 billion yen ($383 million)…

American scientists Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka share Nobel Chemistry Prize for cell receptor research

US chemists Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka won the Nobel Prize on Wednesday for identifying…

Nobel winner: Quantum research will yield ‘super-computers’

David Wineland, who won the Nobel Prize for work in quantum physics with Serge Haroche…

Tech News

Mobile devices knock PC off technology throne

The PC is not dead, but it’s no longer king of the technology universe. As…

Online game Contre Jour showcases new version of Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE10)

Microsoft teased the release of the next generation of Internet Explorer by unveiling an online…

Media

Rolling stones release new song on greatest hits album

A new song by the Rolling Stones, one of two included in their forthcoming “Grrr!”…

Lady Gaga and Julian Assange meet in London

LONDON — US pop star Lady Gaga has visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at London’s…

World

Dominique Strauss-Kahn: ‘Leave me alone!’

Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has pleaded to be left alone and says he is facing a “media assault”…

Pope prays in Arabic for first time

Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday pronounced a blessing in Arabic at his weekly audience in front of 20,000 pilgrims on…

European book publishers fear future with Eurozone crisis

Faced with tumbling sales, publishers from crisis-battered eurozone countries gathered at the world’s biggest book fair Wednesday determined to weather…

Canadian shock psychiatrist stands trial for sexually abusing male patients in South Africa

Aubrey Levin, accused of human rights abuses in apartheid-era South Africa, charged with sexually assaulting male patients A Canadian psychiatrist…

Europe rejects Arctic oil drilling ban

STANDFIRST: EurActiv: Moratorium on offshore drilling in the Arctic rejected by European parliament vote amid intense lobbying by oil industry…

U.S. News

Anti-doping agency: Armstrong scheme ‘most sophisticated’ ever

The US Anti-Doping Agency said Tuesday it has gathered “overwhelming” evidence that Lance Armstrong and…

Goldman Sachs ‘in bid to change’ Volcker rule

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS – news) is seeking changes to the Volcker rule, which keeps…

U.S. meningitis outbreak death toll rises to 12

The death toll from an American meningitis outbreak linked to tainted medication has reached 12,…

Supreme Court case on use of race in admissions could be landmark

Supreme Court case on use of race in admissions could be landmark The US Supreme…

California’s dueling tax hikes

California's dueling tax hikes: 'Nightmare' ahead? A potentially serious complication has arisen in California’s latest…

Sen. Charles Schumer prods ‘Gang of 8′ to make middle class, deficit-cutting top priorities

Senator prods Gang of 8 to make middle class, deficit-cutting top priorities If you want…