ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey is constructing 1.5-mile twin walls at a border crossing with Syria to increase security at the frontier following three deadly bombings this year.The concrete walls will be built on either side of the road leading from the Turkish side of the crossing at Cilvegozu to the Syrian border gate and will be topped with barbed wire, the Turkish Customs Ministry said in a stateme...

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:21:20 GMT

When the field lines up on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway track this weekend, theyll begin with a pace lap behind a 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray driven by San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh.Although Harbaugh might be more used to a gridiron than starting grid, he should feel at home behind the wheel of the newly updated Vette that owes much of its advancements to the General Motors raci...

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:46:37 GMT

After famously telling hurricane-weary tourists in 2011 to get the hell back on the beach," New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is on another, softer, mission to lure visitors back to his states sandy shores.With the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy last fall still on the minds of many vacationers, Christie is spending Memorial Day weekend the unofficial start of the summer season traveling ...

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:12:51 GMT

ISLAMABAD -- At least 17 children were burned to death in eastern Pakistan on Saturday when a faulty gas cylinder exploded on the bus taking them to school, police said.Police officer Mohammed Rasheed said seven children were also injured in the explosion on the outskirts of the city of Gujrat."This is a very sad incident. According to our information, at least 17 children were burned to death," h...

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:12:36 GMT

If you've been bemoaning your lack of romantic options, don't give up hope. Peter Backus, a researcher in the U.K. who once calculated he had only a 1 in 285,000 chance of finding love, has beaten the odds: He's getting married this weekend.In 2010, Backus, then a tutor at the University of Warwick, published "Why I Don't Have A Girlfriend," a research paper that used something called the Drake eq...

Sat, 25 May 2013 06:06:15 GMT

EPHRATAH, N.Y. --A small airplane operating as a volunteer Angel Flight crashed into a pond in upstate New York on Friday evening, killing at least two people, authorities said.Fulton County Sheriff Thomas Lorey said the flight's two passengers were found dead and investigators are searching for the pilot, who is missing. Officials did not immediately identify the passengers or pilot.The Pipe...

Sat, 25 May 2013 04:43:59 GMT

The Army has launched an investigation into possible sexual misconduct or sexual assault at the Space and Missile Defense Command at Fort Greely, Alaska, military and defense officials tell NBC News.The sources report there are allegations that an Army commander or commanders had sexual relations with female soldiers under their command.It's not clear whether the alleged contact was forced or cons...

Sat, 25 May 2013 03:27:13 GMT

When I was young, the majority opinion at least among the kids at my school was that the devil played the fiddle better than Johnny did in the song The Devil Went Down to Georgia. Obviously, that would have messed up the general narrative of that song, but it was a good lesson in subjectivity. Its all a matter of opinion. There isnt a best ever. Not really. Not even in a song.But it leads ...

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:05:09 GMT

By Becky Bratu, Kate Snow, Tim Uehlinger and Jay Kernis, NBC NewsAs she tours the husk of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla. -- the little that was left behind after a powerful tornado shredded everything in its 17-mile path -- Principal Amy Simpson thinks back to Monday morning, when her biggest task was helping the sixth-graders get ready for their graduation ceremony.Pre-K teacher L...

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:05:07 GMT

A British zoo worker who was injured in a tiger attack at an animal park near Dalton-in-Furness has died, police said Friday.Sarah McClay, 24, from the Barrow area, was attacked by a tiger within its enclosure Friday afternoon, Cumbria police said. The woman was taken by air ambulance to Royal Preston Hospital following the attack at the South Lakes Wild Animal Park, but she did not survive.McClay...

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:26:44 GMT

PHOENIX -- A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people.The 142-page decision by U.S. District Judge Murray Snow in Phoenix backs up allegations that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's critics have mad...

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:59:23 GMT

A 15-year-old boy is in custody after authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of his younger adopted brothers found him miles away with traces of blood on him, officials said.He was arrested Thursday in the deaths of the boys, ages 4 and 10, at the family home in a Utah subdivision of new houses and tidy lawns, police said."He spoke bluntly with our investigators," said Davis County Sheriff ...

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:42:49 GMT

By Joe Rao, SPACE.com A trio of bright planets is shining together in the sunset sky, a must-see night sky sight for stargazers this Memorial Day weekend.Three planets Jupiter, Venus and Mercury can be now be seen in the western sky at dusk, weather permitting, in a rare and beautiful gathering that changes from night to night. Astronomers call a meeting of objects in the night sky a conjun...

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:04:38 GMT

Infamnia! McDonalds Italy rolled out a new menu item featuring the countrys most beloved culinary staple: pasta.The fast-food giant is partnering with Italian pasta brand Barilla to serve a pasta salad with tuna, tomatoes, peppers, capers and olives with a price of 4.90 euros. Roberto Masi, CEO of McDonald's Italy, said in a statement the new offering was responding to the tastes of the Italian...

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:31:44 GMT

Scientists-- and parents-- have long wondered why we dont remember anything that happened before age 3. As all parents know, no matter how momentous an event is in a toddlers life, the memory soon drifts away and within months there isnt even a wisp of it left.Now a new study shows that infantile amnesia may be due to the rapid growth of nerve cells in the hippocampus, the brain region resp...

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:31:44 GMT