It's been a bad few weeks for Apple. MobileMe issues, iPhone 3G connectivity problems, and on Tuesday Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) reported that two new reports of minor fires due to suspected iPod nano battery overheating occurred in Tokyo this month.
Tourists got a view of real-life disaster in the make-believe world of Hollywood on Monday as the Universal Studios theme park reopened after a huge fire swept through back lot sets and buildings. Investigators determined the blaze was accidentally caused by roofing work.
Grand Junction, Colorado, a hotbed of brainy thieves apparently. Showing just how desperate people have become with higher gas prices, a pair of thieves, Cody Sellards and Timothy Long, tried to siphon gas from Hank Ibarra's boat early Friday morning.
Fire crews battling a wildfire had a close call early Monday as winds, which had been fairly tame, unexpectedly kicked up and sent flames within yards of several houses.
Months ago I wrote about an Atlanta man who said his iPod nano ignited in his pocket. Perhaps Japanese authorities need to speak to him.
An official at the Trade and Economy Ministry, which oversees product problems, said a defect is suspected in the lithium-ion battery in the iPod Nano, model number MA099J/A.
Thousands of Chinese security personnel fired tear gas in a bid to disperse more than 600 monks taking part in a second day of rare street protests in Tibet, a source and Radio Free Asia said on Wednesday.
Police are searching for a gunman who wounded eight people at a busy South Los Angeles bus stop and trying to figure out why he opened fire into a crowd of children and adults.
An overnight fire destroyed a 610-year-old landmark that was considered South Korea's top national treasure, officials said M
