Economic Growth in U.S., Though Still Modest, Speeds Up

Economic growth in the United States picked up in the third quarter, the Commerce Department said Thursday, in an encouraging sign that the recovery, while still painfully slow, has not stalled.

F-22 Raptor, America's Most Expensive Fighter, Grounded Again After Oxygen Scare

For the second time this year the Air Force has grounded dozens of F-22 Raptors, some of the world's most sophisticated and expensive stealth fighter jets, after another pilot appeared to suffer from a lack of oxygen mid-flight.

Japanese calculates pi to 10 trillion digits

Shigeru Kondo of Iida, Nagano Prefecture, worked with software designed by Northwestern University grad student Alexander Yee, and followed up their 2010 feat of reckoning pi to 5 trillion digits.

Bear Cub in Grocery Store

A bear cub was caught on tape climbing on the produce section of an Alaska grocery store.

Exotic Animals on the Loose in Ohio After Park Owner Found Dead

Dozens of animals escaped from a wild-animal preserve that houses bears, big cats and other beasts, and the owner later was found dead there, said police, who shot several of the animals and urged nearby residents to stay indoors.

Wacky Signs From Occupy Wall Street

The photo editors at ABCNews.com have been covering the Occupy Wall Street protests from day one and combed through thousands of images to find the very best.

Plane Crashes on Florida Turnpike

A single-engine plane crash landed on the Florida Turnpike outside Miami Wednesday, but the cause of the crash remained unclear.

United States Marks 10 years in Afghan War. Was Anything Accomplished?

The nation marks a moment Friday that it never really expected, 10 years of war in Afghanistan. Out of sight and off the minds of millions of Americans, the war is the most prolonged conflict this country has been engaged in since Vietnam.

Steve Jobs dies at 56; Apple's co-founder transformed computers and culture

His legacy of blockbuster products includes the Macintosh, iPod, iPhone and iPad. Meanwhile, Jobs' other firm, Pixar, revolutionized computer animation.

CERN Measures Faster-Than-Light Particle

So the big news out of CERN this afternoon is the Associated Press report that researchers have clocked a subatomic particle traveling faster than the speed of light.

Half a Second Before Japan Tsunami

Following is an email that was sent to me by one of my friends.  I have not fact checked this, but non-the-less, it is still very cool.