Comedian Patton Oswalt is penning a stand-alone comic book that picks up the action where the story left off. Also, the cover art has been released!

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Two glass bottles said to contain the ghosts are bought for NZ$2,000 in an online auction in New Zealand.

Take a huge oceanic catamaran, stick a hydroelectric turbine underneath it, and hitch it to a 6.5 million-square-foot parafoil flying nearly a mile in the air. That’s a Korean research team’s new proposal for generating gigawatts of clean energy.

In breaking the story around former presidential candidate John Edwards' infidelity, the National Enquirer has beaten mainstream papers at their own game, and is now under consideration for a Pulitzer Prize

Another thing that's awesome about Japan: Video game designers are often seen as rockstar celebrities.

North Korea said Tuesday it would strengthen its nuclear deterrent in response to US military threats and is prepared for both dialogue and war with Washington.

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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is automating how it pays disability claims related to exposure to the chemical Agent Orange, officials said.

'nuff said.

Solar energy is plentiful. But is it practical?

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Let's say you're playing poker and you need one more diamond for a flush. The dealer turns a card, reveals a diamond and you win the hand. Was it skill or luck? The answer is affecting the fates of people across the country accused of breaking anti-poker laws.

Depending on your skillset, degree and what you want from a job, some of the best jobs in the country may be on your career path.

The transformation of Iraq into a tentative democracy might not have happened without the return of its oil economy. But that might be a problem: every petro state is beset by illiberal pathologies, and Iraq could be next.

Few machines represent The Future like the flying car, and no publication has championed the fantasy more zealously than Popular Science. Here's a look back at its feverish, 77-year-long vision.

It’s my own fault. And so without further ado, I give you the 7 ways I’ve tried to quit and why I failed miserably at them. Hopefully some of you can either relate or let me know what I’m doing wrong.

Few things are more irritating during tax season than the belated realization that you paid more in taxes than you had to.

UNICEF estimates that more than 20,000 children lost their parents in the Jan. 12 quake and its aftermath. Relatives or neighbors are caring for many of these children. Others, such as a group of boys in a Port-au-Prince park, are fending for themselves.