Japan PM to visit nuclear disaster zone

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister was headed on Saturday to the disaster zone where workers are braving radiation from a crippled nuclear plant to battle the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl. | Video

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Worst attack on U.N. in Afghanistan kills at least 7 staff

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghans protesting against the burning of a Koran by an obscure U.S. pastor over-ran a United Nations compound on Friday and killed at least seven international staff in the deadliest ever attack on the UN in Afghanistan. | Video

The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in McLean, Virginia, August 14, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing

U.S. intelligence and the wisdom of crowds

After a string of world-shaking events America’s spies failed to predict, a vast project is taking shape to improve forecasting involving thousands of volunteers from diverse backgrounds.  Full Article 

Amateur trader Yan Qin checks her smartphone for stock reports in New York December 7, 2010.  REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Tax obsessed? There's an app for that

If you've got a smart phone, you've got an answer to your tax questions. Here are some tax apps for this tax season.  Full Article 

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