Christine Hauser The New York Times

Padma Lakshmi, the cookbook author and reality television star, has a signature repertoire as host of "Top Chef" on Bravo. It plays out at key moments in the competition, when anxious chefs stand opposite her as she tastes their dishes, their faces scrutinizing hers for some clue about what she is thinking.

Nasa scientists said the photographs posted online were more consistent with "a land-based explosion" than with something from space.

Wheaton College, an evangelical Christian institution, has disciplined a professor who put on a head scarf in solidarity with Muslims and said they worship the "same God" as Christians.

The Chipotle chain voluntarily shut down 43 restaurants in Washington state and Oregon over the weekend after health authorities began investigating an E. coli outbreak.

Both companies were accused of stealing intellectual property from American companies and could potentially spy on Americans.

Stocks on Wall Street declined steeply on Thursday, with the broader market shaving off more than 4 percent, amid heightened concerns over the impact of the euro zone debt crisis sweeping through the financial sector and over the wavering United States economy.

Wall Street stocks plummeted on Monday as skittish investors, already concerned about the economy, struggled to work out the implications of an unprecedented downgrade of the United States government's credit rating, and sought safer places to put their money.The declines, coming in the first opportunity for investors to sell since Standard &a...

Padma Lakshmi, the cookbook author and reality television star, has a signature repertoire as host of "Top Chef" on Bravo. It plays out at key moments in the competition, when anxious chefs stand opposite her as she tastes their dishes, their faces scrutinizing hers for some clue about what she is thinking.

Nasa scientists said the photographs posted online were more consistent with "a land-based explosion" than with something from space.

Wheaton College, an evangelical Christian institution, has disciplined a professor who put on a head scarf in solidarity with Muslims and said they worship the "same God" as Christians.

The Chipotle chain voluntarily shut down 43 restaurants in Washington state and Oregon over the weekend after health authorities began investigating an E. coli outbreak.

Both companies were accused of stealing intellectual property from American companies and could potentially spy on Americans.

Stocks on Wall Street declined steeply on Thursday, with the broader market shaving off more than 4 percent, amid heightened concerns over the impact of the euro zone debt crisis sweeping through the financial sector and over the wavering United States economy.

Wall Street stocks plummeted on Monday as skittish investors, already concerned about the economy, struggled to work out the implications of an unprecedented downgrade of the United States government's credit rating, and sought safer places to put their money.The declines, coming in the first opportunity for investors to sell since Standard &a...