Enlarge image i Barrington Irving , a 23-year-old Jamaican-born pilot, at a news conference at Opa-locka Airport Wednesday, June 27, 2007, ending a three-month journey he said would make him the youngest person to fly around the world alone. Alan Diaz/AP Barrington Irving , a 23-year-old Jamaican-born pilot, at a news conference at Opa-locka Airport

The European Union police organization, Europol, uncovered a massive match-fixing scheme that they say presents “a big problem for the integrity of football in Europe.” As the AP reports, the Europol investigation found “more than 380 suspicious matches — including World Cup and European Championship qualifiers and two Champions League games — and found evidence

Enlarge image i Georgia Kolia, 63, has two adult children, both unemployed. She works as a volunteer distributing loaves of bread at the Agia Zonis Orthodox church soup kitchen for the poor in Athens, Greece, in April 2012. John Kolesidis/Reuters/Landov Georgia Kolia, 63, has two adult children, both unemployed. She works as a volunteer distributing

Enlarge image i Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrives in London on Jan. 17. Panetta is stepping down as defense secretary as soon as the Senate confirms his successor. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrives in London on Jan. 17. Panetta is stepping down as defense secretary as soon as the Senate confirms his successor.

Headlines were circulating last week about how, as Slate put it, “almost everybody” is rooting for the San Francisco 49ers over the Baltimore Ravens in Sunday’s Super Bowl. Of course, it turns out that what this actually meant was more like “substantially more than half of the area of the country is included within counties

Enlarge image i Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi speaks to reporters on the third day of the 49th Munich Security Conference on Sunday. Tobias Hase/AP Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi speaks to reporters on the third day of the 49th Munich Security Conference on Sunday. Tobias Hase/AP Iran’s foreign minister on Sunday welcomed

Armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons, militants attacked an army camp in Northwestern Pakistan early Saturday morning. According to officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, 12 militants and 13 security officials were killed in the attack. The New York Times is also reporting that 10 civilians — including three women and three children

Enlarge image i While a vast majority of undocumented workers in the United States come from Mexico, many also come from other Central American nations, China, parts of Africa and India. David McNew/Getty Images While a vast majority of undocumented workers in the United States come from Mexico, many also come from other Central American

The seed library is a partnership between the Basalt Public Library and the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute. Seed packets encourage gardeners to write their names and take credit for their harvested seeds. Courtesy of Dylan Johns Despite the cold and snow, some signs of spring are starting to break through in Colorado. The public

Union leaders representing engineers at Boeing voted Thursday to include strike authorization on ballots going to members next week. Here’s more from the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace: “Council representatives voted to add strike authorization to the ballots during a special meeting Thursday (Jan. 31). The councils’ also voted to join the two

An explosion at the office headquarters of Mexico’s state-owned oil company killed 25 people and injured 101 on Thursday as it heavily damaged three floors of a building, sending hundreds into the streets and a large plume of smoke over Mexico City’s skyline. Rescuers continued to search the rubble for victims trapped in the debris

Enlarge image i Prison provides an opportunity for networking with more seasoned criminals. iStockphoto.com Prison provides an opportunity for networking with more seasoned criminals. iStockphoto.com In popular lore — movies, books and blogs — criminals who go to prison don’t come out reformed. They come out worse. Scientists who have attempted to empirically analyze this