Super Bowl ads: An appeal to family

The ads for this year’s Super Bowl ran the gamut from popular TV shows to celebrity cameos to motherly love — but the oddest and most omnipresent theme was men without pants.

Airline pilots and cabin crew across Europe are holding demonstrations Monday to protest over rules governing their flying hours which they say are putting the lives of passengers at risk.

A police raid on the outskirts of Jakarta Tuesday may have killed one of Indonesia’s most-wanted terrorists, though officials said they would await tests to verify the man’s identity.

The California Energy Commission voted unanimously to become the first U.S. state to impose energy efficiency standards for televisions, estimating consumers will save $1 billion a year in energy costs.

A year on, cold beer is flowing again at the popular Leopold Cafe. Lovers stroll the arc of Marine Drive, taking in the sultry sulfuric air of the Arabian Sea. And the main train terminus is as busy as it appeared in “Slumdog Millionaire.”

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for two breakthroughs that led to two major underpinnings of the digital age — fiber optics and digital photography, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.

Toyota President Akio Toyoda appears before the U.S. Congress over the recall of 8 million vehicles worldwide for problems related to sudden acceleration and unresponsive brake pedals, among other things.

A leaked document known as the “Danish text” has driven an even deeper wedge between rich and poor countries embroiled in U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen.

As a company that has built a business model atop trust, Google is in a sticky position as it prepares to formally introduce the Nexus One phone.

The price of gold is flirting with $1,100 an ounce. Many other precious metals continue to surge. How much higher can gold go – and what’s it all mean?

If not for a lowly leech, Peter Alec Cannon might not be in the heap of trouble he’s in now.

Honda has expanded an airbag recall worldwide, covering 2001 and 2002 Accord, Civic, Odyssey, CR-V, and selected 2002 Acura TL vehicles, the automaker said.

Hundreds remained missing Sunday beneath mud and debris in Indonesian villages from a pair of devastating earthquakes that struck the country at its center.

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India has stepped up anti-hijacking measures and ordered the deployment of air marshals as part of a security alert, officials have said.

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s Ryukyu Islands early Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.