Saying that somebody “has to make a sacrifice,” Senator Manuel “Mar” Roxas III has given way to his party-mate Sen. Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino Jr. as the standard bearer of the Liberal Party in the 2010 presidential elections. Roxas announced in an early evening...

By Ayesha Tejpar CNN (CNN) — Hurricane experts are throwing cold water on an idea backed by billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates aimed at controlling the weather. Bill Gates and scientists have applied for patents aimed at reducing the strength of oncoming hurricanes. Gates and a dozen...