The asteroid's path makes it the closest space-rock to pass by the Earth since object 2011 MD in June 2011.

Until now Google+ was technically for people 18 and older, although it is well-known that minors routinely enter false ages.

Arthur Abraham: for the first time in my life I swam with dolphins, it was fantastic. Now I love them more.

Roscosmos: Russia is preparing a Proton-M carrier rocket for the launch of the U.S. Sirius FM-6 telecoms satellite.

Newt Gingrich: by the end of my second term we will have the first permanent base on the Moon and it will be American.

The Philippines has indicated a willingness to host American ships, surveillance aircraft and joint military exercises.

On Jan 25, Wayne Rooney was voted soccer's "manliest" player in a poll of men and women — with Ashley Cole the biggest wimp.