MOSCOW — Russian space officials are speculating that American radar may have zapped the failed Mars moon probe that fell into the ocean Sunday, a prominent Russia newspaper said Tuesday. Russia has been trying to explain the spectacular and humiliating failure of the Phobos-Gunt probe ever since it got into trouble soon after its Nov. 9 launch. Read full article > >

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Did U.S. radar fry Russian Mars probe?

Legal proceedings to disqualify directors of the failed Christmas hamper business Farepak have begun in the High Court.

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Farepak directors face court ban

Linda McMahon, the professional wrestling mogul who spent $50 million in her failed Senate bid last year, is the most prominent possible candidate to replace Senator Joseph Lieberman.

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Familiar Face Among Connecticut Pack of Maybes for Senate

It was a year full of big environmental news, from the BP oil spill to the failed climate bill.

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Green: 2010’s Major Environmental Moments

He has a clear mandate and risks more than reelection if he shirks it.

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Obama: On the way to a failed presidency?

Russia’s space agency is investigating the failed launch of three navigational satellites, the agency reported Sunday.

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Russian satellite launch fails

Many Muslim leaders applauded the F.B.I.’s efforts in the failed bombing plot in Portland, Ore., but some said that cases like that one risk undermining the trust of Muslim communities.

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News Analysis: Terror Cases Strain Ties With Some Who Can Help

Jeremy Scahill talks with Chris Hayes about what it means that NATO was trying to negotiate peace with a Taliban imposter. Also See: Jeremy Scahill | America’s Failed War of Attrition in Afghanistan

In an unusual PR move for al Qaeda, the terrorist group’s Yemen branch isn’t just claiming responsibility for the failed parcel bomb attacks, they’re releasing an online magazine detailing how much the attacks cost and why they plan to do more like…

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Al Qaeda Shows Off Parcel Bombs in Magazine

Terrorists are constantly adapting and trying again.

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The package bombs may have failed, but al-Qaeda is still a threat

A Yemeni court has ordered the capture of U.S.-born Anwar al-Awlaki, a cleric with ties to the Fort Hood shooter and the failed Christmas Day underwear bomber. Following the announcement, hundreds of troops were deployed to Shabwa province to assist in…

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Yemen Steps Up Pursuit of Cleric

The Swiss daredevil Yves Rossy has made his first return to the skies after his failed attempt to fly form Africa to Europe.

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Jetman back in the skies

A cement mixture intended to temporarily seal BP’s Macondo exploration well repeatedly failed lab tests before the April 20 blowout, a presidential commission investigating the oil spill said Thursday.

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Cement at BP well failed lab testing

Faisal Shahzad, the failed Times Square bomber, has said that he planned a second, follow-up attack on Times Square, if he hadn’t been arrested. According to officials, he has also bragged that he wanted to murder at least 40 people in his first…

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Second Times Square Attack Planned

Prosecutors say Faisal Shahzad, the 30-year-old Pakistani-American suspect in the failed Times Square bombing case, carefully selected his location as a highly populated target, and intended to strike again if he wasn’t caught the first time.

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Officials: NYC plotter eyed 2nd attack