Topic: Tom Clancy

Terrorism & Security As prospect of North Korea missile launch rises, some question US response to threats (+video)

The US is responding to North Korea's bombast as if Pyongyang is capable of making good on its recent threats. Tensions have risen against the backdrop of annual US-South Korean military drills.

'Red October' malware found snooping on Russian state networks

Russian Internet security firm Kaspersky Labs reports that the newly discovered 'Red October' malware has infected servers worldwide, but Russia and other former Soviet states are the worst hit.

Chapter & Verse Penguin and Random House: Will they combine to form the world's biggest publisher?

Pearson, the owner of Penguin, and Bertelsmann, Random House's parent company, are currently in discussions to merge the two companies.

Political sex scandals: Who survived – and who didn't

Revelations of an extramarital affair ended the political career of David Petraeus, who resigned as CIA director Nov. 9. But sex scandals are not necessarily fatal to political ambition. Against all odds, some politicians survive them. How do they do it? Here’s a list of notable politicos whose careers continued in spite of their slips – and some who didn’t, and found themselves looking for work in the private sector.

Top 10 highest paid authors of 2011

Forbes has just released their 2011 list of the world's highest paid authors (based on earnings from May 2010 to April 2011), and some of them may surprise you. We'll tell you how much each author made, why you should know their names, and how they beat the recession's effect on the fiction industry.

Bestselling books the week of 7/14/11, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America?

Bestselling books the week of 7/07/11, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America?

Bestselling books the week of 6/30/11, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America?

James "Whitey" Bulger is captured – but not in a bookstore

James "Whitey" Bulger – alleged gangster and known book lover – was sometimes sought in bookstores during his 16 years on the run.

Bestselling books the week of 6/23/11, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America?

Bestselling books the week of 1/20/11, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 1/13/11, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 1/6/2011, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 12/30/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 12/16/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

The Twilight of the Bombs

An end to the threat of a nuclear bomb? Not quite yet.

Ghost Recon to make Nintendo Wii debut in November

Ghost Recon will hit the Wii this fall. Meanwhile, Ubisoft is set to release Ghost Recon Predator on the Sony PSP.

Angelina Jolie stars in 'Salt' as a CIA superspy

Angelina Jolie plays a CIA superspy, in the new movie ‘Salt,' a high-octane action thriller.

Angelina Jolie plays a super-spy character in 'Salt'

Angelina Jolie portrays a CIA officer accused of being a Russian spy in the new movie 'Salt.'

Shaun White Skateboarding and other 3-D Sony PS3 games at E3 2010

Shaun White Skateboarding is just one of the many 3-D games announced for the Sony Playstation 3 at E3 2010

E3 2010: Sony touts 3D, motion-control via PlayStation Move at E3

E3 2010: Sony announced that 20 3D PlayStation 3 games would be out by March 2011 and 40 games using PlayStation Move, the console's new motion-control system, would be out by the holiday season.

10 video games that should be made into movies

Starring Swedish-American actor Jake Gyllenhaal as a Persian nobleman, the movie adaptation of the 2003 video game 'Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time' opens Friday. Here are 10 more video games that would make great movies.

Whitey Bulger and the book industry

Where to look for Boston gangster Whitey Bulger? Why, bookstores, of course!

Japanese subs found off Hawaii could have changed World War II

The two Japanese submarines – which were commandeered and scuttled by the US after World War II – were much larger, faster, and stealthier than US subs of the day. One included a float-plane that could attack New York.

Obama's new limo - ugly but it can fend off asteroids