Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife has bitterly criticized the 92-year-old anti-apartheid icon as having “let us down,” prompting outrage in South Africa. “He agreed to a bad deal for the blacks. Economically, we are still on the outside. The economy is very much ‘white.’”

Members of the volunteer force range from the unemployed to electricians, bankers and social workers. Most of those interviewed during the training in April said they either benefit from free state education programs or work as public employees. They aren’t paid to attend events but receive about $7 to offset transportation costs.

Google’s checkbook is wide open this week. Not only did it buy 3D interface startup BumpTop, and invest in mobile payments company Corduro, but it also just put $38.8 million into a wind farm in North Dakota.

Massachusetts officials told about 2 million residents of the greater Boston area to boil their water before drinking it, after a major pipeline carrying water through the area sprung

Changing the hue of hospital gowns and bed sheets to match a patient’s skin color could greatly enhance a physician’s ability to detect cyanosis and other health-related skin color changes, according to a new study from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Target has moved up to the number one spot on Greenpeace’s supermarket seafood sustainability list as more retailers receive passing scores. While Walmart, Trader Joe’s, and Price Chopper held the middle of the pack, the lowest score went to the H. E. Butt Grocery Company.

An adrift Intelsat satellite that stopped communicating with its ground controllers last month remains out of control and has begun moving eastward along the geostationary arc, raising the threat of interference with other satellites in its path, Intelsat and other industry officials said.

“I handed the first lady my iPhone, but it quickly became apparent that she had very little experiences with this smartphone. Like many people, she said, ‘How do you type on this?’”

Looking for more meat and less remake filler in your movies? Take heart film fans. North America’s largest documentary festival is back with the film fix you crave. The 17th annual edition of Hot Docs returns to Toronto, bringing with it more than 170 documentaries, from 41 countries, showcasing Rush, heroes, monsters, babies & naked men in saunas.

Online piracy causes larger losses than bank robberies, yet the FBI investigates those, says the Songwriters Guild. Why not sic the FBI on file-swappers, too?