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The new 1-pound coin is expected to be released by 2017.

The coin has 12 sides and a fresh design. It also has new technology that the Royal Mint says will make it the most counterfeit-proof coin in the world.

Tropical Storm Bertha Takes Aim At The Caribbean

Puerto Rico is under a tropical storm warning, while the Dominican Republic has issued a tropical storm watch. The forecast calls for Bertha to head northwest, but stay off the U.S. East Coast.

Keurig is recalling 7 million Mini Plus Brewing Systems, with the model number K10 (previously identified as B31).

Keurig Recalls 7 Million Coffee Machines Following Reports Of Burns

The company received about 200 reports of hot liquid escaping from the brewer; there were 90 reports of injuries from burns. Customers should contact the company for a free repair kit.

Blue Origin's New Sheppard ship. Founder: Jeff Bezos.

Whose spaceship would you ride into outer space?

After writing about the latest developments in space travel yesterday, I wondered whose ship I would want to ride and automatically saw myself in Jeff…

The degraded pump module as seen from the helmet cam of Rick Mastracchio.

Epic Spacewalk To Replace Cooling Equipment On ISS Goes Well

NASA reports that things went well in Saturday's 5-1/2-hour spacewalk, with two American astronauts removing a pump from the International Space Station Saturday in an effort to repair a faulty piece of cooling equipment.

A woman walks gingerly across icy Boylston Avenue on Seattle's First Hill Tuesday morning. The street had a thick layer of compact snow and ice, like many in the region.

Seattle update: snowplows out, some streets closed

Snowplows are working icy Seattle streets this morning after a nightmare Monday snowstorm and deep freeze left many roads impassable. Abandoned cars and…

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