A new report suggests that on average we are unable to focus on a task for more than 11 minutes without being tempted by email, Facebook or Twitter. Ironically, reading may be the cure, says Aileen Lee

Authorities in Chicago painted over a yellow and white stain on a concrete wall of an expressway underpass that some believed was an image of the Virgin Mary after it was defaced, police said today. A man was arrested for the alleged vandalism.