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Walter "Snowball" Williams. Photo courtesy of youtube.com US farmer dies again... this time for real A Mississippi farmer who made global headlines two weeks ago when he woke up in a body bag at a funeral home died on Thursday aged 78.
14 March 2014
©Reuters/Jeff Kowalsky Recalled GM cars linked to 303 airbag-related deaths US safety regulators have tracked 303 deaths after airbags failed to properly deploy in vehicles recently recalled by General Motors.
14 March 2014
©Reuters/Alexander Demianchuk US ends BP contract ban The United States announced Thursday an end to its ban on BP obtaining government contracts following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
14 March 2014
Australia to buy surveillance drones to patrol borders Australia announced plans Thursday for a fleet of giant high-tech unmanned drones to help patrol the nation's borders, monitoring energy infrastructure and attempts to enter the country illegally.
14 March 2014
Renowned Peruvian chef and local food network star Gaston Acurio. ©Reuters/Mariana Bazo Peru's Gaston Acurio: from master chef to world food ambassador He's not even 50, but he's already transformed Peruvian cuisine and his restaurants are ranked among the best in the world.
14 March 2014
©Reuters/Bogdan Cristel Rio to ban cosmetic surgery... for dogs, cats Lawmakers in Rio de Janeiro, where plastic surgery is all the rage, have approved draft legislation banning cosmetic surgery for dogs and cats.
13 March 2014
©Reuters/Brendan McDermid Herbalife faces FTC inquiry after activist campaign The US Federal Trade Commission has opened a civil investigation into Herbalife.
13 March 2014
Photo courtesy of wikipedia.org NASA offers KazCosmos to participate in research projects KazCosmos, the national space agency of Kazakhstan - will have joint projects with NASA.
13 March 2014
Ukraine PM says EU accord may be signed next week Ukraine's new leaders will likely sign a long-awaited political accord with the European Union next week, interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Wednesday after talks at the White House.
13 March 2014
'Breaking Bad' actor changes gear in 'Need for Speed' Fresh from the success of "Breaking Bad," Aaron Paul has plunged into a very different role in high-octane action movie "Need for Speed," swapping crystal meth for straight adrenaline.
13 March 2014
Move over '123456': passwords go high-tech too Internet users may before long have a secure solution to the modern plague of passwords, in which they can use visual patterns or even their own body parts to identify themselves.
13 March 2014
©Reuters/Jason Lee Pint-sized tyrannosaur was king of the Arctic A pint-sized tyrannosaur braved the frigid Arctic and feasted on fellow dinosaurs 70 million years ago, according to a report Wednesday on a new species identified from fossilized skull bones in Alaska.
13 March 2014
Three dead, 63 hurt as NY buildings collapse A major explosion caused by a gas leak flattened two Manhattan apartment buildings in a fireball Wednesday, killing three people and injuring 63 others.
13 March 2014
National Security Agency (NSA) Director General Keith Alexander. ©Reuters/Gary Cameron 'Free world' governments among worst for online spying: watchdog Shady agencies at the service of democratically elected governments are among the worst online spies in the world, media watchdog RSF said Wednesday, putting them on the same level as offenders in Iran, China and Saudi Arabia.
12 March 2014
Bollywood to dance into final frontier: America Bollywood is promising a song-and-dance extravaganza as Indian cinema throws its awards ceremony in the United States for the first time, looking to tap into a mature but lucrative market.
12 March 2014
Photo courtesy of gmanetwork.com New lizard species discovered in Peru Scientists have discovered a new species of lizard at a national park in Peru.
12 March 2014
Anti-government rally called in Caracas amid new violence Students and opponents of the Venezuelan government have called a new rally for Wednesday to mark a month of protests in Caracas, as the death toll from demo-related violence reached 21.
12 March 2014
Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. ©Reuters/Luke MacGregor Next up from Keith Richards: a book for kids Not content with writing a best-selling autobiography, Rolling Stone guitarist Keith Richards now is coming out with his first children's book in September, publishing house Little.
12 March 2014
Himalayan cat. ©Reuters/Ina Fassbender Cat takes US family hostage A 22-pound (10-kilo) Himalayan cat attacked a baby boy and then took a US family hostage in their apartment, forcing them to call 911 to get police help.
12 March 2014
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