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White House releases Benghazi emails The White House released 100 pages of emails Wednesday designed to defuse Republican claims of a cover-up over the attack on the US mission in Benghazi last year that killed four Americans.

16 May 2013

Jackson Pollock work sells for record $58.4 million A Jackson Pollock drip painting sold Wednesday at Christie's in New York for a record $58.4 million and a work by one-time graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat set another record at $48.8 million.

16 May 2013

Google debuts music service for mobile gadgets Google on Wednesday rolled out a music service for smartphones and tablets powered by its free Android software, in a challenge to streaming radio firms such as Pandora and Spotify.

16 May 2013

Brazil gives green light to same sex marriage Brazil on Tuesday became the third and largest Latin American country to give a de facto green light to same-sex marriage.

16 May 2013

Obama condemns 'intolerable' tax agency scandal US President Barack Obama Tuesday condemned "intolerable" behavior by tax agency staff after a watchdog investigation found they unfairly targeted conservative groups opposed to his administration.

16 May 2013

U.S. dismisses Rakhat Aliyev family members' claim against Samruk-Kazyna board member The U.S. court has dismissed a claim of Rakhat Aliyev’s relatives -- brothers Devincci and Issam Hourani -- against Samruk-Kazyna board member Alexander Mirtchev and his company Krull Corporation.

15 May 2013

Boston might hear Kazakhstan students' case next week The hearing of the case of Kazakhstan students accused of preventing justice by trying to destroy evidences in Boston bombings case may be held in a week.

15 May 2013

Venezuela inaugurates Simon Bolivar mausoleum Venezuela has inaugurated a mausoleum that will hold the remains of the South American liberator Simon Bolivar, an imposing structure whose brainchild was the late Hugo Chavez.

15 May 2013

'2 Days: Gennady Golovkin' premieres June 8 HBO is shooting a short film about Kazakhstan-born boxer Gennady Golovkin, the WBA and IBO world champion.

15 May 2013

N. Korea has no nuclear warhead to fit missile: official North Korea has yet to develop a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on a missile.

15 May 2013

Mexico volcano spews ash on towns Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano spewed a new column of ash late Tuesday, with some of the material falling on three towns while glowing rocks landed on the towering mountain's slope.

15 May 2013

Women hail 'brave' Jolie's mastectomy revelation Health activists, doctors and movie fans hailed glamorous Hollywood megastar Angelina Jolie on Tuesday for her decision to reveal that she had had her breasts removed to reduce her cancer risk.

15 May 2013

Google chief Page speaks out about vocal cord paralysis Google co-founder and chief Larry Page ended the mystery about his soft, sometimes raspy voice with a personal online post Tuesday about being diagnosed with partially paralyzed vocal cords.

15 May 2013

Vermont OK's small amounts of pot Vermont's legislature on Monday voted to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, making the New England state the 17th to relax restrictions on the drug.

15 May 2013

US to boycott UN disarmament body over Iran role The United States will boycott meetings of the UN Conference on Disarmament when Iran takes over the body this month.

14 May 2013

Vermont legislators approve 'death-with-dignity' bill Legislators in the US state of Vermont approved a "death-with-dignity" bill Monday enabling terminally ill patients to take their own lives with lethal medication requested from their doctors.

14 May 2013

Human coconut peeler in Panama claims he is Guinness-worthy With jaws of steel that have earned him the nickname "Coconut Peeler," Andres Gardin, at the tender age of 64, is hell-bent on gnawing his way into the Guinness Book of World Records.

14 May 2013

DiCaprio environmental art auction tops $33 million Leonardo DiCaprio urged wealthy art collectors Monday to bid at an environmental charity auction in New York as if the planet's fate "depends on us" -- and they responded by splashing out $33.3 million.

14 May 2013

Canadian ISS astronaut returns to Earth a star Canadian spaceman Chris Hadfield on Tuesday returned to Earth along with two other astronauts after a half-year mission to the ISS that saw him become a global celebrity through his Twitter microblog.

14 May 2013

Tazhayakov's defendants start own investigation in Boston Defendants of Azamat Tazhayakov, one of the two Kazakhstan students apprehended after the Boston bombing, have started an investigation.

13 May 2013

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