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Madoff scam went back further than thought: US Bernard Madoff's multi-billion dollar Wall Street fraud started in the early 1970s, at least two decades earlier than previously thought.

02 October 2012

Facebook tailoring ad services for businesses Facebook's chief operating officer was in New York on Monday working to bolster investor confidence with assurances that the social network was intent on making money.

02 October 2012

Costa Rica fires judge for being serial oversleeper A judge in Costa Rica has been sacked for serial tardiness, the newspaper La Nacion reported Monday.

02 October 2012

Most scientific paper retractions due to misconduct: study When a biomedical study is retracted, most of the time it is because of misconduct rather than error, a report published Monday said.

02 October 2012

New York sues JPMorgan over mortgage securities The state of New York filed suit against JPMorgan Chase and its subsidiary JPMorgan Securities Monday over the allegedly fraudulent sales of mortgage-backed securities ahead of the US financial crisis.

02 October 2012

Arnie hopes to save marriage despite 'stupid' affairs Arnold Schwarzenegger says he still hopes to salvage his marriage despite admitting multiple affairs, including one in which fathered a child with the family housekeeper.

02 October 2012

Surging Capriles threatens Venezuela's Chavez Hundreds of thousands of backers of opposition candidate Henrique Capriles have thronged the streets in Venezuela's capital, echoing his rising threat to President Hugo Chavez's re-election.

02 October 2012

Venezuela's Chavez would 'vote for Obama' Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says that if he were a US citizen, he would vote for President Barack Obama in the November 6 presidential election -- and if Obama were Venezuelan, he'd vote for Chavez.

01 October 2012

Amazon under fire over Nazi death camp puzzle Online retail giant Amazon has come under fire over the sale of a jigsaw puzzle that depicts ovens at the crematorium at the Nazi death camp of Dachau, a media report said Sunday.

01 October 2012

Romney attacks Obama's 'dangerous' Mideast policy US Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney attacked President Barack Obama's Middle East policy late Sunday, stepping up the pressure after a wave of anti-US protests in the Islamic world.

01 October 2012

World must work out how to grey gracefully: UN Governments around the world must work out how to cope with ageing, a UN report said Monday, warning developing economies with lots of young workers may one day find their populations a drag.

01 October 2012

'Hotel Transylvania' checks in with top box office spot The animated monsters who become Dracula's guests in "Hotel Transylvania" scared up $43 million in their first weekend out.

01 October 2012

Kazakhstan biker Petrukhin will travel through 35 countries to support EXPO-2017 Petrukhin will start from Cuba, travel through the Caribbean and then will ride to the northern part of Latin America.

01 October 2012

Chevron pays $17.5 mn fine for Brazil spill US oil firm Chevron has paid a $17.5 million fine for a major spill off Rio de Janeiro state last year, Brazilian authorities said Thursday.

30 September 2012

Argentina, Iran meet over Jewish center bombing The foreign ministers of Argentina and Iran met at the United Nations on Thursday to discuss the deadly 1994 attack on a Jewish center in Buenos Aires.

30 September 2012

US carjacking suspect shoots self in head... live on TV A high-speed chase turned ugly for Fox News on Friday when it televised -- live -- a fleeing carjacking suspect shooting himself in the head in the Arizona desert.

29 September 2012

US pushing Gulf nations to develop missile defense The United States is pushing Gulf countries to develop missile defense plans, amid what they see is a rising threat from Iran.

29 September 2012

Ang Lee breaks every rule in new 'Life of Pi' film Director Ang Lee brought the best-selling novel into stunning 3D life with a production featuring an unknown Indian actor, four tigers and the world's biggest wave machine.

29 September 2012

US chef guilty of cooking dead wife A US chef was convicted of second degree murder Thursday after he admitted to slow-cooking his wife's body for four days to get rid of the evidence, while claiming she had died accidentally.

29 September 2012

Apple CEO sorry for maps shortcomings Apple apologized Friday for its glitch-ridden maps application in the new operating system used by the iPhone 5 and urged customers to use rival programs while improvements are made.

29 September 2012

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