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Fifty years on, everyone still wants a piece of Marilyn The first thing you notice when you see Marilyn Monroe's full-length gloves in the storeroom of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History is how small her hands were.

31 July 2012

Men in Batman masks rob two Mexican theaters At least three men wearing Batman masks raided two cinemas in northern Mexico Monday at showings of "The Dark Knight Rises," wounding one man.

31 July 2012

Eurozone must take 'decisive' measures, Obama says US President Barack Obama said Monday that the eurozone is not buckling under the weight of the debt crisis, but that "decisive steps" have yet to be taken.

31 July 2012

Afghan construction way behind schedule: report A new US government report has found major reconstruction projects in Afghanistan are so behind schedule they will not yield results before most combat troops leave.

31 July 2012

US report on religious freedom 'unjustified': China China's official Xinhua news agency said Tuesday there was "no justification" for a US report signalling a marked deterioration in the country's religious freedom in 2011.

31 July 2012

Asian markets rise again on stimulus hopes Asian markets were generally higher Tuesday, their third consecutive positive session, amid continued hopes for new stimulus measures by European and US central banks.

31 July 2012

Best-selling biography featured fake Bob Dylan quotes A young star of American journalism has acknowledged he concocted quotes from Bob Dylan in his best-selling biography of the American folk legend.

31 July 2012

Olympics: The Skype could be the limit for US golden boy Jose Ramirez is seen as the man who can finally deliver the United States Olympic lightweight gold 20 years after the great Oscar de la Hoya did in Barcelona and on Sunday he did little to discourage that notion.

31 July 2012

Colorado shooting suspect to be charged Alleged Colorado cinema gunman James Holmes is due to make his second court appearance on Monday as he is charged with committing one of America's worst ever mass shootings.

31 July 2012

US jury to decide Apple, Samsung patent case Jury selection was set to open Monday in a US federal court in the blockbuster patent case pitting Apple against Samsung, which accuse each other of copying patents for smartphones and tablets.

31 July 2012

Taiwan university sues Apple over iPhone patents Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University has filed a suit against US tech giant Apple, claiming the company's Siri intelligent assistant has infringed on two of its patents.

30 July 2012

Boeing launches probe after 'engine issue' Boeing said Sunday it had launched an investigation after an "engine issue" hit a test flight of the 787 Dreamliner a day earlier in South Carolina.

30 July 2012

Hacker posts fake New York Times editorial The New York Times, which famously insists on the accuracy of its reports, was red faced Sunday after being fooled by a hacker's posting of an online editorial under the name of ex-boss Bill Keller.

30 July 2012

Russian cargo ship manages to dock at ISS on second try The Russian cargo ship that undocked from the International Space Station to perform tests managed to re-couple Sunday after a failed attempt earlier in the week.

30 July 2012

White House denies comparison of Syria to Libya The United States said it was "very concerned" about a Syrian offensive in Aleppo, Syria, but rejected comparisons to Libya where NATO-led forces intervened last year to protect civilians.

29 July 2012

Author of US fracking study had gas industry ties: watchdog A university study that claimed fracking for gas deep beneath the Earth's surface did not cause water contamination was led by a US professor with financial ties to the gas industry.

29 July 2012

Russia in talks on 'Cuba, Vietnam' naval bases: admiral Russia is holding talks about opening naval bases in Moscow's Soviet-era allies Cuba and Vietnam as well as the Seychelles.

29 July 2012

UN arms talks end without deal UN negotiations to draft the first international treaty on the multi-billion-dollar arms trade have ended without a deal, with some diplomats blaming the US for the deadlock.

29 July 2012

US spy master courts top hackers at Def Con US spy master Keith Alexander on Friday courted hackers at an infamous Def Con gathering rife with software tricksters wary of police and ferociously protective of privacy.

28 July 2012

Batman shooter was psychiatric patient The suspected Batman massacre gunman was seeing a psychiatrist specializing in schizophrenia before the attack that killed 12 in Colorado.

28 July 2012

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