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Kerry says no deal with N. Korea for freed American US Secretary of State said that Washington had made no concessions to North Korea to win the release of one of three Americans detained in the isolated country.

22 October 2014

Washington Post 'Watergate' editor dead at 93 Legendary former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee died Tuesday. He was 93.

22 October 2014

Clinton: Women's rights 'under assault' by Republicans Hillary Clinton urged Americans not to vote for Republicans who dwell on the past, warning that conservatives seek to keep women's rights "under assault" nationwide.

22 October 2014

WWII ships found deep in 'Graveyard of the Atlantic' Two sunken ships from World War II -- a German U-boat and an American merchant vessel -- have been found deep in the ocean off the coast of North Carolina.

22 October 2014

Yahoo profit surges on Alibaba divestment, mobile Yahoo said its quarterly profit surged with its sale of shares in Chinese Internet powerhouse Alibaba.

22 October 2014

Apple sees iCloud attacks; China hack reported Apple said its iCloud server has been the target of "intermittent" attacks, after a security blog said Chinese authorities had been trying to hack into the system.

22 October 2014

American fashion designer Oscar de la Renta dies at 82 Legendary fashion designer Oscar de la Rent died Monday. He was 82.

21 October 2014

Amazon, Simon & Schuster sign book retail deal Amazon has reached a deal with American book publisher Simon & Schuster, the companies said.

21 October 2014

Monica Lewinsky says she was cyber-bullying Patient Zero Monica Lewinsky said she was one of the first victims of cyber-bullying, becoming "Patient Zero" after falling in love with Bill Clinton.

21 October 2014

Antibiotics may help animals spread salmonella: study Giving animals antibiotics may make them sicker and could lead some to spread even more salmonella than they would have otherwise.

21 October 2014

Facebook sues lawyers over 'scam' lawsuit for stake Facebook sued lawyers who represented a man claiming he was entitled to a stake in the huge social network, saying they should have known he was a scam artist.

21 October 2014

Microsoft chief Nadella earned $84 million in 2014 Microsoft chief Satya Nadella, whose gaffe advising women to trust "karma" for pay raises sparked a firestorm, earned $84.3 million this year.

21 October 2014

Rousseff leads by whisker in latest Brazil polls Two new polls showed incumbent Dilma Rousseff fractionally ahead of rival Aecio Neves in a race that is still too close to call.

21 October 2014

New iPhones deliver big profits for Apple New big-screen iPhones helped propel Apple's profit and revenue in the last quarter, as the California tech giant smashed earnings expectations.

21 October 2014

'Fury' movie examines trauma of soldiers: Brad Pitt Hollywood star Brad Pitt said that his new movie "Fury", a brutal depiction of World War II, sought to recognise the psychological trauma endured by soldiers.

20 October 2014

Obama and Erdogan promise to intensify IS fight in Syria US President Barack Obama called his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and they pledged to step up the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria.

20 October 2014

Fastest KO: Golovkin KOs Rubio in 2nd round Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan has knocked out Marco Antonio Rubio in the second round of the middleweight title unifying fight in Carson, California.

20 October 2014

Iconic 'Easy Rider' chopper sells for $1.35 million The iconic Harley-Davidson chopper-style motorbike ridden by Peter Fonda in the 1969 classic "Easy Rider" film sold for $1.35 million at auction.

20 October 2014

Kerry in 'frank' talks with top Chinese official US Secretary of State John Kerry wined and dined a top Chinese official as Washington and Beijing grapple with a number of bilateral differences and global issues.

18 October 2014

Dollar gains as eurozone concerns linger The dollar Friday climbed against other currencies following dovish comments from US and British central bankers and continued concern about the eurozone

18 October 2014

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