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US giant Amazon is preparing to take on Google in one of its core businesses, Internet advertising, citing sources familiar with the matter.
National Guard troops withdrew from a US town gripped by nearly two weeks of protests over the fatal police shooting of a black teenager.
The cremated remains of Hollywood actor Robin Williams, found dead on August 1 after an apparent suicide, were spread in San Francisco Bay.
A New York city councilman wants to ban toys in fast-food restaurant kid meals that do not meet strict dietary guidelines.
As American TV viewers await the Emmy Awards honoring last year's programs, the new season opened this summer and it is rich in stars.
It is the charity stunt that has got everyone from billionaires to pop stars and even former US presidents drenched by buckets of freezing water
Thieves who tapped an oil pipeline in northern Mexico caused a spill that contaminated the San Juan River, a key irrigation source for farmers.
Women who eat instant noodles at least two times a week face a greater risk of high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar and high cholesterol.
A severe drought is hitting Brazil's largest city and thriving economic capital with no end in sight.
Kazakhstani student Dias Kadyrbayev accused of obstructing justice in the Boston bombings investigation has agreed to plead guilty on August 21.
Colombian pop star Shakira's 2010 hit song "Loca" is an illegal copy of a tune written by a Dominican musician in 1998.
A New York man was awarded $10 million after spending 16 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, his lawyer said Wednesday.
The Supreme Court put a hold on gay marriages in Virginia, as it weighs whether to legalize same-sex marriage across the United States.
Friends, relatives and colleagues have paid tribute to American journalist James Foley, executed by Islamic State jihadists.
Uber teamed up with smartphone applications as the controversial Internet-age car-hailing service moved to park itself in mobile lifestyles.
Guatemalan army chief of staff Rudy Ortiz and four other military officers died when their helicopter crashed in a mountainous region.
International researchers said Wednesday the toxic injections might also be able to stop cancer in its tracks, at least temporarily.
Brazil's Socialist party named popular environmentalist Marina Silva as presidential candidate.
Facebook awarded a Internet Defense Prize to a pair of researchers with a viable approach to detecting vulnerabilities in Web applications.
Former president George W. Bush took the so-called Ice Bucket Challenge in support of Lou Gehrig's disease research.
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