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US daredevil completes Grand Canyon tightrope walk
US daredevil Nik Wallenda became the first man to cross the Grand Canyon on a tightrope Sunday, completing his latest record-breaking feat in just under 23 minutes.
24 June 2013
Africa finally gets its turn with Obama visit
Barack Obama will visit Africa living a paradox: its blood runs in his veins, yet he has given the continent only passing notice as US president.
24 June 2013
Fugitive US leaker in Moscow, seeks Ecuador asylum
Washington was scrambling to stop fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden as the former IT contractor was Monday expected to head for asylum in Ecuador after arriving in Moscow.
24 June 2013
US leaker Snowden charged with espionage: official
US authorities have filed espionage charges against rogue intelligence technician Edward Snowden and have asked Hong Kong to detain him.
23 June 2013
Film reveals life in US for undocumented immigrants
Two years ago this weekend, Philippine-born journalist Jose Antonio Vargas came out publicly in the New York Times as an undocumented American, a term he prefers to the loaded phrase "illegal immigrant."
23 June 2013
US cuts prison term of disgraced Enron CEO Skilling
A US judge cut 10 years off the prison sentence of disgraced former Enron chief executive Jeff Skilling on Friday after he spent years fighting his original 24-year jail term for fraud.
23 June 2013
'Privacy' search engines see jump after NSA row
Internet users are taking a fresh look at "privacy" search engines that do not store data or track online activity, in light of the flap over US government surveillance.
23 June 2013
Obama meets privacy board on spy programs
President Barack Obama held a "candid" meeting with a privacy watchdog board, as he makes the case his White House has not abused power with Internet and telephone surveillance programs.
23 June 2013
US state in new alert over nuclear waste leak
Heightened radioactivity levels were found outside a nuclear waste tank in the US state of Washington, officials said Friday, in a new alert about a site used to make Cold War-era bombs.
23 June 2013
Kim, Kanye named newborn North West
Rap star Kanye West and reality TV star Kim Kardashian have named their newborn North West, prompting an outbreak of wisecracking Friday on Twitter.
22 June 2013
Facebook admits bug shared 6 mn users' contact details
Phone numbers and email addresses belonging to some 6 million Facebook users have been improperly shared due to a software bug.
22 June 2013
Pixar goes back to class with Monsters prequel
Pixar sends its Monsters back to class this weekend with "Monsters University," the first time the animation giant has made a prequel to a member of its stable of hit franchises.
22 June 2013
Wine producers go hi-tech to outsmart fraudsters
Making sure a glass of wine is everything it promises on the label was once a relatively simple process: hold against the light, tilt and observe the shade, swirl a little and give it a good sniff.
22 June 2013
US to sell military helicopters to Thailand
The United States plans to sell six Lakota military helicopters to Thailand worth an estimated $77 million.
22 June 2013
Facebook adds video sharing to Instagram
Facebook on Thursday added smartphone video-sharing to its Instagram photo-based social network, in a move challenging Twitter's popular Vine service.
22 June 2013
US Navy's cereal scandal: Cap'n Crunch not a captain?
A veteran naval officer who has saluted from cereal boxes for 50 years -- Cap'n Crunch -- may not be a real captain after all.
21 June 2013
Obama to tap Jim Comey as new FBI chief
President Barack Obama will formally nominate a former senior Bush administration official Friday to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
21 June 2013
WikiLeaks plane 'ready' to bring Snowden to Iceland
A chartered private jet is ready to bring US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden to Iceland from Hong Kong.
21 June 2013
Boxing: Kazakhstan to watch Golovkin's bout live
The world title bout between Kazakhstan's boxer Gennady Golovkin and British Matthew Macklin will be aired live by channel Kazakhstan.
21 June 2013
Apple, US government spar in antitrust trial finale
Apple on Thursday dismissed allegations it conspired to raise the price of e-books and said the US government's antitrust case against it would deter new entrants to concentrated markets.
21 June 2013
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