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US trade panel rejects Motorola bid to block Xbox imports The US International Trade Commission sided with Microsoft on Thursday in a patent dispute with Google-owned Motorola Mobility that could have gotten Xbox 360 videogame consoles banned from import.
24 May 2013
US Boy Scouts to allow gay youths, not leaders The Boy Scouts of America agreed for the first time Thursday to allow openly gay youths to join the organization, but will maintain a ban on gay adult leaders.
24 May 2013
Yemen welcomes US decision on Guantanamo prisoner transfers Yemen welcomed President Barack Obama's decision Thursday to lift a moratorium on transferring prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to the Gulf country.
24 May 2013
©REUTERS Cars, people in water as US bridge collapses A bridge carrying a freeway over a river in the northwestern US state of Washington partially collapsed Thursday, sending cars and people plunging into the water below.
24 May 2013
Photo courtesy of rhi.hi.is US report urges action on 'unprecedented' IP theft A high-powered commission said Wednesday that intellectual property theft was costing the United States the equivalent of all its exports to Asia and urged a tougher approach to China.
24 May 2013
Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born cleric linked to al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing. ©REUTERS/Intelwire.com US formally takes responsibility for killing Awlaki The United States formally said for the first time on Wednesday that it had killed radical Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and three other US citizens in anti-terror strikes abroad.
23 May 2013
©REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel Experts favor US approval of Merck sleeping pill An independent panel of experts on Wednesday recommended US approval of a new Merck sleeping pill called suvorexant, but expressed concerns over the highest dosage and risks of drowsy daytime driving.
23 May 2013
©REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski Twitter tightens security after high-profile breaches Twitter said Wednesday it was stepping up security measures for the popular messaging service following a series of high-profile breaches by hackers hitting media organizations and others.
23 May 2013
US tornado survivors begin rebuilding their lives Survivors of the killer tornado that ripped through this Oklahoma City suburb rolled up their sleeves Wednesday under a blazing sun and got down to the long, hard task of rebuilding their lives.
23 May 2013
Ibragim Todashev. ©REUTERS/Orange County Corrections Department Man killed by FBI links Tsarnaev to triple murder: media A friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev implicated himself and the Boston bombing suspect in an unsolved triple homicide before FBI agents killed him in a violent altercation Wednesday.
23 May 2013
US experts reject murder theory in scientist's death Two US pathologists on Wednesday supported Singapore police findings that an American scientist found hanged last year in the city-state committed suicide and was not murdered as his family claims.
23 May 2013
©REUTERS/Stephen Lam Solar plane set for new leg of cross-country US trip The first-ever manned airplane that can fly by day or night on solar power alone was set to soar early Wednesday on the second leg of its journey across the United States.
22 May 2013
US slams Iran's disqualification of candidates The United States on Tuesday condemned Iran's disqualification of hundreds of would-be presidential candidates, accusing the "unaccountable" clerical leadership of seeking to tighten its grip on power.
22 May 2013
Star Wars hero's pants auctioned for $36,100 The pants worn by actor Mark Hamill in the first Oscar-winning "Star Wars" film went under the hammer Tuesday for $36,100.
22 May 2013
US summit will help 'reduce suspicion': China media Chinese state media on Wednesday welcomed news of the first summit between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Barack Obama, saying the meeting will help "reduce suspicions" in the relationship.
22 May 2013
Obama hails Myanmar leader but warns on Muslims US President Barack Obama on Monday threw his support behind Myanmar President Thein Sein in his drive to reform a former pariah state but warned that a wave of violence against Muslims must stop.
21 May 2013
©REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel Microsoft readies new Xbox as entertainment hub Microsoft offers a glimpse Tuesday at a new-generation Xbox as videogame consoles evolve into home entertainment centers and adapt to competition from smartphones and tablets.
21 May 2013
Thousands protest after gay man's murder in Manhattan Thousands of New Yorkers -- including mayoral candidate Christine Quinn -- marched Monday to protest the shooting death of a gay man in the neighborhood that was the cradle of the modern US gay rights movement.
21 May 2013
Yahoo! vows not to ruin Tumblr after $1.1 bn takeover Marissa Mayer has made her boldest move to date as chief of Yahoo! with the billion-dollar purchase of Tumblr, a popular blogging platform she vowed not to ruin after protests from youthful users.
21 May 2013
Dozens dead as tornado hits US city A powerful tornado swept through an Oklahoma City suburb on Monday, tearing down blocks of homes and at least two schools and leaving at least 51 people dead.
21 May 2013

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