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Russian security services name CIA Moscow chief Russia's security services openly named the alleged US intelligence agency's Moscow station chief Friday in a rare breach of protocol after arresting a purported CIA agent working undercover.

18 May 2013

Facebook and Twitter jump on Google glasses Facebook and Twitter launched applications Thursday for Google glasses as developers rushed to learn more about tailoring software for the Internet-linked eyewear yet to hit the market.

18 May 2013

About 60 injured in US train accident: railroad A rush-hour collision between two commuter trains in a suburb north of New York City resulted in dozens of people being injured late Friday.

18 May 2013

Shrinking glaciers behind a third of sea-level rise: study Water from the world's shrinking glaciers was responsible for almost a third of the rise in sea levels between 2003 and 2009.

17 May 2013

Obama and Erdogan demand Assad step down US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted Thursday Bashar al-Assad must step down amid a flurry of moves to organize peace talks to end Syria's bloody civil war.

17 May 2013

Dancer says Jackson sexually abused him as child An Australian choreographer alleged Thursday that Michael Jackson sexually abused him for seven years as a child, a claim the late singer's estate described as "outrageous and sad."

17 May 2013

Up to one-fifth of US youth have mental disorder: CDC As many as one-fifth of American children and teens suffer from a mental disorder such as anxiety or depression and the incidence of such ailments is rising.

17 May 2013

Boston suspect wrote note before capture: report Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrote a note before his capture in which he called the victims "collateral damage" for US action in Afghanistan and Iraq.

17 May 2013

US visit endorses 'Myanmar's Spring': Thein Sein aide President Thein Sein's historic invitation to the White House is an endorsement of "Myanmar's Spring" and a further sign that the former pariah's reforms are irreversible.

17 May 2013

Christie's art auction sells nearly half billion dollars A blockbuster auction of Contemporary art in New York, including a record $58.4 million for a Jackson Pollock drip painting, fetched nearly half a billion dollars on Wednesday -- the biggest haul ever at an art auction.

17 May 2013

Attorney for Bin Laden kin girds for 'good fight' Osama bin Laden's son-in-law has hired a new lawyer to defend him in the trial he faces in the United States, and the appointment stirred some controversy in the court on Wednesday.

17 May 2013

White House releases Benghazi emails The White House released 100 pages of emails Wednesday designed to defuse Republican claims of a cover-up over the attack on the US mission in Benghazi last year that killed four Americans.

16 May 2013

Jackson Pollock work sells for record $58.4 million A Jackson Pollock drip painting sold Wednesday at Christie's in New York for a record $58.4 million and a work by one-time graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat set another record at $48.8 million.

16 May 2013

Google debuts music service for mobile gadgets Google on Wednesday rolled out a music service for smartphones and tablets powered by its free Android software, in a challenge to streaming radio firms such as Pandora and Spotify.

16 May 2013

Obama condemns 'intolerable' tax agency scandal US President Barack Obama Tuesday condemned "intolerable" behavior by tax agency staff after a watchdog investigation found they unfairly targeted conservative groups opposed to his administration.

16 May 2013

'2 Days: Gennady Golovkin' premieres June 8 HBO is shooting a short film about Kazakhstan-born boxer Gennady Golovkin, the WBA and IBO world champion.

15 May 2013

N. Korea has no nuclear warhead to fit missile: official North Korea has yet to develop a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on a missile.

15 May 2013

Women hail 'brave' Jolie's mastectomy revelation Health activists, doctors and movie fans hailed glamorous Hollywood megastar Angelina Jolie on Tuesday for her decision to reveal that she had had her breasts removed to reduce her cancer risk.

15 May 2013

Google chief Page speaks out about vocal cord paralysis Google co-founder and chief Larry Page ended the mystery about his soft, sometimes raspy voice with a personal online post Tuesday about being diagnosed with partially paralyzed vocal cords.

15 May 2013

Vermont OK's small amounts of pot Vermont's legislature on Monday voted to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, making the New England state the 17th to relax restrictions on the drug.

15 May 2013

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