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Google co-founder Sergey Brin. ©REUTERS/Robert Galbraith Big name investors back Google Glass "Collective" Powerhouse Silicon Valley venture capital firms on Wednesday joined Google to launch a syndicate devoted to backing entrepreneurs building products for Google's coming Internet glasses.
11 April 2013
New gene linked with double Alzheimer's risk for blacks African-Americans with a certain gene variant have nearly double the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease than those without it.
11 April 2013
US college student stabs 14 in Texas attack A US college student stabbed 14 people, leaving two victims critically wounded, Tuesday in a rampage that ended when he was wrestled to the ground and taken into custody.
10 April 2013
Obama soaks up soul at White House shindig US President Barack Obama paid homage on Tuesday to Memphis soul and the role the music style played in advancing civil rights at a star-studded White House concert celebrating the genre.
10 April 2013
Obama speaks to Karzai, days after strike kills civilians US President Barack Obama on Tuesday spoke to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, for what officials said were regular consultations, three days after a NATO air strike killed 11 Afghan children.
10 April 2013
S. Korea, US upgrade surveillance status: report South Korea and the United States upgraded their coordinated military surveillance status on Wednesday, a report said, ahead of an expected mid-range missile launch by North Korea.
10 April 2013
Beyonce, Jay-Z's Cuba trip was legal: US Treasury Pop diva Beyonce and hip-hop star Jay-Z's controversial trip to Cuba was part of a cultural exchange and did not violate the economic embargo imposed on the island by the US.
10 April 2013
Concerns over African force in Mali grow as France withdraws As France begins withdrawing its troops from Mali, a top US defence official has said a UN-mandated African force was "incapable" of taking over the battle against Islamist extremists.
10 April 2013
©REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Arrhythmia drug may increase cancer risk: study A common treatment for irregular heartbeats may have a serious side effect: a new study out Tuesday showed it could increase the risk for certain cancers.
10 April 2013
Photo courtesy of restlus.com Sensational $1-bln art gift 'transforms' New York Met Cosmetics billionaire Leonard Lauder has given New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art an astonishing, no-strings-attached collection of Cubist art that he assembled over four decades.
10 April 2013
Google weaves a web between human trafficking hotlines Sex workers are more likely to call in to a hotline for victims of human trafficking on a Wednesday, and a Google-backed initiative announced Tuesday could help to explain why.
10 April 2013
US District Judge Lewis Kaplan. ©REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg US budget cuts could delay Bin Laden kin's trial The highly anticipated New York trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law could be delayed because his court-appointed lawyers have been hit by US budget cuts.
09 April 2013
Obama slams Republicans for gun reform 'stunts' President Barack Obama accused Republicans of stooping to political stunts Monday to block gun reform, in a fervent appeal delivered close to the site of the Newtown school massacre.
09 April 2013
Fake Rockefeller faces murder charge verdict A German man who posed as a member of the famed Rockefeller family after allegedly killing his landlord in California likely killed the man's wife too.
09 April 2013
Photo courtesy of blogs.citypages.com 'Evil Dead' slays N. America box office in debut The reboot of the horror classic "Evil Dead" slayed its rivals in its opening weekend, topping the North American box office with $26 million in ticket sales.
09 April 2013
Kerry aims to give peace a chance in new Mideast trip Top US diplomat John Kerry met Palestinian leaders Sunday on a fresh mission to forge a new path forward after a years-long impasse in Middle East peace negotiations.
08 April 2013
US plans tit-for-tat response to N. Korea actions: report The United States and South Korea have drawn up plans for a measured tit-for-tat response to North Korean actions, which will be limited in order to prevent an escalation to broader war.
08 April 2013
Bryan, Lambert win big at US country music awards Luke Bryan and Miranda Lambert won big Sunday as Nashville's biggest names took over Las Vegas for the 48th Academy of Country Music awards.
08 April 2013
Huawei looks to win back faith of United States Chinese tech giant Huawei said Monday that it hoped to "solve the challenges and problems" it has in the United States after Washington labelled it a security threat last year.
08 April 2013
US seek China's cooperation on North Korea: report The United States is pressuring China's new President Xi Jinping to crack down on the regime in North Korea or face an increased US military presence in the region.
07 April 2013

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