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US billionaire wins $12 mln in damages in wine fraud case
A New York jury on Friday awarded $12 million in damages to a US billionaire, who said he had been defrauded when he paid thousands of dollars for supposedly vintage wine that turned out to be fake.
13 April 2013
The bubble bursts on e-currency Bitcoin
Many saw it coming, but that didn't stop the Bitcoin bubble from bursting: after rising to dizzying heights, the digital currency suffered its first true crash this week.
13 April 2013
Kerry looks to press China on N. Korea
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Beijing on Saturday to seek China's help to rein in a belligerent North Korea and provide a foundation for Seoul to lower soaring tensions with Pyongyang.
13 April 2013
US-Russia reset on 'pause': US general
A "reset" in US-Russia relations is now on pause and Moscow likely will be "the primary actor of regional concern".
13 April 2013
Huh? US lawmakers suddenly getting along
Cherry blossoms aren't the only things in bloom in the US capital these days. Progress and bipartisanship are, if not in full flower, at least pushing through cracks in longstanding political gridlock.
12 April 2013
Obama tells N. Korea to stop 'belligerent approach'
The United States slammed North Korea's belligerence Thursday and pressed China to rein in its ally.
12 April 2013
From the ashes of 9/11, a portrait of Kennedy emerges
Rarely seen photos of John F. Kennedy, once feared to have been lost forever when the World Trade Center was destroyed on 9/11.
12 April 2013
H7N9 vaccine may take months: US agency
Developing a vaccine for the H7N9 strain of bird flu that has killed 10 people in eastern China could take "many months".
12 April 2013
US urges China to help rein in N. Korea
Top US officials urged China Friday to use all its leverage to stop North Korea's "destabilising" actions on the Korean peninsula.
12 April 2013
US protesters demand closure of Guantanamo
Rights activists across the United States held a series of protests on Thursday demanding the closure of Guantanamo Bay as a hunger-strike at the jail entered a third month.
12 April 2013
US billionaire wins fake wine trial
A New York jury on Thursday backed a US billionaire who complained that wines he bought costing thousands of dollars a bottle were phony.
12 April 2013
Malawi launches stinging attack on Madonna
Malawi has launched a stinging attack on US pop icon Madonna, accusing her of expecting "gratitude" and VIP treatment during a visit last week to her charity work in the southern African country.
12 April 2013
German fake Rockefeller guilty of US murder
A German fantasist who impersonated a member of the Rockefeller family, an English aristocrat and a Hollywood film producer, was convicted Wednesday of murdering his California landlord in 1985.
11 April 2013
US senators reach deal on gun-sale background checks
Senators struck a hard-fought compromise Wednesday that could expand US background checks to all commercial firearms sales, which may result in the most ambitious change to gun laws since 1994.
11 April 2013
Syria to dominate G8 talks as rebels ask US for weapons
US Secretary of State John Kerry and other G8 foreign ministers were on Thursday to hold a second day of talks in London focused on Syria after rebels again appealed for weapons.
11 April 2013
Sharon Stone counter-sues Filipina nanny
Sharon Stone has counter-sued her Filipina former nanny, who is pursuing the US actress for wrongful dismissal and harassment including racist abuse.
11 April 2013
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
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