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Famed French cave paintings on exhibit in Chicago Stunning reproductions of the famed cave paintings of Lascaux are being displayed for the first time outside of France at an exhibit in Chicago.
20 March 2013
©REUTERS UP fitness wristbands get in stride with Android gadgets UP fitness wristbands got in stride with Android late Tuesday, keeping in step with the popularity of smartphones powered by the free Google software.
20 March 2013
Actress Lindsey Lohan. ©REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Lindsay Lohan gets 90 days in rehab in US plea deal Troubled US actress Lindsay Lohan was sentenced Monday to 90 days in a locked rehab facility, as part of a plea deal announced as her trial for allegedly lying to police was set to begin.
20 March 2013
Obama sets off for Israel charm offensive Barack Obama was on his way to Israel Wednesday for the first time as US president, hoping to ease past tensions with his hosts and under pressure to narrow differences over handling Iran's nuclear threat.
20 March 2013
US tightrope walker to tackle Grand Canyon He's at it again. The US tightrope artist who crossed Niagara Falls last year will try to do the same at the Grand Canyon -- but this time much further up and without a safety harness.
20 March 2013
Citigroup to pay $700 million to settle suit US banking giant Citigroup said Monday it will pay $730 million to settle a class-action suit by bondholders related to the 2008 financial crisis.
20 March 2013
©REUTERS/Patrick Fallon 'Oz' conjures up more N. America box office magic Big-budget 3D fantasy adventure flick "Oz the Great and Powerful" topped the North American box office for a second straight weekend, earning $41.3 million.
20 March 2013
Alan and Laura Shatto. Photo courtesy of runyweb.com No charges for Texas parents over dead Russian boy The US adoptive parents of a Russian boy will not be criminally charged over his death, a Texas official said Monday, after the three-year-old's demise was deemed accidental.
19 March 2013
China's Xi tells US Treasury chief of 'shared interests' Beijing and Washington have "enormous shared interests", China's new President Xi Jinping told the US Treasury chief on Tuesday in his first major diplomatic encounter since taking office.
19 March 2013
Japanese diplomat gets year in jail for wife abuse A Japanese diplomat based in California and charged with abusing his wife has been sentenced to a year in jail and will start serving it in May.
19 March 2013
N. Korea says US 'nuclear blackmail' will drive arms race North Korea said Monday that "nuclear blackmail" by the United States would drive more countries to follow its lead and build their own atomic weapon.
19 March 2013
©REUTERS/Marcelo Del Pozo Skimmed milk ineffective against toddler obesity Giving your toddler skimmed or semi-skimmed milk is unlikely to make inroads against the risk of obesity, a large study conducted among American children has found.
19 March 2013
US aims to protect Antarctic amid calls for fishing ban US Secretary of State John Kerry joined forces Monday with Australia and New Zealand to call for marine sanctuaries in Antarctica, as conservationists sought a fishing ban in the pristine seas.
19 March 2013
'Die Hard' director faces jail within weeks: report "Die Hard" director John McTiernan has until April 3 to surrender himself to serve a prison term handed down for lying to FBI agents.
19 March 2013
Photo courtesy of withfriendship.com Scientists find active community at Earth's deepest spot Scientists said Sunday they had discovered an unexpectedly large and active community of single-cell organisms living on the Pacific sea floor at the deepest site on Earth.
19 March 2013
Glimmers of hope for troubled US newspapers: study The US newspaper industry is seeing some glimmers of hope after being battered for years.
18 March 2013
Maduro wants US help to stop plot to kill Capriles Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro urged US President Barack Obama on Sunday to halt an alleged plot to kill opposition leader Henrique Capriles ahead of the April 14 presidential vote.
18 March 2013
©REUTERS/Brian Snyder Parental concerns rise over HPV vaccine: study A growing number of US parents oppose doctors' recommendations to vaccinate teenage girls against human papillomavirus (HPV), the main cause of cervical cancer.
18 March 2013
US to boost missile defenses against N. Korea The US Friday said it would bolster defenses against a possible North Korean missile strike a week after Pyongyang threatened a "pre-emptive" nuclear attack against its arch-foe.
18 March 2013
Photo courtesy of ibtimes.com 'Underground Galapagos' excites scientists Diverse underground ecosystems buried deep beneath the Earth's crust may offer clues to the origins of life on Earth, several recent studies have revealed.
18 March 2013

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