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©REUTERS Boeing seeks temporary fix for suspect batteries: report US aerospace giant Boeing is considering an interim plan to protect its 787 Dreamliner if its batteries overheat or catch fire.
19 February 2013
Photo courtesy of lyonmag.com 'Harlem Shake' fad thrills the US DJ behind it The up-and-coming Brooklyn DJ behind "Harlem Shake" said Monday he's thrilled to see his cutting-edge electronic dance music (EDM) track going viral in a very big way.
19 February 2013
US Secretary of State John Kerry. ©REUTERS/Jason Reed Kerry, Lavrov talk, finally, on Syria, NKorea: US US Secretary of State John Kerry finally talked Sunday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who had been unavailable for days after the North Korean nuclear test.
18 February 2013
Photo courtesy of digitalspy.ie Latest 'Die Hard' film tops North America box office The latest in the long-running "Die Hard" action series, with Bruce Willis reprising his starring role, topped the weekend box office across North America.
18 February 2013
US Congrassman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) (L). ©REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst US Congress team warns Iraq after attack on Iranian refugees A team of US Congressmen met with the Iranian dissident group MEK in Paris on Sunday and threatened to declare Iraq's prime minister a sponsor of terrorism after a deadly attack on an Iranian exile camp there.
18 February 2013
Could 9-year-old win youngest best actress Oscar? She landed the part by lying about her age: Quvenzhane Wallis was five, and the filmmakers were only auditioning girls at least six years old.
18 February 2013
Auto racing: Patrick's Daytona pole makes NASCAR history Danica Patrick topped qualifying for the Daytona 500 on Sunday to become the first woman to earn pole position for one of the hugely popular NASCAR stock car racing's elite events.
18 February 2013
US protesters urge Obama to act on global warming Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Washington Sunday to generate pressure on President Barack Obama to take concrete measures to fight global warming.
18 February 2013
Berlin fest draws to close after Romania claims top prize The 63rd Berlin film festival wraps up Sunday after awarding its Golden Bear top prize to "Child's Pose", a mother-son psychodrama set among post-communist Romania's new ruling class.
17 February 2013
Devaluation of bolivar expensive for some US firms The recent devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar was a blow to some major US companies, highlighting the importance of financial ties between the two nations despite their political disagreements.
17 February 2013
Photo courtesy of femininbio.com Bisphenol A may not be negatively affecting humans: studies A total of 150 scientific studies have shown that bisphenol A (BPA), a controversial component of plastic bottles and canned food linings, may be used in quantities too small to negatively affect human health.
16 February 2013
Fashion faves win new customers with second lines New York fashion world darlings Zac Posen and Marchesa are the latest designers to launch secondary "contemporary" collections, giving customers a bit of glamour at more affordable prices.
16 February 2013
©REUTERS Famous last tweets captured for posterity Someone's famous last words are now likely to be famous last tweets.
16 February 2013
New York wraps up five years of handing out free condoms New York City this week marked the fifth anniversary of a groundbreaking free condom program that has distributed tens of millions free rubbers, under the racy slogan "NYC Condoms -- Get Some!"
16 February 2013
©REUTERS/Robert Galbraith Facebook network hit by 'sophisticated' attack Facebook said Friday its computer system was "targeted in a sophisticated attack" last month, but that it found no evidence any user data was compromised.
16 February 2013
Desperation on board as cruise ship towed to port An operation to tow a disabled cruise ship packed with desperate passengers back to the United States was delayed Thursday after one of the cables attaching it to a flotilla of tugs snapped.
15 February 2013
©REUTERS Senators propose first US carbon tax US senators proposed a tax on carbon emissions Thursday amid growing calls for action on climate change, but the bill is expected to face staunch opposition from many conservatives.
15 February 2013
Asteroid to whiz past Earth Friday NASA is keeping close tabs on a sizable asteroid set to whiz past our planet Friday in what the US space agency says is the closest flyby ever predicted for such a large object.
15 February 2013
Obama says public deserves to know more on drones President Barack Obama said Thursday that Americans needed more than just his word to be assured he was not misusing his powers in waging a secret drone war overseas.
15 February 2013
US airline merger latest in global consolidation Thursday's merger between American Airlines and US Airways marks the latest in a series of recent deals that has consolidated the airline industry.
15 February 2013

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