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Her last hours chronicled before Batman shooting Jessica Ghawi had escaped a mall shooting in Toronto weeks ago when an "odd feeling" led her outside, and then blogged about how fortunate she was.
21 July 2012
©REUTERS/Lisi Niesner Time to overhaul AIDS strategies for gays - study Three decades of safe-sex messages to gays have failed to stem the spread of HIV among a population at greater risk of the AIDS virus than heterosexuals, experts warned in The Lancet on Friday.
21 July 2012
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. ©REUTERS/Jim Urquhart Online woes spark first Microsoft loss ever Microsoft posted its first ever loss on Thursday, shedding $492 million in the fourth quarter due to a massive $6.2 billion write-down to reflect the slump in value of its online operations.
21 July 2012
©REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton US soldiers punished over Colombia prostitution scandal Ten US military personnel involved in the prostitution scandal that overshadowed President Barack Obama's trip to a regional summit in April in Colombia have been punished but not dismissed.
21 July 2012
©REUTERS/Shaun Best Potato chips on the eve of their social media moment Taking crowdsourcing to new heights, Lay's potato chips is inviting consumers to go online from Friday with their ideas for a new flavor and the chance to win $1 million.
21 July 2012
Photo courtesy of aids911.com In Washington, free HIV-AIDS testing while you wait Faced with the highest HIV-AIDS rates in the US, community health activists in the nation's capital have come up with a novel way for people to save their own lives while killing time.
21 July 2012
Leaks have caused 'damage' to US security: lawmaker Top US military officials believe recent high-profile leaks of classified information have caused "damage" to national security operations, US lawmakers said Thursday after a closed-door hearing.
20 July 2012
Photo courtesy of yumsugar.com US startup seeks to liberate diners from queues Robb Myer cannot stomach the notion of being stuck at the entrance of a restaurant waiting for word that a table is finally available.
20 July 2012
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri. ©REUTERS/Handout Lawyers ask for Guantanamo trial to be televised Lawyers for the alleged Al-Qaeda mastermind of the deadly 2000 attack on the USS Cole demanded Thursday that his Guantanamo military tribunal be televised.
20 July 2012
David Hemler. Photo courtesy of pennlive.com American deserter resurfaces in Sweden, 28 years later An American fugitive who has been missing and "wanted" since he deserted the US Air Force in 1984 has turned up in Sweden where he has been living under a under a new identity for nearly three decades.
20 July 2012
Subcommittee Chairman Al Franken. ©REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst US hearing warns FBI, Facebook on facial recognition A US Senate hearing Wednesday highlighted concern over the growing use of facial recognition technologies, both for law enforcement use and in big social networks like Facebook.
20 July 2012
Yokamon Hearn. Photo courtesy of thegrio.com Texas executes mentally handicapped man despite UN protest Texas executed a convict Wednesday, despite proof of a mental disorder developed in his childhood, prison authorities from the southern US state said.
20 July 2012
©REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Crisis opens up new paths in search for AIDS funds The star-studded world AIDS conference opening in Washington on Sunday will hear urgent appeals for funds at a crucial point in a war now in its fourth decade.
20 July 2012
Pregnant new CEO for Yahoo! stirs US debate on working moms No sooner was Marissa Mayer named chief executive of Yahoo! than she announced she's pregnant. In doing so, she ramped up a lively ongoing debate in the US about working moms.
19 July 2012
The original and the copy of Matisse's <i>Odalisque in Red Pants</i>. Photo courtesy of abcnews.go.com FBI agents recover stolen Matisse after art heist FBI agents have recovered what is believed to be a Matisse painting valued at $3 million that was stolen from a Venezuelan museum 10 years ago, and arrested two suspects.
19 July 2012
Mexico's Interior Minister Alejandro Poire. ©REUTERS/Tomas Bravo Mexican minister suggests mobile app to fight crime Mexico's interior minister suggested Wednesday that a mobile software app could help crack down on the country's crippling drug-related crime.
19 July 2012
Photo courtesy of wbir.com US regulators approve new weight loss drug US regulators on Tuesday approved the second new anti-obesity drug in 13 years, Qsymia, for use with exercise and a good diet in people who are obese or overweight with certain medical problems.
19 July 2012
Cruise slams 'grotesque' report about daughter Tom Cruise's lawyer condemned as "grotesquely false" Wednesday a report that the Hollywood star had abandoned his six-year-old daughter amid the shock of his wife's divorce bombshell.
19 July 2012
US to award Suu Kyi on first visit in decades The US will present its highest award to Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi in September when she makes her first US trip in more than two decades.
19 July 2012
©REUTERS/Mariana Bazo Interpol unveils fake goods scanning app with Google Global policing body Interpol announced Tuesday a pioneering initiative to crack down on trade in fake goods, using an app developed with the help of search giant Google.
19 July 2012
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