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NASA's Morpheus test lander crashes and burns NASA's experimental moon lander crashed and burst into flames seconds after takeoff Thursday due to a hardware fault, the US space agency said, prompting an investigation but no casualties.

11 August 2012 11:39

Threatened shark species turning up in US restaurants: study Threatened shark species are being used to make shark fin soup, a delicacy in Chinese cuisine, in several US cities, according to an unprecedented study based on DNA testing.

11 August 2012 11:03

Historic US town of two goes on auction block A historic American town with a population of two people will be auctioned off on August 15, the auctioneers Williams & Williams said Thursday.

10 August 2012 17:48

Vietnam, US begin historic Agent Orange cleanup From deformed infants to grandparents with cancer, families near Vietnam's Danang Airbase have long blamed the toxic legacy of war for their ills.

10 August 2012 10:40

Australian jet lands in Antarctica on rescue mission An Australian government jet carrying a medical team made a successful landing on an icy runway in Antarctica Thursday to rescue a sick scientist from the United States' McMurdo Station base.

10 August 2012 10:23

Google extends online search to email boxes Google on Wednesday began allowing users to extend online searches to include messages stored in accounts at Web-based email service Gmail.

09 August 2012 18:14

Curiosity's second day on Mars 'flawless': NASA NASA rover Curiosity's second day on Mars went "flawlessly," NASA said Wednesday, confirming the antennas, communication links and generator on the $2.5 billion robot are all working well.

09 August 2012 17:49

Former Blackwater fined $7.5 mn over US arms case The security firm formerly known as Blackwater has agreed to pay a fine of $7.5 million to avoid US prosecution for smuggling arms, the Justice Department said in a statement Tuesday.

09 August 2012 12:33

'Disabled' man executed in US despite protests Authorities in the southern US state of Texas executed an African American man on Tuesday despite protests from human rights groups that said he was mentally disabled.

09 August 2012 10:44

Hollywood, Broadway composer Hamlisch dead at 68 Marvin Hamlisch, the composer behind a string of Broadway and Hollywood hits including "A Chorus Line," "The Way We Were" and "The Sting," has died.

09 August 2012 10:05

Iranian woman leaves US prison after Oman mediation An Iranian woman, jailed by the United States for attempting to export military equipment to Tehran, has been freed and arrived in Oman on Tuesday.

08 August 2012 18:41

Armed US man arrested at Batman screening: police US authorities said Tuesday they arrested a man at a screening of the latest Batman movie with a bag full of weapons in a case that evoked a recent rampage in Colorado that claimed a dozen lives.

08 August 2012 18:04

US Sikhs say bigots confuse them for Muslims The sight of a bearded man in a turban can provoke violent anti-Muslim hatred in America -- and never mind whether the man under the turban is actually Muslim.

08 August 2012 15:26

Elton John brands Madonna 'fairground stripper' Elton John has reignited his public spat with Madonna, calling her a "fairground stripper" whose career is over.

08 August 2012 14:01

Jennifer Lopez files $20 million extortion suit Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez has filed a $20 million lawsuit against a former driver whom she claims threatened to spill her secrets if she did not pay him $2.8 million, court records showed Tuesday.

08 August 2012 11:34

Obama slams Romney as 'Robin Hood in reverse' US President Barack Obama joked Monday that his election foe Mitt Romney's tax plans would rob from the middle class to help the rich -- "like Robin Hood in reverse."

08 August 2012 10:23

US probes Sikh temple shooter's white power links Police on Monday probed the white power ties of the former US soldier who gunned down six people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, while the close-knit Indian-American community mourned its dead.

07 August 2012 17:57

Hollywood star Portman weds her 'Black Swan' love US actress Natalie Portman has married French dancer Benjamin Millepied, her partner of two years and the father of her 14-month-old son.

07 August 2012 17:03

NASA's Mars rover sends back stunning pictures After its first day on Mars, NASA's rover Monday sent back to Earth stunning images of its crater landing site and the mountain it aims to climb in the hunt for signs of life.

07 August 2012 16:15

Indian PM 'deeply shocked' by US temple shooting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh voiced shock Monday at the killing of worshippers at a Sikh temple in the US, while Sikh leaders suggested American Muslims may have been the intended target.

06 August 2012 19:02

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