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Apple splitting stock as iPhone sales soar Apple on Wednesday courted investors with stock split plans as hot iPhone sales pushed up profits while underscoring pressure for the company to unveil "the next big thing."
24 April 2014
Actress and director Jodie Foster. ©Reuters/Fred Prouser US actress Jodie Foster marries girlfriend Two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster has married her girlfriend Alexandra Hedison, a spokeswoman for the veteran US actress told AFP.
24 April 2014
Brazil passes trailblazing Internet privacy law Brazil's Congress on Tuesday passed comprehensive legislation on Internet privacy in what some have likened to a web-user's bill of rights, after stunning revelations its own president was targeted by US cyber-snooping.
24 April 2014
Abd Al Rahim Hussayn Muhammad al-Nashiri. ©Reuters/Janet Hamlin Judge's order on CIA secret prisons released in full The US government must turn over information on secret CIA interrogation centers connected to the trial of the alleged mastermind of the 2000 USS Cole bombing, a military judge said in an order released in full Tuesday.
23 April 2014
US sending 600 troops to Poland, Baltics for drills The United States is deploying about 600 troops to Poland and the Baltics to underscore its commitment to NATO allies amid tensions with Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, the Pentagon said.
23 April 2014
Pentagon scientists show off life-size robot US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel got a first-hand look at a life-size robot Tuesday that resembles Hollywood's "Terminator," the latest experiment by the Pentagon's hi-tech researchers.
23 April 2014
©Reuters/Mike Blake Oscar show producers to return in 2015 Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will return to oversee the Academy Awards show for a third consecutive year, AFP reports according to Oscars organizers.
23 April 2014
GSK, Novartis unveil major healthcare revamp British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and Swiss peer Novartis announced a major shake-up of their healthcare divisions on Tuesday in deals worth billions of dollars.
23 April 2014
© mauinews.com Teen survives five-hour flight in airplane wheel well A 16-year-old boy was lucky to be alive Monday after surviving a flight from California to Hawaii in the wheel well of an airplane, US media reported.
22 April 2014
Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov in the courtroom. ©Reuters Boston prisoners' legal proceedings may be postponed: Stall Legal proceedings against Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, Kazakhstani students who were arrested in the United States in relation to the Boston bombings case, may be delayed until August.
22 April 2014
Biden meets Ukraine leaders as Russia, US swap blame on crumbling deal US Vice President Joe Biden met Ukraine's new pro-Western leaders Tuesday to offer firm American backing as Washington and Moscow traded blame over an unravelling peace deal to defuse the country's deep crisis.
22 April 2014
Photo courtesy of commons.wikimedia.org China's Shandong Airlines orders 50 Boeing planes for $4.6 bn Shandong Airlines, one of China's smaller carriers, said it has agreed to buy 50 passenger planes from US manufacturer Boeing for $4.6 billion, in another sign of the country's growing demand for air travel.
22 April 2014
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. ©Reuters/Kyodo South Korea says North may be close to nuclear test North Korea could well be preparing to carry out a fourth nuclear test, South Korea said Tuesday, citing increased activity at its main test site just days ahead of a visit to Seoul by US President Barack Obama.
22 April 2014
©Reuters/Mike Blake Juicy court case leaves Coca-Cola on defensive Coca-Cola was taken to task by the US Supreme Court on Monday, with justices questioning whether a drink sold as fruit juice was the real thing.
22 April 2014
©Alamy Powdered alcohol poised to hit US stores Just add water and stir. A US company says its new powdered alcohol product has been approved by US regulators and is poised to hit stores in the coming months.
22 April 2014
Actor Denzel Wahington (R),Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (C). ©Reuters Wrongfully imprisoned US boxer 'Hurricane' Carter dies Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the prizefighter whose racially tinged wrongful murder conviction made him a symbol of injustice and a pop culture cause, died on Sunday at the age of 76.
21 April 2014
©Reuters/Secretaria de Gobernacion Mexican troops free 60 migrants Mexican troops Sunday released a group of 60 migrants trying to reach the United States who were being held captive in a home in northern Mexico, authorities said.
21 April 2014
David Beckham. ©Reuters/Zachary Fagenson Miami mayor defends Beckham stadium plan The mayor of Miami on Friday defended David Beckham's plans to build a state-of-the-art stadium on the city's waterfront, rejecting criticism of the project by a coalition of business groups.
20 April 2014
Los Angeles Times building. Photo courtesy of wikipedia.org US police arrest man after LA Times shooting threat US police arrested a man late Friday after he entered the Los Angeles Times building and threatened to start shooting, the newspaper said.
20 April 2014
SpaceX launches Dragon capsule to ISS Private US firm SpaceX launched its unmanned Dragon capsule to the International Space Station on Friday, its third trip carrying supplies and equipment to the orbiting lab.
19 April 2014
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