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Kim, Kanye kick off pre-wedding festivities The prince and princess of celebrity, Kanye West and his bride-to-be Kim Kardashian, on Friday kicked off their marathon wedding celebrations with a period costume party in Versailles before flying on to Florence.
24 May 2014
The overturned hull of the Cheeki Rafiki. ©Reuters/U.S. Navy US locates missing British yacht in Atlantic, but no crew A US Navy warship helicopter has spotted a missing yacht in the Atlantic but found no trace of its four-man British crew now feared dead, American officials said.
24 May 2014
©Reuters/Kevork Djansezian Toyota recalls 520,000 vehicles globally Toyota on Friday said it is recalling about 520,000 vehicles, mostly in North America, over several issues including cable corrosion that could see unused spare tyres fall off.
23 May 2014
San Antonio, Texas Mayor Julian Castro. ©Reuters/Jim Young Obama to nominate San Antonio mayor as US housing secretary President Barack Obama will announce Friday his plan to nominate Julian Castro, the charismatic Hispanic mayor of San Antonio, Texas, as US secretary of housing and urban development.
23 May 2014
Joel Javier Rodriguez Fuentes. Photo courtesy of milenio.com Mexico arrests suspected mastermind of mass kidnapping Mexican authorities have arrested the man suspected of ordering the murder of 13 young people who were kidnapped in a brazen daytime abduction in the capital last year.
23 May 2014
US Senate panel budgets $100 mn for non-Russian rocket A Senate panel set aside $100 million Thursday to develop a US rocket engine as an alternative to Russian equipment currently used to launch military satellites into orbit.
23 May 2014
The remains of an explosive device. ©Reuters Boston marathon bombs made with Christmas-light fuses The twin bombs that went off at the Boston Marathon last year were made using improvised fuses from Christmas lights and detonators constructed from model car parts, US prosecutors said.
23 May 2014
Surface Pro 3. ©surface.microsoftstore.com Microsoft takes aim at laptops with new Surface tablet Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled a new Surface Pro tablet designed as a powerful all-purpose computer fit to replace a laptop.
23 May 2014
Nest smoke/carbon monoxide detector. ©Reuters/George Frey Hundreds of thousands of Google's Nest smoke alarms recalled The US Product Safety Commission on Wednesday issued a recall notice for 440,000 smoke and carbon monoxide alarms by Nest, a tech-driven start-up acquired by Google earlier this year.
22 May 2014
Katy Perry. ©Reuters/Danny Moloshok US museum adds Katy Perry portrait to collection Thanks to the generosity of a US forklift truck dynasty, pop star Katy Perry will soon take pride of place in the dignified National Portrait Gallery in Washington.
22 May 2014
U.S. troops. ©Reuters/Mark Wilson US deploys troops to Chad to hunt for Nigerian girls The United States has deployed 80 military personnel to Chad to help find 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram, who are blamed for a spree of deadly attacks this week including a massive car-bombing.
22 May 2014
Kidnap and sexual assault suspect Isidro Garcia. ©Reuters/Santa Ana Police Department US kidnap, sex abuse victim found alive after 10 years California police have arrested a 41-year-old man accused of kidnapping a teenager and sexually abusing her for a decade, after the alleged victim got in touch via Facebook.
22 May 2014
Facebook giving smartphone app an ear for music Facebook on Wednesday said its mobile application will be getting an ear for music, as well as for film or television show sound tracks.
22 May 2014
Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada. Photo courtesy of la-razon.com Bolivian ex-president can face rights trial in US A judge in the state of Florida has given a green light for a human rights abuses trial to move forward in the United States against Bolivian ex-president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada.
22 May 2014
A board displaying images of five men arrested on child pornography charges in the New York City area. Photo courtesy of usatoday.com New York arrests 70 for child porn Two police officers, a rabbi and a Boy Scout leader are among 70 men and one woman arrested on child pornography charges in the largest such bust in New York, officials said Wednesday.
22 May 2014
Microsoft to press China after Windows 8 ban Microsoft said Tuesday it would maintain efforts to gain approval in China for its Windows 8 operating system after a ban announced by Beijing.
22 May 2014
David Beckham. ©Reuters/Lucas Jackson Beckham suffers fresh blow to Miami stadium plans David Beckham's hopes of seeing his new Miami football team play at a prime spot at the port of Miami were Tuesday all but blown out of the water in a major setback for the former Manchester United idol.
21 May 2014
Photo courtesy of listofimages.com Japan court orders military night flights at base suspended A court Wednesday ordered Japan's military to suspend night flights from one base in the first such ruling over noise caused by fighter planes.
21 May 2014
©Reuters/Stringer Major meteor shower could delight N. America May 23-24 Skywatchers in the United States and Canada could see a one-of-a-kind meteor shower late Friday night and early Saturday, astronomers say.
21 May 2014
Google overtakes Apple as world's top brand US search engine Google has overtaken rival technology titan Apple as the world's top brand in terms of value, global market research agency Millward Brown said.
21 May 2014

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