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US military funds 'Mission: Impossible' vanishing devices The US military is spending millions to build "vanishing" technology that self-destructs on the battlefield, like the tape recorder that goes up in smoke in the "Mission: Impossible" television show.
08 February 2014
Guards at the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. ©Reuters/Mandel Ngan/Pool Hard rockers demand $666,000 after Guantanamo claims A Canadian hard-rock band says it sent the Pentagon a $666,000 bill after a former Guantanamo Bay guard alleged that the US military used their music to torture detainees.
08 February 2014
Syria, UN in Homs aid deal as Aleppo fighting hots up Aid operations were due to start in besieged areas of Homs Friday, a US official said, as Syria and the UN agreed to hold a "humanitarian pause" on fighting in the devastated city.
07 February 2014
US diplomat sorry for cursing EU in bugged Ukraine call The United States tried Thursday to defuse a potential row with its European allies after the leak of an embarrassing phone call in which a top US diplomat cursed the EU response to the Ukraine crisis.
07 February 2014
Celebrities strut catwalk in New York dress gala Celebrities have burst onto New York Fashion Week, donning couture red dresses made by some of America's top designers and strutting the catwalk to raise money for heart disease.
07 February 2014
Olympics: US bans carry-on liquids on Russia-bound flights US authorities announced a temporary ban Thursday on liquids, gels and aerosols in carry-ons aboard Russia-bound flights.
07 February 2014
Friends, family hold wake for Hoffman Friends and family of celebrated actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died of an apparent heroin overdose over the weekend, gathered late Thursday to attend a New York wake in his honor.
07 February 2014
Top US diplomat for Europe caught swearing about EU Washington's new top diplomat for Europe, Victoria Nuland, has been apparently caught being decidedly undiplomatic about her EU allies in a phone call about Ukraine posted Thursday on YouTube.
07 February 2014
©Reuters/Shannon Stapleton Apple quickly buys back $14 bn in shares: report Apple gobbled up $14 billion worth of its shares in the two weeks after earnings figures disappointed the market.
07 February 2014
Photo courtesy of  doctorshangout.com TV's 'Dr House' helps solve real-life medical mystery For a year, the patient suffered from a range of worsening symptoms that left doctors stumped.
07 February 2014
Actor Tom Cruise. ©Reuters/Rick Wilking Cruise lawyer dismisses 'bizarre' $1 billion lawsuit A lawyer for Tom Cruise poured scorn on a $1 billion lawsuit alleging that filmmakers stole a screenwriter's work to create a blockbuster "Mission: Impossible" film, calling the legal action "bizarre."
07 February 2014
Twitter takes hit as user growth disappoints Twitter got a reality check Wednesday as the high-flying messaging company reported modest user growth during a quarter in which it lost $511 million.
06 February 2014
New York concert defies Putin on eve of Sochi Feted by Madonna and cheered by thousands, Russian punk protest group Pussy Riot defied President Vladimir Putin on the eve of the Sochi Olympics at a star-studded New York concert.
06 February 2014
So who's cool? US photo exhibit tackles the question So what is this thing called cool? A major photography exhibition that opens Friday at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington dares to tackle the question.
06 February 2014
©Reuters/jonathan Ernst In US, 'natural' food may be anything but In the United States, pre-packaged foods loaded with artificial ingredients and chemicals can make it onto grocery store shelves boasting the label "natural."
06 February 2014
Apple risks hefty fee in Germany patent trial Apple is caught up in a new patent battle in Germany, risking a 1.5-billion-euro fine at a trial over the iPhone's emergency phone-dialling feature.
06 February 2014
Olympics: US warns of toothpaste bombs on Russia flights The US government warned American and foreign airlines Wednesday -- just ahead of the Sochi Olympics -- that terrorists could try to hide explosives in toothpaste tubes on Russia-bound flights.
06 February 2014
Singer Clay Aiken. ©Reuters/Jim Ruymen 'American Idol' star Clay Aiken launches Congress bid "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken declared Wednesday he is running for Congress, putting his singing career on hold as he aims to unseat a Republican from her North Carolina district.
06 February 2014
©Reuters/Ricardo Ordonez Fire erupts at US nuclear waste plant Firefighters scrambled Wednesday to contain a blaze at a US nuclear waste plant in New Mexico, while underground staff were evacuated and some taken to hospital.
06 February 2014
New York kicks off 2014 fashion week season New York Fashion Week explodes onto a snowy Manhattan Thursday, kicking off the fall/winter 2014 season with a new look and 300 catwalk presentations before the industry shows head to Europe.
06 February 2014
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