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US Supreme Court weighs 'straw' gun purchases challenge The US Supreme Court heard arguments in a case about legal provisions intended to prevent the "straw" purchases of guns by one individual for other buyers.

24 January 2014

Texting while walking impairs stride, poses risks: study Texting while walking impairs a person's ability to follow a straight line and keep a normal pace, and may pose risks to pedestrians according to a study out.

23 January 2014

Tarantino on warpath after screenplay leaked "Pulp Fiction" and "Django Unchained" director Quentin Tarantino is on the warpath, after someone leaked his latest screenplay, prompting him to scrap plans to make it as his next film.

23 January 2014

Top chefs bring ready meals to NYC elderly Shivering in Arctic temperatures and reeling from a brutal winter snowstorm, elderly New Yorkers got the surprise of their lives when five top chefs suddenly appeared with meals on wheels.

23 January 2014

Facebook could fade out like a disease: researchers Facebook is like an infectious disease, experiencing a spike before its decline, according to US researchers who claim the social network will lose 80 percent of users by 2017.

23 January 2014

Icahn takes eBay stake, seeks PayPal spinoff EBay said Wednesday that activist investor Carl Icahn had taken a stake in the online retailer and was seeking a spinoff of its PayPal financial payments unit.

23 January 2014

'Mac' turns 30 in changing computer world Decades before changing the world with iPhones and iPads, Apple transformed home computing with the Macintosh.

23 January 2014

Brain-dead Texas woman's fetus 'abnormal,' lawyers say The fetus being carried by a pregnant American woman already declared brain dead is "distinctly abnormal".

23 January 2014

Chinese leaders' kin stash riches in offshore holdings: probe Relatives of top Chinese leaders including President Xi Jinping and former premier Wen Jiabao have used offshore tax havens to hide their wealth.

23 January 2014

Pentagon not developing biological weapons in Kazakhstan Some observers speculate that the laboratory will have a dubious purpose and might be used for development of biological weapons by the Pentagon.

23 January 2014

Same-sex couples sue Florida for right to wed Six same-sex couples filed suit against the US state of Florida Tuesday for refusing to let them marry.

22 January 2014

Major snowstorm slams northeastern US Snow blanketed much of the northeastern United States Tuesday, grounding thousands of flights and causing chaos on the roads as forecasters warned that a brutal cold spell was on its way.

22 January 2014

Obama, Putin discuss Sochi Olympics security: White House Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin discussed security at the Sochi Winter Olympics Tuesday, amid rising fears in Washington for the safety of US athletes following terror threats against the Games.

22 January 2014

Las Vegas casinos begin accepting Bitcoin Two Las Vegas casinos will become the city's first to accept the Bitcoin virtual currency from this week.

22 January 2014

Music helps elderly remember: movie at Sundance It won't cure dementia or Alzheimer's disease, but music can nevertheless help sufferers "wake up" their memories, reveals a moving documentary presented at the Sundance Film Festival.

22 January 2014

Johnny Depp engaged to wed Amber Heard Hollywood actor Johnny Depp and the actress Amber Heard are engaged to be married.

21 January 2014

US offers ships to boost security at Sochi Olympics The United States is ready to deploy air and naval assets -- including two ships -- to help secure the upcoming Winter Olympics in Russia after terror threats.

21 January 2014

'Gravity' and '12 Years' share top PGA prize The Alfonso Cuaron film "Gravity" and the harrowing historical drama "12 Years a Slave" shared the top prize Sunday at the Producers Guild of America (PGA), a first for the awards.

21 January 2014

Smoking pot no more dangerous than drinking: Obama President Barack Obama says smoking pot is no more dangerous than drinking but calls it a "bad idea," amid a push for legalization in several states.

21 January 2014

Peugeot 'approves' capital hikes by French state, Chinese partner The board of struggling French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen has in principle approved capital boosts by the French state and its Chinese partner Dongfeng.

20 January 2014

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