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New York restaurant serves up silent treatment At the table, silence is golden, especially in noisy New York. That's the gamble a young restaurant owner is taking with patrons, who are prohibited from talking during four-course meals.

17 October 2013 14:16

Facebook relaxes rules for teen sharing Facebook began letting teenagers publicly share posts Wednesday as the social network moved to bolster appeal to youth and advertisers.

17 October 2013 13:36

Congress pulls US back from brink, averts default The United States was spared the ignominy of a disastrous debt default Wednesday when Congress passed a bill extending the nation's borrowing authority and ending a two-week government shutdown.

17 October 2013 10:24

Twitter to list on NYSE Twitter shares will trade on the New York Stock Exchange, documents showed Tuesday, shunning the tech-heavy Nasdaq which saw major problems in Facebook's market debut in 2012.

16 October 2013 17:53

Australia, US, France urge Antarctic protected areas Australia, New Zealand, the United States, France and the EU on Wednesday stepped up pressure on Russia for a swift agreement to create vast Antarctic marine sanctuaries.

16 October 2013 17:14

Yahoo holds onto more of Alibaba as profit slips Yahoo on Tuesday took attention off a lackluster quarterly report with word that it plans to hold onto a larger chunk than originally planned of Chinese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba.

16 October 2013 12:04

Political chaos pushes US up against debt deadline A day of political disarray Tuesday pushed America to within hours of a debt default deadline, but two veteran senators chased a last-gasp deal to stave off a sudden shock to the global economy.

16 October 2013 10:43

US prize-winning 'Mambo Kings' author dead at 62 - report Oscar Hijuelos, the Cuban-American author best known for his Pulitzer-prize winning novel "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love," died in New York age 62.

15 October 2013 11:45

UN names envoy for Syria chemical weapons The head of the United Nations on Sunday named Sigrid Kaag to lead the UN's joint mission with the chemical weapons watchdog tasked with eliminating Syria's arsenal.

14 October 2013 14:28

US lawmakers split despite October 17 debt deadline The United States is still facing a potentially devastating sovereign debt default, after senators failed to agree on terms to reopen the federal government and raise the country's borrowing limit.

14 October 2013 11:45

Versace mansion closes, readies for art exhibit? The palatial US villa where fashion designer Gianni Versace was murdered closed its doors Friday following its multi-million-dollar sale last month.

13 October 2013 19:44

G20 seeks 'urgent action' from US on budget impasse Finance chiefs of the G20 on Friday called for Washington to quickly resolve the political paralysis over its budget and debt ceiling.

13 October 2013 16:57

US Army seeks 'Iron Man' armor for commandos US Army researchers are working on building hi-tech body armor that would give soldiers "superhuman strength" in a real-life version of the suit featured in "Iron Man" films.

13 October 2013 16:57

US to reopen Statue of Liberty, Grand Canyon US national parks and monuments including the Statue of Liberty and the Grand Canyon are to reopen despite the federal shutdown, after states agreed to fund them temporarily.

13 October 2013 14:19

Obamas welcome Malala to Oval Office US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle welcomed Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai to the Oval Office.

13 October 2013 14:19

Venezuela holds US-operated oil ship in spat with Guyana Venezuela on Friday said it has detained a US-operated oil exploration ship sent from Guyana in disputed waters off its coast, in a fresh border spat between the two neighbors.

13 October 2013 10:52

N. Korea warns of 'all-out war' North Korea on Saturday issued a fresh warning of an "all-out war", urging the United States to stop military drills and what it described as "nuclear blackmail".

13 October 2013 10:52

Facebook ends 'invisibility cloak' for users Facebook is ending a feature that allowed users to hide from the social network's billion-plus members.

12 October 2013 21:21

World Bank to cut costs, bureaucracy: Kim World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Friday announced a program to slash costs and reduce bureaucracy at the huge development organization that is expected to result in significant layoffs.

12 October 2013 19:06

Cher & Co won't make room for Miley Cyrus generation Cher may have her ideal burial place all mapped out, but the veteran pop star is far from having one foot in the grave with a new album and feisty views on feminism and the "genius" of Miley Cyrus.

12 October 2013 15:25

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