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Google buys Bump app for sharing smartphone files
The startup behind popular smartphone apps for sharing contacts, pictures or other data by "bumping" smartphones together announced on Monday that it has been bought by Google.
18 September 2013
Versace's tragic Miami mansion set for auction
The palatial Miami mansion where iconic fashion designer Gianni Versace was murdered goes under the hammer on Tuesday with auctioneers hoping to clinch a sale for as much as $40 million.
17 September 2013
Shooting spree at Washington naval base leaves 13 dead
A former US naval reservist killed 12 people in a shooting rampage at a military base in the heart of Washington on Monday, exchanging fire with police before losing his own life.
17 September 2013
'Grand Theft Auto V' hits streets in brash debut
Unabashedly brutal "Grand Theft Auto V" hit the streets Tuesday in a sequel that promises to enthrall fans of the blockbuster videogame franchise.
17 September 2013
'Insidious' sequel tops N. America box office
The horror sequel "Insidious: Chapter 2" spirited itself into the top slot at the North American box office with a massive $41 million opening weekend take.
16 September 2013
Oil prices down after deal on Syrian chemical weapons
Oil prices fell in Asian trade Monday after a US-Russia deal on Syria's chemical weapons averted a potential Western military strike on the Assad regime.
16 September 2013
Rain hinders search in Colorado floods
Torrential rain grounded rescue helicopters in Colorado for much of Sunday, slowing the search for hundreds of people unaccounted for after massive flooding in the western US state killed six.
16 September 2013
Twitter a crucial political tool, despite risks
Presidents and prime ministers, South American strongmen and nearly the entire US Congress have used Twitter to press their political platforms.
15 September 2013
At least four dead in US consulate attack in Afghanistan
At least four Afghans were killed Friday in a Taliban suicide attack on the US consulate in the Afghan city of Herat.
15 September 2013
No new charges filed against Dias or Azamat: Robert Stahl
Dias Kadyrbaev has once again pled not guilty at the Superseding Indictment hearing this Friday. The Arrangement was a formality.
15 September 2013
NY fashion week wraps up with Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein and Marc Jacobs
New York Fashion Week ended Thursday with Ralph Lauren exploring sexy schoolgirl chic, Calvin Klein offering up a study in geometry and Marc Jacobs heading to a gothic beach wasteland.
13 September 2013
NASA's Voyager first spacecraft to exit solar system
Never before has a human-built spacecraft traveled so far. NASA's Voyager 1 probe has left the solar system and is wandering the galaxy.
13 September 2013
Twitter announces IPO plans, on Twitter
Twitter announced Thursday, in a tweet, that it has submitted papers for the most hotly anticipated stock offering in the tech sector since Facebook's last year.
13 September 2013
Taliban bomb US consulate in Afghanistan
Heavily armed gunmen in suicide vests detonated a truck bomb outside the US consulate in the Afghan city of Herat, sparking a shootout with American forces early Friday.
13 September 2013
'Prove it,' US tells Assad on chemical arms vow
President Bashar al-Assad confirmed for the first time that Syria plans to give up its chemical weapons as the United States urged him and his Russian allies to quickly make good on his promise.
13 September 2013
Yahoo CEO fears defying NSA on data could mean prison
Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer on Wednesday said she feared winding up in prison for treason if she refused to comply with US spy demands for data.
13 September 2013
Boxing: Golovkin's trainer Abel Sanchez should not get too carried away: Schaefer
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says that the trainer of Kazakhstan's Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin Abel Sanchez overestimates the ratings of his boxer.
12 September 2013
International Paper to close plant, cutting 1,100 jobs
International Paper said Wednesday it would close an Alabama plant amid falling paper demand as US consumers switch to online alternatives.
12 September 2013
New iPhones fail to impress markets, analysts
Apple's launch of two new iPhones raised fresh doubts Wednesday about its strategy to expand its smartphone market share, prompting a slide in the company's shares and harsh analyst comments.
12 September 2013
Putin: Unilateral Syria strike would up-end world order
Russia issued a stark warning Thursday that unilateral US military action could destroy world order, as the rival great powers discussed a plan to remove Syria's chemical weapons.
12 September 2013
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