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Secret Service says 'fell short' protecting White House The Secret Service admitted to an "inexcusable" series of failures that allowed a disturbed veteran to make it deep into the White House armed with a knife.

20 November 2014

Hackers turning smartphones into slave armies Mobile security firm Lookout warned that Android-powered smartphones or tablets are being targeted with malicious software.

20 November 2014

Firefox browsers switch to Yahoo for online search Firefox maker Mozilla announced that it is switching to Yahoo as the default service for online searches done through the Web browser in the United States.

20 November 2014

Obama to act alone to fix 'broken' US immigration law US President Barack Obama will lay out a plan to fix the "broken" laws stranding millions of undocumented migrants in limbo.

20 November 2014

Joe Biden leaves on Ukraine, Turkey, Morocco tour US Vice President Joe Biden departed on a five-day tour of Ukraine, Turkey and Morocco, with the ongoing struggle between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels.

19 November 2014

With two years left, Obama prepares to go it alone Barack Obama has only two years left in office but he is not ready to slow down.

19 November 2014

US Senate rejects Keystone pipeline by one vote The US Senate narrowly rejected a bill that would have approved construction of the Keystone XL pipeline to bring crude oil to Gulf coast refineries.

19 November 2014

New York's Times Square gets huge digital billboard New York's Times Square will be illuminated by the world's highest resolution video display screen of its size -- nearly as big as a football field.

19 November 2014

Obama says Ebola fight far from over in W. Africa US President Barack Obama warned that the fight to stem the Ebola outbreak was far from over in West Africa.

19 November 2014

Small volcanoes could slow global warming: study Small volcanic eruptions could be slowing global warming by spewing sulfur aerosols that reach the upper atmosphere and reflect sunlight away from the Earth.

19 November 2014

Twitter indexes every public tweet ever sent Twitter began letting users search through every tweet publicly fired off at the globally-popular one-to-many messaging service since it launched in 2006.

19 November 2014

Obama orders hostage policy review in wake of 'evil' IS beheadings US President Barack Obama has ordered a review of how Washington can release American hostages.

18 November 2014

Parents of US aid worker Kassig seek to 'forgive' after beheading The parents of slain US aid worker Peter Kassig said Monday they would try to "forgive" Islamic State jihadists who beheaded their son.

18 November 2014

Matthew McConaughey gets Hollywood star Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey capped off a blockbuster year Monday as he received a star on the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame.

18 November 2014

Kerry broadside against IS: 'We are not intimidated' US Secretary of State John Kerry launched a withering critique of the Islamic State, blasting extremist brutality.

18 November 2014

U2's Bono needs surgery after cycling accident U2 frontman Bono will be getting surgery after injuring his arm in a fall from his bicycle in New York's Central Park.

17 November 2014

Facebook preparing new website for office use: FT Facebook is preparing a new office version of its social networking site to compete with other sites like LinkedIn.

17 November 2014

Is Golovkin-Kovalev fight possible? Kovalev's promoter Kathy Duva and Golovkin's coach Abel Sanchez talked about the Golovkin-Kovalev fight.

17 November 2014

US aid worker Kassig's parents 'heartbroken' by his beheading US aid worker Peter Kassig's parents said they were "heartbroken" by the death of their son, after his beheading by Islamic State militants was shown in a video.

17 November 2014

Oscar buzz swirls around MLK film 'Selma' "Selma," a powerful new film about civil rights icon Martin Luther King, triumphed at its premiere in Los Angeles this week.

15 November 2014

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