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White House insists Obama authorized to strike IS
The White House insisted that President Barack Obama was authorized to strike the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria under a law passed by Congress.
12 September 2014
US threatened Yahoo with huge fine over surveillance
US authorities threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day if it failed to comply with a secret surveillance program.
12 September 2014
Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein crown NY Fashion Week
Design royalty Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein sent their spring/summer 2015 collections down the catwalks ahead of Marc Jacobs.
12 September 2014
Hewlett-Packard buys cloud-computing firm Eucalyptus
Hewlett-Packard on Thursday announced a deal to buy business cloud-computing specialty firm Eucalyptus.
12 September 2014
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover reaches 'far frontier'
NASA's $2.5 billion Curiosity rover has reached the base of the Martian mountain it aims to explore and should start drilling rocks there soon.
12 September 2014
Obama unveils new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine
President Barack Obama said that the United States would intensify sanctions in the defense, finance and energy sectors to punish Russia.
12 September 2014
Fashion Week wows at World Trade Center for 9/11 anniversary
Thirteen years after the 9/11 attacks, New York Fashion Week made history by presenting a stunning collection for Jason Wu at Hugo Boss.
11 September 2014
Three Russian and American astronauts return to Earth
Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut returned to Earth after spending more than six months working aboard the International Space Station.
11 September 2014
What will the US-led war against jihadists look like?
Barack Obama's vow to take the fight to jihadists will expand a US-led air war already underway and likely require deploying more special forces.
11 September 2014
Gibbon take: DNA study reveals king of the swingers
Scientists said they have unravelled the genetic code of the gibbon, shedding light on one of the most enigmatic members of the ape family.
11 September 2014
Golovkin won't fight Quillin without championship title: Loeffler
Gennady Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler does not see a fight against Peter Quillin as interesting anymore.
11 September 2014
Apple Watch 'too feminine' says LVMH's head of luxury watches
Apple's long-awaited smartwatch looks "too feminine" and its design will not stand the test of time, luxury giant LVMH's watch guru has told German media.
11 September 2014
Free voice calls merged into Google Hangouts app
Google began letting people use its Hangouts message application for mobile devices to make free or low-cost voice calls over the Internet.
11 September 2014
Miley Cyrus art center stage at NY fashion show
Pop diva Miley Cyrus teamed up with bad-boy designer Jeremy Scott to unveil a debut art collection for his New York fashion show.
11 September 2014
'Destiny' video game has $500-million debut
Bungie studio's new science fiction action video game "Destiny" landed in the record books, boasting the biggest ever launch of a new franchise.
11 September 2014
Gates Foundation gives 50 million to Ebola fight
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said it was pledging $50 million to help boost the fight against the Ebola outbreak.
11 September 2014
Rubio won't stand more than 5 rounds agains Golovkin: Spada
Italian boxer Domenico Spada thinks Marco Antonio Rubio, an interim WBC middleweight champion, stands no chance against Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan.
10 September 2014
Apple charts new course with large iPhones, smartwatch
Apple moved to recapture its role as a dazzling tech trend-setter with its first smartwatch and two large-screen versions of the iPhone.
10 September 2014
Amid high expectations, Apple to unveil new devices
Apple pulls back the curtain on its latest innovations, amid frenzied anticipation over new big-screen iPhones.
09 September 2014
Mel Brooks fingers joke at Hollywood hand ceremony
Veteran funnyman Mel Brooks sank his hand and foot prints into the cement outside Hollywood's famed Chinese Theatre.
09 September 2014