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New York kicks off 2015 spring/summer fashion season The first 2015 spring/summer fashion week of the season opens in New York Thursday with designers pushing the boat out like never before.

04 September 2014

Pilots, cabin crew 'twice as likely to get skin cancer' Airline pilots and cabin crew are twice as likely to suffer from skin cancer because of regular exposure to harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun.

04 September 2014

Disney to release 'Frozen' short sequel next year The "Frozen" princess stars of Disney's Oscar-winning animated film are set to return in a short sequel to be released next spring.

04 September 2014

Google bio firm in $1.5 bn alliance against aging ills Google backed life sciences firm Calico and bio-pharmaceutical titan AbbVie announced an alliance to find ways to battle age-related diseases.

04 September 2014

Yahoo adds 'Style' to digital magazine line-up Yahoo on Wednesday hit the Internet catwalk with a digital fashion magazine dubbed 'Style.'

04 September 2014

PETA increases reward for man who kicked squirrel into Grand Canyon PETA has increased its reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man filmed kicking a squirrel into the Grand Canyon.

04 September 2014

Joan Rivers out of New York intensive care: daughter Joan Rivers rushed to a New York hospital last week, has been moved out of intensive care, her daughter said Wednesday.

04 September 2014

Clooney to make film about British phone hacking scandal George Clooney is to direct a film about the British phone hacking scandal, the studio behind the project announced Wednesday.

04 September 2014

Sofia Vergara tops TV actress rich list "Modern Family" star Sofia Vergara is the highest-paid US TV actress for the third year in a row, earning some $37 million.

04 September 2014

US pharmacy giant CVS ends tobacco sales CVS announced that it had stopped selling tobacco products and was changing its name to reflect a greater focus on health.

04 September 2014

Breakthrough year for Zarina Diyas Kazakhstani tennis player Zarina Diyas has earned over $500 thousand this year.

04 September 2014

Kazakhstani invents device to diagnose sexually transmitted diseases Damel Mektepbayeva, junior researcher at Nazarbayev University, has developed a device that rapidly diagnoses sexually transmitted diseases.

04 September 2014

Google working on super-fast 'quantum' computer chip Google said it is working on a super-fast "quantum" computer chip as part a vision to one day have machines think like humans.

03 September 2014

Economic growth kills minority languages: study Economic prosperity is the worst enemy of minority languages.

03 September 2014

Rubio can fight Golovkin as equal WBC interim middleweight champion from Mexico Marco Antonio Rubio talked about his upcoming fight against Gennady Golovkin, WBC (Super) and IBO titles holder.

03 September 2014

Apple says celebs hacked in 'targeted attack' Apple said a "targeted attack" led to the release of nude photos of celebrities but insisted there was no breach of its cloud storage system.

03 September 2014

Obama warns stopping Ebola 'will not be easy' Barack Obama told West Africans that Ebola could be beaten but cautioned that it would not be easy to stem the spread of the deadly disease.

03 September 2014

Netflix viewers can tip off Facebook friends to shows Netflix began letting people share shows they love at the online streaming television service with friends from leading social network Facebook.

03 September 2014

Bieber faces more assault charges in Canada Justin Bieber has been charged with dangerous driving and assault after his All-Terrain Vehicle collided with a minivan in the Canadian countryside.

03 September 2014

Bezos names new publisher at Washington Post The Washington Post has a new publisher, owner Jeff Bezos announced in his latest move to reshape the prestigious daily for the digital era.

02 September 2014

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