Google Announces Step To Next Generation Search Engine That Thinks Like Humans
Google has announced a new search engine which changes they way search results are delivered by using an "intelligent model" that "understands" real-world entities and their relationships to one another.
Call For Global Financial Tax To Offset Costs Of Financial Crisis1:53 pm Eastern | World A group of United Nations independent experts has called on the European Union (EU) to take the lead in promoting the adoption of a global financial transaction tax that would offset the costs of the current economic crisis and protect basic human rights.read more »
| First Annular Eclipse Since 1994 On Sunday2:11 pm Eastern | USA News A Rice University expert on eclipses, Pat Reiff, is recommending astronomy fans break out their protective eyewear for Sunday's partial eclipse of the sun. read more »
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Facebook Fake Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison1:48 pm Eastern | USA News A man who posed as an attractive 18 year old blonde on Facebook and preyed on boys he knew through a church youth group has been sent to prison for 20 years. read more »
| Uganda Urged To Prosecute Captured Lords Resistance Army Officer2:03 pm Eastern | World There are calls for the Ugandan Government to bring to justice a senior commander of the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), who was captured over the weekend, saying he is responsible for some of the most egregious abuses against children.read more »
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Senator Seeks Answers On Google's NASA Airfield Lease16 May 04:27 | USA News Republican Senator Chuck Grassley has called for answers to allegations that Google is leasing a California airfield from NASA at below market rates.read more »
| EU Naval Force Delivers Blow Against Somali Pirates15 May 15:06 | World The EU Naval Force says it has attacked and destroyed pirate equipment on the Somali coastline.read more »
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Consumer Price Index Unchanged In April15 May 14:52 | Business The Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) was unchanged in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported. read more »
| Rebekah Brooks Formally Charged With Perverting Course Of Justice15 May 14:47 | World Former-News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks and others have been charged with perverting the course of justice in relation to the ongoing phone hacking investigations at Rupert Murdoch's News International in the United Kingdom.read more »
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Bush Endorses Romney in White House Bid15 May 14:34 | US Politics and Govt Former President George W. Bush offered his endorsement of presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Tuesday, though his backing likely did not come as a surprise to most observers.read more »
| Study Says Female Terrorists Don't Fit Stereotypes15 May 10:07 | USA News A new study says female terrorists tend to be educated, employed and native residents of the country where they stage their attacks like their male counterparts, a finding that contradicts earlier stereotypes.read more »
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Group Files Suit to Declare Senate Filibuster Rule Unconstitutional15 May 09:52 | US Politics and Govt A government watchdog group has filed suit in federal court to have the Senate's filibuster rule declared unconstitutional, saying the rank partisanship amounts to a "gridlock" not envisioned by the nation's founders.read more »
| Obama Unclear Over Repeal of Marriage Act15 May 09:35 | US Politics and Govt Just days after President Obama reversed his stance on gay marriage, he is facing questions over whether he will actively pursue a repeal of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, a law that he has already instructed the Justice Department to essentially ignore.read more »
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CBS/NYT Poll: Romney Moves Ahead of Obama15 May 09:50 | US Politics and Govt A new CBS News/New York Times poll said likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney has pulled ahead of President Barack Obama, though the results are within the survey's margin of error, reflecting the closeness of the race.read more »
| Blizzard Entertainment Releases Diablo III15 May 14:56 | Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment says Diablo III, the highly anticipated next chapter in its award-winning action—role-playing-game series, is now available in retail stores throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. read more »
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Debt Collection Agency Executives Admit Roles In Fraud Scheme15 May 14:32 | USA News Two Florida executives have pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering and to one count of wire fraud stemming from a $10 million fraud scheme they executed while executives at Oxford Collection Agency. read more »
| Despite Challenges, Military Marriages Remain Strong: Study14 May 15:04 | USA News A new study shows that despite the challenges of regular separation, frequent long hours and relocation, as well as unpredictable schedules, military marriages are not more vulnerable than those in the civilian world.read more »
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Rep. Ron Paul Ends Active Campaign In GOP Presidential Race14 May 14:41 | US Politics and Govt Rep. Ron Paul of Texas says he will no longer actively campaign in the GOP presidential race but will continue to take leadership positions and efforts to win delegates.read more »
| Legislation To Ban Burqa "Liberal Overkill"14 May 14:08 | World Banning and criminalising the Muslim face veil tests the very foundations of modern liberal society, warn researchers from Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Sussex.read more »
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Children East More Vegetables When Served With Water14 May 13:54 | SciTech New research has found that young children consumed more vegetables when served with water instead of a sweetened beverage.read more »
| Jacob and Sophia Top Most Popular Baby Names List14 May 13:37 | USA News Jacob and Sophia are America’s most popular baby names for 2011, according to Social Security’s Most Popular Baby Names List.read more »
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Top JPMorgan Chase Executive Resigns Following $2 Billion Loss14 May 13:16 | USA News Fallout from JPMorgan Chase's $2 billion loss continues with the company announcing that Chief Investment Officer, Ina Drew, will retire from the firm. read more »
| Newsweek Cover Calls Obama First 'Gay President'14 May 09:40 | US Politics and Govt Newsweek magazine has featured a picture of President Barack Obama on its cover this week adorned with a rainbow-colored halo and headline saying, "The First Gay President."read more »
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Study: Americans Would Pay Higher Electricity Bills to Support Clean Energy Standard14 May 08:48 | US Politics and Govt A new study by researchers at Harvard and Yale said most Americans are willing to pay 13 percent more in annual electricity costs to support a national clean-energy standard (NCES) requiring 80 percent of energy to be "clean."read more »
| New Obama Ad Attacks Romney's Job-Creation Record14 May 09:31 | US Politics and Govt A new ad launched by the Obama reelection campaign targets presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney's past record of job creation when he ran private equity firm Bain Capital.read more »
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LG Previews Next Generation Google TV14 May 14:30 | SciTech LG Electronics USA is conducting live demonstrations of LG's highly anticipated Google TV models at Internet Week New York. read more »
| Google's Share Of Search Market Unchanged13 May 15:04 | SciTech Google Sites led the explicit core search market in April with 66.5 percent of search queries conducted, which was largely unchanged from the previous month, according to comScore.read more »
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Milk Tipped Down Kitchen Sink Creates Massive Carbon Footprint13 May 14:44 | World Milk poured down Britain's kitchen sinks each year creates a carbon footprint equivalent to thousands of car exhaust emissions, research shows.read more »
| Smartphone Navigation System Developed For Interior Spaces13 May 01:13 | SciTech With a GPS receiver in your smartphone, you can navigate your way over highways and streets with certainty, but once you get inside a building it provides no further assistance, until now.read more »
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Letters Containing Powdery Substances Being Sent In Portland12 May 15:31 | USA News The FBI Portland office says six letters purporting to deliver threats and a powdery substance have arrived at buildings across Portland over the past two weeks, with more letters possibly being in the post. read more »
| First Lady Michelle Obama Releases First-Ever Book12 May 02:57 | Entertainment First Lady Michelle Obama has released her first ever book which focuses on vegetable gardening, and takes the reader inside the White House Kitchen Garden and shares its uplifting story. read more »
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Police Name Boston University Students Killed In NZ Road Crash12 May 01:53 | USA News New Zealand Police have named three Boston University students killed in a road crash in the North Island, which also injured five other BU students, one of them critically. read more »
| Hospital Technician Pleads Guilty To Contaminating Patients With Hepatitis C11 May 14:41 | USA News A Jacksonville radiology technician has pleaded guilty to deliberately contaminating patients with hepatitis C, with one person dying as a result.read more »
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Bachmann to Withdraw Swiss Citizenship11 May 11:25 | US Politics and Govt Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann said Thursday she has asked the government of Switzerland to withdraw her dual citizenship "to make it perfectly clear" she's an American.read more »
| Study: Star Endorsements Can Have Negative Influence on Voters11 May 09:46 | US Politics and Govt A new University of Tennessee study released Thursday found that star endorsements of politicians definitely influence voters, though not always in a positive way, and that the endorsements could actually hurt the celebrity more.read more »
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Poll: Romney Leading Obama 50-43 Percent11 May 10:17 | US Politics and Govt A new Rasmussen Reports daily presidential tracking poll found that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has pulled ahead of President Obama by a widening margin, 50-43 percent.read more »
| Free-floating Milky Way Planets Outnumber Stars By Factors Of Thousands11 May 14:27 | SciTech Researchers say life-bearing planets may exist in vast numbers in the space between stars in the Milky Way.read more »
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OPEC Oil Production Climbs to 31.71 Million Barrels Per Day in April11 May 03:44 | World Crude oil output from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) climbed 320,000 barrels per day (b/d) to 31.71 million b/d in April from 31.39 million b/d in March, a just-released Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry officials and analysts showed.read more »
| U.S. Online Criminal Activity Costs Victims Nearly $500 Million In 201111 May 03:05 | USA News More than 300,000 complaints of online criminal activity were reported in the United States in 2011, which was a 3.4 percent increase over 2010. read more »
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Russell Brand To Host "2012 MTV Movie Awards"11 May 03:47 | Entertainment MTV says comedian, actor and TV personality Russell Brand will take the "MTV Movie Awards" stage for the first time as host when the show airs live on Sunday, June 3rd on MTV from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California. read more »
| Archaeologists Find Mayan Calendar Reaching Well beyond 201210 May 14:58 | World Archaeologists excavating a vast city built by the ancient Maya for the first time say they have discovered evidence of a Mayan calendar that reaches well beyond 2012.read more »
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Smart Phones Challenge Traditional Conceptions Of Privacy In Public Spaces10 May 14:16 | SciTech The smart phone is challenging traditional conceptions of privacy, especially in the public sphere, according to researchers at Tel Aviv University.read more »
| Lawsuit Filed Against Arizona Sheriff's Office Over Discrimination Against Latinos10 May 13:38 | USA News The Department of Justice has filed a civil lawsuit against Maricopa County in Arizona and its sheriff's office alleging Latinos are frequently stopped, detained and arrested on the basis of their race and color and perceived critics are subjected to baseless criminal actions. read more »
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Mortgage Rates Set New Record Lows10 May 13:03 | Business Mortgage rates fell for a fifth consecutive week, with the average 15-year fixed mortgage rate retreating to 3.2 percent while the jumbo 30-year fixed mortgage pulled back to 4.54 percent – both record lows according to Bankrate.com.read more »
| U.S., NATO Summit Will Key on Afghanistan10 May 11:02 | US Politics and Govt An upcoming U.S.-NATO summit in Chicago later this month will focus on Afghanistan, as well as other issues facing the military alliance, officials said.read more »
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Justice Dept. Plans to Sue Arizona Sheriff Arpaio10 May 08:45 | USA News The Justice Department said Wednesday it plans to sue Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio for alleged civil rights violations that includes racial profiling of Latinos.read more »
| House Moves to Block Gay Marriages on Military Bases10 May 10:46 | US Politics and Govt A House panel on Wednesday voted to ban gay marriages on military bases, the same day President Obama said he had changed his mind about same-sex unions, saying he now supports them.read more »
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Buddhists and Hindus On the Rise Nationally In The US10 May 03:22 | USA News Hindu and Buddhist groups have grown steadily in the United States to the point that they are beginning to exert significant influence on the key issues that most affect their lives, according to a Baylor University professor who helped compile the newly released 2010 U.S. Religion Census.read more »
| Climate Scientists Discover New Weak Point Of The Antarctic Ice Sheet10 May 03:28 | SciTech The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf fringing the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, may start to melt rapidly in this century and no longer act as a barrier for ice streams draining the Antarctic Ice Sheet, say scientists. read more »
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U.S. Retail E-Commerce Spending Up 17 Percent vs. Year Ago: comScore9 May 14:43 | Business comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released its Q1 2012 U.S. retail e-commerce sales estimates, showing that online retail spending reached $44.3 billion for the quarter, up 17 percent versus a year ago in numbers not seen since before the financial crisis.read more »
| Tea Party Patriots Take in $12.2 Million9 May 13:52 | US Politics and Govt The Tea Party Patriots took in $12.2 million last year, according to figures released Wednesday, making the group one of the most successful conservative activist organizations in the U.S.read more »
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Obama Flips on Gay Marriage Issue9 May 15:43 | US Politics and Govt In a decision that will likely generate controversy among political opponents, President Obama on Wednesday declared his support for gay marriage, reversing an adamant and long-held position that he has defined since his 2008 campaign.read more »
| Income Inequality Leads To More U.S. Deaths, Finds Ohio State Researcher9 May 13:31 | USA News Researchers say a new study provides the best evidence to date that higher levels of income inequality in the United States actually lead to more deaths in the country over a period of years. read more »
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GOP Plan to Set Up Missile Defense Site on East Coast Attacked by Dems9 May 10:34 | US Politics and Govt A Republican plan to set up a missile defense site along the East Coast to counter potential ballistic missile strikes by Iran is being attacked by some Democrats in Congress as an election-year ploy to question President Obama's national security credentials.read more »
| 'Cafe Conquerors' Using High-Tech Gadgets To Hog Public Spaces9 May 13:36 | SciTech Increasingly "plugged-in" customers are grabbing extra seats, counter space and table tops in Cafes by using cell phones, laptops and cups of steaming hot coffee to shield others from seemingly public spaces, according to two marketing professors who've studied this brewing consumer clash. read more »
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Survey: Support for Afghan War at New Low9 May 10:56 | US Politics and Govt Support for the Afghan war among the electorate has fallen to just 27 percent, a new low, according to a AP-GfK poll released Wednesday.read more »
| Lugar Loses Primary Battle to Tea Party Candidate9 May 09:14 | US Politics and Govt Long-serving Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana lost Tuesday's primary battle to a Tea Party conservative and state treasurer Richard Mourdock for a seat he has controlled since 1977.read more »
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Bomb Explodes Near UN Observer Convoy In Syria9 May 14:26 | World A bomb exploded in the vicinity of a convoy of UN observers in Syria, as it was entering the city of Dara'a, the spokesperson for the Joint Special Envoy on the Syrian Crisis, Kofi Annan, said.read more »
| Report: Would-Be Al Qaeda Bomber was CIA-Controlled Double Agent9 May 09:48 | US Politics and Govt A would-be al Qaeda bomber in a recent plot to destroy an American airliner with a sophisticated and nearly undetectable underwear device turned out to be a double agent working for the CIA, U.S. and Middle Eastern officials said Tuesday.read more »
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Support For Climate Change Action Among Americans Drops, Stanford Poll Finds9 May 04:48 | USA News (Newsroom America) -- Americans' support for government action on global warming remains high but has dropped during the past two years, according to a new survey by Stanford researchers in collaboration with Ipsos Public Affairs. read more »
| Groundwater Pumping Causing Sea Level Rise, Say Scientists9 May 04:54 | SciTech A new study calculates that by 2050 groundwater pumping will cause a global sea level rise of about 0.8 millimeters per year, with excessive groundwater extractions fast becoming "the most important" terrestrial water contribution to sea level rise.read more »
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One In Five U.S. Households Drowning In Debt, Study Finds8 May 14:33 | USA News About one out of every five U.S. households owe more on credit cards, medical bills, student loans and other non-collateralized debts than they have in savings and other liquid assets.read more »
| Poll Shows Romney Leading Obama 49-44 Percent8 May 15:53 | US Politics and Govt A new daily presidential tracking survey has found presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney leading President Barack Obama 49-44 percent.read more »
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Santorum Backs Romney in Late-Night Endorsement8 May 15:34 | US Politics and Govt One-time GOP presidential contender Rick Santorum endorsed rival Mitt Romney's bid for the party's nomination, one that is all but secure at this point, in what many political watchers see as an odd late-night announcement.read more »
| Senate Bailout of Postal Service Could Cost Taxpayers Billions8 May 10:07 | US Politics and Govt A new Senate measure to bailout the U.S. Postal Service may cost taxpayers $34 billion if it is ultimately approved, reports said Tuesday.read more »
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Concern Syria Heading Into Civil War8 May 15:01 | World Raising concerns over the prospects of a “full civil war” in Syria, the Joint Special Envoy on the Syrian Crisis, Kofi Annan, said ongoing levels of violence and human rights abuses in the country are unacceptable.read more »
| United States Uncovers New al-Qaida Plot To Bomb Airliners8 May 13:31 | USA News The United States has disrupted an al-Qaida plot to place a bomb aboard a U.S.-bound airliner, reportedly using an improvised explosive device (IED) disguised as underwear. read more »
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Tea Party Could See Boost in Senate8 May 10:37 | US Politics and Govt The Tea Party may win more influence over future GOP agenda items moving forward if one of its candidates wins the Indiana Republican primary on Tuesday, as expected.read more »
| Plants Disappearing As A Result Of Climate Changes Say Scientists8 May 14:56 | World Climate changes mean that species are disappearing from European mountain regions, according to new research involving biologists from the University of Gothenburg.read more »
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Israeli Crime Figure Pleads Guilty In U.S. To Murder And Narcotics Conspiracy8 May 14:09 | World A citizen of Israel, Itzhak Abergil, 43, has pleaded guilty in United States District Court to charges including racketeering conspiracy to commit extortion and murder and conspiracy to import ecstasy into the United States.read more »
| Diabetes Drug Could Treat Leading Cause Of Blindness8 May 14:50 | SciTech Researchers have discovered that a drug already prescribed to millions of people with diabetes could also have another important use: treating one of the world's leading causes of blindness.read more »
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New Warning: Obesity Could Affect 42 Percent of Americans by 20308 May 09:00 | USA News In a new warning that is sure to affect the public policy debate regarding the nation's growing healthcare costs, researchers say as many as 42 percent of Americans could be obese by 2013, if current trends remain unchanged.read more »
| Heart Attack Survivors Living Close To Highways Face Higher 10-year Death Risk8 May 14:39 | SciTech Living close to a major highway poses a significant risk to heart attack survivors, reinforcing the need to isolate housing developments from heavy traffic areas, a Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center study concludes.read more »
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Seven People Reportedly Die At Sea Trying To Reach Europe8 May 13:57 | World At least seven people have reportedly died recently while sailing from Libya to Malta, bringing the number of reported or confirmed dead among people attempting to reach Europe from the North African nation to 81 this year.read more »
| Opportunity To Save Lives In Sahel "Narrowing By The Day"8 May 13:49 | World Following a four-day visit to the epicentre of the food crisis sweeping the Sahel region of West Africa, two humanitarian officials have urged the world to meet its commitments, both financial as well as political, to help those in need. read more »
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Predicting Children's Snack Choices7 May 14:59 | SciTech Attitudes, relationships, intentions and personal behavior control are all factors that could affect a child's decision in either reaching for an apple or grabbing a bag of chips, according to a new study out of the University of Cincinnati.read more »
| Bandwidth Caps Create Uncertainty, Risky Decisions For Broadband Users7 May 14:46 | SciTech A new study shows such pricing models trigger uneasy user experiences that could be mitigated by better tools to monitor data usage through their home networks.read more »
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Racial Attitudes Playing 'Large Role' In 2012 Presidential Vote: UW7 May 14:12 | US Politics and Govt A new large-scale study at the University of Washington shows that racial attitudes have played a substantial role in the 2012 Republican primaries and they may play an even larger role in this year's presidential election.read more »
| Treasury To Offload $5.0 Billion More Of AIG Common Stock7 May 13:49 | Business The U.S. Treasury has announced that it has agreed to sell 163,934,426 shares of its American International Group, Inc. (AIG) common stock at $30.50 per share in an underwritten public offering. read more »
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Perry Blames Administration for 'Surge' in Illegal Alien Children7 May 13:45 | US Politics and Govt Texas Gov. Rick Perry says the Obama administration's lax border enforcement policies are to blame for a "surge" in illegal alien children from Mexico and Central America who cross into the U.S. and are immediately eligible for federal benefits.read more »
| Abbott Labs To Pay $1.5 Billion To Resolve Criminal & Civil Fraud Investigations7 May 13:35 | Business Global Health Care Company Abbott Laboratories will pay $1.5 billion to resolve criminal and civil charges in the second largest such payment by a drug company ever.read more »
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Report: U.S. Secretly Releasing Taliban Fighters in Afghanistan7 May 09:40 | US Politics and Govt The U.S. has been secretly releasing captured Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, in a bid to strengthen its negotiating position with the insurgent group as the Obama administration seeks to reduce the American military presence there in the coming months.read more »
| Obama Tells Supporters Not to Take Chance on Republicans7 May 08:51 | US Politics and Govt President Obama began his reelection bid in earnest during a series of rallies Saturday, telling his base that he has brought the country too far to trust the future to Republican Mitt Romney.read more »
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'Losing Yourself' In A Fictional Character Can Affect Your Real Life: Study7 May 14:01 | Entertainment When you “lose yourself” inside the world of a fictional character while reading a story, you may actually end up changing your own behavior and thoughts to match that of the character, a new study suggests.read more »
| CIA Strike Kills al Qaeda Figure Wanted in USS Cole Bombing7 May 09:15 | USA News A missile strike launched by a CIA-controlled drone in Yemen on Sunday killed an al Qaeda figure on the FBI' Most Wanted list tied to the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole warship.read more »
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Rwanda Genocide Tribunal Swears-In Judges To Finish Its Work7 May 13:16 | World Nine judges have been sworn-in to finish the work of the tribunal dealing with the worst war crimes committed during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.read more »
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