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UK politician: Blair, Brown too close to Murdoch
One of the British Labour Party's most seasoned operatives said his party's leadership may have gotten too close to media tycoon Rupert Murdoch.
SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-second
A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after rocket engine trouble led to a last-second ...
SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last minute
A new private rocket is stuck on the ground after an aborted launch. The countdown reached all the way to practically zero Saturday morning for the ...
European financial woes push markets lower
Concerns that Europe's debt crisis could drag down parts of the continent's banking system rattled global markets on Friday, while the IPO of social ...
German privacy official warns Facebook investors
A German data protection official has warned Facebook investors that the social networking site's $38 starting share price is based on practices that ...
US imposes stiff tariffs on China solar panels
The Obama administration moved Thursday to impose stiff new tariffs on solar panels made in China, finding that Chinese companies are improperly ...
World's first Wikipedia town to launch in Wales
A small Welsh town where English King Henry V was born is about to make history again by becoming the world's first "Wikipedia town." Visitors from ...
Agilent and Swedish investors ink deal to buy Dako
Agilent Technologies and Swedish private equity group EQT say they've reached a deal to buy Dako, a Denmark-based cancer diagnostic company, for about ...
UK jails man for hacking Facebook account
Police say a 21-year-old British man has been sentenced to a year in jail for hacking into the Facebook account of someone in the U.S. Scotland Yard ...
UK minister describes 'incestuous' ties to media
Britain's politicians and its powerful media were uncomfortably close while Tony Blair ran the country, a former U.K. minister said Wednesday.
EPL plans to use goal-line technology next season
The Premier League is planning to introduce goal-line technology during next season if football's rule-makers sanction its use in July. League chief ...
Ex-tabloid editor decries hacking charges
Ex-News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks says she is baffled by the decision to charge her in Britain's phone hacking scandal, calling the move a ...
April 2012 heats up as 5th warmest month globally
Unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide, U.S. weather statistics show. The National Oceanic and ...
Developments in British phone-hacking scandal
Developments in a phone-hacking scandal involving British newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.: November 2005: News of the World royal ...
Three-man Soyuz crew departs for space station
A three-man crew blasted off from a space center in southern Kazakhstan Tuesday morning on board a Russian-made Soyuz craft for a four-and-half-month ...
Law firm: Brooks faces decision on hacking charges
Former News of the World editor and News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks will learn Tuesday whether she faces charges stemming from ...
Ex-tabloid chief spills on links to UK's Cameron
Former hotshot editor Rebekah Brooks has drawn Prime Minister David Cameron closer into Britain's tabloid phone hacking scandal, saying he had offered ...
PM's former aide takes stand at UK ethics inquiry
Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks — a pivotal figure in Britain's tabloid phone hacking saga — said Friday that Prime Minister David ...
Ex-tabloid chief: Cameron sent message when I quit
Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks — a pivotal figure in Britain's tabloid phone hacking saga — said Friday that Prime Minister David ...
British police arrest teenage hacking suspect
Britain's Police Central eCrime Unit has arrested a 17-year-old suspected of being part of the Team Poison hacking group. Police said Thursday the ...
Honda wins appeal of small-claims hybrid judgment
A judge overturned a nearly $10,000 small claims judgment against American Honda Motor Co. that was won by a car owner who said the automaker ...
Cisco's sobering forecast overshadows 3Q earnings
Cisco raised the specter of a sharp slowdown in technology spending late Wednesday, rattling investors already fretting about the economy's fragile ...
Form-fitting underwear bomb built to foil security
A decade after hijackers mostly from Saudi Arabia attacked the United States with passenger jets, the Saudis have emerged as the principal ally of the ...
UK's Cameron braces for Rebekah Brooks' testimony
Prime Minister David Cameron's friendships with two suspects at the heart of Britain's phone hacking scandal will come under spotlight this week in ...
Vatican board asked to resign over conference
Members of the Vatican's bioethics advisory panel have called for its board to resign after scientists who don't support core church teaching on ...