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N. Calif. home of late Steve Jobs burglarized
Several computers and personal items worth more than $60,000 were stolen from the Northern California home of the late Steve Jobs in what authorities ...
New geek chic: Mohawks in, pocket protectors out
Known to the Twitterverse and the president of the United States as "Mohawk Guy" of the Mars mission, Bobak Ferdowsi could be the changing public face ...
Former NYC schools chief touts News Corp. venture
Former New York City schools chief Joel Klein left to run News Corp.'s education division but spent much of the past year defending boss Rupert ...
Obama cheers 'mind-boggling' Curiosity mission
Hailing NASA's "mind-boggling" Mars landing of the Curiosity rover, President Barack Obama urged the scientists operating the craft on Monday to phone ...
Bird flu claims 9th victim in Indonesia this year
The Health Ministry says bird flu has killed a 37-year-old man in central Indonesia, marking the country's ninth fatality this year. The Ministry's ...
NASA's mega-rover landed on Mars. What's next?
After a spectacular landing on Mars, the rover Curiosity wasted no time embracing its inner shutterbug, delighting scientists with vistas of Gale ...
School application sheds light on shooting suspect
The man accused of opening fire in a suburban Denver movie theater had been an excellent student who left an impression good enough for acceptance to ...
Google to downgrade pirate sites in search results
Google Inc. is altering its search results to de-emphasize the websites of repeat copyright offenders and make it easier to find legitimate providers ...
NASA: Mars rover snapped pic of rocket stage crash
Space enthusiasts have been abuzz for days over whether the Mars rover Curiosity captured an extraterrestrial crash. On Friday, NASA declared the ...
Widowed giraffe at Polish zoo to get new mates
A young male giraffe widowed following a hooligan attack in May is set to get three new female partners at his zoo. The females will arrive next week ...
Online accounts for Blizzard video games hacked
The maker of video games such as "Diablo" and "World of Warcraft" is warning players that hackers have gained unauthorized access to some online ...
NJ town considers goats to eat poison ivy
Officials in a New Jersey shore town might use goats from Maryland to rid an environmentally-sensitive area of poison ivy. Seaside Park can't burn the ...
NJ mom sues over breast-feeding video-turned-porn
When MaryAnn Sahoury agreed to appear with her month-old daughter in a breast-feeding instructional video, she saw an opportunity to help women who ...
Former astronaut Armstrong has heart surgery
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was recovering from heart surgery, days after his 82nd birthday. A NASA spokesman talked to ...
NASA rover sends back colorful picture of Mars
The photo-snapping rover Curiosity returned another postcard from Mars on Thursday — the first 360-degree color panorama of Gale Crater.
NASA's 'green' planetary test lander crashes
Earlier this week NASA safely landed a robotic rover on Mars about 150 million miles away. But on Thursday here on Earth, a test model planetary ...
Google fined $22.5M for latest privacy breakdown
Google is paying a $22.5 million fine to settle the latest regulatory case questioning the Internet search leader's respect for people's privacy and ...
Security firm: New computer virus prowling Mideast
A new computer virus tied to some of the most sophisticated cyberweapons thus-far discovered has been found circulating in the Middle East, a ...
'Bourne' writer-director Gilroy taps real science
"The Bourne Legacy" is a work of fiction, but the scientific, political and corporate partnerships it depicts are very real. Tony Gilroy, a writer on ...
Google's interactions with federal regulators
Google has had several interactions with U.S. regulators in recent years. On Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission announced a record fine to settle ...
Facebook has new email address for phishing scams
Facebook has created an email address for people to report scams. The address is phish(at)fb.com. Anyone — even those who aren't on Facebook — can use ...
Facebook pressured to remove page deemed racist
Facebook is under pressure in Australia to take down a page that insults Aborigines with the government accusing the social networking company of ...
Russian PM angered by failed Russian space launch
Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that this week's failed space launch has dented the nation's prestige and that those to blame ...
7 rare rhinos photographed in western Indonesia
A conservationist says seven of the world's rarest rhinoceroses were photographed at a national park in Indonesia. It is the first sighting there in ...