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Twitter post offers clue to The Civil Wars' future
While there still remain questions about the future of The Civil Wars, there's new music on the way. Joy Williams, one half of the Grammy ...
Booker won't run for NJ gov, eyes US Senate seat
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, perhaps New Jersey's highest-profile Democrat, has ruled out a bid for governor next year and is eyeing a run for U.S.
Twitter offers users scrapbook of past tweets
Twitter is offering its more than 200 million users a chance to keep a digital scrapbook of all their tweets. The tool, announced this week, is ...
Michael Phelps voted AP male athlete of year
Now that he's away from the pool, Michael Phelps can reflect — really reflect — on what he accomplished. Pretty amazing stuff. "It's kind of nuts to ...
Group: Israel broke law by targeting media in Gaza
Israeli army attacks on journalists and media facilities in the Gaza Strip during last month's military operation violated the laws of war, Human ...
China's airing of 'V for Vendetta' stuns viewers
Television audiences across China watched an anarchist antihero rebel against a totalitarian government and persuade the people to rule themselves.
Minn. college coach cleared in porn case off leave
A Minnesota college football coach cleared by a judge of child porn charges stemming from cellphone video of his naked children is no longer on ...
Changes in law aim to protect kids' online data
Aiming to prevent companies from exploiting online information about children under 13, the Obama administration on Wednesday imposed sweeping changes ...
Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012
Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables ...
To honor the fallen: 26 acts of kindness proposed
A new movement has taken off to honor the 26 people killed at a school in Newtown, Conn. The campaign sparked from a question NBC News correspondent ...
Ex-ABC News veteran Sam Donaldson charged with DUI
ABC News veteran and former correspondent Sam Donaldson is facing a drunken driving charge in Delaware. Police in the southern coastal town of Lewes ...
Google launches 'scan and match' music service
Google is turning on a "scan and match" service for Google Music users to store copies of their songs online, offering for free what Apple charges $25 ...
Ke$ha tweets hit 'Die Young' 'now inappropriate'
Ke$ha says she understands her hit song "Die Young" ''is now inappropriate" following the shootings in Newtown, Conn. The pop singer said in a Twitter ...
Facebook rejects German demand to allow fake names
Facebook will fight a German privacy watchdog's demand to allow users to register with fake names, insisting Tuesday that its current practice fully ...
Internet ad revenue rises 18 pct to $9.3B in 3Q
Internet advertising hit a new high in the third quarter as marketers continued to shift money from print and broadcasting. The $9.3 billion spent on ...
Review: High-res music player ups the audio ante
It's hard to make headlines with a portable music player these days. It's old hat by now to carry around thousands of songs in your hip pocket, ...
Nintendo's TVii a replacement for the remote
Nintendo is switching on a television service that transforms the tablet-like controller for its new Wii U game console into a remote that changes the ...
Developments in scandal at BBC over Savile
The BBC has published an internal review into the decision to shelve an investigation by its "Newsnight" program into allegations that its late host ...