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Fetch! Robot retrievers compete in $1.5 million NASA contest

YoopyaJun 8, 2013August 11, 20240

(Reuters) – Eleven robots faced off in a Massachusetts field on Wednesday, showing off their ability to independently track down objects in a hunt for

Prosecutors push for ‘kill switch’ to prevent smartphone thefts

YoopyaJun 8, 2013August 11, 20240

(Reuters) – In a push to curb cellphone thefts, prosecutors for New York state and the city of San Francisco said on Wednesday they plan

US officials long denied massive data trawling

YoopyaJun 8, 2013August 11, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, top officials of the Bush and Obama administrations dismissed fears about secret government data-mining by reassuring Congress that there were

Obama defends broad phone, Internet spy programs

YoopyaJun 8, 2013August 11, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is urging Americans to “make some choices” in balancing privacy and security as he defends once-secret surveillance programs that

FBI: Wife tried to frame husband for ricin letters

YoopyaJun 8, 2013August 11, 20240

TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) — Shannon Richardson had been married to her husband less than two years when she went to authorities and told them her

Judge orders inquiry in Paris Jackson wellbeing

YoopyaJun 8, 2013August 11, 20240

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An investigation into Paris Jackson’s well-being has been ordered by a judge overseeing the guardianship of Michael Jackson’s three children, court

Andrea’s rain spawns flood warnings on East Coast

YoopyaJun 8, 2013August 11, 20240

NEW YORK (AP) — Soaking rains that spawned numerous flood warnings pushed some streams and creeks over their banks throughout the Northeast, yet the first

Sweden’s royal wedding at a glance

YoopyaJun 8, 2013August 11, 20240

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s Princess Madeleine weds New York banker Christopher O’Neill in a grand ceremony in Stockholm Saturday. Here’s a look at what to

South Africa: Mandela taken to hospital

YoopyaJun 8, 2013August 11, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Nelson Mandela is in “serious but stable” condition after being taken to a hospital to be treated for

Putin’s divorce breaks taboo in Russian politics

YoopyaJun 7, 2013August 11, 20240

MOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Putin’s divorce from his wife of nearly 30 years has broken a taboo for Russian officials, who almost never speak publicly