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Rescuers pulled bodies of two crew members from the water Thursday, with an Oklahoma man among six killed when a helicopter flying from an offshore oil rig plunged into a lagoon in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos.

Samsung has set a date, September 28th, for the U.S. launch of its new mobile payments service, and unveiled new phones aimed at winning back customers. Bobbi Rebell reports.

The alleged beheading of a Croatian hostage in Egypt took a sinister new turn Thursday with the revelation that a criminal gang kidnapped him, then demanded a ransom from his employer before turning him over to the Islamic...

In one of the deadliest single attacks in postwar Baghdad, a truck bomb shattered a popular fruit-and-vegetable market in a teeming Shiite neighborhood Thursday, killing 67 people and wounding more than 150 others.

The fashion magazine places the global star on its September issue. Alicia Powell reports.

Nick Kyrgios is counting the cost of his  latest misdemeanour after the Australian was fined by the Association of Tennis Professionals for offensive remarks he made to Stan Wawrinka following their match at the Montreal Masters. Kyrgios also issued a public apology, but that is unlikely to stop the 20-year-old facing continued criticism after upsetting one of the most popular players on the men’s tour.

BUENOS AIRES, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Argentina are expecting a strong reaction from an angry South Africa in a World Cup warm-up test on Saturday after beating them for the first time last weekend.

When does a loveable rogue become a dislikeable brat? Nick Kyrgios could be about to find out. Until now many people in tennis have been prepared to give the 20-year-old Australian the benefit of the doubt despite his many misdemeanours – on the basis that he brings some much-needed youthful vitality to the sport – but this latest incident may change opinions. Clashing with authority, whether in the shape of match officials or administrators, is one thing, but offending a fellow player – and a highly popular one at that in Stan Wawrinka ... Читать дальше...

Swedish prosecutors on Thursday dropped cases of lesser sexual misconduct against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange but said they still want to question him on accusations of rape made after his visit to Stockholm five...

(Reuters) - Ben Crawford was asleep 12,000 km (7,500 miles) from Google Inc's Mountain View, California headquarters this week when the Internet giant unveiled its new face.

Social Security turns 80 on Friday, and the massive retirement and disability program is showing its age.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have invented a speedy method to make potent painkilling opioids using bioengineered baker's yeast instead of poppies, but need to fine-tune the process to make it commercially viable, according to a study published on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have invented a speedy method to make potent painkilling opioids using bioengineered baker's yeast instead of poppies, but need to fine-tune the process to make it commercially viable, according to a study published on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have invented a speedy method to make potent painkilling opioids using bioengineered baker's yeast instead of poppies, but need to fine-tune the process to make it commercially viable, according to a study published on Thursday.

COLUMBIA — Gerald Dixon hasn’t practiced at all in preseason camp following surgery to fix a leg he fractured as a freshman. But the junior defensive end was running Thursday, and holds out hope of returning for South Carolina’s Sept. 3 opener against North Carolina in Charlotte.

A man admitted Thursday that he brought millions of dollars in counterfeit poker chips to use in a casino's poker tournament, a scheme that was uncovered when he clogged a pipe by flushing the chips down the toilet in...

KOHLER, Wisconsin, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Luck of the draw is often a significant factor at the majors and Matt Kuchar was grateful for an early tee time as he moved into contention for the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits on Thursday.

The Penn State football team was pleasantly interrupted at a team meeting by the PSU Blue Band on Wednesday night.

A North Carolina man pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges he brought counterfeit chips to an Atlantic City, New Jersey poker tournament in a scheme discovered after he flushed $2.7 million of the chips down a toilet in his hotel room.

(Reuters) - A Pennsylvania handyman who protested a $25 parking ticket by trying to pay it with 2,500 pennies was denied the satisfaction by town officials citing federal law.

ТР Гидрометеорология һәм әйләнә-тирә мохитне күзәтү идарәсе хәбәр итүенчә, республикада бүген кич аз болытлы, уртача җылы һава торышы хакимлек итә.

ТР Гидрометеорология һәм әйләнә-тирә мохитне күзәтү идарәсе хәбәр итүенчә, республикада бүген кич аз болытлы, уртача җылы һава торышы хакимлек итә.

COLUMBIA — When it comes to North Carolina quarterback Marquise Williams, Larenz Bryant has a score to settle.

Any coach bold enough to drop a player as revered as the great Irish centre Brian O’Driscoll from a Lions Test team at the tipping point of a series against Australia is unlikely to quake at the thought of sacrificing a sacred cow ahead of a World Cup – especially if the specimen concerned is a little long in the tooth and entirely out of sorts. But two sacred cows? Three? A cull on this scale is either brave or foolhardy… or maybe both.

A man wanted in Alaska on child pornography charges is in jail in the Lowcountry.