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A suicide attack in Rawalpindi on Thursday was the first singling out workers of Pakistan’s prized nuclear labs, military analysts and newspapers said.

Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the Madison-based meat processing company that bears his name, has died at the age of 95.

The new Harry Potter film is all about sex, drugs and rock n' roll, according to director David Yates.

AP - When carpenter Greg Douglas crashed his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone. After a month in the hospital, the medical bills hit him even harder, totaling $165,000.

Chinese authorities insisted an Internet filtering program will go ahead despite a last-minute decision this week to postpone making it mandatory on new PCs, state media said Thursday.

PC World - Less than a week after the iPhone app developer behind Hottest Girls was busted for distributing pornographic material on the iPhone, another perpetrator sneaked in and posted what is purported to be a photo of a nude 15-year-old girl to its iPhone app. The app, named BeautyMeter, has been removed in line with Apple's policy against pornographic material.

&$ &$The ousted President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya speaks during a press conference at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, June 30, 2009. Manuel Zelaya expressed his gratitude toward the international community and tearfully described the last moments in his home country before being thrown onto a plane and whisked away. (Xinhua/Gu Xinrong)&$&$ Standing before the United Nations General Assembly o ...

AP - (AP) — The Pistons fired Michael Curry on Tuesday after Detroit finished under .500 in his first year as coach and was swept in the first round of the playoffs.

Michael Jackson's mother has won temporary custody of his three children.

Chinese shares closed 0.61 percenthigher in the morning session on June 29, driven by real estate and financial stocks. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index advanced by 17.83 pointsto finish at 2,946.05. The Shenzhen Component Index rose 1.49 percent, or 170.1 points,to a one-year high of 11,583.26 points. &$&$Source:Xinhua&$&$ ...

Wilco (The Album) opens with "Wilco (The Song)". So what, then, is Wilco (The Verdict)?

Actor Sean Connery lashed out at the BBC for its coverage of the awards ceremony at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) on Sunday when he handed out the prizes.

Every so often, I have to stop reading books that are considered to be lofty or overtly intellectual. Some, I have to read for work and others, I just want to read for no particular reason. The book world appears to be rife with snobbery and intellectual posturing (in fact, the same can be said of the 'arts' broadly). If I talk about a particular book on the radio or write about it in this column, I might be accused of dumbing down or of being too esoteric (why not 'dumbing up'?) depending on the book in question.

AFP - Five-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer admitted on Wednesday that he was concerned over the danger posed by betting in tennis.

Hi Guys. I am looking at applying for a midshipmans course in the NZ Navy to syudy Engineering. Can anyone give me some help with who I should talk to/ sites I should visit etc. please tell me! Thanks.

AP - When the FBI investigated the landmark 1972 porno movie "Deep Throat," the case touched the highest levels of the FBI, even its second-in-command W. Mark Felt, the shadowy Watergate informant whose "Deep Throat" alias was taken from the movie's title.

Description: The Air Force's new MC-12 Liberty. A medium-altitude manned special-mission turboprop aircraft designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, MC-12 aircraft supports coalition and joint ground forces. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tiffany Trojca

Housing starts are showing early signs of a turnaround in 33 metro areas, according to the Adversity Index data from msnbc.com and Moody's Economy.com . Bill Dedman of msnbc.com reports.

A military strategist has proposed the Chinese army to set up its own space forces in the future to protect China's growing extraterrestrial assets. Space forces, often portrayed in the realms of science fiction as having fleets of spaceships equipped with lasers, are being developed by countries including the US and Russia to protect their off-world interests. Wang Fa'an, a senior researcher on the construction of armed forces with the Academy of Military Sciences, said his call for China ...

You might want to tie your hands behind your back when you look at Sand T's new paintings. The Malden artist is a big tease at "Touch Me Not , " her new solo exhibit of glistening, shining surfaces that will tempt you to reach out and touch to see if they're really wet. The show's theme is simplicity, repetition, ...