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The rioting and looting taking over England has turned deadly as it enters a fifth day with three men killed by a hit-and-run driver in Birmingham.

Research in Motion has had a rough year and it hasn't gotten any easier with its phones' involvement in the London riots.

Three Asian men died Tuesday night in Birmingham when a car ran over them as they sought to protect their property from looters.

HSBC is selling its U.S. credit card arm to Capital One Financial Corp in a $32.7 billion deal as Europe's top bank streamlines its mammoth operations.

Manchester United are close to finally signing Wesley Sneijder from Inter Milan, according to reports claiming that a deal is just two days away.

The dark angels of anti-security, hacker collective Anonymous, have set eyes on Facebook for its alleged large-scale security violations and sell-off of private individuals' data to government agencies.

Missouri River, upper Mississippi River and groundwater are the major sources of nitrate in the Gulf of Mexico, adding to the dead zones formed from BP oil spill in April 2010.

Since Aug. 6, 2011, Tottenham and certain other parts in London have witnessed widespread rioting, burglary and public disturbances following the fatal shooting of 29-year old Mark Duggan by Metropolitan police officers.

Scientists aboard the national research vessel, RV Celtic Explorer, have discovered for the first time a smoking deep-sea vent field on the Mid-Atlantic ridge north of Azores.

More than 150 independent record labels were dealt a huge blow on Monday night, when a facility owned by Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation was destroyed in a fire that resulted from the riots that have torn through England in the past three days.

Zombies -- trendier than yesterday's vampires -- will hit the big screen on the first day of winter 2012, as Paramount releases "World War Z" on December 21 of next year, the studio announced Tuesday.

London Riot Photos Show Terrifying Scene as Violence Continues

Rioters turned against their fellow countrymen Tuesday night, as the chaos and violence continues in the British capital.

Facebook has done it again - weeks after it joined hands with Skype to beat Google+ Hangouts, the world's No.1 social networking site has launched Facebook Messenger, a free mobile app for iPhone and Android users that allows them to send and receive real-time messages from their Facebook contacts.

Violence, rioting and looting continue in London on Tuesday night, as police and citizens struggle with how to respond to the ongoing crisis.

Apple has done it again - after blocking rival Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia, the technology giant managed, Monday, to get a preliminary injunction (or temporary restraining order) from a German court that prevents Samsung from selling Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the whole of Europe (excluding the Netherlands).

As a frightened nation asks itself "when will this violence end?" some have started the healing process. Others, however, continue on the looting spree that has shocked the capital since Saturday night.

The rioting that has engulfed London and several other cities should have come as no surprise, given the huge numbers of unemployed and idle British youth.

To stop the four day-long riots in London, police and politicians are considering a number of crowd control methods never before used in the United Kingdom.

A lawmaker called on Tuesday for BlackBerry's instant messaging service to be suspended after rioters used it to mobilize in London and other British cities.

As the chaos in Britain goes into its third day, Internet rumors have claimed that in addition to the widespread destruction, people were having their clothes stripped by looters as police attempted to contain the violence.