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The Italian government took aggressive action to block the domains of 27 file-sharing websites.

Startup company Uwingu charges a fee to nominate names for extrasolar planets, which the International Astronomical Union isn't taking kindly to.

Verizon Wireless has offered to pay up to $1.5 billion to buy spectrum leases from Clearwire Corp.

For the second time this month, Anonymous launched a successful cyberattack against several North Korean websites.

Check out the top red carpet looks from the 2013 MTV Movie Awards.

Jenna Bush Hager gave birth to her first child this weekend in New York, and gave former President Bush's first grandchild a family name.

Last week, two major institutions, Societe Generale and Goldman Sachs, recommended clients make bets that the price of gold would fall.

The Kansas-based satellite TV operator would really like Sprint's wireless network, and its offer could be more enticing than Japan's Softbank.

U.S. stock index futures point to a lower open Monday ahead of the publication of the Empire State Manufacturing Index.

North Korea rejected an offer from South Korea to hold talks on the future of the joint Kaesong industrial complex.

A recent Bloomberg.com headline claimed bitcoin mining is a "environmental disaster," but the relevant figures do not appear to add up.

Adam Scott became the first Australian golfer to win the Masters Tournament with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff Sunday.

The NRA doesn't support the background-checks compromise, but the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms does.

Prisoners were being moved into single cells in a bid to break their hunger strike when they fought back.

The senator from Florida contended the measure would prod illegal immigrants to go home and seek entry to the U.S. legally.

The U.S. and Japan Sunday offered new talks with North Korea -- if it honors previous agreements.

A North Korean video shows missiles landing in the U.S., although the announcer misidentifies the location of Colorado Springs.

A mother threw her toddler onto a fellow passenger to have a fist fight with another woman on a Connecticut Transit bus.

A U.S. Senate immigration reform bill is expected to be released Wednesday, but many key details have already leaked.

Russia released a list of alleged human rights violators after the United States passed the Magnitsky Act, but trade will keep the two together.

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