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Gold shot up by nearly one percent on Wednesday, after four sessions of losses amid broad support from unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, but gains may stay limited by expectations monetary policy in key regions may tighten. Spot gold was bid at $1,430.55 an ounce at 1344 GMT, against $1,415.95 late in New York on Tuesday.

A 20-inch pencil-thin Egyptian cobra, which escaped from the Bronx Zoo in New York last week, is giving Charlie Sheen and Lady Gaga tough competition on Twitter. A twitter account created by an anonymous user under the name BronxZoosCobra had more than 120,000 followers by early Wednesday.

Some of the world's top international collectors, philanthropists, celebrities and designers were present at the 2011 Christie's Green Auction, Bid to Save the Earth, on March 29, 2011 at Rockefeller Center in New York.

Using data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment, scientists have observed the decays of a rare particle - dubbed 'b-meson' - that could provide clues on why antimatter all but disappeared after the Big Bang.

Crude prices traded below $104 a barrel on Tuesday in Asia as Libyan rebels announced resumption of oil exports from the sites controlled by them.

Two streaks come to an end: the Knicks' six-game losing streak, and the Magic's five-game winning streak

Reactions to President Barack Obama's speech on Monday varied broadly, from supporters calling it ambitious to concern that it was too vague, not clearly outlining when U.S. military force would be used in the future.

Kindle owners who subscribe to The New York Times via the e-reader will get free access to the newspaper's website, Amazon said

Following the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan earlier this month, a Canadian broadcaster has pulled episodes of The Simpsons from its rotation.

Two teams headed in different directions face off in Madison Square Garden

The Knicks hope to snap a six-game losing streak

US monetary policy is decided by the 12 members of the Federal Reserve Open Markets Committee (FOMC). These are some of the most powerful individuals in the world.

A number of loopholes and hacks have appeared in response to The Times' setting up a paywall.

The move would leverage Google's advertising business, giving the company greater insight into how users view targeting advertising.

Crude oil futures slipped on Monday as Libyan rebels disclosed plans of oil exports from the key oil towns captured by them over the weekend.

AOL Jobs, through its partnership with CareerBuilder.com, has listed out the top ten U.S. companies hiring this week from March 28 to April 3.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano said Saturday that Japan was ''still far from the end of the accident'' that hit a nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture, according to a report by the New York Times.

There was one winning ticket for the grand prize in thethe Megamillions lottery on Friday, while Saturday's Powerball grand prize wont' be awarded, since there wasn't a winning ticket.

Nintendo's 3D gaming console is now available in stores in the US.

The symbolic action of turning lights out for an hour in an expression of concern for the environment is in the process of being officially observed in thousands of communities across 134 countries and territories on Australia, Asia, Africa and Europe.

Google is preparing its music service and Spotify is headed across the Atlantic.