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Apple Inc.'s projection of selling 25 million iPhones by the end of 2011 lends credence from the registered sales of 4 million units of iPhone 4S during the opening weekend.

Air travel has resumed in South America after an ash cloud from Chile's Puyehue Volcano grounded flights.

In just a mere three days after its release, Apple's newest iPhone 4S has already sold over four million units.

Regardless of doleful predictions of an epic fail, Apple Inc. has struck again with yet another out-of-the-park home run with its new iPhone 4S. The Cupertino-based tech giant announced on Monday that it has sold more than four million units of the new iPhone 4S during its first weekend (just three days after its launch on Oct. 14).

Dan Wheldon, a two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, died after sustaining injuries to his head from a 15-car pile-up at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday, Clark County, Nev., Coroner Michael Murphy confirmed.

Apple set a new record by selling more than 4 million iPhone 4S smartphones in the first three days after it was introduced, as customers flocked to Apple retail stores and waited in huge lines to get their hands on the coveted device.

Asian stocks and commodities fell on Tuesday after Germany's finance minister cautioned against hopes for a quick fix to Europe's debt problem, and news that China's economic growth slowed a tad in the third quarter added to concerns.

Climate change is not just decreasing the size of ice in the Antarctic; it also stunts the growth of animal and plant species, a new study has found.

New Gold Inc., which mines gold in North and Australia, said Monday it is buying Canada's Silver Quest Resources Ltd. in a stock deal worth about $130 million.

Greg Norman says he would not have chosen Tiger Woods as a wildcard selection for next month's Presidents Cup in Australia because of the former world number one's poor form since the end of 2009.

Apple Inc said on Monday it sold 4 million iPhone 4S in the three days since it went on sale October 14.

Newsweek ranks greenest U.S. and global companies.

Protesters at Occupy Wall Street inspired demonstrations across the world rallied under banners bearing the phrase We are the 99 percent, a mantra reflecting the perception that wealth and political influence are disproportionately concentrated in the hands of the most affluent.

The patent war continues.

South Korea-based Samsung Electronics Co., which has so far been on the defensive in its ongoing patent battle with Apple Inc., has finally launched an attack of its own on its Cupertino-based rival.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) said on Monday that it has filed preliminary injunction motions in Australia and Japan requesting the courts stop the sale of Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) iPhone 4S in an escalating legal battle between the two technology giants.

Samsung has filed suits against Apple in Japan and Australia to stop sales of iPhone 4S, adding to similar complaints in France and Italy.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday that it has filed preliminary injunction motions in Australia and Japan requesting the courts stop the sale of Apple Inc's iPhone 4S in an escalating legal battle between the two technology giants.

New Zealand surged into the final of the 2011 Rugby World Cup an outstanding display to send neighbors Australia packing at Eden Park in Auckland.

Apple has grabbed a good deal of limelight this week, both in the smartphone market and on the Internet, nudging aside Google and Samsung with the release of the iPhone 4S, the iOS5, the iCloud, new iOS apps, Mac OS X updates and the iLife software.

In a law suit representing more than 350 organizations, the Center For Food Safety has demanded that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration require companies to label foods that have been genetically modified.