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A powerful American Senator wants to investigate Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. to determine if the phone-hacking scandal has stretched across the water from Britain to the U.S.

Not only has the creation of invisibility cloaks well advanced, scientists are undergoing researches to make more things on earth disappear.

The first review of its kind published on Monday showed a direct connection to smoking while pregnant and birth defects, like clefts, clubfoot and other deformations, although one in five pregnant Americans continue to smoke, TIME said.

The beleaguered News Corp., burdened by an ever-worsening scandal regarding illegal phone-hacking, may be forced to unload its remaining newspapers in Great Britain, according to Rupert Murdoch’s biographer.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is in an English court Tuesday fighting extradition for 2010 sexual misconduct charges in Sweden

Will Rupert Murdoch be able to save his Media Conglomerate from the gathering storm of corruption, hacking and political shenanigan charges

Former New Orleans homicide detective Jeffrey Lehrmann testified that the police had planted weapons and made up two witnesses to cover up the shooting of two civilians almost a week after the floods from Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.

Emma Watson, wearing a gold dress with a linen bustier and satin amber flamed skirt was looking like a bronzed goddess at the screening of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II premiere in New York City on Monday, July 11.

Emma Watson glammed it up at the screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II premiere in New York City on Monday, July 11.

The Chinese army has announced U.S. intervention in the ongoing dispute over sovereignty of the South China Sea may escalate tensions in the region.

The United States' leading producer of aluminum, Alcoa Inc. (AA) has reported on Monday a steep incline in earnings and revenue thanks to sky-high aluminum prices, more than doubling in profit and exceeding estimates.

The phone-hacking scandal that has engulfed the British media empire of Rupert Murdoch may become the biggest political imbroglio in the UK in many years … but it remains rather tame compared to the Profumo, affair which exploded in the country almost 50 years ago.

Today at 4:30pm (EST), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 will heat up New York City's Lincoln Center with its red-carpet premiere. Hundreds of fans have already lined up - and slept out - outside the venue with the wish for a glimpse of the stars.

According to police reports sent to Buckingham Palace on Monday, heir to the throne Prince Charles and wife Camilla were among the lineup of targets of phone hacking by the News of the World.

The week has started off well for Arsenal as they confirmed the signing of Lille striker Gervinho, as manager Arsene Wenger expressed his confidence of holding on to the wantaway pair of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri.

Spencer Tunick, the daring U.S. artist famous for his nude outdoor photography is back in action. Eight hundred men and women in Belgium posed nude for Tunick's latest nude photo installation.

There is no doubt that William and Kate Middleton has established themselves as the reigning king and queen of Hollywood during their royal California tour.

Prince William and Catherine of Cambridge concluded their three-day visit in Southern California on Sunday, and departed for London.

With a headline 'Thank You and Goodbye', Britain's best-selling newspaper News of the World ended its 168-year-old history when it hit the newsstands for the last time on Saturday.

The opposition British Labour Party has demanded that the investigation of the phone-hacking scandal that has engulfed the News of the World (NOTW) commence immediately so that more crucial evidence is not lost.

Rupert Murdoch was listed three times in the Time 100 as among the most influential people in the world. He is ranked 13th most powerful person in the world in the 2010 Forbes' The World's Most Powerful People list.