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NASA has activated Robonaut 2, a humanoid robot that may eventually be used as a helper to astronauts in the International Space Station.

The bad news is that Hurricane Irene will probably strike the Florida and or the Southeast Atlantic coast. The good news is, for U.S. motorists - - the Gulf of Mexico and its important oil refinery infrastructure will be spared.

Genna Saucedo supervises cashiers at a Wal-Mart in Pico Rivera, California, but her wages aren't enough to feed herself and her 12-year-old son.

South Korean trading firm Samsung C&T (000830.KS) said on Monday it was considering taking over independent U.S. oil firm Parallel Petroleum, which a media report said might be worth about $920 million.

In 1900, the Great Galveston Hurricane in Texas killed up to 12,000 people.

Hurricane Irene has become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, and it's tracking toward a Florida strike as a possible Category 2 storm. Forecast models are always changing, based upon timing, but if Irene stays on its current course, Florida could be in for days of damaging wind and rain. Here is why Hurricane Irene could be one of the worst to strike Florida in years.

Hurricane Irene has strengthened over Puerto Rico, becoming the first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic Season, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in a statement on Monday.

Tropical Storm Irene barreled across the Caribbean toward Puerto Rico on Sunday on a course that could take it to Florida.

Though Cisco's Cius tablet, created for the enterprise combining voice, video, collaboration and virtualization capabilities in a single portable device, may finally end up as a doctor's device than supporting any generic usage.

Authorities in Mexico found the decapitated bodies of four men and a woman in Acapulco on Saturday, the latest in a string of slayings in the popular Pacific resort this week.

Tropical Storm Irene formed east of the Leeward Islands on Saturday and was expected to become a hurricane in the next two days heading on a northwestward track through the Caribbean that may threaten Florida.

Tropical Storm Irene, which is the ninth storm for the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, formed on Saturday east of the Caribbean's Leeward Islands.

Recovering Representative Gabrielle Giffords now knows who died in the Tucson shooting spree this January that left six dead and her own survival from a wound uncertain, her senior press adviser said on Saturday.

Antonio Diaz Chacon, who has been honored as hero after he had rescued a 6-year-old girl from an alleged kidnapper, acknowledges that he is an undocumented immigrant.

Lady Gaga is an interesting and unique phenomenon as it is. Nevertheless, here are some fun facts about the wildly popular singer that could surprise you.

Antonio Diaz Chacon revealed his immigration status.

The Obama administration has announced that it will review the cases of more than 300,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation to determine if they can remain in the United States.

Thirty thousand dollars will be offered as rewards for any information that leads the authorities in solving the mysterious death of Celina Cass, a state prosecutor has announced.

Police in southern California have arrested 60 people and broken up an Iraqi criminal ring accused of selling drugs, machine guns and improvised bombs out of an immigrant social club, authorities said on Thursday.

A Mexican lawyer for American drug company Baxter International Inc. was caught on tape bribing a expert testifying against the pharmaceutical manufacturer in an ongoing lawsuit.

A Colorado-based gold mining company has started minting its own gold coins with a view to paying shareholders their dividends in the precious metal.