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  • Apple crushes forecasts again, iPad backlogged

    2011-04-21 10:08

    Apple Inc's results smashed Wall Street's expectations after iPhone and Mac sales scaled new heights while iPad supplies could not keep up with roaring global demand.

  • BP sues rig owner for $40B on spill anniversary

    2011-04-21 10:47

    BP on Wednesday sued the maker of the device that failed to stop last year's calamitous Gulf oil spill and the owner of the rig that exploded, alleging that negligence by both helped cause the disaster.

  • Are you a white collar criminal?

    2011-04-20 21:31

    A behavioral analysis group with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation is trying to bring the same skills it uses to work up profiles of serial killers to the world of white collar felons. It's an ambitious goal, one that many in the legal community believe the FBI will have a difficult time achieving.

  • NASA sets date for shuttle Endeavour's final voyage

    2011-04-20 12:54

    The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Tuesday set April 29 as the launch date for Endeavour's final voyage.

  • What leads gay teens to attempt suicide?

    2011-04-19 13:57

    Suicide attempts by gay teens and even straight kids are more common in conservative areas where schools don't have programs supporting gay rights.

  • Link between pregnancy diet and fat offspring found

    2011-04-19 12:28

    New Zealand scientists have helped find a link between a woman's diet during pregnancy and her child's chances of becoming fat.

  • 40 Mediterranean fish species could vanish

    2011-04-19 11:03

    A new study suggests that more than 40 fish species in the Mediterranean could vanish in the next few years.

  • NASA hands $269m to spacecraft developers

    2011-04-19 10:40

    NASA announced Monday it has handed more than $269 million to four companies vying to develop a commercial spacecraft that could replace its aging space shuttle fleet.

  • Last Supper was a day earlier: scientist

    2011-04-19 06:54

    The Last Supper took place on a Wednesday and a date for Easter can now be fixed, according to a Cambridge University scientist aiming to solve one of the Bible's most enduring contradictions.

  • Solar-powered airplane test flight

    2011-04-18 22:02

    Solar Impulse's Chief Executive Officer and pilot Andre Borschberg performs a low altitude go-round procedure with the solar-powered HB-SIA prototype aircraft during a test flight at Payerne airport April 18, 2011.

  • Scientists: Gulf health nearly at pre-spill level

    2011-04-18 21:16

    Scientists judge the overall health of the Gulf of Mexico as nearly back to normal one year after the BP oil spill, but with glaring blemishes that restrain their optimism about nature's resiliency, an Associated Press survey of researchers shows.

  • Can nuclear power plants float?

    2011-04-18 17:35

    A tsunami-crippled nuclear power plant might give some countries pause over the risks of exposing reactors to the power of the oceans. Not Russia.

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