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  Facebook shares stabilizing, but probes mount

  Thursday, May 24, 4:02 am

  Facebook's initial public offering is the subject of two congressional inquiries and mounting lawsuits as the social network enters its fifth day of public trading. Read more...
  

• Rich-poor divide reopens at UN climate talks

  Thursday, May 24, 3:37 am

  The advances made in U.N. climate talks last year appeared at risk Thursday as a rift between rich and poor countries reopened in negotiations aimed at crafting a global pact to stop the planet from overheating. Read more...
  

• Rich-poor divide reopens at UN climate talks

  Thursday, May 24, 3:34 am

  The advances made in U.N. climate talks last year appeared at risk Thursday as a rift between rich and poor countries reopened in negotiations aimed at crafting a global pact to stop the planet from overheating. Read more...
  

• Rich-poor divide reopens at UN climate talks

  Thursday, May 24, 3:34 am

  The advances made in U.N. climate talks last year appeared at risk Thursday as a rift between rich and poor countries reopened in negotiations aimed at crafting a global pact to stop the planet from overheating. Read more...
  

• Solar plane begins 1st transcontinental flight

  Thursday, May 24, 3:18 am

  An experimental solar-powered airplane took off from Switzerland on its first transcontinental flight Thursday, aiming to reach North Africa next week. Read more...
  
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  Private supply ship flies near space station

  Thursday, May 24, 2:40 am

  The world's first private supply ship drew close to the International Space Station on Thursday in a critical fly-by-without-stopping test in advance of the actual docking. Read more...
  
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  Yahoo seeks to shake up search, Web browsing

  Wednesday, May 23, 9:17 pm

  Joining the battle to redefine Internet search, Yahoo is taking aim with a new browser enhancement it calls "Axis." Read more...
  
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  HP's missteps culminate in loss of 27,000 jobs

  Wednesday, May 23, 9:14 pm

  Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman has quantified the painful price that must be paid for the missteps of her predecessors as she tries to turn around the Silicon Valley pioneer. The bungling will wipe out 27,000 jobs so HP can save enough money to lift its earnings and invest in the development of more profitable products and service. Read more...
  

• Prices of Facebook stock since long-awaited IPO

  Wednesday, May 23, 2:48 pm

  Facebook Inc. began trading publicly last Friday following one of the most anticipated stock offerings in history. The initial public offering of stock priced at $38 a day earlier. It was at the top end of a projected range that Facebook had already increased just days earlier. Read more...
  

• Jury: Google didn't infringe on Oracle patents

  Wednesday, May 23, 1:05 pm

  A federal jury ruled Wednesday that Google didn't infringe on Oracle's patents when the Internet search leader developed its popular Android software for mobile devices. Read more...
  

• Japanese video game author wins Spanish prize

  Wednesday, May 23, 7:27 am

  Japan's Shigeru Miyamoto, considered the father of the modern video game, has been awarded Spain's Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities. Read more...
  
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  Regulators probe bank's role in Facebook IPO

  Wednesday, May 23, 12:17 am

  Regulators are examining whether Morgan Stanley, the investment bank that shepherded Facebook through its highly publicized stock offering last week, selectively informed clients of an analyst's negative report about the company before the stock started trading. Read more...
  

• Peru agency says cause of dolphin deaths unsolved

  Tuesday, May 22, 9:55 pm

  Peru's Sea Institute said in its final report Tuesday on the mass die-off earlier this year of nearly 900 dolphins and porpoises that the cause remains unknown. Read more...
  

• New Mexico says jet fuel spill could be larger

  Tuesday, May 22, 8:59 pm

  A decades-old jet fuel spill threatening Albuquerque's water supply could be as large as 24 million gallons, or twice the size of the oil spill from the Exxon Valdez, New Mexico environment officials acknowledged Tuesday. Read more...
  
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  Beam them up: Ashes of 'Star Trek' actor in orbit

  Tuesday, May 22, 4:25 pm

  James Doohan, Scotty from "Star Trek," spent his acting career whizzing through the cosmos. Gordon Cooper was one of America's famous Mercury seven astronauts. And Bob Shrake spent his work life anonymously helping send NASA's high-tech spacecraft to other planets. Read more...