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May 16, 2013 @ 11:14 am

Endangered Hawaiian hawks found shot on Big Island

Two endangered Hawaiian hawks were found wounded on the Big Island after apparently being shot with a pellet gun, and federal wildlife officials want to know who is responsible.
May 16, 2013 @ 10:59 am

Swine flu found in elephant seals off California

Researchers have detected swine flu in elephant seals off the Central California coast, saying it was the first time a human pandemic strain has been found in marine mammals.
May 16, 2013 @ 10:34 am

NASA: New pump resolves big space station leak

An impromptu spacewalk over the weekend seems to have fixed a big ammonia leak at the International Space Station, NASA said Thursday.
May 16, 2013 @ 10:34 am

INFLUENCE GAME: Tech, labor spar on immigration

To the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democrats, it's more sinister: The push by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to expand the number of visas for high-tech foreign workers is an attempt to dilute a lucrative job market with cheap, indentured labor.
May 16, 2013 @ 9:30 am

UK court jails 4 Lulzsec hackers for cyberattacks

Four young computer hackers who masterminded cyberattacks on targets from the CIA to Sony Pictures and Rupert Murdoch's News International were sentenced to up to 32 months in prison on Thursday.
May 16, 2013 @ 9:01 am

Lawmakers accuse Google of dishonesty over taxes

U.K. lawmakers subjected search giant Google to blistering criticism Thursday, accusing the U.S. Internet company of playing games with Britain's tax rules to avoid paying what it owed.
May 16, 2013 @ 8:16 am

Apple says App Store hit 50 billion downloads

Apple says its customers have downloaded more than 50 billon applications from its App Store since its launch in 2008.
May 16, 2013 @ 7:50 am

Correction: Space Station-Star Trek story

In a story May 15 about astronauts at the International Space Station getting the new "Star Trek" movie, The Associated Press reported erroneously when the film opened on Earth. "Star Trek into Darkness" opened in the United States on Thursday; it opened in some other countries earlier in May.
May 15, 2013 @ 11:43 pm

New Zealand's top court takes Kim Dotcom appeal

New Zealand's highest court ruled Thursday that it will hear an appeal by Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and three colleagues as they seek to avoid extradition to the United States.
May 15, 2013 @ 6:37 pm

NASA craft's planet-hunting days may be numbered

NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope is broken, potentially jeopardizing the search for other worlds where life could exist outside our solar system.

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