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Kim Dotcom has announced that he will launch "Mega," a secure, encrypted file-sharing site being billed as follow-up to his wildly popular Megaupload.com website, which was shut down last year by United States authorities who charged him and several other Megaupload leaders with criminal copyright infringement.

Hina Rabbani Khar, the Pakistani foreign minister, gave at talk in New York on everything from India to Malala.

Following an emergency order from the Federal Aviation Administration issued late Wednesday night, United States airlines are ordered to temporarily ground all Boeing 787 Dreamliners until the planes can be proven to safe. Earlier in the day, a Japanese 787 suffered a battery fire while in the air.

An Ontario court last week denied a request by the U.S. government for Megaupload to turn over mirrored copies of 32 computer servers to American authorities, stating that the request was too broad and that its scope needs to be pared down if the court is to grant a warrant to obtain the mirror images of the servers.

The Louisiana Science Education Act specifically names evolution among the topics singled out for supplemental critiques, along with global warming and cloning.

James Tracy, the professor behind the Newtown conspiracy theory, has applied the same principle surrounding his Sandy Hook shooting theory, deliberate media orchestration, was at play during the Taft High School shooting that occurred last week. According to Tracy, the Taft shooting was supposed to be a drill until it “went live.”

The libertarian standard-bearer wants to end aid to Israel, but it's because he wants it to be stronger and more independent.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced he’d retire in two months to return to private life in Colorado.

One of the president's gun control proposals would lift a de facto ban on federally funded research examining gun violence.

Should Dell go private? Here's a checklist for the CEO, who may not want to cede control of the company he's nurtured for 29 years.

Leoluchina Savona made the announcement on the 20th anniversary of the arrest of Salvatore ‘Totò’ Riina, the mob's top boss

The White House event, at which 23 executive orders were signed, included relatives of those killed last month at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

French troops are gearing up for on-the-ground combat in Mali, where an Islamist insurgency threatens global security.

Google has commemorated the inventor of the Zamboni by displaying an interactive game on its homepage.

Investment demand is expected to drive the price of gold higher in first half 2013, on loose monetary policies and burgeoning sovereign debt.

Tesla's Model X prototype SUV is eye candy, but it goes sour when considering range, price and lack of places to plug in.

Last year was also the 36th consecutive year to register a global temperature above the 20th-century average.

In a new ad, the NRA is arguing that President Barack Obama cares about his own children more than the safety of the American people.

The Cheesecake Factory's Bistro Shrimp Pasta is among the headliners on Xtreme Eating List.

The U.S., which condemned anti-Semitic remarks Egyptian President Morsi allegedly made in 2010, counts on Morsi to back peace with Israel.

The Wi-Fi version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (GT-N8013) in the U.S. started receiving the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean official firmware update Tuesday. Here is how to root the device running on the latest firmware.