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Doomsday soothsayer Harold Camping insists that the world will end in a few hours from now, with a destructive earthquake pulverizing each region of the world at 6 P.M. local time. The vast majority see the end of the world prediction as farcical and hallucinatory talk of someone who thinks so highly about himself that he can't imagine a world that outlives him. However there is a minority who get jitters as the appointed time of the apocalypse nears.

A powerful blast in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday morning killed at least one person and injured 10 people, including 2 Americans.

Microsoft, in a report, has announced students who buy a new PC for $699 or more will get a free Xbox 360 4GB console.

The dollar looked set to post its first weekly loss in three weeks as investors increased bets on risky assets like equities on expectations the United States would take a long time to raise interest rates after weak economic data this week.

The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Opnext, BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Stratasys, STEC, and Zumiez. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Popular, Abaxis, Nordson, Stamps.com, CEVA, and Immunogen.

A roadside bomb exploded near US consulate vehicle carrying Americans in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing one local person and injuring others, an embassy spokesman told Reuters on Friday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Obama’s speech on Thursday saying, Those borders are not defensible, the Palestinian state must not come at Israel’s expense.

In a much-anticipated address, President Barack Obama’s speech outlined the U.S. policy in the Middle East and North Africa in the middle of the Arab uprisings in the world.

The million-dollar question surrounding the killing of terror master mind Osama Bin Laden seems to have been answered. According to reports, the U.S. government will not pay out the $25 million reward the Department of State had announced years ago for anyone giving clues leading to his capture.

As Annie Jacobsen's new book, AREA 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base, is to hit shelves in few days, various media reports are suggesting the major hot spots for UFOs around the world.

Looks like it’s the doomsday season, again, signs and newspaper ads across the U.S. and in other places around the world have been warning that the judgment day is coming, but the question remains whether it is on May 21, 2011 or December 21, 2012.

President Barack Obama has said Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi will either leave power soon or be forced out. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Gaddafi's wife and daughter Aisha have fled to Tunisia.

The dollar struggled to regain ground on Friday as tepid U.S. economic data prompted investors to favor higher yielding currencies like the euro while a sluggish Wall Street session weighed on stocks.

The dollar looked set to post its first weekly loss in three weeks as investors increased bets on risky assets like equities on expectations the United States would take a long time to raise interest rates after posting weak economic data.

NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, commander of the STS-134 space shuttle mission, made a statement aboard the International Space Station about the future of space exploration. In addition, as he spoke from space Kelly showed off his wedding ring, which he wears around his neck.

Amazon.com, the largest online retailer in the United States, says it has been selling more ebooks than printed books since April 1.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is planning to make his second visit to China as the world's No. 1 social networking company looks for the best way to expand into that country.

John Malone's Liberty Media Corp has proposed to buy Barnes & Noble Inc for $1.02 billion, nine months after the largest U.S. bookstore chain put itself up for sale.

Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co has adequate inventory of most models for the U.S. market but is running short of its high-volume compact Civic just as the summer sales season begins, the company told Honda and Acura dealers in a letter on Thursday.

Barnes & Noble Inc. has received an unsolicited $1.02 billion offer from John Malone's Liberty Media Group, the No.1 bookstore chain in the United States said Thursday.

The U.S. national debt hit $14.3 trillion, reaching its legal borrowing limit on Monday.