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Operator and supporters of marijuana dispensaries say banks are turning away their business because they risk falling afoul of anti-money-laundering and drug-trafficking laws.

Only days after Ron Paul famously said his candidacy is a response to endless, undeclared, unwinnable wars dumped on the young people, White House sources frantically confirmed that President Obama will shortly announce his plans to withdraw 10,000 troops from Afghanistan in a phased manner by the end of 2011.

Aimed at its rival Activision and its rise to fame with the Call of Duty series, EA's Battlefield 3 may prove to be a tough competitor.

The suspected LulzSec hacker 19-year-old Ryan Cleary could face up to ten years in jail in the US if he is found guilty of hacking into the CIA and US Senate websites, it has been reported.

The evidence of double-dip recession in the US economy is growing, with the latest indicators reflecting deteriorated economic conditions not seen in the past three decades.

The number of food allergies in children in United States is much more serious than government thinks, according to a new study.

Today marks Prince William's 29th birthday, but the Prince won't be celebrating it with a grand party with his new wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, because the Prince has a call of duty.

The USS Carl Vinsion, which casted off the body of Osama bin Laden is now going to stage the first NCAA college basketball game on the flight deck on Veterans Day.

Rory McIlroy made some striking comments in his post-tournament press conference on neglecting to mention Tiger Woods, while mentioning other great golfers like Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus.

Huwai just introduced the first Android 3.2 tablet—the 7-inch MediaPad, in Singapore with CommunicAsia being the launchpad for the device.

A U.S.-flagged boat is planning to break the blockade enforced around Gaza by the Israeli navy.

NBC Sports, which broadcasted coverage of the U.S. Open, had an opening feature showing a patriotic segment with elementary school children saying the Pledge of Allegiance.

US stocks have caught a break from its mid-year slump on Monday.

Saudi women activists, bloggers and academicians on Monday dashed off a letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday seeking her support for their 'right to drive' in the country.

In the wake of the revelation that both the U.S. Senate and CIA's websites were hacked, the White House has called for stricter sentences for any hacker caught breaking into a government's private computer networks.

Adele, the Grammy award winner singer and song writer, has been advised by doctors to stop singing and talking for at least a month in order to recover from acute laryngitis.

The US advances to the semi-finals

Some are quickly making the young golfer from Northern Ireland into Tiger Woods' heir as king of the links. Rory McIlroy has a long way to go before he reaches that height, but his dossier up to this point is impressive. Here are the facts on McIlroy, the record-breaking 22-year-old golfer who has riveted the sports world's attention onto the U.S. Open this weekend.

The U.S. faces Jamaica in the knockout stage.

Faced with a growing threat from hacking and other cyber crimes, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have joined hands with leading ISPs and private defense contractors to launch a pilot program called DIB Cyber Pilot that will help strengthen their network defenses.

A wave of spam clogged Kindle, the online bookstore, with material that is not only unworthy of reading but also poses threat to Amazon.com Inc’s push into self-publishing.