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Quran burning pastor Terry Jones gives birth to new non-Taliban violence in Afghanistan as seen in Friday riots against U.N. where civilians were instigated by preachers.

A mathematician from NJIT says famous arch-rivals, the Red Sox and Yankees, will tie MLB and the AL East with 97 wins a piece.

Upon completion of the four-year program offered by the Yale-NUS College, students will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts or Science (Honours) from the Yale-NUS College, awarded by NUS.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Golar LNG, Star Scientific, Ebix, Sino Clean Energy, and AEterna Zentaris. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Omeros, Atrinsic, Logitech International, Ascent Solar Technologies, Xyratex, and Nasdaq OMX Group.

Oil prices rose above $107 on Friday in Asia, amid concerns that escalating fighting between the rebels and Moammar Gadhafi’s forces in Libya would lead to disruption of oil exports from the OPEC nation for longer than expected.

The star-studded Christie's Green Auction: Bid to Save the Earth which took place at Rockefeller Center in New York on March 29, raised a staggering $1.4 million.

The National Weather Service (NOAA) has issued an advisory stating that New England can expect a spring storm on April Fool's Day on Friday owing to a low pressure system coming from the southeast.

The Bronx Zoo's Egyptian cobra was found in the dark corner of the zoo's reptile house after being missing for almost a week.

The company is phasing out the technology in favor of near-field communication, which would offer much of the same functionality of QR codes but with increased efficiency.

The Yankees beat the Tigers at Yankee Stadium thanks to some good defense and lively bats

Billboard is reporting that Rob Patterson is producing a track for Charlie Sheen's upcoming one-man-show tour and that rapper Snoop Dogg will guest on the track.

Charlie Sheen is kicking off his Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not an Option tour and the world is preparing to see what antics he has hiding up his sleeve.

The Tigers and Yankees square off at Yankees Stadium on opening day.

The Yankees face the Tigers at Yankee Stadium

The Knicks may be set to go on a winning streak.

The technology would make the company the third major player, behind Google and Apple, said to be entering the mobile payment sphere.

Weeks after Rebecca Black released the song Friday, which got the internet buzzing about it being the worst song ever made, her name is still making rounds.

Facebook has taken down a page created by Palestinian supporters which called for a new ‘intifada’ (uprising) against Israel, after Israel officials and U.S. Jewish groups complained.

An apartment complex in Florida, which happens to be owned by New York Yankees star A-Rod, caught the media attention when its residents reportedly filed numerous complaints about safety code violations with the city officials last week.

Gold shot up by nearly one percent on Wednesday, after four sessions of losses amid broad support from unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, but gains may stay limited by expectations monetary policy in key regions may tighten. Spot gold was bid at $1,430.55 an ounce at 1344 GMT, against $1,415.95 late in New York on Tuesday.

A 20-inch pencil-thin Egyptian cobra, which escaped from the Bronx Zoo in New York last week, is giving Charlie Sheen and Lady Gaga tough competition on Twitter. A twitter account created by an anonymous user under the name BronxZoosCobra had more than 120,000 followers by early Wednesday.