Laura Matthews

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Laura is a U.S. politics reporter for the International Business Times. She was always fascinated by the BBC World News each morning on the radio in Jamaica. That, and a love for writing led her to a masters in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelors in media and communication from the University of the West Indies, Mona. She has worked for Gannett's Pacific Daily News in Guam, the Jamaica Observer, the Jamaica Gleaner, the Nassau Guardian in the Bahamas and Choices magazine for whom she ghost wrote the guidebook Help Your Child With Career Choice.

Could Google+ Really Reach 20 Million Users by Week’s End?

Ancentry.com founder Paul Allen's analysis is showing that millions of users are joining Google+ each day and some 20 million people could use Google+ this weekend.

Arnold Schwarzenegger to Return to the Big Screen

Schwarzenegger will begin shooting for the Western Movie The Last Stand in September

Spanish Doctors Perform First Ever Double-leg Transplant

Spanish surgeons carried out the world's first double-leg transplant on Monday, giving new limbs to an accident victim who lost both.

Smartphone Shipments Set to Increase to One Billion by 2016

Apple to Lose Chief Patent Lawyer

Richard Chip Lutton Junior will leave Apple Inc. soon but said it's unclear why.

Scorcher! Several States See Record Heat in June

The U.S. registered its 19th driest and 26th warmest June on record, according to scientists at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.

Sweltering Heat Wave Continues in Midwest, Southeast States

A heat wave could be coming your way so grab your water bottles and stay hydrated, especially if you are in the Midwest or Southeast this week, as the National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for those states today.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner listens to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at a briefing on the Social Security and Medicare Trustees report.

Obama Administration Rolls Out New Ways to Improve, Lower Medicaid Costs

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday announced three new initiatives to help states improve the quality of care and lower its costs for about 9 million Medicare and Medicaid enrollees.

A HTC smartphone and an Apple iPhone are displayed for the photographer at a mobile phone shop in Taiwan

Apple Files Second Patent Complaint Against HTC

Apple Inc. filed a second complaint against Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC with the U.S. International Trade Commission, or ITC.

How Many Google+ Users Are Out There … 4.5 Million?

Paul Allen, founder of Ancestry.com, said there are more than 4.5 million people using Google+, leading him to believe that this social site is Growing Like Crazy.

Gundotra on Google+: After Complaints, Changes are Coming

The criticisms and praises from Google+ users are being heard and those users should look out for some changes this week, according to Vic Gundotra, Google's senior vice president of engineering.

Rebecca Black New Song: Called ‘My Moment,’ Downloadable Next Monday

One hit wonder isn't a phrase in Rebecca Black's vocabulary. The 'It's Friday' singer will release a second music video next week, which her publicist said will be titled My Moment, CNN reports.

Transformers 3 Remains on Top of Those 'Horrible Bosses'

A group of hung-over men and a couple of horrible bosses couldn't compete with the Autobots and Decepticons as the Transformers: Dark of the Moon held onto the first place for the second weekend, even doing better than its last installment.

Stay-at-Home Dads Likely to Divorce

TIME's Healthland reports that there are still strong social pressures for men to be breadwinners, as a recent study published in the American Journal of Sociology shows that for men, unemployment in a relationship is more a prediction for divorce than unhappiness.

UCLA Health Systems to Pay Up For Alleged HIPPA Violation

The UCLA Health System will pay $865,500 as part of a settlement agreement because its employees snooped into celebrity patients' medical records resulting in a violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPPA violation .

Lawyer Worries for Casey Anthony’s Safety After Release

A defense lawyer in the Casey Anthony case said he's worried for the Florida mom's safety when she becomes a free woman in a few days.

British soccer player David Beckham and his wife Victoria

Harper Seven: The Daughter of David Beckham and Victoria Beckham

David and Victoria Beckham have named their newborn baby girl Harper Seven. She is the first daughter for the former Spice Girl and her footballer husband.

Tourist boat sinks in Russian River, Hundreds Are Missing

13 Dead, Scores Missing After Ship Sinks in Russia

At least 13 people are dead and more than 100 remained missing after a Russian boat sank in the Volgar River on Sunday.

Google+ Making (Mostly) the Right Moves on Privacy

Google+ is getting praises from privacy experts.

U.S. Could Sell M1 Abrams Tanks to Egypt

The United States could sell the government of Egypt 125 M1A1 Abrams tank kits.

Can Milly Dowler Cut Rupert Murdoch’s Power?

When people hear about tabloid journalism they think of stories filled with sensationalism and gossips. That's normal for celebrities or others used to the glitterati lifestyle, but not for an unknown teenager, Milly Dowler, 13, whose voicemail was allegedly hacked by journalists at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World.