Boston bombing probe: What female DNA may mean in investigation

(CBS News) There is new focus in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation on the widow of suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Investigators have identified female DNA on a fragment of one of the bombs used in Boston. It's not clear what that means -- the DNA could have come from an injured spectator, or perhaps from a clerk who sold the materials used in the bombs. But, there's also a chance, it could lead the FBI to a female accomplice. FBI agents Monday visited the Rhode Island family home of Katherine Russell, the widow of accused bomber Tamerlan...

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Microsoft integrates Skype into Outlook.com

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Microsoft has integrated its voice over internet protocol (VoIP) service Skype into Outlook.com so that users can make calls via the email service. The feature is being rolled out today in the UK first in the form of a "preview" plug-in that can be downloaded via a web browser. Once the plug-in is installed, a Skype video chat or VoIP call can be initiated while reading an email at Outlook.com. To do this, users just need move their mouse over the friend's picture and click on the Skype audio or video...

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iOS 7 to be 'very, very flat,' with redesigned Apple app icons and more, report says

Apple's iOS 7, expected to be unveiled at WWDC 2013 in June, will have major user interface changes that will appeal to new iPad and iPhone users, but could be "unsettling" for veteran users, a new report has suggested. Citing multiple sources who have seen or been briefed on iOS 7, internally codenamed "Innsbruck," 9To5Mac's report claims that iOS 7 will have a new user interface that is "very, very flat," ditching all skeuomorphic design...

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Chinese join rush to live in Mars, 600 apply for Dutch project

Over 600 Chinese have applied to join an ambitious Dutch aerospace project that plans to send humans on a one-way trip to Mars for permanent settlement. The Dutch project, while triggering enthusiasm to explore outer space, is also under fire with the trip being viewed by some as a suicide mission, with applicants being shipped to a planet that is uninhabitable by humans. The project, Mars One, is being launched by a Dutch non-profit organization, and is scheduled to take four humans to the Red Planet in 2023. In the first three days...

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About 40 Hurt in Prague Explosion

PRAGUE—A powerful explosion of a leaky gas pipe has caused significant damage of a building in a busy section of downtown Prague, shattering windows in the immediate area and injuring some 40 people, police said Monday. View Slideshow Reuters Firefighters and police officers searched the area after an explosion in central Prague on Monday. Police spokesman Tomas Hulan said the explosion occurred at around 9:56 a.m. local time and...

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Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez back in one another's arms

  Back together ... Justin and Selena snuggle up with each other in the online snap EROTEME.CO.UK   JUSTIN Bieber and Selena Gomez appear to be back together after a snap emerged of them snuggled up together. Spring Breakers star Selena wraps her arms around the singer’s bare torso whilst scowling at the camera in the picture. And it seems the 20-year-old was eager for her boyfriend to finish up his music writing and pay...

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LivingSocial hacked; 50 million affected

The databases of daily deals site LivingSocial were hacked, with more than 50 million customer records compromised. (Credit: Screenshot by Seth Rosenblatt/CNET) Daily deals Web site LivingSocial is the latest database target for hackers, who have compromised the personal information of more than 50 million people. In internal LivingSocial e-mails obtained by AllThingsD, the unknown culprits appear to have made off with the names, e-mails,...

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Businessman father booked for posting video of kids driving Ferrari on YouTube

The video of the boy driving the Ferrari F430 on Kerala roads with his younger brother in tow had gone viral online and had caused widespread outrage. When NRI businessman Mohammed Nisham posted a video of his nine-year-old son driving a Ferrari F430 Scuderia (CH 04K 8545) on YouTube earlier in April, little did he know of the troubles that awaited him. The Kerala police have registered a case against...

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Guinness record holder dies performing stunt

Sailen Nath Roy, who had made his way to the Guinness Book of World records for his stunts, died here today while performing a rope stunt over Teesta river at Sevoke near here. In Pics: Stuntman dies during world record attempt, Sarbajit's family meets him Roy (45) was crossing the turbulent river by hanging from a pulley tied to his ponytail this afternoon. The tragedy took place when the pulley got stuck and he could not move it...

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HIV vaccine trial shut down

In another major setback for efforts to develop an HIV vaccine, federal researchers have shut down a key clinical trial after an independent panel of safety experts determined that volunteers who got an experimental vaccine appeared to be slightly more likely to contract the human immunodeficiency virus than those who got a placebo. Investigators involved in recruiting volunteers and running the trial at 21 sites across the country were...

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Poultry wet market likely source of virus of H7N9 human infection: research

HONG KONG, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding the human infections with avian influenza A H7N9 virus by finding out that poultry wet market might be the source of the deadly virus, according to a research published online on Thursday by the leading international medical journal The Lancet. The research was conducted by a collaborative research team from The University of Hong Kong and Zhejiang University. They analyze four infected patients in southeast China's Zhejiang Province, and discover...

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Two And A Half Men Renewed For Eleventh Series - But Without Angus T. Jones

as announced today that an eleventh series of the comedy has been renewed - but Angus will only be coming back part-time. Warner Bros., who make the award-winning show, have signed up Jon Cryer and Ashton Kutcher for another round, but the studio revealed that it is talking to Jones about a a possible recurring role on the show instead of coming back as a series regular. And as Jones is no longer that cherub-faced 10-year-old that he was when...

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Johnny Depp: 'Into the Woods' Musical with Meryl Streep?

Johnny Depp is reportedly in talks to join the highly anticipated movie musical Into the Woods alongside Meryl Streep, according to Variety. There are currently conflicting reports out there that say he will either play the role of the Baker or the sexy Wolf character. We can’t wait to find out which! Meryl is in final talks to play the pivotal role of the Witch, who casts a spell on...

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World of Darkness development shown at EVE Fanfest 2013

91 When the World of Darkness MMO was first announced in November 2006, it was just an idea and we knew that it wouldn't be released any time soon. The chance to play a sandbox game set in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe nevertheless made fans of the series go nuts, but now over six years later we haven't seen much progress on the game. At EVE Fanfest 2013 today, CCP laid the current state of development bare...

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Now, transform your Android phone into a personalised shooter location system

The technology takes advantage of the fact that all but the lowest powered firearms produce unique sonic signatures when they are fired. Researchers have developed a new device which helps users track gunfire with their smartphones, popping a map of the neighbourhood on its screen pointing in the direction the shot came...

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Illegal for minors to open Facebook account: petition

The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Union government to explain how it was allowing children below 18 years to open accounts in social networking sites such as Facebook and Google. A Division Bench of Justices B.D. Ahmed and Vibhu Bakhru asked the Centre to respond within 10 days when counsel for the former BJP leader, K.N. Govindacharya, the petitioner in the matter, accused the two sites of not verifying the details of its subscribers. It posted the matter on May 13 for further hearing. The court has been seized of the petition...

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Country music icon George Jones dies at 81

  "The King of Broken Hearts" just broke many more. Country Music Hall of Famer George Jones, a master of sad country ballads whose voice held the bracing power, the sweetness and the burn of an evening's final pull from a bourbon bottle, has died after an illness that hospitalized him since April 18. He was 81, and was often called the greatest male vocalist in country music history. "He is the spirit of country music, plain and simple,"...

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Eric Schmidt Is Right, Using Google Glass Is Weird — Here’s My Experience

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has said he finds having to talk to Google Glass out loud to control the interface “the weirdest thing” and that there are going to be “places where Google Glass are inappropriate.” My own experience of trying out the device, even briefly, confirmed to me that this product simply will not become a mass-market device any time soon. Indeed, if it has any future at all it will be either in disappearing...

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Poland is a nation still poisoned by anti-Semitism

WARSAW, Poland — Simcha Rotem stood at a podium between two black menorahs, from which rose towering gas flames. He was old and stooped, with wisps of white hair. Behind him a stone frieze showed armed guerillas, their faces locked in determined grimaces. Before him TV cameras recorded his every word as Rotem declared: “We knew we had no chance. Should we start the uprising? Those are the doubts I live with every day.” Rotem was a featured speaker at a ceremony April 19 recognizing the 70th anniversary of...

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