20 kids among at least 51 dead from massive Okla. tornado

OKLAHOMA CITY The Oklahoma state medical examiner's office says 20 children are among the dead in the tornado that ripped through Oklahoma City suburbs. The twister killed at least 51 people, and officials fear the death toll will rise. Medical examiner spokeswoman Amy Elliott confirmed the children's deaths Monday night. The tornado made a direct hit on an elementary school in Moore, Okla., and authorities were seen pulling children alive...

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Recharge your cellphone in 20 seconds

(CNN) -- A tiny device that can recharge cell phone batteries in as little as 30 seconds won 18-year-old Eesha Khare a major science award that will help fund her college education at Harvard University. Khare traveled from her California home to Phoenix last week for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, where her invention was honored as one of two winners of Young Scientist Awards. "I'm in a daze. I can't believe...

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Tornadoes hit Plains, Midwest; 1 dead in Okla.

Another round of dangerous weather is expected to slam the Plains on Monday, after tornadoes that ripped through five states Sunday killed one and left more than 20 injured. A tornado in Shawnee, Okla., severely damaged a mobile home park and killed a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in an open area of the neighborhood. "You can see where there's absolutely nothing, then there are places where you have mobile home frames on top of...

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Jolla announces first Sailfish-based smartphone

Finnish startup Jolla has announced its first smartphone, which shows off its Sailfish OS on a 4.5-inch screen. Jolla, which was founded by a former Nokia employees who wanted to continue the development work the Finnish phone maker had done on the MeeGo OS, is with the introduction one big step closer to entering the ultra-competitive smartphone The LTE-smartphone -- which is just called Jolla, for now -- is powered by a dual-core processor and has an 8-megapixel camera. It also has 16GB of integrated storage which can be expanded using...

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'Star Trek Into Darkness' wins box-office race

"Star Trek Into Darkness" opened atop the U.S. box office, though its debut didn't quite make the jump to warp speed that Paramount Pictures executives expected. "Into Darkness," the second J.J. Abrams-directed installment in the long-running science-fiction franchise, took in $70.6 million over the weekend, according to studio estimates, bringing its total take to $84.1 million. The movie...

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Small Florida town wonders who among them won $590.5 million Powerball jackpot

It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million. The lucky ticket was bought sometime Saturday or earlier at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, a city of about 13,000 people best known around the state for its brand of spring water with the same name. The winner has 60 days to claim the lump-sum cash option, estimated around $376.9 million, at the Florida Lottery's office in Tallahassee. No one had come forward...

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Taylor Swift wins eight Billboard awards

Taylor Swift was the big winner at the Billboard music awards, scooping eight out of her 11 nominations, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for Red. She told the crowd: "You are the longest and best relationship I ever had." Swift gave a colourful performance of her hit 22, starting backstage and working her way to the main stage on the back of a bike with help from a dozen background dancers and a flurry of red balloons. Justin Bieber, who performed twice, won three awards, including top male artist, social...

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Yahoo’s board agrees to buy Tumblr for about $1.1b, sources say

The board of Yahoo, the faded Web pioneer, agreed Sunday to buy the popular blogging service Tumblr for about $1.1 billion in cash, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, a signal of how the company plans to reposition itself as the technology industry makes a headlong rush into social media. The deal, which is expected to be announced as soon as Monday, would be the largest acquisition of a social networking company in years, surpassing Facebook’s $1 billion purchase of Instagram last year. For Yahoo and its chief executive,...

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Tornadoes in Midwest Kill 1 With More Severe Weather Due Today

  At least one person died after a series of tornadoes ripped across the Midwest Sunday, injuring dozens while leaving a path of devastation in a region that is expected to see more severe weather later today. A 79-year-old man died near a mobile home park in Shawnee, Okla., which was reduced to rubble after one of many Midwest twisters ripped through the area, according to Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth. At least...

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Texas Fertiliser Blast: Arson Not Ruled Out

State Fire Marshal Chris Connealy said officials were still classifying the cause of the fire that sparked the deadly explosion as undetermined - but have not ruled out criminal activity. The April 17 blast killed 15 people, injured 200 and levelled part of the town of West, which has a population of around 2,800. ...

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New IVF Technique Could Triple Number Of Births

IVF technique which claims to triple the chances of a successful birth is being described by some in the scientific community as the biggest breakthrough in fertility treatment for years. It uses time-lapse imaging to look at embryos and identify those which have chromosomal abnormalities. Embryos affected with this condition, known as aneuploidy, will not implant in the womb and can lead to miscarriage, or birth defects such...

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Yahoo in Talks to Acquire Tumblr Deal for social blogging site could reach $1 billion

Yahoo is in serious talks with Tumblr to acquire the social blogging site, according to multiple sources familiar with the talks. The deal is not done, but could reach as high as $1 billion, Adweek has learned. Allthingsd.com was first to report on the talks between the two companies. Such an acquisition could be just what CEO Mayer has been looking for to turn around Yahoo's momentum; Tumblr has the potential to excite the engineering/Silicon Valley community (even though it’s based in New York) while recapturing the imagination of...

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Nasa buys into 'quantum' computer

The machine does not fit the conventional concept of a quantum computer, but makes use of quantum effects  A $15m computer that uses "quantum physics" effects to boost its speed is to be installed at a Nasa facility. It will be shared by Google, Nasa, and other scientists, providing access to a machine said to be up to 3,600 times faster than conventional computers. Unlike standard machines, the D-Wave Two processor appears...

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'American Idol': Kree or Candice for the win?

. Kree Harrison (left) and Candice Glover sang their hearts — and guts — out during Wednesday’s hour-long performance finale (full recap!) in three rounds: Simon Fuller’s Pick, Coronation Single, and Repeat of a Favorite Performance. Ryan Seacrest mercifully kept things moving by checking in with only two judges at a time at the end of the first two rounds. That was cool, right? It was more like a conversation instead...

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Larry Page Runs Google From His Phone

Google Inc., Wednesday, said it is improving its search capabilities so that users will be able to interact with the search engine using more natural language. The company said it is also working to add more contextual relevance to searches in an effort to provide increasingly customized search results.   As more workers rely on smartphones and tablets to do their jobs, it becomes increasingly helpful for those devices to have an awareness of the employee’s location or the task they’re performing Google Maps and other applications...

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China eyes Arctic options in energy, transport

(CNN) -- The decision to grant permanent observer status to China and five other nations by the Arctic Council meeting in Sweden Wednesday reflects the heightened interest by some of the world's most powerful economies in an area rich in oil, gas, minerals, fish and new transport possibilities. For new observer nations China, Japan and South Korea, shorter shipping routes to Europe through Arctic waters could open up prospects of new energy supply options later this decade, such as liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia's Yamal Peninsula...

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Google Plus change its outlook 2013

I saw many changes in google plus. Google plus outlook totally changed and It's new look similar to facebook and waiting for next update. Recently, Google chnaged youtube and gmail outlook and now they are working on google plus. What is next??...

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At least 6 confirmed dead in Texas tornado

GRANBURY, Texas (AP) — Officials awaited daybreak to fully assess the scope of the destruction left in the wake of a deadly tornado in Granbury. Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds said he hoped the death toll from the tornado would hold at six, with about 50 people injured and 250 people left homeless. The twister was part of a swarm of tornadoes unleashed on North Texas, devastating two neighborhoods in southern Granbury and a neighborhood in nearby Cleburne. "I've been assured by my deputies on...

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'Ice tsunamis' sweep into homes

(CNN) -- The ice moves inexorably ashore, crackling as it goes like thousands of windows breaking. In minutes, it's moved from the shoreline of a Minnesota lake to the walls of homes along the lake. "It was just pushing and breaking and pushing and breaking," Darla Johnson, who made a video of Saturday's "ice tsunami" on Mille Lacs Lake, told CNN affiliate WCCO-TV in Minneapolis. Johnson's video had more than 275,000 views on YouTube by Monday morning. And once you watch it, you can't stop. It's like a sci-fi movie, and there's...

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Emma Watson shows her tiny figure in clingy white dress

Figure-hugging ... Emma Watson in white dress as she arrives at airport EMMA Watson went for a black and white look that hugged every curve as she flew into France for the Cannes Film Festival. The actress, 23, sported a dress not many women could get away with as she arrived at Nice airport. She wore a tight white skater dress that ended several inches above her knee. And the Harry Potter star combined the figure-hugging number...

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Charges: Mom Burned Son’s Face With Iron For Being ‘Bad’

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The mother of a 7-year-old boy has been charged after police say she burned her son’s face with an iron. The West St. Paul Police Department received a child abuse complaint around 11:36 a.m. on May 10 and responded to a local elementary school to investigate. Upon arrival, police were told the 7-year-old child came to school with a facial burn that he said came from an iron. The child said his mother burned him because he was “bad.” An investigator spoke with the boy who said his mother often physically disciplined...

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