SEOUL, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Investigators say scientist Hwang Woo Suk has no evidence to back claims that he cloned human embryos and extracted matching stem cells.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Praised as the Thomas Edison of the 21st century, Ray Kurzweil was selected as one of "16 revolutionaries who made America," along with the great inventors of t
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SEATTLE, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The American pika, a small cousin of the rabbit, may be on the verge of extinction in the Great Basin, the high desert centered in Nevada.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Online holiday sales jumped this year, with one prominent survey reporting a 30-percent increase over last year's cybershopping.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- One of the best-known oncologists in the country lost his own fight with cancer this week, dying of melanoma at the age of 47. Dr. John Murren was chief of the Yale Medical Oncology Outpatient Clinic and director of the Lung Cancer Unit at the Yale Canc
EUGENE, Ore., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A new study out of Oregon indicates children who are bullied in middle school are more likely to abuse substances in high schools.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- XM Satellite Radio will unveil the XM Advanced Services vehicle, a concept car featuring in-car video, voice command and weather alerts, next week.
CALCUTTA, India, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Late evening on Dec. 28 terror finally struck Bangalore, India's IT sector hub. A masked gunman opened an indiscriminate fire on a group of delegates at an international conference on the peaceful campus of Indian Institute of Technology, killing, an ex-I
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- AT&T may have had more than its fair share of being in the public limelight this year as national and local lawmakers debated the pros and cons of the company m
MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- In a bid to beef up the country's wireless network, the Filipino government has approved four major domestic carriers to provide third-generation cellular servi
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- University of Minnesota researchers have found that most aggressive drivers also tend to be hostile outside their cars.
BAIKONOUR, Kazakhstan, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The last space launch of this year was completed when a Russian Proton M rocket took off from Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying a U.S. satellite.
FREMONT, Calif., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Pegasus Wireless took another step in its globalization plan Friday by taking controlling interest in Chinese wireless manufacturer CNet Technology.
MOSCOW, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Russia telecom VimpelCom has acquired a 60-percent stake in Tacom, a major wireless phone operator in Tajikistan, and may move to eventual complete ownership.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- An ambitious project to expand broadband access throughout Scotland has been completed, officials announced Friday.
REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Times Square's New Year's Eve celebration will be beaming to the world online via MSN Video this year, Microsoft said.
The live event in Times Square on Dec. 31 begins at 7 p.m. EST/4 p.m. PST.
ROME, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Telecom Italia said Thursday it sold $575.99 million (486 million euros) worth of real estate to a group of international investors.
Former President George W. Bush, joined by his wife Laura Bush, looks at his official White House portrait during it's unveiling ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 31, 2012. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
