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BERLIN, May 7 (UPI) -- A German court ruled Apple must change its rules for handling customer data, saying current rules deviate too much from the country's privacy laws.
British retailer removes gender-specific toys after Internet protests
NEWCASTLE, England, May 7 (UPI) -- A British retail chain says it has removed gender-specific displays of "boys" and "girls" toys from its stores after a protest broke out on Facebook.
Paleontologists identify new species of 'bone-headed' dinosaur
TORONTO, May 7 (UPI) -- Paleontologists have named a new species of "bone-headed" dinosaur from Canada, so called for a domed skull above its eyes that was almost 2 inches thick.
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 7 (UPI) -- Experts say they've found evidence of a Brazilian "Atlantis," a continent that disappeared after Africa and South America separated 100 million years ago.
OLDENBURG, Germany, May 7 (UPI) -- Several U.S. cities are on a list of "hot spots" at risk of invasive species hitching rides in ballast water carried into ports by cargo ships, researchers say.
SYDNEY, May 7 (UPI) -- Earth endured a tectonic upheaval 1.1 billion years ago that saw the world's continents collide and form a single supercontinent, Australian researchers say.
LOS ANGELES, May 7 (UPI) -- Civil liberty groups are suing two Southern California police agencies over electronic license plate scanner data being stored by law enforcement.
NEW YORK, May 7 (UPI) -- A dinosaur skeleton at the center of an international custody battle and allegations of illegal smuggling is on its way back to Mongolia, U.S. officials say.
Decline in arctic fox numbers linked to high levels of mercury
BERLIN, May 7 (UPI) -- A dramatic decline in the number of arctic foxes on a Russian island is linked to dangerous levels of mercury in marine prey, researchers say.
European satellite will monitor Earth's forests starting in 2020
PARIS, May 7 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says it has selected a satellite that can "weigh" the Earth's forests -- their biomass -- as its next Earth Explorer mission.
Climate change, not humans, blamed in Australian megafauna extinctions
SYDNEY, May 7 (UPI) -- Most species of gigantic animals that once roamed Australia disappeared because of climate change, not human activity, researchers say.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 7 (UPI) -- Generation X members are earning graduate and professional degrees at a higher rate than any previous generation, University of Michigan researchers report.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 7 (UPI) -- Google's latest computerized device, the Google Glass, is likely to run into widespread legal challenges, attorneys and market observers say.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, May 6 (UPI) -- New Zealanders burning treated timber remnants as a cheap way to heat homes have pushed airborne arsenic levels above guidelines, government researchers said.
Ten-foot fossilized tusk of ancient elephant found in China
BEIJING, May 6 (UPI) -- A fossilized elephant tusk at least 10,000 years old has been discovered in eastern China's Anhui province, local authorities said Monday.
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A trader wears a DOW 15,000 hat on the floor of the NYSE before the closing bell on Wall Street In New York City on May 7, 2013. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 15,000 for the first time in history. UPI/John Angelillo