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  • New Xbox: Xbox One

    Microsoft unveils Xbox One console

  • Tornado aftermath: A demolished home with the car flipped over is all that remains left behind in the damage

    Power of Oklahoma tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb

  • A view of an iPhone showing Twitter and Facebook apps among others.

    Poll: More teens turning to Twitter to avoid Facebook drama

  • People eat more when food is labeled 'healthier,' study finds

    A study found that people tend to eat more when something is labeled as “healthier.” However, healthier foods do not translate to lower calories.

  • Tumblr CEO David Karp and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer

    Can whiz kid dropouts make it in the tech world?

    Tumblr inventor David Karp is one of many degree-free tech successes, and more are following his lead.

  • Ray gun for police: Military truck equipped with ray gun

    Local police to be armed with handheld ray gun?

  • Oklahoma tornadoes: Moore, Okla.

    Are global warming, tornadoes linked?

    Q and A about whether global warming caused the Oklahoma tornadoes, and how they formed.

  • iPad 2 heart risk: High school science project finds that Apple's iPad 2 can disrupt defibrillators.

    Rumor: 14-year-old discovers iPad 2 heart risk

    A science project conducted by 14-year-old Gianna Chien found that Apple's iPad 2 can disrupt defibrillators, allowing for a potential heart risk.

  • Underground water levels dropping in sharply, USGS says

    The accelerated decline in underground water levels can be attributed to a number of factors says the USGS.

  • Defribillators OK for sports: Utah State basketball player Danny Berger holds a defibrillator

    Sports may be OK for many with heart defibrillators

    New research indicates those with implanted defibrillators can safely play many sports.

  • Sugary drinks and hair: Large soda bottles

    You can lie about your soda drinking, but your hair won't

    Researchers believe hair can reveal how many sugar-sweetened beverages Americans actually consume.

  • Bionic eye: Argus II

    FDA-approved bionic eye gives people second chance

  • 'Home drone' demonstrated

    Drones could be the next home security system

    A security drone can track fly to the scene and track down would-be robbers.

  • Unusually large asteroid: Asteroid 1998 QE2 passing by Earth.

    Asteroid as large as 9 cruise ships to sail by Earth

    The asteroid will get no closer than 3.6 million miles, 15 times the distance between us and the moon, but because of its size, stargazers are in for a visual treat.

  • Google Glass: Google founder Sergey Brin poses at New York Fashion Week  wearing Google Glass glasses.

    Businesses, politicians raise red flag on Google Glass

    It’s not available to the public yet but the capabilities of Google Glass have businesses and privacy advocates sounding alarm bells.

  • Marijuana waste recycling: Pigs are seen at a farm in Indiana April 20, 2012.

    Group turns marijuana waste into munchies for pigs

    To get rid of the excess marijuana waste, some cannabis growers are feeding it to pigs.

  • Pesticide makers under fire for bee deaths: A bee collects pollen from a dandelion blossom on a lawn in Klosterneuburg

    Pesticide makers turn to expert help on bee deaths

    Monsanto Co., one of several companies being blame on the declining bee population, will host a summit in June for experts to find a solution for bee deaths.

  • Mars Curiosity rover

    Curiosity rover drills into second Martian rock

    After a month-long hiatus, the Curiosity rover drilled into another rock on Mars.

  • Consumer group flags high SPF ratings on sunscreen

    High SPF numbers on sunscreen give users false sense of security, according to a consumer watchdog group.

  • This May, 14, 1942, U. S. Army Air Corps photograph, provided by the National Archives, College Park, Md., shows the burning tanker Potrero del Llano, a Mexican ship heading to New York that was sunk on May 14, 1942 by a German U-boat, about 15 miles southeast of Miami’s Biscayne Bay. It carried about 1.8 million gallons of oil aboard. A new government report details 87 shipwrecks that could pollute U.S. waters with oil. Most were sunk during World War II. The potential for pollution is less than scientists had expected. They estimate that far less oil will leak into the ocean than the BP oil spill of 2010, which spewed roughly 200 million gallons into the Gulf of Mexico alone. However, six leaks are considered potentially significant coastal pollution problems. Study author Lisa Symons said Monday those six keep her up at night. Five are off the Florida coast, one just 15 miles from shore.

    Sunken ships a minor threat to US waters, report says

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the oil from sunken ships could harm American waters but the damages would not be catastrophic.

  • 20-second cellphone charger: Eesha Khare, left, holds the super-capacitor.

    Teen invents 20-second cellphone charger

    Eighteen-year-old Eesha Khare won $50,000 for her super-capacitor that could potentially charge a cellphone in 20 seconds.

  • Food genome research: Barry Popkin is the head of the Carolina Food Research Program.

    Researchers to make big map of what we eat

    Researchers have set out to create a massive database of which foods Americans actually purchase and consume.

  • Giant farm machines: A farm sits in the distance near a corn field in Redkey

    Giant high-tech machines on US farms facing slow sow

    Despite having huge machines to farm, farmers face an uphill battle because of soggy soils.

  • Russian capsule carrying mice

    Russian space animals return to Earth; fewer than half alive

    Animals and fish were shot into space April 19 to analyze the effects of weightlessness, and only about half survived.

  • Yahoo buys Tumblr: Sign at Yahoo's former office in Santa Clara, Calif.

    Yahoo buys blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion

    Yahoo is paying cash for the blogging forum that was started six years ago by a high school dropout.

  • Google Glass privacy: Someone demonstrates Google Glass.

    Will Google Glass violate our right to privacy?

    Congress' bipartisan Privacy Caucus worries the technology could use facial recognition to aid in identify theft.

  • Bees detect mines: Ante Ivanda, a de-miner, searches for land mines in Petrinja, central Croatia.

    Bees being trained to sniff out land mines

    In Croatia, researchers believe bees could replace humans in land mine detection.

  • Turtle comeback in Trinidad: A leatherback turtle heads back into the ocean.

    Giant leatherback turtles make a comeback in Trinidad

    Poachers used to sell the meat of giant leatherback turtles, but now they thrive as tourists flock to see them lay their eggs in the sand.

  • Tawny crazy ants: Nylanderia fulva queen

    Hordes of alien 'crazy ants' invading Southern homes

    A new scourge of Tawny crazy ants from South America are invading homes across the southern US, annoying residents and threatening the local ecosystem.

  • Fever reducers don't slow kids' recovery from infection

    Researchers continue to debate whether a fever speeds or slows the body's ability to combat infection.

  • Meteoroid hits moon: Hundreds of meteoroid impacts on the moon, detected by NASA's lunar monitoring program.

    Meteoroid strike on moon sets off explosion

    NASA telescopes captured a meteor strike on the moon on March 17 that triggered a massive explosion.

  • Astronaut adjusts to life back on Earth: International Space Station commander Chris Hadfield sings David Bowie's 'Space Oddity'

    Hadfield getting reality check after spaceflight

    Astronaut and rock star Chris Hadfield is adjusting to life on Earth after spending several months at the International Space Station.

  • Contaminated pools: Person jumping into pool

    E. coli found in nearly 60 percent of public pools

    The data comes from the Centers for Disease Control, which found completely public pools frequented mostly by children to be the most contaminated.

  • Bitcoin illustration

    Authorities seize accounts of major Bitcoin operator

    The seizure of the accounts could prevent users from buying Bitcoins, a currency that is independent of central authority

  • Hacker invents anti-skimming device: Man using an ATM

    Imprisoned hacker invents ATM anti-skimming device

    Former Romanian hacker Valentin Boanta invented a security device for ATMs while in prison.

  • Plastic waste into homes: House created from plastic trash

    Company turns plastic waste into treasured homes

  • Photo of water

    Billion-year-old water holds secrets to ancient life

    Scientists discovered underground water dating back 1.5 billion years that may have ancient life forms in it.

  • Tobacco as biofuel: Scientist Peggy Lemaux studying tobacco plant

    Could tobacco be the next biofuel for cars?

    Biofuel researchers at UC Berkeley are engineering tobacco plants to produce oils that can serve as biofuels to power airplanes, cars, and more.

  • IVF photos: Sperm being injected into a human egg

    Embryo 'snapshots' could improve IVF success, cost

    British fertility experts used time-lapse photography to better select healthy embryos for in-vitro fertilization.

  • Math struggles: Students take a year-end math test at the Manuel Bisbe high school in Havana June 26, 2008.

    Zap your brain to improve math skills

    Researchers found students performed better at math after using a type of brain stimulation called transcranial random noise stimulation.

  • Fracking rules: An oil derrick at a fracking site

    New fracking rules irk environmentalists, industry

    The new federal fracking rules released Thursday don't please either side, and some say they're redundant.

  • 3-D CT scan of a butterfly in its pupal phase

    'Painted Lady' butterfly metamorphosis caught in 3-D

    Scientists have captured 3-D images of caterpillars transforming into butterflies.

  • Global warming survey: A dead tree stands in front of shallow water and a dried-up area of Lake George, located 31 milese north of Canberra, Australia.

    Most scientists think global warming is man-made, study finds

    A report found most scientists believe humans are the source of global warming but the public thinks the scientists are at odds with each other.

  • Space station leak: Astronaut Chris Cassidy performed a spacewalk to inspect and replace a pump controller box on the space station.

    Ammonia leak at space station has been fixed, NASA says

    Spacewalking astronauts have replaced the suspected leaking ammonia pump with a new one at the International Space Station.

  • Preemie music therapy: Lucy Morales, Augustin Morales, and music therapist Elizabeth Klinger

    Preemies get boost from music therapy

    Music therapists visit hospitals to calm premature infants and promote healing.

  • DSM-5: The cover of the new American Psychiatric Association's guidebook of mental disorders

    DSM-5 guide mislabels normal life: Psychiatrists

    The American Psychiatric Association is under fire over its new diagnosis manual.

  • DeadDrop: DeadDrop logo

    New Yorker debuts program to protects sources

    The New Yorker announced Strongbox, created in part by late Internet activist Aaron Swartz, to aid anonymous sources.

  • Up to 1 in 5 children suffer from mental disorder: CDC

    A CDC study on children 3 to 17 years old revealed up to 20 percent of them have a mental disorder.

  • Google Glass apps: Facebook and Twitter logos

    Google Glass adds Facebook, Twitter, online apps

    Google announced it is adding six apps to its Glass wearable computer.

  • Did you know you’re eating GMO?: Fruit smoothie in a blender

    GMO foods: OK to eat or bad for you?

    Although some studies refute that genetic modification done to crops can be traced into food sources, other studies hotly disagree.

  • GPS satellite rocket

    Rocket blasts off from Florida carrying new GPS satellite

    The Atlas rocket carried an upgraded satellite that is used by the U.S. military and millions of civilians.

  • Infant MRI autopsies: An image from a magnetic resonance imaging scanner

    MRIs could make baby autopsies more acceptable

    Most parents decline traditional invasive infant autopsies, but the use of MRIs may change that.

  • Artist's rendering of the Kepler space telescope

    Telescope may be near end of planet hunting

    The Kepler has lost two of the four wheels and if it can't be fixed, the telescope's mission is over.

  • A human embryonic stem cell line derived at Stanford University

    Scientists create human stem cells through cloning

    The breakthrough means human embryos are no longer needed, which could re-ignite the field of stem-cell medicine.

  • Google press conference: Chris Yerga

    Google rolls out new products, service and features

    Google announced a list of new products such as the All Access music service, upgraded maps and a new Samsung phone.

  • Genetically modified salmon debate: Is this wild raw salmon a thing of the past?

    GMO salmon debate: 'Frankenfish' or Wunderfish?

    Proponents say the engineered salmon will be good for its wild brethren, but detractors fear its introduction into the food supply.

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The News in Pictures

  • US diplomat a spy?: Ryan Fogle being detained

    Busted spies: US diplomat & more

    Ryan Fogle is the latest accused of spying.

  • Oklahoma tornado

    Tornadoes rip through Oklahoma

    Oklahoma again hit by deadly twisters.

  • Marine Mud Challenge

    A Look Back: Week in Photos

    MSN News photo editors select the best pictures of this week.

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  • A mother and son are reunited in Moore Okla. after a massive tornado strikes the city.

    Tearful reunion after tornado hits

    Trenda Purcell reunites with her son Kamden.

  • Woman finds dog during a TV interview under the rubble.

    Woman finds dog on live TV

    During the interview, reporter spots the pup.

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