Images from Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Nandipati, an eighth-grader at Francis Parker School in San Diego who was making her second Spelling Bee appearance in her final year of eligibility, clinched victory by correctly spelling the French derived word, 'guetapens' (which means ambush, snare or trap).
Australian Olympic-bound triathlete Brad Kahlefeldt has been isolated in a San Diego hospital with symptoms that could be tuberculosis, his national federation said on Monday.
Oregano, the common seasoning herb, could possess properties to combat prostate cancer, says Dr Supriya Bavadekar, assistant professor, pharmacology, Long Island University, New York.
Al Qaeda's English online mouthpiece Inspire has returned proclaiming that it is "still publishing America's worst nightmare" despite the killing of its two top editors in a United States drone strike.
Bicyclist Floyd Landis, stripped of his 2006 Tour de France win after testing positive for testosterone, is the subject of a federal investigation into a $450,000 ( 276,582) defence fund he created and later abandoned, a legal source said on Friday.
While there were no surprises on policy issues from either side, there were far less interruptions and tense moments between Pence, 61, who comes from Indiana and his Democrat challenger Harris, 55, who is from California.
'Some experts believe that the only jobs that will escape automation are the ones that involve anticipating the client's need, something that AI cannot do -- not yet anyway,' says Vikram Johri.
'Some semi-literate lunkhead tweeting at Rs 2 per tweet from a dingy basement in Chennai or San Diego accomplishes nothing, but give hundreds of thousands of them a time, date, and talking points, and they can create a wall of sound -- a nonsensical wall, perhaps, but one that is heard, and that can occasionally prevail just because it's there,' says Mitali Saran.
What would it be like to be the last man on earth? Many have pondered over the question never to have found an answer. If only Sudan could speak he could have solved that philosophical quandary.
'There is a possibility of a technological 'explosion' in India'
JB Holmes, competing in only his fourth PGA Tour event since having brain surgery, gave himself a major boost by charging into contention at the Northern Trust Open in Thursday.
Swedish telecom equipment supplier Ericsson on Thursday appointed Mats Granryd as managing director of Ericsson India Pvt Ltd and head of market units for India and Sri Lanka.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday.
The third seeds went down to Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan of the US in the semi-finals of the Legg Mason tennis tournament.
Completing a marathon below two hours and 10 minutes is considered an arduous task, but Kenyan athlete William Kipsang is determined to do just that at the ninth Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Sunday.
He has been conferred knighthood "for services to molecular biology" in the New Year Honours List 2012, according to an official announcement in London.
Vivek Sharma heads one of the teams searching for the Higgs boson. George Joseph reports.
Madrid's trip to San Sebastian was full of intrigue after Barca failed to beat Sevilla and the Catalan side's defender Gerard Pique said the title was now Madrid's for the taking.
An international team, led by University of California, says that the KG5 drug works by making cancer cells "commit suicide"; it stops tumorous cells multiplying and they then shut themselves down, the 'Nature Medicine' journal reported.
A lowdown on what's going on in Hollywood.
Tiger Woods ended weeks of speculation on Friday when he announced he will play in next week's Masters golf tournament at Augusta National.
A battle-tested Serena Williams booked her spot in the semi-finals of the Toronto Cup on Friday after overcoming a sluggish start to grind out a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Czech Lucie Safarova.
A United States court has sentenced three Indians to prison -- terms ranging from 54 to 48 months -- and ordered their deportation after the jail term following their conviction in a case related to smuggling liquid ephedrine, disguised as "green tea extract", into the country.
Comeback queen Serena Williams crushed Germany's Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 6-2 to move into the final of the Stanford Classic on Saturday.
Lionel Messi scored his maiden goal for Paris St Germain in Tuesday's 2-0 Champions League victory against Manchester City.
A 20-minute chopper ride over Delhi, followed by lunch comes for Rs 5,000.
The 14-times major winner, struggling in his return to competitive golf after a long layoff due to a back injury, had six bogeys, two double bogeys, a triple bogey and two birdies in the round.
From compulsory drinking binges to confused parents, a new book throws interesting light on India's outsourcing industry, discovers Aseem Chhabra.
Ten people, including two former basketball players and a former assistant coach at the University of San Diego, have been indicted in connection with a scheme to fix games since 2008, US federal prosecutors said on Monday.
The US Central Command has purchased the $2.7-million programme -- developed by San Diego firm Ntrepid -- which allows one military user to create multiple personas on internet and engage in extended online communications with terror suspects, The Washington Times reported.
With online deals getting bigger everyday, Facebook is getting into the local deals business. And that move by itself as per analysts is enough to make Groupon, a website that is localised to major geographic markets worldwide look nervously over its shoulder and further strengthen Facebook.
Viraat Badhwar finished second in the Under-8 category in the World Junior golf championships.
When neurologist Vilayanur S Ramachandran was 12, he told his father he wanted to be a scientist. His father suggested that he go to medical school instead, because doctors are assured of a living wage, scientists are not. Ramachandran obediently went to medical school and is still a doctor. But he has made his name as a neuroscientist.
A look at some daredevil acts in recent years
The November trip to India by United States President Barack Obama will be another clear statement of American support and commitment to the US-India relationship, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said.
Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr are among the heroes of United States President Barack Obama, a senior Obama administration official has said. "Barack Obama, first African-American president and a student of those principles, identifies Gandhi's autobiography and Taylor Branch's terrific three-part biography of King, as works that helped shape him," Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake said.
President Barack Obama, who has described India as an "indispensable" partner for the 21st century, is preparing for his landmark visit to New Delhi to help further grow the ties between the two economies and people, a top US official said on Friday.
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