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Posted on May 23, 2013 at 2:52am

(AP) — Computer maker Lenovo Group said Thursday its latest quarterly profit rose 90 percent as sales of smartphones and mobile computing technology expanded.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 2:47am

(AP) — Japan's benchmark stock index has plummeted after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 2:41am

(AP) — Malaysian authorities detained two anti-government figures and charged a student activist with sedition Thursday, raising political tensions after recent national elections triggered claims of fraud.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 2:38am

(AP) — It was one of the most perplexing events of Egypt's revolution: orchestrated attacks on prisons around the country that broke out more than 20,000 inmates while police were tied down with the massive popular protests that swept autocrat Hosni Mubarak from power.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 2:37am

(AP) — Asia shares slide, Nikkei down 7.3 percent, as Japan bond yields rise, China factories weaken.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 2:33am

(AP) — Yields on 10-year Japanese government bonds briefly topped 1 percent for the first time in a year on Thursday, unnerving some investors at a time when Japan's already overburdened government finances are vulnerable to rises in interest rates. Japanese shares fell sharply.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 2:28am

(AP) — The massive circular structure appears to be an archaeologists dream: a recently discovered antiquity that could reveal secrets of ancient life in the Middle East and is just waiting to be excavated.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:57am

(AP) — A police officer says a car bomb in southwest Pakistan has killed 11 policemen and a civilian.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:48am

(AP) — Asian stock markets slid Thursday, pulled down by a contraction in China's manufacturing that adds to signs that the shaky recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is slowing.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:42am

(AP) — A survey shows China's manufacturing contracted this month, adding to signs a fragile recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is slowing.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:21am

The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:20am

(AP) — The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among Hispanics, according to a new government report.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:18am

(AP) — Sidney Crosby was careful not to get too far ahead of himself after helping the Pittsburgh Penguins rout the Ottawa Senators for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 12:18am

(AP) — Urban renewal? New census estimates show that most of the nation's largest cities further enhanced their allure last year, posting strong population growth for a second straight year.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:59pm

(AP) — Prosecutors are pursuing rape charges against a 40-year-old Malaysian who allegedly had sex with a 13-year-old girl and then married her.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:55pm

(AP) — LeBron James made a layup as time expired in overtime, and the Miami Heat found a way to beat the Indiana Pacers 103-102 in a wild Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday night.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:51pm

(AP) — A government investigation says poor quality construction materials and building code violations contributed to the collapse of building housing garment factories last month in Bangladesh.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:49pm

(AP) — Gov't probe faults construction materials, code violations for Bangladesh building collapse.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:44pm

(AP) — The tornado that struck an Oklahoma City suburb this week may have created $2 billion or more in damage as it tore through as many as 13,000 homes, multiple schools and a hospital, officials said Wednesday as they gave the first detailed account of the devastation.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 11:42pm

(AP) — A Nepalese official says 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura has become the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest.