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By John Timmer | Last updated May 6, 2010 1:13 PM

This news has been in the works for several years, from the first reports of gene sequences in 2006 to a public overview at last year's AAAS meeting. Today's...

(Reuters) - Iran began new naval war games in the Gulf on Thursday to show the Islamic state's "power to defend" itself against any attack, state television reported.

It was the second such display of military might in less than a month.

The maneuvers by Iran's regular navy, due to last eight days in the waterway crucial for global oil...

May 5 (Bloomberg) -- The MSCI World Index of stocks erased its 2010 gain, the euro slid to a 14-month low and Treasuries rose as concern European nations will need to restructure debt outweighed growth in U.S. jobs and service industries.

The MSCI gauge of 23 developed nations’ stocks lost 1.2 percent at 4 p.m. in New York, dragging it down 0.9...

High school girl wins Darwin award

Reports: Student fatally beaten in Mexico

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A local high school student has been found murdered in Mexico, after her mother told police she went down there to learn how to transport...