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Blogs (401) Assault at 25,500 feet: Mount Everest climber allegedly attacked by authorities for not having permit 5 ( 170 ) By Jane Goh on June 21st, 2012 The view from Mount Everest Camp 3 at 24,000 feet (Alan Arnette/The Coloradoan/AP)A Chinese climber was reportedly just a few thousand feet from reaching the summit of Mount Everest when he was George Zimmerman video shows re-enactment of Trayvon Martin shooting 3 ( 123 ) By Jane Goh on June 21st, 2012 A video released Thursday by George Zimmerman's defense team shows the neighborhood watch volunteer giving police a step-by-step account of what led him to shoot and kill an unarmed teenager in Why photos of McDonald’s burgers look so much better than the real thing 0 ( 0 ) By Jane Goh on June 21st, 2012 A McDonald's cheeseburger compared with the same burger styled for photography (YouTube/McDonald's Canada)There's no denying that pretty much any photo of a fast-food burger looks better Two great whites return to Massachusetts 1 ( 186 ) By Jane Goh on June 21st, 2012 Just in time for summer, here's some news that may give vacationers pause before jumping into the water at Cape Cod beaches: Great white sharks are also paying a visit.The massive sharks have Happy 30th birthday, Prince William! Here’s $14 million 3 ( 91 ) By Jane Goh on June 21st, 2012 Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, attend the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in London, June, 5, 2012. (Tom …Prince William turned 30 on Thursday. And the Duke of Cambridge is Cable worker helps save woman from fire 4 ( 95 ) By Jane Goh on June 21st, 2012 Not everybody hates the cable company. In fact, we're pretty sure that Dawn Donjay is a huge fan. Donjay had fallen asleep in her Boston apartment when she heard screaming from somewhere outside. Bunny statue named Peace stirring controversy with some Mass. vets 0 ( 0 ) By Jane Goh on June 21st, 2012 There's a bunny backlash in one Massachusetts town (WHDH.com)A veterans group is upset that a giant, fiberglass rabbit sculpture has been put on display next to a war memorial in Oakdale Commons SEC had concerns about Facebook’s advertising, mobile revenue prior to IPO 1 ( 163 ) By Jane Goh on June 21st, 2012 Before Facebook was allowed to sell its shares on the public market, federal regulators had a few questions about the social media company's advertising opportunities, a strategic business Richard Branson reintroducing bird populations to Virgin Islands more than 100 years after they were wiped out 5 ( 105 ) By Jane Goh on June 20th, 2012 Richard Branson hopes the Scarlet Ibis will once again flourish in the British Virgin Islands. (Charlie Smith/ …Virgin Media mogul Richard Branson announced through his blog that his Target al Qaeda: An inside look at Obama’s drone program 0 ( 0 ) By Jane Goh on June 20th, 2012 Political PunchOne of the most lasting legacies President Obama will likely hand over to his successor, whether in 2013 or in 2017, is the use of drone aircraft for targeted killings. A new book Rodney King’s complicated legacy examined in wake of death 5 ( 108 ) By Jane Goh on June 20th, 2012 Rodney King in Los Angeles, April 21, 2012 (Katy Winn/AP)As police investigate the death of Rodney King, who died of an apparent drowning in his California pool on Sunday at the age 47, civil rights George Zimmerman’s jailhouse telephone recordings released 3 ( 42 ) By Jane Goh on June 20th, 2012 Audio recordings from phone calls George Zimmerman made while in jail in April were released Monday by Florida special prosecutor Angela Corey.The six phone calls are part of the state's evidence EXCLUSIVE: 85-year-old Disney cartoon “Harem Scarem” unearthed by D23 and studio archives (VIDEO) 5 ( 186 ) By Jane Goh on June 20th, 2012 Before Mickey Mouse made his seminal appearance in "Steamboat Willie," there was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in "Harem Scarem."As part of Disney's D23 fan celebration event, the Disney $13,000 Japanese moisturizer most expensive beauty cream in the world 4 ( 13 ) By Jane Goh on June 20th, 2012 Actress Amanda Seyfried is helping to promote the expensive creme. (cledepeau-beaute.com)Japanese beauty product maker Cle de Peau Beaute is releasing a moisturizer, La Creme, that will sell for more Iranian-American woman says Apple refused to sell her an iPad 4 ( 199 ) By Jane Goh on June 20th, 2012 N.J. resident Jim Otun reads a dua from the Quran on his iPad (Rich Schultz/AP)19-year-old Sahar Sabet says an Apple Store in Georgia refused to sell her an iPad after a store representative Lost camper’s smoke signals accidentally start massive island fire 1 ( 147 ) By Jane Goh on June 19th, 2012 A 25-year-old Canadian tourist ignited an unorthodox rescue scenario after getting stranded on a remote island in Norway last week.The man, whose identity has not been revealed, broke his foot while Students left in ‘mass hypnosis’ after demonstration goes awry 5 ( 140 ) By Jane Goh on June 19th, 2012 A hypnosis demonstration left several students "spaced out" (AP)A group of young students at an all girls school were left in "mass hypnosis" after a demonstration from a fledging Apple’s WWDC 2012 keynote reveals iOS 6, all-new MacBook, and Siri for iPad 4 ( 30 ) By Jane Goh on June 19th, 2012 Apple shows off the next generation of MacBooks and updates to its software lineupAt Apple's annual WorldWide Developers Conference keynote today, CEO Tim Cook took the stage to detail the company's What Obama isn’t telling us 4 ( 7 ) By Jane Goh on June 19th, 2012 Political PunchOne of the biggest books to come out yet about the Obama administration has been "Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power." Beyond the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reportedly seeks asylum in Ecuador 0 ( 0 ) By Jane Goh on June 19th, 2012 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks at a news conference in London, February 27, 2012. (Finbarr O'Reilly/R …Officials in Ecuador are claiming that WikiLeaks founder Julian Live blogging WWDC 2012: Apple unveils new notebooks 3 ( 192 ) By Jane Goh on June 19th, 2012 Apple's 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference begins today in San Francisco. Join us here as Yahoo's Scott Ard and Joanna Stern of ABC News cover the event live.<a Newt Gingrich’s advice for Mitt Romney: Sharpen your animal instincts 3 ( 76 ) By Jane Goh on June 19th, 2012 Spinners and WinnersNewt Gingrich says he believes the super rich have an unfair advantage in American politics, but he also tells Spinners & winners that he urged his wealthiest supporter to Asian immigrants to U.S. surpass Hispanics for first time 4 ( 204 ) By Jane Goh on June 19th, 2012 (Jeff Chiu/AP)Asians have surpassed Hispanics as the largest group of new immigrants to the United States, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.The study, called "The Rise of Woodward and Bernstein share first Washington Post byline in 36 years 4 ( 171 ) By Jane Goh on June 19th, 2012 Bernstein and Woodward in the Washington Post newsroom in 1973. (AP)Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, arguably the two most famous newspaper reporters in American history, did something on Sunday they Teen with ‘Sleeping Beauty Syndrome’ wakes up after two months 0 ( 0 ) By Jane Goh on June 19th, 2012 18-year-old Louisa Ball also suffers from KLS (Image: Ball family)A British teen suffering from a rare neurological disorder that induces long periods of sleep recently awoke after sleeping for two