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The new research findings, published yesterday, lend support to claims that the drug is in a class of its own. Skunk is a form of cannabis that contains high levels of the psychoactive ingredient delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Previous research has...

Online estimates and data-gathering methods vary, but e-commerce analysts and Web retailers agree: This year can’t possibly be as bad as last year, when the shock of the financial meltdown was still fresh for consumers. ComScore charted a 3 percent...

Three astronauts landed safely in the frozen steppe of northern Kazakhstan on Tuesday after six months orbiting the world on the International Space Station. The Russian Soyuz space capsule, carrying Belgian Frank de Winne, Canadian Robert Thirsk and Russian Roman...

So here are the Top Searches for 2009 coming from the three prime search engines (Bing, Yahoo, Google) On the contrary, the Yahoo-Bing Tandem are the only ones who are spilling their beans officially while the world’s no. 1 search...

The company will move more software development and delivery operations to its centre in Malaysia, Mahindra Satyam said in a statement. The centre currently employs 500 full-time engineers, the company said. Satyam Computer Services was hit by India's largest corporate...

Duckson's first online stop early Monday was tirerack.com, where he scoured the site for tires for his automotive repair shop, Clearview Car Care on North Market in Frederick . "I always check it out just in case I get a...

Delhi's Centre for Science and the Environment said that water found two miles from the factory contained pesticides at levels 40 times higher than the Indian safety standard. In a second study, the UK-based Bhopal Medical Appeal (BMA) found a...

Searching in Seattle The quiet neighbourhood of Seattle where I live has turned into a warzone, as hundreds of police hunt for a killer Seattle police on the hunt for Maurice Clemmons. Photograph: Marcus Donner/Reuters All night long the rhythmic...

The 6 meter long 60 Kg. rocket ATEA-1 took off as per plan from the Great Mercury Island and 50 odd persons witnessed the event. ATEA-1 became the first rocket to takeoff from the Southern Hemisphere. It reached a speed...

China has announced its first firm target to cut carbon dioxide emissions, ahead of climate talks in Copenhagen next month Officials announced Wen Jiabao, the prime minister, would personally take the offer to the summit a day after Barack Obama,...