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Now that Tumblr's hit it big, who's next in line on the New York tech scene? Heidi Moore

The high price Yahoo paid for Tumblr acts as validation and encouragement for New York's burgeoning tech companies

Barely had the ink dried on Yahoo's announcement of its $1,1bn acquisition of Tumblr we won't screw it up," the acquirer promised than the New York tech world erupted in go

Oklahoma tornado: mile-wide twister kills ten and levels Moore

Oklahoma City suburb of Moore flattened by mile-wide twister, with TV footage showing schools and homes reduced to rubble

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US attorney in Arizona improperly leaked 'Fast and Furious' memo

Justice Department's inspector general says evidence points to retaliation as Dennis Burke's motivation for alleged leak

The US attorney in Arizona violated Justice Department policy by providing Fox News with information apparently aimed at undercutting the credibility of a federal agent w

Thein Sein becomes first Burmese president to visit US since 1966

Former general's trip sparks human rights protests as President Obama uses controversial name Myanmar for country

Former general Thein Sein became the first Burmese president to visit the White House in almost 50 years on Monday a visit human rights groups protested was premature, citing a

Letters: Act on Guantánamo, Obama

President Obama's broken promise on the Guantánamo detention camp doesn't have to define his term of office, he just needs the political will to walk the talk (Report, 17 May). Obama has executive power, but he doesn't have the luxury of time.

United completes first Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight since grounding

Flight from Houston to Chicago is first commercial operation since grounding over incidents caused by smoldering batteries

A United 787 flight which took off from Houston on Monday morning and landed in Chicago was the airline's first commercial flight with the Boeing Dreamliner since smold

Should we send animals into space? Poll

Almost half the animals onboard a Russian spacecraft died during a study of the long-term effects of weightlessness.

Apple accused of 'highly questionable' billion-dollar tax avoidance scheme

Senators claim Apple has avoided paying billions in US tax by creating offshore entities that are not tax resident anywhere

Apple uses a "highly questionable" web of offshore entities to avoid paying billions in US income taxes, a Senate committee alleged on Monday.

Ray Manzarek, keyboardist with the Doors, dies aged 74

Founding member of band was touchstone of hits like Break On Through to the Other Side and Light My Fire

Ray Manzarek, a founding member with The Doors whose keyboard work was a touchstone of hits like Break On Through to the Other Side and Light My Fire, has died at the age of 74 after a b

The harsh reality behind Here Comes Honey Boo Boo Rob Lavine

TLC's show seems sympathetic to its characters but, like much reality TV, plays into the idea of a moral divide between classes

Recently, you might have seen the spate of billboard adverts featuring a piglet wearing a tiara, signalling the UK launch of an American TV channel called TLC.