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Obama has not given up on tougher gun control reform, insists Joe Biden

Biden says senators who voted against extending federal background checks are now prepared to change their minds

Joe Biden has insisted that the Obama administration has not given up on its push for tougher gun laws in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting, and indicated that the White

Trade Candidate: Jose Veras

Since the beginning of the 2011 season, there are only 14 relievers who have posted a K/9 greater than 10,0 with a ground-ball rate of 40 percent or better.

KT Tunstall readies for a round North American concerts

Scottish singer/songwriter KT Tunstall will follow up some summertime dates in the U.K. with a fall trek through North America, supporting her new album, "Invisible Empire//Crescent Moon.

Jimmy Buffett and band extend tour into fall

Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band have added a few stops onto their "Songs From St. Somewhere" run of North America.

Report: GM will no longer release monthly production figures

General Motors has announced that it will no longer disclose monthly production figures to automotive data providers. Automotive News reports that GM notified research and data providers IHS Automotive, Automotive News Data Center and Autodata Corp.

First Drive: 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG

Mercedes-Benz has AMG on an impressive growth curve these days, the official name of the effort being Performance 50. By the 50th anniversary of AMG in 2017, the Mercedes performance division will produce 30,000-plus units per year.

Riddle of the sands scattered around Trinity atomic test site

Radioactive glassy beads created by the first nuclear explosion may hold clues to earth's distant history

The sun was rising as a teenage boy swung a metal wand back and forth.

AUDIO: Corporations 'embracing' US tax havens

The issue of tax havens will be discussed today at the G8 summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland. The BBC's North America correspondent Jonny Dymond reports that if President Obama is looking for offenders, he might like to look quite close to home.

North Korea says surveillance leaks prove U.S. is "kingpin" of rights abuse

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea rushed to the defense of American civil liberties on Tuesday, saying revelations of mass surveillance operations showed the United States was the "kingpin" of rights abuse.

NSA surveillance: what Germany could teach the US Juli Zeh

Data protection is to the communication age is what environmental protection was for the age of industrialisation.