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In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[â ]
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The Illinois company, which charges $1 a day for DVD rentals, expects to have 22,000 machines in supermarkets, Wal-Mart stores and fast-food outlets by December.
DirecTV and Verizon have app stores. Other cable, satellite and phone companies are working on new technology, but the industry is still wrestling with many questions.
A cousin of the still-evolving LED bulb is the organic light-emitting diode, which can give light from a sheet 0.07 inches thick.
The consumer Web and many traditional media outlets seem to amplify every debate into a frantic broadcast scrum.
Diego Maradona led Argentina to four World Cups as a player, but is having trouble doing the job as the teamâs coach.
Election workers loyal to President Hamid Karzai set up hundreds of fictitious polling sites that delivered votes for the incumbent, according to officials.
In her third tournament since returning to tennis, Kim Clijsters upset third-seeded Venus Williams.
Nearly 2,000 pieces of debris from the disaster, some weighing tons, others the size of a street sign, are being given away to towns across the country.
Requests to help locate missing or stolen electronic devices or even to shut down service are typically refused.
Millions of hidden casualties of the Great Recession are not counted in the unemployment rate because they have stopped looking for work.
Kraft Foods said it would pursue the $16.7 billion takeover even after its offer was rejected for being too low.
A DNA study suggests a single domestication event in China, as well as a reason behind it.