An activist shareholder is demanding Apple share out more of its $137bn (£87bn) cash pile to its investors.

A Mexican teenager killed when US Border Patrol agents fired into Mexico was shot from behind, a post-mortem examination shows.

The US Federal Aviation Administration has granted permission for Boeing to carry out test flights of its 787 Dreamliner planes.

CIA director nominee John Brennan says drone strikes are only used as a last resort, at a Senate confirmation hearing disrupted by protesters.

Los Angeles area police launch a major manhunt for a sacked officer who is suspected of killing three people, including a former colleague.

Business-focused social networking website LinkedIn's quarterly profits were double expectations, sending shares up 10% in after hours' trading.

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The US defence secretary says for the first time that he supports arming Syrian rebels, a proposal reportedly over-ruled by President Barack Obama.

Texas company SCA Promotions files lawsuit on Thursday to recoup $12m from disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong.

Profits at the New York Times triple as a surge in the newspaper's online subscriptions more than offsets weak demand for advertising space.

Beyonce writes to website asking for 'unflattering' images of her to be removed.

Tests on the batteries on Boeing's 787 Dreamliner at the time they were certificated for flight failed to spot the high risk of fire, US regulators say.

Warner Music is to buy the record label Parlophone from Universal Music for £487m ($765m), it has announced.

Cecil Womack, brother to Bobby, songwriter to stars Teddy Pendergrass and Patti LaBelle and member of Womack and Womack has died, his sibling confirms.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismisses a US offer of one-to-one talks on Tehran's nuclear programme.

Pop star Bieber has become the youngest artist to have five chart-topping albums in the US.

The Obama administration agrees to turn over legal documents justifying drone strikes on Americans suspected of working with terrorist groups.

A US regulator has said it may take "weeks" for it to complete an investigation into battery problems in some of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner planes.

The US has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against India's national solar policy saying it "discriminates" against US products.

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