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Gunman killed his mother at home before heading to school

Les Miserables, Lincoln and Modern Family all feature strongly.

Video goes viral of alleged dismembered limbs found in Mexican forest after singer's plane crashes.

Dogs' ability to smell lung cancer to be developed for early-warning monitoring system.

Apple and Samsung meet in a California court again on 6 December, as Samsung attempts to have its $1bn fine for patent infringement decreased or overturned.

Norma Bracamontes believed to have taken daughter out of hospital over treatment cost fears.

Tesco shares leap after launch of 'strategic review' of loss-making Fresh & Easy retail chain.

PIMCO's Bill Gross says debt and demographics will act as a drag on global economic growth for years to come as investors navigate a "new normal" of lower returns.

Embattled funnyman in tears as he announces retirement after being kicked out of hotel.

Rihanna looked gorgeous as she took center stage at a photo call at Macy's Westfield in Century City, California to launch her new fragrance Nude by Rihanna.

Kristen Stewart was seen at the fourth Annual Governors Award in Hollywood, while Robert Pattinson had lunch with Arbitrage star Richard Gere.

A Mexican court has ordered Yahoo! to pay $2.7bn in damages for breach of contract related to yellow pages listing service.

Dr Dre is the highest earning musician of 2012, according to business magazine Forbes

Palestinians celebrate Ramallah, Gaza City and Bethlehem while Israeli police prevent ultranationalist right-wing protesters from burning Palestinian flag.

Twilight star Kristen Stewart was back in her tomboy attire as she arrived at the Variety Awards Studio in Los Angeles, California.

Man who sparked worldwide protests with blasphemous film and Koran-burning US pastor Terry Jones insulted Islam.

Four people have now died at a retirement home after eating the poisonous soup.

Americans crowded stores across US during traditional Black Friday consumer rush.

Frederick Joseph Hengl, 68, was arrested by police after his wife's head was found in the freezer while various parts of her anatomy were being cooked on the stove.

A US court has ruled that lawyers representing Samsung will be ble to see how much HTC is paying Apple to licence its patents.

Apple has been ordered to disclose the details of its lawsuit settlement with HTC, after rival Samsung demanded the terms of the settlement.

Vandals used cement-cutting powersaws to extract petroglyphs from volcanic rock in Siearra Nevada mountains.

Dark Knight Rises Star wants children with new husband Adam Shulman.

Meraki acquisition to boost Cisco’s cloud management networks.

A second peak of the spectacular Leonid meteor shower is forecast between dusk and dawn on 19 and 20 November.

Judy Chicago meets the IBTimes UK ahead of three important UK shows and talks about women in the Middle East, the death of Savita Halappanavar and the state of feminist art.

Hotels and bunkers from where to welcome in the end of the world on December 21

New study shows great white sharks evolved from broad-toothed mako sharks two million years earlier than previously thought.

Cisco reports a net income of $2.09bn (£1.83bn), up 17.7 percent year over year for the first fiscal quarter.

The buyer is reportedly going to donate the diamond to a museum for display