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There's a lot less smoking in the movies these days, a new report shows. Tobacco use on the silver screen peaked in 2005 and has been on the decline since, according to research that looked at the most popular films from 1991 to 2009.…

A Ghanaian man has been charged with wire fraud in a court in the US according to some US media outlets. The reports say 40-year-old Rowland Adjei Sapong was charged for allegedly selling at least 16 condominium units to buyers. He was…

Half a billion eggs in the US have been recalled in an investigation into a salmonella outbreak, which now includes two farms in the state of Iowa. Iowa's Hillandale Farms announced it was recalling 170 million eggs after tests confirmed…

The head of Benin's parliament has rejected a request by lawmakers to impeach President Boni Yayi, saying they failed to follow procedures. Mathurin Coffi Nago, president of the national assembly, said on Friday that the lawmakers had…

France on Tuesday cut its growth forecast for next year to two percent from 2.5 percent after President Nicolas Sarkozy met with senior economic officials at his Riviera retreat. A government statement said it expects France's gross…

Intel announced today that it will acquire McAfee, maker of anti-virus and other security software, for $7.68 billion in cash, or $48 per share. The per share price is 60 percent more than McAfee’s $29.93 closing price on Wednesday. McAfee…

North Korea appears to have added Facebook to the social networking sites it recently joined to ramp up its propaganda war against South Korea and the U.S. The account opened late Thursday under the Korean username "uriminzokkiri," meaning…

Pentagon lawyers believe that online whistleblower group WikiLeaks acted illegally in disclosing thousands of classified Afghanistan war reports and other material, and federal prosecutors are exploring possible criminal charges, officials…

The Obama administration has said that the Lockerbie bomber, returned to Libya a year ago, should be sent back to a Scottish jail. Skip related content The president's office said it had advised Libyan officials of its view that…

Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean urged supporters to respond "peacefully and responsibly" to a Haiti provisional electoral council ruling that he is not eligible to run as a presidential candidate in the Nov. 28 election. Singer-songwriter Jean,…