Michael Smith

Around 60 students at Harvard University have been suspended and others disciplined in a mass cheating scandal at the elite college, the administration said Friday.

As many as 125 students at Harvard University are being probed for allegedly cheating in a final exam at the elite institution, administrators said Thursday.

A shakeup which will see Australia become the first country in the world with all its flagship newspapers behind an Internet paywall has prompted declarations that the "golden age of newspapers is dead".

A shakeup which will see Australia become the first country in the world with all its flagship newspapers behind an Internet paywall has prompted declarations that the "golden age of newspapers is dead".

Around 20,000 pilgrims on Sunday attended the start of an international Catholic festival of faith and culture in Ireland where the church has been hit by child abuse scandals and falling attendance.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama returned to New York on Thursday for a series of high-end fundraising events, tapping Wall Street donors whose generosity has been strained by U.S. financial reforms that many bankers oppose.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - What do mean, you haven't been to Kansas City? Haven't you heard that it's one of the next great cocktail cities?

(Reuters) - The biggest legal battle for the technology industry is playing out in a federal court in Silicon Valley, where Apple is trying to stop Samsung from selling Galaxy phones and tablets in the United States.

(Reuters) - The biggest legal battle for the technology industry is playing out in a federal court in Silicon Valley, where Apple is trying to stop Samsung from selling Galaxy phones and tablets in the United States.

(Reuters) - The biggest legal battle for the technology industry is playing out in a federal court in Silicon Valley, where Apple is trying to stop Samsung from selling Galaxy phones and tablets in the United States.

(Reuters) - The biggest legal battle for the technology industry is playing out in a federal court in Silicon Valley, where Apple is trying to stop Samsung from selling Galaxy phones and tablets in the United States.

``It's awesome how it's all local,'' said Donahue, of West Newbury. ``I have driven by the black house thousands of times. It's just a small little house, but now I can see all the lives saved there.

President Barack Obama will attend a fundraiser celebrating the passage of gay marriage in New York. ?President Barack Obama will attend a fundraiser celebrating the passage of gay marriage in New York. The Wednesday event in New York City is being billed as a ?small reception to celebrate the progress in the LGBT community,? the New York Post's gossip column Page Six reported. This is the first time Obama has attended a gay fundraiser in New York since lawmakers approved a gay marriage law in June. Five additional states ? Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Iowa ? and the District of Columbia allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. The president attended a New York City gay fundraiser in June as lawmakers deliberated the marriage bill but he did not endorse its passage. Obama is expected to address the crowd. Tickets for the event, scheduled to take place at the Midtown Sheraton, range from $10,000 to $35,800. Event organizers include designer Michael Smith, Archit

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sun's abundant energy, if harvested in space, could provide a cost-effective way to meet global power needs in as little as 30 years with seed money from governments, according to a study by an international scientific group.

SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. plane maker Boeing Co <BA.N> on Tuesday predicted more sales cancellations for its delayed Dreamliner 787, after a Chinese airline scrapped 24 orders, but said the overall order book for the new long-range aircraft remained strong.

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Salvage teams pumped oil on Monday from a stricken container ship off the New Zealand coast, ahead of bad weather which could split the vessel into two and spew more oil onto beaches.

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Salvage teams raced on Monday to pump oil from a stricken container ship off the New Zealand coast ahead of bad weather which could split the vessel into two pieces spewing more oil onto local beaches.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's competition watchdog has given the go-ahead to SABMiller's <SAB.L> $10 billion friendly acquisition of brewer Foster's Group <FGL.AX> as expected, saying the bid would not lessen competition.

(Reuters) - Global miner Rio Tinto is considering spinning off part of its Australian aluminum assets as a planned carbon tax would raise costs and lower margins, a local newspaper reported Monday.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Qantas Airways <QAN.AX> canceled or delayed more than 50 flights on Tuesday after around 4,000 ground staff walked off the job as an industrial dispute over pay and the airline's plans to expand in Asia escalated.