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Magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit Northern California and some parts of Oregon

The US Geological Survey reported last Sunday that a magnitude 6.9 earthquake has hit Northern California and some parts of Oregon with 15 aftershocks but did not cause damages or injuries.


Edward Snowden live on webcast hosted by Texas Tribue, #asksnowden trends

Fugitive and ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden was invited to appear in an interactive conference via live webcast on Monday which drew a lot of attention from the Twitter world with hashtag #asksnowden for any questions regarding Snowden’s NSA data and privacy exposé.

Carl Sagan’s COSMOS remake airs on Fox

Hashtag #COSMOS and #COSMOSspoilers went trending on Twitter after the remake of the old Carl Sagan series premiered last Sunday on Fox.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford tweets wrong daylight saving info, gets bashed on Twitter

Daylight Saving Time has once again become a trending topic on Twitter and so did Mayor Rob Ford of Toronto after the incorrect tweet he sent out to his followers informing them of Daylight Saving, reported TIME.


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Bacterin International Holdings Inc has secured $4 million more in funding from OrbiMed and will be issuing 1.5 million shares of common stock to the investment firm as part of the deal, a statement about the funding said.
The name Katie Hopkins has been trending in Twitter after the tabloid columnist expressed her mean comments towards the third pregnancy of 2013 X Factor winner Sam Bailey, saying after she gave birth, she would be the size of a tour bus, reported DailyStar.
Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 remained missing up to this day from its departure last Saturday without any traces of possible crash debris and with surfacing speculations of terrorist attacks after two men were identified to have travelled with stolen passports, reported BBCNews.
CloudBilt, Resident Research and SalesReach Software obtained a combined $1 million growth financing from Lighter Capital, a provider of revenue-based financing, a statement about the funding said.
Pineridge Bakery is being sold by its private equity owner Swander Pace Capital to Swiss food firm ARYZTA AG for $340 million, a statement about the deal said.
Svelte Medical Sytems, a maker of balloon expandable stents based in New Providence, New Jersey, has obtained a $5 million equity investment from the Gary and Mary West Health Investment Fund.
An unnamed Washington, DC-based angel investment group supported Ohio-based mobile health application service provider iRxReminder with a $250,000 investment for its seed round, a statement about the financing said.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has committed more funds to finance research in the field of Internet of things and a grant for startups focused on the space, VentureBeat reported.
It could take the French competition authority nine months to evaluate the possible takeover of Vivendi's SFR by Bouygues or Numericable for antitrust issues, Reuters reported.
LA Fitness Group will be selling 33 of its 80 gyms in the UK and Ireland as part of debt-reduction strategy. It had also signed company voluntary arrangements to help reduce its rent, Bloomberg reported.