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Treasure hunter says he found $3B WWII wreck

By: CLARKE CANFIELD 02/01/12 9:42 AM

Greg Brooks

By: AP Photo/Winslow Townson

Greg Brooks, co-manager of Sub Sea Research, is seen aboard the salvage ship Sea Hunter in Boston... Read More

PORTLAND, Maine — A treasure hunter said he has located the wreck of a British merchant ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Cape Cod during World War II while carrying what he claims was a load of platinum bars now worth more than $3 billion. If the claim proves true, it could be one of the richest sunken treasures ever discovered. Read More

Status update: Facebook to go public, raise $5B

By: BARBARA ORTUTAY 02/01/12 12:01 AM

Facebook made a much-anticipated status update Wednesday: The Internet social network is going public in a stock offering that could value it at a Read More

Obama seeks to broaden reach of housing assistance

By: BEN FELLER 01/31/12 11:06 PM

Conceding his earlier housing programs have fallen short, President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed a vast expansion of government assistance t Read More

Sandia Labs engineers create 'self-guided' bullet

By: The Associated Press 02/01/12 8:05 AM

Sandia National Laboratories engineers have invented a bullet that directs itself to a target like a tiny guided missile and can hit a target more Read More

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