Facebook stock climbs, but company faces lawsuits Facebook's fourth day of trading as a public company brought shareholder lawsuits, and an increase in the company's stock price as the fallout continued from the social network's botched initial public offering. Mammoth 'Butchered' by Ancient Man A young woolly mammoth, found remarkably well preserved in the tundra in Siberia, may have been attacked by lions -- but scientists say there are signs it was then butchered by ancient humans.
  Lawsuits pile up over Facebook IPO
Lawsuits piled up Wednesday against Facebook, its underwriters and the Nasdaq exchange as furious investors sought to recover losses after the company's $16 billion IPO debacle.
Scotland Yard deploys mobile fingerprint devices Scotland Yard says it's equipping its police officers with handheld fingerprint devices, something the force says will help identify suspects in a matter of seconds. HP laying off 27,000 workers in restructuring Hewlett-Packard says it's laying off 27,000 workers, 8 percent of its work force, as it restructures the business. First Earth-Size Planets Found in Space Scientists using NASA's Kepler space telescope say they have found two planets orbiting a distant star -- and say the planets are the first ever that are the size of Earth or smaller. That could be critical in the search for extraterrestrial life.
 
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