Washington - The massacre at a social centre in Binghamton in New York State on Friday, in which 14 people died, was not an act of terrorism, police said Saturday.

Earlier on Saturday, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban movement said that "his men" had carried out the New York attack in retribution for US missile strikes on militants in Pakistan.

Binghamton police chief Joseph Zikuski said that there was "absolutely no evidence" that any terrorist activity was behind the shooting. The FBI on Saturday also denied any terrorist link.

Miami  - Andy Murray brings an awesome recent record in Masters 1000 events into his Sunday title clash with Novak Djokovic for the Miami crown.

The Scot number 4 has played for the trophy in four of his last appearances at this elite level, winning Cincinnati and Madrid (back-to-back) and reaching the Indian Wells final a fortnight ago against Rafael Nadal.

Washington, Apr 4 : Students at the University of Maryland at College Park, who were upset after the General Assembly forced school officials to cancel the screening of pornographic film "Pirates II: Stagnetti''s Revenge", have decided to screen the movie off campus.

The students, who want to exercise their right to free speech, are also planning on hosting speakers from the faculty as well as groups like the American Civil Liberties Union to discuss free speech.

Washington, April 4 : Planetary scientists are all set to turn "noise" from the data obtained by NASA/ESA LISA satellites' mission into useful information about the mass of near-Earth asteroids.

LISA is on a mission to detect gravitational waves - a warping of the space/time continuum that scientists hope to see directly for the first time.

Washington, Apr 4 : A research team led by Indian origin scientist has developed a computer-based model that would help in early breast cancer diagnosis and avoid unnecessary biopsies.

Dr Jagpreet Chhatwal, Dr Elizabeth S. Burnside and Dr Oguzhan Alagoz from University Of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, WI have developed a new technique that would help discriminating benign and malignant breast lesions.

Washington, April 4 : Japanese researchers suggest that periodontal disease may act as a risk factor for reactivating latent HIV-1 in affected individuals.

Scientists from Tokyo-based Nihon University highlight the fact that latently infected cells harbour HIV-1 proviral DNA genomes integrated with heterochromatins, allowing for the persistence of transcriptionally silent proviruses.