AFP - Internet search giant Google was Wednesday awarded Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias Prize for Communications and Humanities.

AP - The company that sends wealthy tourists to the International Space Station says that Google co-founder Sergey Brin has paid $5 million to reserve a seat on a future flight.

Reuters - Google co-founder Sergey Brin wants to go to space and has made a $5 million down payment to book a seat on a future orbital space flight with Space Adventures, the space tourism company said on Wednesday.

Reuters - Google Inc has told a senior Republican lawmaker concerned about privacy that the Internet search and advertising company supports a federal privacy law.

Reuters - Number-crunchers can rejoice as Google Inc offers deeper access to the underlying figures for users' Web searches, giving some insight into trends based on the relative popularity of various words.

AFP - In the latest tit-for-tat over Yahoo, billionaire Carl Icahn renewed accusations Friday that the Internet giant misled shareholders and suggested a joint search deal with Google if Yahoo cannot be sold to Microsoft.

AP - They are an unquestionably bizarre set of Internet search terms: Mange. Human mold. White camellia. Dying Elmo.

Reuters - Yahoo Inc has inked a deal to expand distribution of its Web search services on personal computers via a pact with software packaging firm Acresso Software, the companies said on Thursday.

AP - In the latest sign of its ambitious growth plans, Google Inc. has signed a 40-year lease to secure space for a huge office complex that will be built on a federal government research center near the Internet search leader's Silicon Valley headquarters.