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Gasoline gained 3.5 cents on Wednesday in the Los Angeles market after the U.S. government reported that West Coast stockpiles fell last week, traders said.

Fitch Ratings affirms the 'AA+' ratings on the following Santa Margarita/Dana Point Authority, CA (the authority) general obligation (GO) and GO refunding bonds:

The Obama administration will push back the release of the most ambitious proposal ever for automakers to improve fuel efficiency of their passenger cars, sport utility vehicles and pickups.

With today’s advancements in technology, we can engineer virtually everything from animals to our children. Now, we can even engineer “better” versions of ourselves. Nanotechnology, the manipulation of matter on atomic and molecular levels, may transform the cars we drive to the medical treatments we receive.

A browser game titled Planet Hunters sends players searching through Kepler public data for potential planets, and now university researchers are saying that we may discover two new exoplanets very soon.

Reebok FTC lawsuit settlement only most recent claim of deceptive advertising: a pictorial history

La Nina affects weather in much of the U.S., especially on the west coast. Here's what to expect from this regularly occurring event.

Frietmuseum, in the medieval city of Bruges, Belgium, honors the world's favorite snack: the fry!

This week, China has plans to launch its first prototype of a future space station. Being the third nation to send a person to space, China leaves the rest of the world anxious for their launch event.

Check out the best Google Birthday Doodles of all time.

A death photograph of Michael Jackson and what appears to be an audio of the drugged King of Pop were revealed at the manslaughter trial of Jackson's personal doctor Conrad Murray on Tuesday.

'Ultimate Marvel Versus Capcom 3' releases this November, but is the update too soon or not soon enough?

New York, long home to major technology companies like IBM, will garner $4 billion now from five tech leaders for semiconductor research, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

The physician is on trial for the June 2009 death of the late King of Pop.

Shares of Apple Inc (AAPL.O) suppliers rebounded on Tuesday after heavy losses in the previous session as investors remain confident of continued demand for the hot-selling devices of the California-based company.

Euro-zone officials are working to magnify the firepower of the region's rescue fund, European Central Bank policymakers said on Monday, while President Barack Obama piled on pressure for Europe to staunch a sovereign debt crisis that threatens the world economy.

Gasoline gained in the Los Angeles market due to malfunctions at California refineries and maintenance at a Los Angeles and Washington state refineries, traders said.

Last week, the California legislature sent the governor a bill that would ban most employers from running credit checks on job applicants. If the governor signs the bill into law (which this web site tells us he’s likely to), California will become the biggest get yet for those pushing for such laws around the nation. Is this just what a country full of unemployed people with wrecked credit needs? Or is it, as HR managers have been hollering, a way of hindering them from finding good, upstandin...

Boeing delivered the first 787 Dreamliner to Japan's All Nippon Airways Monday, in what is perhaps Boeing's most anticipated debut since the delivery of the first 747 jumbo jet in 1970.

The 2012 GOP presidential candidate field has dominated much of the political discourse over the past six months, but one prominent, former Republican isn't that impressed -- in fact he's a little alarmed by selected positions: he being New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Solar panel installer SolarCity said on Friday it was the second company in as many days that will not get finalization of U.S. government loan aid by a September 30 deadline.

Unionized Southern California supermarket employees at Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons ratified a contract deal reached last week that averted a threatened strike, said the union representing the workers.

The patent fight between Samsung and Apple has become more severe as time passes. An interview of Samsung senior executive by Associated Press showed the South Korean electronic giant is adopting a more aggressive stance against Apple, Friday.

Health insurer Humana Inc (HUM.N) agreed to acquire privately held MD Care for an undisclosed amount on Friday to expand its Medicare plans for the elderly in California.

Solar panel installer SolarCity said on Friday it was the second company in as many days that will not get finalization of U.S. government loan aid by a September 30 deadline.

Regulators closed two banks -- one in Norfolk, Virginia and the other in Nevada City, California -- on Friday, bringing the total number of closures this year to 73.

A suspected member of the clandestine hacking group LulzSec was arrested in Arizona on Thursday on charges of taking part in an extensive computer breach of the Sony Pictures Entertainment film studio, the FBI said.

2011 Forbes list of Americas top ten wealthiest men.

The Georgia man who was convicted of killing a Savannah police officer in 1989 was executed late Wednesday, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute appeal for a stay.