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NASA and United Space Alliance workers resume operations on Endeavour after yesterday's tragedy, which saw a technician fall to his death.

Actor Dennis Quaid has placed his Pacific Palisades, CA home on the market at $16.9 million.

The accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has drawn comparisons to the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. According to some experts, while they are very different, the consequences could be as bad or worse if authorities in Japan fail to prevent a meltdown.

Japanese auto major Mazda Motor Corporation will extend the production suspension at its Hiroshima and Hofu plants until March 20 following Friday's earthquake.

Japanese Auto major Honda Motor Co has said that all production activities are suspended at the following Honda plants, the carmaker said in a statement.

Some facts about US nuclear industry in the wake of a second explosion at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

Toyota Prius is most fuel-efficient hybrid, while Hyundai Sonata tops as the most fuel-efficient non-hybrid vehicle, in a list compiled by TrueCar.com.

British luxury car manufacturer, Galpin Jaguar, is offering a $1,000 gift card for its customers who test-drive a new 2011 Jaguar and then purchase a new competing, comparably equipped Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Lexus or Porsche vehicle.

An inspiring compilation of management quotes from our choice of 7 CEOs, which reflect on their styles and show us how they led their organizations to feature among the most admired companies in the world.

The home of Allen Iverson, the former NBA star and current player for Turkish team Be?ikta?, is in foreclosure.

GPS vulnerabilities such as solar flare interference and jamming could be solved by eLORAN technology.

Chinese stocks traded on US exchanges are undervalued and mispriced, said Benjamin Wey, president at New York Global Group.

General Motors' (NYSE: GM) chief financial officer chief is quitting, reportedly after he was passed over for the CEO job.

The Company will provide all educational institutions its groupware for managing enterprises, known by the brand name TeamWox, absolutely free of cost.

The U.S. Supreme Court has admitted a petition for writ of certiorari filed by a music professor of University of Denver, who has challenged a 1994 recopyright law that removed thousands of foreign works from the public domain and gave them copyright protection.

The official Twitter account of automobile giant Chrysler vehicles today used the F-bomb on its more than 7,500 followers.

Verizon Wireless said it has filed a lawsuit federal district court in Phoenix outlining an ongoing scheme that used Premium SMS campaigns to defraud Verizon Wireless and its customers.

Toyota Motor Corporation plans to expand line of hybrid models, launching about 10 more by 2015, and continue to develop a full range of plug-in hybrid vehicles, pure electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles, the carmaker said in its Toyota Global Vision corporate outline for the future.

General Motors is recalling 10,179 of its 2011 Buick LaCrosse sedans and Cadillac SRX crossovers because a software glitch could cause the defrosters to stop working.

Federal prosecutors want former senior federal judge Jack Camp to be treated like every other similarly-situated criminal offender and given prison time.

About 23.1 percent of all mortgaged homes (11.1 million households) were underwater in Q4, according CoreLogic's report released on Tuesday, showing an increase from 22.5 percent (10.8 million) in Q3.

Discovery lands for the final time, ending a remarkable 30-year career.

Federal agents arrested on Tuesday a Chinese-born permanent resident of the U.S. for allegedly passing on sensitive defense-related data to China.

Beverage vending machines across Japan plan to install electric vehicle chargers to charge cars, the AFP reported today.

Charlie Sheen has previously been reported to have purchased a new home in Beverly Hills for $7.5 million. Here are a few real estate buys that Mr. Sheen has made over the years.

Nomura Holdings (NYSE: NMR), Japan's number one securities firm, has appointed a woman to be its chief financial officer for the first time ever.

A list titled The Philanthropy 50: Americans Who Gave the Most in 2010 compiled by The Chronicle of Philanthropy includes names of some key tech honchos who have allocated portions of their fortunes for various philanthropic causes following Bill Gates' example.

A new world record for fastest car on ice was set at 206.05 mph (331.61 km/h) on the Gulf of Bothnia in Oulu, breaking an earlier record of 205.48 mph set by four-times world rally champion Juha Kankkunen.

The list of breathtaking designs delivered by Apple, which include the translucent Mac computers, iPod, iPhone and iPad, bear their genesis to the alchemy between Apple's star CEO Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive, Senior Vice President, Industrial Design.