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The number of people in the United States who own tablets, e-readers, or both nearly doubled following the holiday season, according to a report released Monday.

Phillip Parker's suicide on Friday is the latest in a string of deaths to take place about after persistent anti-gay bullying by a teen's peers.

Lana Del Rey caused a headline blitz after her horribly-reviewed Saturday Night Live performance. Criticism and critiques flew after she croaked out some shaky octaves on SNL, right before her major-label album debut, Born to Die, on Jan. 31.

The hacktavist group Anonymous is launching a Megaupload & Megavideo alternative

Stocks were little changed in early trading on Monday after equities posted their best week in a month as the euro zone debt crisis and the economy showed signs of stabilizing.

Oil and gas producer Apache Corp will buy privately held Cordillera Energy Partners III in a cash-and-stock deal worth $2.85 billion, part of a plan to expand its holdings of energy-rich reserves in the Midwestern United States.

The New York-based company will report its fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday before the market opens.

A huge pool of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean is expanding and could lower the temperature of Europe by causing an ocean current to slow down, British scientists said Sunday.

The Supreme Court for the first time ruled on Monday that police attachment of a GPS device to monitor a suspect's vehicle was a search protected by constitutional privacy rights, a test case involving new surveillance technology.

When Disney shareholders vote to re-elect directors at its annual meeting in March, neither Steve Jobs' wife nor a representative from his trust will be on the ballot, even though the trust is the media company's largest shareholder.

This is not the first time Megaupload's founder Kim Dotcom had his brush with the law. In 2002, he was convicted in what was then the largest insider-trading case in German history and a Munich court sentenced him to 20 months probation and a 100,000 euro fine. Can he win the legal battle this time?

Highly restrictive abortion laws do not deter women from undergoing the procedure, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which found the rate of unsafe abortions has increased in recent years.

Moon colonies may exist for the next generation if officials with international space agencies have their way, according to reports.

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh gave his farewell address on Monday, stepping down after 33 years in power in response to months of protests.

Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke, who died last week after a 'freak accident' during a routine training session, has donated her organs and tissues, according to Yahoo Sports.

Takeover talk swirled around Research In Motion on Monday as investors and analysts pondered whether new Chief Executive Thorsten Heins had been appointed to lead a turnaround of the struggling smartphone maker or prepare it for sale.

Iran will definitely close the Strait of Hormuz, the vital oil-transport waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, if the embargos put into place by the European Union disrupt the export of crude oil

If you look at the back of any iPhone, you're likely to come across the words, Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China. Indeed, from the very first generation iPhone to the latest iPhone 4S, the world's most popular smartphone have come to be made in China and not in the U.S. An analysis, based on interviews with Apple's former and current executives and employees at Apple's supply chains and manufacturing experts by The New York Times, has now revealed why the wo...

Stocks were little changed in early trading on Monday after equities posted their best week in a month as the euro zone debt crisis and the economy showed signs of stabilizing.

As the Megaupload founder defends himself against charges of money laundering and bribery, many are wondering if the nebulous charges against him are linked the recent defeat of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a conclusion which government insiders confirm. Though the FBI claims Megaupload is an online menace and its founder a career criminal, Dotcom's defenders see his arrest as a form of increasingly desperate government censorship.

Cities across the U.S. will also celebrate the 2012 Chinese New Year. Take a look at the biggest parades, festivals and events to find where you can celebrate the Year of the Dragon in Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.