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Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs died on Wednesday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor, announced Wednesday that she will not be seeking the Republican nomination for president for 2012

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died on Wednesday at the age of 56 after a years-long battle with pancreatic cancer.

In Iowa state a pregnant woman has suffered a miscarriage after contracting listeria infection traced to cantaloupes

Occupy Wall Street's demands still remain unclear despite its growth in a matter of weeks from a small group of protesters in Lower Manhattan to a national movement.

Forbes has announced “America’s Most Dangerous Cities” in 2011 and Midwest cities finds themselves on top of the dreaded list.

Disney president Bob Iger reacts to Steve Jobs' death.

Senate Democrats want to hit millionaires with a 5 percent surcharge on their taxes to pay for President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs program, but the plan seems to be going nowhere in the divided Congress.

Steve Jobs died on October 5 and U.S. President Barack Obama and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg have hailed him as a visionary and issued the following reactions:

Statement by the President on the Passing of Steve Jobs

Captains of Google, Bank of America and Citicorp say they are ready to pay higher taxes, as long as Congress uses the money to get the U.S. economy back on its feet.

The top prosecutor for Northern California won't participate in a criminal investigation of failed solar energy company Solyndra because of ties to a law firm involved in the case.

Having already reached lofty heights on the golf course this year, American Patrick Cantlay has savored the prospect of playing in the company of Tiger Woods at this week's Frys.com Open.

Texting, or emailing, while driving doubles reaction time and makes drivers more likely to miss a flashing light, according to new research.

Microsoft is set to win EU approval for its planned $8.5 billion acquisition of online telephone service Skype, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, whose inventions/projects at Apple have shaped how we live, work, and play, passed away Wednesday at the age of 56. Arguably the greatest inventor of the post-World War II computer age, Jobs created innovative, utilitarian, and cool products -- including the Mac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad.

Jobs leaves a proud legacy at Apple

Steve Jobs, Apple's co-founder and former CEO, died on Wednesday, at the age of 56.

One little known fact about Jobs was that he was of partial Arab descent.

The Occupy Wall Street movement staged a massive rally on Wednesday night, drawing on the newfound support of labor unions to attract thousands of protestors to downtown Manhattan and amplify its critique of economic inequity.

Ron Paul has said that Obama should be impeached for approving the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki, and says he supports the Occupy Wall Street protesters.