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The heat is building between Apple and Samsung as issues over patent infringement filed lawsuits and accusations have sparked media attention between the two tech giant's escalating rivalry. Official injunctions were filed by Apple to try and block four of Samsung's mobile devices from hitting the U.S. market. The four Samsung devices listed were Galaxy S 4G smartphone, Infuse 4G smartphone, Droid Charge smartphone, and the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Apple's devices included iPhones and iPads....

Maria Shriver has filed for divorce from Arnold Schwarzenegger and will split around $400 million.

On Fourth of July, 2011, as United States commemorates the adoption of Declaration of Independence, Earth reaches a point called Aphelion on its orbit and will be farthest from Sun than on any other day in 2011.

A new undercover investigation conducted by Mercy For Animals, an animal rights group based in Chicago, revealed that at this factory firm mother sows and their piglets are forced to suffer brutal abuse and lives of unrelenting confinement and misery.

Maria Shriver, the former NBC newscaster and the first lady of California has filed for divorce from Arnold Schwarzenegger

New research has found that the use of antimicrobial copper surfaces in intensive care units (ICU) kill bacteria that can cause hospital-acquired infections (HAIs).

Web hosting company The Go Daddy Group Inc agreed to be bought by a private equity consortium led by KKR and Silver Lake for $2.25 billion, including debt, people close to the situation said on Friday.

Members of Cuba's small Twitter community gathered on Friday for the first time to put faces to names in a meeting where political viewpoints were off limits but complaints about the island's poor Internet connections were not.

She lied about being gang-raped in her home country. She cheated on her taxes. And she changed details of her story about being sexually assaulted by a man once seen as the next president of France.

The media is abuzz with royal couple Prince William and Kate Middleton's visit to North America, and it is following every step of their trip, not to mention keeping an eye on Kate's wardrobe.

Former California first lady and TV journalist Maria Shriver filed for divorce on from her estranged husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger, on Friday, capping a shocking string of events since her husband revealed a love-child two months ago.

How much longer can Legg Mason Inc afford to back Bill Miller, the star investor whose onetime Midas touch has lost its luster?

Google Inc's Chrome Web browser has grabbed more than 20 percent of global market share, while Microsoft Corp's long-time leader Internet Explorer has slipped below 50 percent, according to Internet statistics firm StatCounter.

Google, facing a flood of patent lawsuits, said it was disappointed after losing a multi-billion dollar auction for thousands of telecom, Web and Social Networking patents from bankrupt Canadian company Nortel to a rival group of companies which included Apple and Microsoft.

Google Inc's Chrome Web browser has grabbed more than 20 percent of global market share, while Microsoft Corp's long-time leader Internet Explorer has slipped below 50 percent, according to Internet statistics firm StatCounter.

U.S. stocks started July with a bang on Friday with Wall Street scoring its best week in two years, helped by strong manufacturing data that eased concerns about slowing growth.

Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger on Friday stuck by Chinese auto maker BYD <1211.HK>, which has become one of Berkshire's most controversial investments amid poor performance and revelations about its business practices.

Zynga Inc filed paperwork on Friday for an initial public offering, the latest in a series of hot social media companies to seek capital in the U.S. public markets.

Carolyn Bourne tells future daughter-in-law to go to finishing school

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has set a special election for Sept. 13 to replace former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-New York, in Congress. Coinciding with state primaries, six vacant seats in the state assembly are also up for grabs.

by Danielle RobinsonNEW YORK, July 1 - Bank of America Corp's decision to resolve $14 billion worth of mortgage backed securities-related liabilities might have boosted its stock and bond prices, but it has put it further behind its peers in the race to build up enough capital to be Basel III compliant.