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Supporters of California's gay marriage ban are appealing a ruling that a U.S. judge's own gay relationship was no basis for throwing out his decision in support of same-sex marriage.

China has asked the US not to interfere in mounting tensions between Beijing, Hanoi and three other Southeast Asian governments over the South China Sea.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde looks set to emerge on Tuesday as the International Monetary Fund's new chief, maintaining the tradition of a European heading the global lender.

Footwear conglomerate Nike smashes analysts estimates with strong earnings, revenue increase

Google on Monday disclosed that United State government requested user data from the company, more than 4,600 times last year.

A Security Awareness bulletin issued by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) urges vigilance over the July Fourth weekend, as terror network al Qaeda might be contemplating an attack on the Independence Day.

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is expected to face minimum 10 years in prison after being convicted of fraud, attempted extortion and bribery.

Stock index futures signaled a lower start for equities on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Nasdaq and the Dow Jones down 0.1 to 0.2 percent by 0942 GMT.

After a series of recent hacks against corporate and federal websites, the US government has spun out a plan to protect internet sites from online attacks.

Sony Corp believes it was targeted by hackers because it tried to protect its intellectual property, CEO Howard Stringer told a shareholders' meeting at which he sidestepped a call for him to step down over the incident.

Are we alone in this whole universe? If the claims of a top Russian astronomer are to be believed, we'll encounter alien civilizations over the next 20 years.

Consumer technology giant Apple could release two models of iPhone - namely iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S - this September, according to an analyst at Deutsche Bank.

e-Readers may be more popular than tablets.

The court didn’t find any convincing evidence to deny the sale of the video games.

A vast fleet of dozens of ghostly abandoned Navy and merchant ships have been corroding in Suisun Bay since decades.

For a time there was going to be no new iPhone this year, with reports casting a glum picture of Apple releasing iPhone 5 in 2012, much after a legion of Android phones has had a busy time burying the iPhone. Here is a look at the prominent features/improvements in iPhone 5.

Aspiring Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann discovered on Sunday that actor John Wayne is a different person altogether from John Wayne Gacy, the serial killer who raped and murdered more than 30 teen boys and young men in the 1970s. Alas! it was too late.

Reggie Brown, whose prominence as a President Obama impersonator got a boost after a performance at a prominent GOP conference recently, got a chance to finish what he started after his performance was cut short by an official.

Gold is trading at $1,500, an important psychological level and near the all-time nominal high. Whether or not gold will go to new heights largely depends on monetary policy, according to some experts.

One analyst predicts Apple will go after the mid-market with a second new iPhone to be introduced in September of this year.

Broker-dealers won additional time from federal regulators to comply with new rules banning naked access, where brokers rent their IDs to unlicensed high-speed traders.