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The funeral of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will be picketed by the Westboro Baptist Church, the church's leader Margie Phelps announced via Twitter for iPhone.

Low-income Californians will no longer need to be fingerprinted when they apply for food stamp assistance, under legislation signed into law on Thursday by Governor Jerry Brown.

A Crab Pulsar star has emitted the most highly energized gamma rays that have ever been observed from a pulsar system, raising questions among scientists over how these energetic pulses are formed.

Iowa health officials told reporters Wednesday that a pregnant woman suffered a miscarriage after eating cantaloupe containing listeria, a rare yet serious food-borne bacteria-caused illness that arose in early September.

“I apologize to those whom are disappointed in this decision… But I believe that they, when they take a step back, will understand why the decision was made and understand that really you don’t need a title to make a difference in this country,” Sarah Palin said on Fox New after closing the door to a 2012 presidential campaign.

Iowa health officials told reporters Wednesday that a pregnant woman suffered a miscarriage after contracting listeriosis, a rare yet serious food-borne illness that arose in early September.

City Commissioners in Dayton, Ohio, approved an initiative that will make it easier for immigrants to live and thrive in the city.

The Arizona Diamondbacks charged ahead with another grand slam home run to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 10-6 Wednesday and take their divisional playoff series into a deciding Game Five.

Prince Harry spending two months in U.S. for military training.

Rep Gabrielle Giffords will be visiting the White house on Thursady for her husband, Astronaut and U.S Navy Captain Mark Kelly's retirement ceremony. The announcement was made by Vice President Biden via twitter. The tweet said TOMORROW at 1pm, VP to welcome USN Capt Mark Kelly and @Rep_Giffords to White House for Capt Kelly's military retirement ceremony.

The St Louis Cardinals staved off elimination with a 5-3 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies Wednesday, forcing a deciding Game Five in their National League division playoff series.

The Sierra Nevada Mountains may see the first significant snow of the season as higher elevations are under a winter storm warning.

The Philadelphia Phillies, fueled by Ben Francisco's pinch-hit home run, pushed the St. Louis Cardinals to the brink with a 3-2 victory on Tuesday that gave them a 2-1 lead in their National League division series.

The Arizona Diamondbacks can thank a pair of rookies for saving their season on Tuesday, as they routed the Milwaukee Brewers 8-1 to stave off elimination and climb back into their National League divisional playoff series.

An Arizona dust storm triggered several massive traffic pileups that left one dead and several more severely injured.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 was awarded for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae with one half to Saul Perlmutter and the other half jointly to Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess.

A stagnant economy and technological innovation have curbed business travel on the whole; but when face-to-face meetings are necessary, companies can dramatically reduce travel costs by carefully selecting the destination.

Nearly 12,000 California inmates are participating in a hunger strike to call attention to the inhumane treatment of prisoners housed in solitary confinement.

Phoenix-based television pitchman Don Lapre, 47, who was accused of cheating more than 220,000 people out of nearly $52 million, was found dead in his jail cell in Arizona on Sunday morning. It is believed that he commited suicide.

Brown, the second-leading tackler on Illinois, will miss next week's game against Indiana.

Controversy surrounds one play on the Giants' game-winning drive from Sunday.