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Despite excitement over the cases before the court this week, the justices could use a technical question to avoid substantive rulings.

Southwest Airlines resumed services late midnight on Friday after a computer glitch temporarily grounded flights.

With A-listers like James Franco and Zach Braff turning to crowd-funding, SAG-AFTRA said Friday that offering movie roles to backers on Kickstarter and Indiegogo violates union contracts.

Chris Brown and Rihanna are no longer on speaking terms, and the artist even wants a track he recorded with her removed from his upcoming album.

Google has until July 16 to destroy data it discovered it had harvested from its mapping endeavors.

Since produce still senses light-dark cycles after harvest, how we store fruits and vegetables could affect nutrition.

An original Apple 1 computer, built in the late 70's will go up at Christie's next week.

Dunkin' Donuts said Thursday it would introduce a gluten-free cinnamon sugar doughnut and a gluten-free blueberry muffin by the end of the year.

Microsoft and other software companies are set to join hands with Oracle on cloud-computing projects.

American steel makers are asking the government to restrict steel imports from China, which is used in many major U.S. construction projects.

A Hong Kong e-vehicle fast-charge station made by Chinese electric-car maker BYD caught fire.

Instagram will now be able to record up to 15 seconds worth of video and share them using the existing Instagram interface.

One of the U.S.'s foremost "gay conversion therapy" groups announced it is closing up shop on Thursday.

Being a pretty pooch won't cut it as a contestant at the 2013 "World's Ugliest Dog" contest on Monday, held annually at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, Calif.

NASA has released a new panoramic image of Mars that offers a billion-pixel view of one part of the red planet.

Very few politicians are openly gay and there has never been an openly homosexual US president.

Folk singer Jack Johnson announced his "From Here To Now To You" U.S., Canada and European tour dates for 2013 this week.

Walter Lee Williams, a former USC professor, was arrested in Mexico on child sex charges, mere hours after he was added to the FBI Most Wanted Fugitive list.

Google wants a gag order lifted, arguing it has a First Amendment right to tell the public the extent of its participation in the PRISM surveillance program.

The SAFE Act is also known, would allow state and local officials to enforce federal immigration laws.

Earth will be captured in a photo on July 19, taken from Saturn’s neighborhood, by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.