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No. 1 search engine Google, the operator of YouTube, may establish a national network: a hookup with Dish Network.

The Los Angeles Police Department has suspended their search for a missing girl who witnesses said was dragged away by her hair Monday night. The young woman is thought to be in her early teens and was allegedly taken by a man around 20 years old after an argument in a parking lot in El Sereno, Calif. Located not far from L.A.

Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) resumed their fall after director and early investor Marc Andreessen cashed out a big position.

Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) has announced plans to buy the cloud management company Cloupia shortly after reporting its fourth straight quarter of growth.

Wage inequality, the surge in investment income, and cuts to the social safety net are making it hard for low-income Americans to ascend.

Texas Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: TXN), the No. 2 U.S. chipmaker, said it will trim 1,700 jobs at its global semiconductor plants.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Wednesday were Eloqua Inc, NetApp Inc, Solazyme Inc and Horizon Pharma Inc. The top after-market NASDAQ losers Wednesday were Diamond Foods Inc, Bruker Corporation, Orexigen Therapeutics Inc, PDL BioPharma Inc and VIVUS Inc.

Rihanna and Billy Joel are just two of 125 artists who have signed a petition to fight Pandora over royalties. The artists claim that Pandora is trying to lower royalty payouts and reduce compensation.

O.J. Simpson reportedly owes California more than $300,000 in back taxes.

Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) rose 13 percent Wednesday despite the availability of 800 million new shares offered to employees as stock options.

Shares of Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), the top provider of Internet equipment, rose as much as 8 percent after the company reported robust first-quarter results.

Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), the No. 1 maker of Internet switches and routers, reported first-quarter results that modestly beat estimates.

Comcast Corp.'s NBCUniversal is said to be laying off 450 - 500 employees, including staffers at Universal Studios, USA, NBC News and G4.

Even though he was rumored to take over as the next Secretary of State, John Kerry is now considered to be next in line for Leon Panetta's soon-to-be-vacated defense secretary position.

News reports on the mushrooming scandal surrounding Gen. David Petraeus, the former CIA director, reveal frequent instances of misspellings. Name-related errors are actually among the most common mistakes in the news business.

Cpl. Allan DeVillena II was shot and killed by police officers after he reportedly ignored their orders to pull over and attempted to hit one of them with his car.

Data releases this week are expected to show some of the economic impact caused by Sandy.

A UCLA scientist says her work suggests that a head injury may trigger a physiological process that increases brain cells' vulnerability to attacks from toxic pesticides,

Two residents of a Northern California assisted living facility have died and four others are hospitalized after eating soup with wild mushrooms.

When Cisco Systems reports 1Q results Tues., investors will likely wonder if it's signalling another quarter of slower growth.

Ashley Greene is concerned that the off-screen relationship between Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart could "taint" the release of "Breaking Dawn: Part 2."