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The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Tuesday were AeroVironment Inc, Anthera Pharmaceuticals Inc, Zogenix Inc, United Therapeutics Corporation and Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. The top after-market Nasdaq losers were: Omeros Corporation, O'Reilly Automotive Inc, Medivation Inc, IAC/InterActiveCorp and Alexza Pharmaceuticals Inc.

The Republican chairman of a House panel is accusing President Obama of either obscuring his involvement in the failed Fast and Furious gun-tracking program or improperly invoking executive privilege

Although U.S. home prices inched up in April and new home sales rose to a two-year high in May, the national housing market remains uneven and weak, said a New York-based developer.

Remember when Lauren Conrad and Kristin Cavallari were fighting for the love and affection of Stephen Colletti? Remember when Conrad moved to Los Angeles, met Audrina Patridge and conquered The Hills? Remember viewing the world through Daria's jaded, cynical glasses?

79 teens were rescued over the weekend from a life of prostitution across America, and more than 100 pimps were arrested by the FBI.

The Dole Food Company has issued a precautionary recall involving 1,077 packages of bagged salads that were sold in six states at Wal-Mart and Kroger under those supermarket brands over possible listeria contamination, the California-based company announced.

Single-family home prices picked up for the third month consecutive month in April, showing signs that the housing market recovery is gaining traction.

The former Secretary of State said she is aware of her strength and she is not interested in being Mitt Romney's vice presidential candidate

Cordell Broadus, the son of famed West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg, has been offered a football scholarship to UCLA.

Blake Lively was a show-stopper at Monday night's Savages premiere in Los Angeles. Although she was joined on the red carpet by beautiful actresses Salma Hayek, Kelly Preston, Helen Hunt, Sandra Echeverria and Mary-Louise Parker, Lively outshined them all.

A new study says the swine flu pandemic of 2009 might have killed as many as 579,000 people. The original count, compiled by the World Health Organization, put the number at 18,500.

Everyone has a reason to hate the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been in the limelight ever since the brutally oppressive reign of former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak ended. The Western mainstream opinion is united against the Brotherhood, an organization which reeks of sinister religious overtones right from its name supported suitably by its new-found Islamic-state rhetoric. But the radical Islamists in the Middle East condemn the Brotherhood equally, for luring thousands of young Musli...

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social networking site, said it had elected Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg to its board of directors.

There are snowflakes on Mars. Although they're not the type you can stick out your tongue and lick, as Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have found that the carbon dioxide snow particles are roughly the size of a human red blood cell.

Dell (Nasdaq: DELL), the No. 3 PC maker, seeking to battle Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL), the No. 1 database developer, has bid as much as $2.34 billion for Quest Software (Nasdaq: QFST).

Dwight Howard has reportedly renewed his demand for a trade to the Nets. He wants to be moved by the draft.

The Republican campaign against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is gaining steam ahead of an expected vote in the House of Representatives on a contempt of Congress count in the coming week.

Could Jeremy Lin and Kobe Bryant be teammates and not opponents next season?

The Toyota/Save Mart 350 at the road course at Sonoma gets underway just after 3 p.m. ET.

The competition was steep but Mugly, an 8-year-old Chinese Crested pooch was named the World's Ugliest Dog of 2012 at the annual contest held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in California Friday. View the slideshow to see photos of Mugly, World?s Ugliest Dog 2012, and past winners

The state has been barred from using capital punishment, although the court did not specifically rule that lethal injection or the death penalty is unconstitutional.