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Noise pollution has a cascading effect on ecosystems, according to new research.

This is Debarge's third drug-related arrest.

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), the No. 1 computer company, said it will merge its PC with its printers unit, amid other internal changes ordered by new CEO Meg Whitman.

New Mexico residents are up in arms over a casting notice for an upcoming tourism ad that calls for Caucasian or light-skinned Hispanics only.

El DeBarge, the singer who is famously known for the song Rhythm of the Night, was arrested for drug possession with the intent to sell in Los Angeles on Monday, and has since been released on $30,000 bail.

Venice, said to be one of the most romantic destinations, could sink by up to three inches by 2032, a new report reveals.

Shares of Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) rose 2 percent in pre-market trading after the No. 1 database developer reported third-quarter results that beat estimates.They fell later.

The top after-market NASDAQ losers Tuesday were: EMCORE Corp, Rex Energy Corp, Pacific Biosciences of California, CoBiz Financial, West Marine, Bank Mutual Corp, Silicon Motion Technology, United Community Banks, Cumulus Media and Builders FirstSource.

The Obama administration is using a 2006 Supreme Court opinion to attempt to convince the conservative thinker to back the healthcare law.

Odd Future Mixtape Volume 2, (released March 20) features a number of Odd Future members and affiliated rappers, marks the official return of 17-year old rapper Earl Sweatshirt to the Odd Future crew. The song featuring Earl, titled Oldie, leaked several days earlier, but Odd Future hyped the track with an impromptu music video as well as a radio interview with Peter Rosenberg of Hot 97 FM, who compared the young rapper to NaS at 17.

Handset maker HTC Corp's Beats Electronics is close to buying the digital music subscription service MOG for an undisclosed sum, according to a person close to the talks.

Technology giant Oracle Corp said quarterly sales of new software rose 7 percent from a year earlier to $2.4 billion, at the high end of its own forecast.

Hewlett-Packard plans to combine its imaging and printing operations with its Personal Systems Group, according to technology-news site AllThingsD.

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in cold blood, will face charges within a week.

The Wisconsin congressman's fiscal 2013 spending plan reflects Republicans' insistence that automatically triggered defense cuts could be offset without raising additional tax revenue.

The market clearly liked the news – Apple shares jumped 2.65 percent on Monday to close above $600 per share for the first time.

Americans travelling to the Olympics could be exposed to measles and should be vaccinated before they go, the CDC warned.

Despite the many conflicting reports about Jason Russell's naked breakdown in the middle of a busy San Diego intersection, the Kony 2012 director was not arrested last Thursday. Instead, he was placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold. Invisible Children CEO Ben Keesey recorded a video message in response to Russell's breakdown, saying that the 33-year-old director felt intense pressure.

Senior Facebook executives met Monday with analysts and bankers, but CEO Mark Zuckerberg didn't attend. The company's chief financial officer told attendees that Zuckerberg prefers to focus on developing Facebook's social-networking service.

According to a new report by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a serious safety violation has occurred at the Second Avenue subway. Construction at the Second Avenue subway has over three times the permitted amount of toxic dust levels. Testing done Nov. 9 at East 69th and Second Avenue found the high levels of silica, hazardous dust particles that are a result of the drilling construction. The latest information was released last week by Assemblyman Micah Kellner...

Facebook will pay a fee of just 1.1 percent to underwriters of its initial public offering, a source with knowledge of the company's plans said on Monday.