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Solar power company SolarCity is expected to debut on U.S. markets in the third quarter this year and has hired Goldman Sachs to underwrite its initial public offering, a source close to the company said on Thursday.

Lawmakers are steeling for a public battle against the possible transfer of Taliban detainees out of Guantanamo Bay prison, a key step in the Obama administration's bid to broker a peace deal ending the war in Afghanistan.

US defence secretary Leon Panetta claims growing possibility Israel will attack Iran in nuclear row.

As pro-business groups clamor to convince regulators to overhaul their draft of the controversial Volcker rule, fault lines are emerging within the opposition over just what a revamped draft should look like.

Influential contemporary artist Mike Kelley has been found dead at his home in a Los Angeles suburb and authorities said on Wednesday they were investigating his death as a possible suicide.

Three years ago Gabe Collins was on the front line in Kandahar province, one of the most dangerous places in war-ravaged Afghanistan, conducting search and rescue missions with the U.S. Navy.

How did Don Cornelius die? The L.A. County Department of Coroner said in a Thursday e-mail that it is investigating what caused the Soul Train creator's sudden death on Wednesday.

Everyday millions of people around the world lose their cell phones to water. Gone are your precious contacts, those hilarious photos and a good $600. This does not have to be you. Want to waterproof your iPhone? Now you can.

In some breaking Hollywood news, Miley Cyrus has decided to buy another car to add to her collection: a $127,000 Mercedes-Benz convertible.

Assuming the $100 billion initial public offering by Facebook proceeds as planned, investors will likely clamor for shares and snap them up, just as in earlier Web frenzies for Netscape Communications, Yahoo and Google. But there are dangers.

Nearly two dozen U.S. senators have signed a letter to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, urging it to reinstate funding to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screening exams for low-income women, The Washington Post is reporting.

Hayhoe said she has received threatening and intimidating e-mails after a conservative blogger posted her e-mail address on his Web site.

Photos of Sheryl Sandberg's $8 million home in Atherton, Calif.

The St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission submitted a proposal detail $124 million in renovations to the Rams yesterday.

Governments should regulate sugar similar to alcohol and tobacco not only to help fight the obesity epidemic, but to halt a host of diseases linked to sugar such as heart disease, obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

Mit Romney has been dogged from the early days of his campaign about his ability to connect to the Tea Party voters who were instrumental in reshaping the political landscape in 2010, but in the Florida primary he captured a large portion of the Tea Party vote. Experts say his success owes partially to a broad shift towards Tea Party philosophies.

California lawmakers are already drawing up plans for spending revenue generated from wealth tied to selling shares in Facebook, which took its first step toward its highly anticipated initial public offering on Wednesday.

As Facebook hurtles toward one of the largest initial public offerings in U.S. history, its honeymoon with investors may already be over.

Facebook filed for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday, for the first time doing a public financial strip tease.

After a series of rumors about the launch of the iPhone 5, Apple is finally set to release the much-hyped fifth generation smartphone at Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), to be held in June at the Moscone Center, CA, indicated the Chinese-language Commercial Times, quoting Daiwa Securities.

There are now more than 26,000 prisoners above age 65. There are more than 124,000 prisoners age 55 or older.