Though, Apple's legal team is working hard to stop the sale of the action figure, the dolls are still up for sale on different online shopping Web sites.
The determining factors for the best-governed cities include access to jobs, crime rate, poverty rate and the percentage of high school graduate population.
Southern California authorities have warned homeless people in Orange County to be careful if they sleep alone on the streets, following reports that a serial killer targeting homeless people has already killed three men.
Michael Phelps has reportedly split with his longtime girlfriend Nicole Johnson. According to reports the couple split a few weeks ago right before the holiday season.
For the third straight year, McDonald's is making America look big (in every sense of the word) with the release of four new Big America burgers in Japan.
For the first time in beauty pageant history, not one but two openly gay women are competing for the title of Miss California 2012.
Comedies dominate the Original Screenplay category
A new decline in the value of the Euro could hit major U.S. technology exporters which dodged the bullet in the fourth quarter. Companies included HP, IBM, Oracl;e and Cisco Systems.
Zooey Deschanel filed for divorce papers from her husband Ben Gibbard. Those papers revealed more than just details of the split. Apparently, Deschanel lives a modest lifestyle for a Hollywood star -- and donates to charity monthly!
Criss, of Glee fame, made his Broadway debut on Tuesday as J. Pierrepont Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, taking over for Daniel Radcliffe. But Criss, who honed his acting chops crafting musicals for Chicago group StarKid, hopes to bring his own musical, Starship, to Broadway in the next five years.
The Bernard Madoff bankruptcy trustee has sued California Attorney General Kamala Harris to stop her alleged interference with his efforts to recover money for the swindler's former customers.
New claims for unemployment benefits fell by 15,000 last week in the latest sign the labor market was improving and could help the country resist the effects of a likely Eurozone recession.
Elan Microelectronics Corp, a Taiwanese touch design company, said on Thursday that Apple Inc will pay $5 million as part of a settlement in a patent infringement case.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has unveiled an exclusive exhibition by California-based fashion label, Rodarte, portraying a unique blend of the old and the contemporary.
Apple Inc. is expected to release iPad 3 anytime in the next two months, as reports and analysts forecast suggest February to March time frame.
New York-based fashion house Liz Claiborne Inc. has announced its decision to change the organization's name to Fifth & Pacific companies, to ensure closer ties on the three in-house lucrative lifestyle brands - kate spade, Juicy Couture and Lucky Brand.
Yahoo named PayPal President Scott Thompson as its chief executive on Wednesday, hoping the well-regarded Internet technology and e-commerce expert will replicate his success at eBay Inc and turn around the struggling company.
Google's patent portfolio just got stronger. The software corporation managed to acquire over 200 patents from IBM Corp.
Blackstone Group LP will conclude fundraising for its latest buyout fund in January, raising just over $16 billion, three people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, in a 4-year process challenged by the global financial crisis.
The Anonymous hacktivist collective dropped its #OpHiroshima bomb on New Year's Eve, and despite its success in pulling off a large-scale, wide-reaching document dump, the event has received very little coverage by the mainstream media.
Mainland China and 21 other countries will finally launch sales for Apple's most advanced smartphone, the iPhone 4S, on Friday, Jan. 13. The phone will be available in black and white and will sell at the same prices as in the U.S.
Nevertheless, Netflix shares are down significantly from the 52-week high of $304.79.
