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After considering a move to downtown Los Angeles, the American Film Market has decided to remain in Santa Monica through 2017.

Marg Helgenberger, who plays the character Catherine Willows on the hit TV show CSI, is the latest original cast member to leave the crime show. Oscar nominee Elisabeth Shue will join the CSI cast as a replacement for Helgenberger.

Oakland Tech athletic director James Coplan told The Oregonian that students at Thompson's former school were mourning the loss Thursday. Grief counselors are being made available, and a Fred Thompson Memorial was set up in the main lobby of the school building.

On Thursday, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said Occupy Boston protesters have until midnight to pack up and abandon their encampment or police may be forced to take appropriation action.

A group of lawmakers opposed to two pending online piracy bills introduced their own proposal that would let the International Trade Commission handle foreign websites that traffic copyrighted material.

Albert Pujols has finally decided where he is going to play next year after several teams were in on the sweepstakes for arguably the best player in baseball right now. The Los Angeles Angels came out the winner, signing the three-time National League MVP to a 10-year, $250 million dollar deal.

Thompson was playing a pick-up game of basketball at the Dixon Rec Center on the OSU campus when he collapsed. The 6-foot-4, 317-pound defensive tackle was from Richmond, California. He had suffered a shoulder injury in the spring and did not play this season for the Beavers, though he dressed out for games late in the season for coach Mike Riley.

The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced that Steven Kamin will take over the helm at its International Finance Division, which supports the Federal Open Market Committee by providing information and analysis pertaining to economic and financial developments in foreign countries and the performance of the U.S. external sector.

New York City was named the most expensive U.S. commercial real estate market in a report by the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International.

The mother of Ruben Arzu, the naked 300-pound bodybuilder who savagely attacked a couple on Saturday, said he suffers from a mental illness which led to the attack.

The HP TouchPad sale is being revived - for one day only - on HP's eBay store, which will offer heavily discounted $99 tablet computers during another round of the firesale.

Authorities are investigating an accidental death at California State University Wednesday involving an employee who was killed in an accident in the elevator shaft on campus.

About 1,000 asteroids big enough to cause catastrophic damage if they hit Earth are orbiting relatively nearby, a NASA survey shows.

IBM, the No. 2 computer giant, said it plans to acquire e-commerce specialist DemandTec for $440 million to beef up its retail and marketing software services.

In a new study, professionals from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have urged women to be cautious of what they eat and also combat their stress levels as a proactive means to prevent them piling on the pounds during the festive season. The research, published online in the October issue of the Journal of Obesity, explained that managing stress and mindful eating can actually help in weight loss even in the absence of hardcore diet regimes.

U.S. telecom giant AT&T, Inc. (NYSE:T) said it sold about 6 million smartphones in the first two months of the fourth quarter and expects to break the previous single-quarter smartphone sales record of 6.1 million, thanks mainly to Apple iPhone 4S.

Prospective bidders are piling up for the Los Angeles Dodgers, but Fox Sports argued on Wednesday that the bankrupt team's owner Frank McCourt is improperly breaking its broadcasting contract in his effort to sell the team.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is enlisting some Hollywood heavy hitters to help raise money for the proposed Academy Museum.

Personal information about Los Angeles police commanders has been posted on the Internet, prompting an investigation into where it was obtained, an LAPD spokesman said on Wednesday.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is enlisting some Hollywood heavy hitters to help raise money for the proposed Academy Museum.

Baseball home run king Barry Bonds should receive no jail time for his conviction on a single criminal count related to an investigation of steroids in sports, his attorneys argued in a court filing on Tuesday.