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San Francisco's interim Mayor Ed Lee is poised to become its first elected mayor of Chinese descent, a political milestone for a city where Chinese-Americans now account for a quarter of the electorate.

After another week of confusion and turmoil in Europe, investors are ditching whatever hopes they once had for a conclusive solution to the debt crisis.

Jim McNeil, a freestyle motorcycle rider in the FMX series, died after injuries suffered in a crash during practice for an exhibition prior to the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, an event that is part of the Samsung Mobile 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Boost Mobile announced Sunday morning.

In a rundown patch of Detroit, enclosed by a cyclone fence and barbed wire, stands an unremarkable warehouse that investment bank Goldman Sachs has transformed into a money-making machine.

An initiative backed by Costco to allow supermarkets and warehouse stores to sell liquor in the state of Washington has shattered an election spending record

An email sent out to the Crystal Cathedral's congregation requested meals for founder Robert Schuller's wife, Arvella, who is sick with pneumonia. Crystal Cathderal Ministries, a glass-walled Orange County church known for its Hour of Power broadcasts, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Oct. 18. The Schullers, church administrators, have come under fire after court documents revealed they may have taken nearly $10 million from the church's endowment funds.

A genetically engineered smallpox vaccine reduced the risk of death for patients with advanced liver cancer by nearly 60 percent in a mid-stage study, prompting the launch of a later-stage trial.

Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber is finding out the price of fame.

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has declared the high number of seal deaths reported along the New England coast since early September constitutes an unusual mortality event (UME).

An asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier is heading toward Earth and will fly by it closer than the moon on Tuesday, providing a rare observing opportunity to scientists, NASA said.

The 20-year-old California woman, who recently claimed that the 17-year-old teen sensation impregnated her during a Staples Center tryst, may put her into hot water with the law.

A man accused of murdering his ex-wife and seven others in an October shooting rampage at a California hair salon was sued on Friday by his former spouse's parents.

Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber is finding out the price of fame.

John Terranova paints an ugly picture of the woman suing Justin Bieber for child support

Bob Berney is leaving FilmDistrict as its president of theatrical distribution as the company eliminated its New York office.

In downtown Oakland, California, where protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement demonstrated on Wednesday, a makeshift shrine honors Scott Olsen, an Iraq war veteran who has become an accidental symbol of their cause.

A bikini-clad woman floating on a surfboard a quarter-mile from Seabright Beach found herself amongst a group of kayakers, all whom witnessed close-up two humpback whales feeding on anchovies and plankton near Santa Cruz, Calif. Barb Roettger had her camera rolling and captured the two whales feasting near the unsuspecting witnesses. The video has since gone viral.

McDonald's limited-time reintroduction of the McRib has already led to examination of some of the item's questionable ingredients. Now, one of the prime companies from which McDonald's gets its main ingredient for the sandwich -- pork -- is the target of an SEC complaint.

The much anticipated trailer for the game premiered Nov. 2. It looked more like a movie trailer showing off sandy beaches, golf courses, jets flying around a huge L.A. like city while a disembodied narrator talks about his wish to get out of the business.

Bank Transfer Day Nov 5 is tomorrow, and as people across America are preparing to stick it to their financial institutions, bank stocks are taking a huge hit and credit unions are seeing a major boon.

Videos posted online are showing evidence that police have been covering their nameplates or badges at the Occupy Oakland protests.