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Facebook Ireland Limited will be audited by the Irish DPC for possible breaches in data protection law. The company could face a fine of $138,000.

In the ongoing drug war in Mexico, cartels will do whatever they can to gain more power, even if that means recruiting teenage soldiers.

Earthquakes and other natural disasters are devastating incidences for both humanity and nature. Recently, there has been a number of natural disasters that have wrecked havoc across the globe. From a typhoon in Japan, to Thailand's flooding, to the San Francisco and Virginia earthquakes, and toxic sludge in Hungary, the images of human suffering are harrowing.

A.O. Smith Corp reported quarterly adjusted earnings that missed Wall Street estimates, hurt by lower sales of residential and commercial water heaters in the United States, but the company raised its full-year earnings view.

If your search for television jobs is looking bleak, it may not be your industry's fault.

A second earthquake hit the San Francisco area around 8:16 p.m. local time on Thursday, sending a tremor through Oakland's City Hall Plaza, where Occupy Oakland protestors have camped out for over a week.

The World Boxing Council restored Bernard Hopkins as its light heavyweight champion on Thursday after reviewing his controversial loss to Chad Dawson at the weekend.

Android currently enjoys almost half of the global Smartphone market, versus 19 percent for Apple.

Oct. 21 has come and gone in New Zealand and Australia, making Doomsday predictor Harold Camping incorrect, once again.

So today may be the end of the world, if you buy into the predictions of radio evangelist Harold Camping. That's what he's said, that the end of the whole physical world will be on Oct. 21.

Apple stores around the country closed their doors on Wednesday to allow employees to watch a live webcast of the employee-only service for Steve Jobs that took place at the company's Cupertino headquarters. Hundreds of employees converged on the campus in Northern California Wednesday morning, crowding into the outdoor amphitheater where the likes of former Vice President Al Gore, Coldplay, and Norah Jones paid tribute to Jobs.

Two relatively low-magnitude earthquakes struck the San Francisco area on Thursday night.

A second earthquake magnitude 3.8 hit the Hayward fault near Berkeley at 08:16:05 PM local time on Thursday.

An evangelical broadcaster whose end-of-the-world prophecy earlier this year stirred a global media frenzy has vanished from the public eye and airwaves ahead of his recalibrated doomsday date, set for Friday.

The U.S. Senate, on a bipartisan vote of 74-26 on Thursday, confirmed former energy company executive John Bryson as commerce secretary, despite the objection of some Republicans due to his background as an environmentalist.

Flash memory supplier SanDisk (SNDK.O) forecast quarterly revenue near analysts' expectations thanks to growth in tablets and smartphones, but other chipmakers warned that a lackluster economy is hurting demand.

California regulators on Thursday approved final regulations for a carbon market that is one of the biggest U.S. responses to climate change.

Hewlett-Packard Co's chief strategy and technology officer has retired, becoming the latest senior executive to leave the storied Silicon Valley giant struggling to restore its tarnished credibility.

Two earthquakes, one in San Francisco, Calif. and one in San Antonio, Texas, have taken place on the same day on Thursday.

The albino cyclops shark discovered by a fisherman and made famous by Pisces Fleet is real, scientists confirm, dismissing rumors that the dead fetal shark found in its mother's belly was an elaborate hoax. Here, see five more creepy sea creatures you won't believe are real.

Detroit Lions running back Jahvid Best has been advised by people close to him that he needs to strongly consider sitting out the year because of his concussion problems.