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Police say the suspected shooter offered no resistance when apprehended

A gunman shot dead six people and critically wounded three others on Wednesday at a Southern California hair salon in the coastal town of Seal Beach, an Orange County fire official said.

Brandon Kelley, the man who threw a hot dog at Tiger Woods, gave a completely irrational explanation Wednesday as to why he threw a hot dog at Tiger Woods.

Forced by civil war from his post as governor of Afghanistan's central bank, Mir Najibullah Sadat Sahou was granted political asylum in the United States in 1992 after fighters in his native country seized his home.

A man committed suicide on Monday in an eight-story leap from a parking structure near where Occupy San Diego demonstrators were gathered, but it was unclear if he identified with the protesters, authorities said.

Facebook acquired two-year-old social Q&A start-up Friend.ly for an undisclosed sum. Since Friend.ly will continue to operate, did Facebook just want the design team?

A cardiologist testified on Wednesday that Michael Jackson's physician made major mistakes in giving the singer the anesthetic propofol to help him sleep and the doctor's lawyers made an adjustment in their strategy.

Dr. Alon Steinberg, an expert reviewer for the California Medical Board who reviewed Dr. Conrad Murray's treatment of Michael Jackson, took the stand in Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial Wednesday and detailed numerous ways in which Murray improperly treated Jackson in the time leading up to his death.

Next year, NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour will move from Los Angeles to retire at the California Science Center. At 122 feet, the Endeavour was built 20 years ago and is now the last shuttle to fly a mission into space.

Einstein fled Germany for the U.S. in 1933 when Adolph Hitler became the Chancellor.

Mayor Linda Thompson says City Council has no authority to file a bankruptcy petition for Harrisburg.

In honor of the Gumby Google Doodle, here's a look at the life and times of the recently departed Art Clokey

If Apple truly is “insanely great” as co-founder Steve Jobs would have it, the availability of iOS 5 could be his true will and testament. It's a gigantic effort to seal loyalties of as many as 250 million global customers who will upgrade their current products, then set the stage for the roll-out of iPhone 4S, prospective iPhone 5, iPads and more.

The chief executive of Solyndra, a failed solar panel maker with a $535 million federal government loan guarantee, has left the company, according to documents filed by the company in bankruptcy court.

Deputy space shuttle program manager and former flight director Mike Moses is leaving NASA to oversee operations for Virgin Galactic, the commercial spaceflight company owned by Richard Branson's Virgin Group, the company said on Tuesday.

Apple has set its release date and time for the iOS 5 upgrade to 10 a.m. PDT Wednesday, or 1 p.m. ET. Here's what to expect.

The CEO of failed solar panel maker Solyndra LLC has left the company, just weeks after he declined to answer questions posed by a congressional panel that was investigating a $535 million government loan to the company.

Kutcher's mistress breaks her silence while Demi and Ashton try to patch up their marriage

NASA on Tuesday handed over the ownership of retired space shuttle Endeavour to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will go on permanent display.

Barclays Capital said the pace of iPhone 4S roll-out is fastest in the iPhone's history and points to a big December quarter push for Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. will hold a memorial service for it co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Steve Jobs, on Oct. 19. The event will be held at an amphitheater at the company's corporate headquarters, according to a memo sent by CEO Tim Cook to employees on Monday.