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The world's largest online business-to-business trading company, Alibaba, is thinking of taking over the troubled Internet firm Yahoo, its chairman says.

Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have generated the largest and most realistic cosmological simulations of the evolving universe to-date that will help astrophysicists better understand the mysteries such as galaxy formation, dark matter and dark energy.

America has on its priority list to build its students' skills in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math, also known as STEM. But which schools are actually mastering teaching in these areas? The U.S. News & World Report for the first time released a list ranking math- and science-specific high schools.

Jason Bateman, star of Arrested Development, has confirmed there will be a fourth season of the series and a movie to be filmed next year.

The Book of Mormon debuted this year as a Broadway hit that won nine Tonys, and the 2012 race for the Republican presidential nomination features not one, but two candidates of the Mormon faith.

The single thing that makes cyclists so hated by non-cyclists is disrespect for others: the way in which a highly-visible minority of cyclists consider themselves above the law, and flout not only traffic rules but also the basic tenets of civility.

Michael Lewis says something very odd in his big piece on California and the phenomenon of overconsumption:

An opium-growing recluse wanted in connection with two murders in northern California was shot to death by police officers on Saturday, capping a five-week-long manhunt through dense, rugged woodlands.

California Governor Jerry Brown announced on Sunday that he signed a bill preventing local authorities from banning the practice of male circumcision.

After his first meeting ever with the Mother Monster herself last week, President Obama said Lady Gaga is intimidating during a speech at a LGBT advocacy gala.

California-based Manning Beef is recalling 80,000 pounds of beef products over possible E. coli contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.

An Amtrak passenger train and a farm truck collided Friday evening at a northern California rail crossing, and nearly 40 passengers were taken to hospitals for treatment of minor injuries, an Amtrak spokeswoman said on Saturday.

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Around 40 people were injured when an Amtrak passenger train collided with a farm truck, pn Friday evening, at a rail crossing in northern California, a Reuters report quoted Vernae Graham, an Amtrak spokeswoman as saying.

By now, news of Apple's invitation to a specifically iPhone-related event, on Tuesday at its Cupertino campus in California is old news. However, it is still unclear whether this event will see the release of the highly-anticipated iPhone5.

With only a couple of days to go before Tuesday's iPhone event at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., newly leaked information on iPhone5 has fueled the rumor mills, again.

The rumored launch of the much-awaited iPhone5 on Tuesday might finally put an end to all the anxieties and speculations centered on the new product, while pleasing all the inquisitive techies.

Though he first attended the Hollywood Bowl more than 30 years ago, Ron Moormeister remembers well those Los Angeles Philharmonic concerts. His voice waxes rhapsodic as he recalls the lineup: Mandy Patinkin, Julie Andrews, a Tchaikovsky Spectacular complete with the bombastic 1812 Overture.

Electric carmaker Tesla Motors threw open its factory doors to customers who have preordered its forthcoming Model S sedan on Saturday evening.

Taking a stand for animal rights over fashion, the tiny, tony municipality of West Hollywood is poised to become the first U.S. city to ban the sale of fur clothing within its boundaries.

More iPhone 5 leaks keep coming and the latest is of a 32 GB smartphone accidentally released by Cincinnati Bell.