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Chris Christie's speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Tuesday did not include a declaration of his presidential candidacy -- but it didn't rule one out, either. All the same, the prospects of him running are extremely slim.

La Nina affects weather in much of the U.S., especially on the west coast. Here's what to expect from this regularly occurring event.

Private African-American businesses, especially in areas with large black populations like the greater Washington, D.C., area and Los Angeles have done well, winning major federal contracts for critical IT projects. The important thing is not to be the CEO of Xerox, eAccess founder John W. Templeton told IBTimes. The important thing is to be the one who creates the next imaging device.

Seventy-two people from 18 states, so far, are confirmed to have been infected with the deadly Listeria bacteria linked to Colorado-grown cantaloupes as of Monday. Here are nine more states that may be in danger of suffering listeria infections or possible deaths.

A racist bake sale in UC Berkeley campus was slammed by ethnic minority students as the College Republicans satirically diversified the prices according to buyers' race, gender and ethnicity.

Seventy-two people from 18 states are confirmed to have been infected with the deadly Listeria monocytogenes bacteria linked to Colorado-grown cantaloupes, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.

Apple invited the tech press to an iPhone-related event scheduled for Oct.4, with simply the email tag Let's talk iPhone.

The U.S. census Bureau on Tuesday issued the first federal count which showed that the same-sex partners living together has doubled in the past decade and at least 131,729 gay and lesbian couples have registered as husband or wife.

Apple, which has sold more than 110 million iPhones since it launched the product, would unveil its new iPhone at a media event at its Cupertino, California headquarters on Oct.4.

At least 13 people in eight U.S. states have died as a result of a listeria outbreak from contaminated cantaloupes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

NASA will soon develop a new optical, laser-based communication system that will allow transmitting high-resolution images and videos from Mars and even from distances beyond Moon, in just one minute, which currently takes around 90 minutes.

After a long spell of sustained silence, Apple has finally sent out invitations to an iPhone-related event on Oct.4 at Cupertino, its headquarters in California.

Victoria's Secret launched Gorgeous, the newest fragrance and updated brassiere collection from Victoria's Secret. The collection was unveiled by VS Angel Lindsay Ellingson, a California-native on Sept. 21 at Victoria's Secret at The Grove in Los Angeles.

Apple has confirmed that it has plans to hold an official iPhone 5 launch event on Oct. 4 at its Cupertino campus in California.

Emma Coronel, the 22-year-old wife of Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman gave birth to twins at a California hospital, according to reports.

Cantaloupe Listeria Deaths Continue to Rise

Actor Ed Helms had no idea his character Andy Bernard on television's The Office would be promoted until a few weeks before shooting began on season eight of the NBC comedy.

Chris Christie is not running for president, but supporters are still hoping.

NASA on Tuesday announced that it has located the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) that crashed down to Earth last week. They say the defunct satellite is way out into the southern Pacific Ocean, far away from land. The UARS made a fiery re-entry into the Earth's shortly after midnight on Saturday.

Revised figures from the U.S. Census Bureau shows there were more than 650,000 gay couples in the U.S. in 2010, with 131,729 reporting they were married.

The invitation has gone out from Apple for its Oct. 4 event at company headquarters. Most observers think it's when Apple will unveil its new iPhone 5. The invitation for the event on Oct. 4 on the company's Cupertino, Calif., campus at 10 a.m. PT may give some clues.