CALIFORNIA

Scientists worldwide are baffled and shocked at the claims made by physicists that they had successfully recorded subatomic particles traveling at speeds higher than light.

Consumer electronics giant Samsung said this weekend that its popular Galaxy S2 smartphone sold over 10 million units globally, making it the most-sold Android phone in the world, but it still has a ways to go before it catches up to Apple.

The announcement of the iPhone 5 will take place at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. on Oct. 4, a change from the original location of Yerba Buena Center for Arts, several sources have said.

Consumer electronics giant Samsung said on Sunday that its venerable Galaxy S2 smartphone reached 10 million units sold globally, making it the most sold Android phone and positioning it for a bout with Apple.

Jeffrey Jethro Pettigrew of Hells Angels was shot and killed Friday during a casino fight and now the mayor of Sparks, Nevada -- where the killing took place -- is under a state of emergency, authorities said.

Hurricane Hilary 2011 will likely weaken next week from its current Category 3 strength, but the storm may turn into central or northern California before it's done, ultimately bringing needed rain to the Southwest, including Texas.

NASA said 26 components of its Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), weighing a total of 1,200 pounds, could have survived the fiery fall and landed on the surface of the Earth. The space agency said the UARS fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT on Friday and 1:09 a.m. Saturday.

The FBI has paid a $2.1 million reward to tipsters who provided information leading to the June arrests of former crime boss James Whitey Bulger and his girlfriend, who were captured after 16 years on the run together.

Women with an aggressive type of advanced breast cancer can live significantly longer without their disease getting worse if they are treated with an experimental armed antibody drug from Roche, researchers said on Sunday.

Unionized Southern California supermarket employees at Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons ratified a contract deal reached last week that averted a threatened strike, said the union representing the workers.

NASA said UARS satellite debris that came crashing to Earth today appears to have dropped into the Pacific Ocean away from the western coast of the U.S. though the agency doesn't know exactly where it landed and may never know.

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, believe they are on their way to learning, and possibly seeing, what exactly is going on in the human mind through advancements in brain imaging.

A California councilman named Derek Reeve is under fire for he avowed in a council meeting on Sept. 6 that he named one of his two dogs after Muhammad-- the Muslim prophet. However, Muslims regard dog as unclean. The other dog is named America.

Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's doctor, has been charged with overdosing pop icon Michael Jackson with a drug that led to the death of the singer. If convicted, Murray would be sentenced up to four years prison.

A peace treaty between California's government and Amazon.com Inc became official on Friday with Governor Jerry Brown's signature on legislation striking a compromise between the two sides on taxing online sales.

Health insurer Humana Inc (HUM.N) agreed to acquire privately held MD Care for an undisclosed amount on Friday to expand its Medicare plans for the elderly in California.

Solar panel installer SolarCity said on Friday it was the second company in as many days that will not get finalization of U.S. government loan aid by a September 30 deadline.

Ten Muslim college students in California were convicted and sentenced to probation on Friday for disrupting a speech at their university by Israel's ambassador to the United States.

Senator Dianne Feinstein's campaign sued its former treasurer and the First California Bank on Friday, seeking the return of millions of dollars in missing funds the campaign believes were embezzled.

Regulators closed two banks -- one in Norfolk, Virginia and the other in Nevada City, California -- on Friday, bringing the total number of closures this year to 73.

Those around the world afraid that NASA's falling UARS satellite might come crashing down upon them can rest easy. NASA said the satellite initially penetrated the Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean and most of it is believed to have burned up. NASA has not confirmed where it landed, but the agency said re-entry occurred during a two-hour period.