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Kidnap victim from California, Jaycee Dugard, went to court against the federal government on Thursday, accusing it of not supervising her kidnapper while he was on parole, during which time he captured her and held her for 18 years.

The mystery surrounding the twin deaths at businessman Jonah Shacknai's mansion in Coronado, Calif., deepened as it emerged that doctors thought the fall injuries suffered by Max Shacknai were inconsistent with the cause of his death.

Hewlett Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ) named Meg Whitman as president and chief executive officer, while Ray Lane has moved from non-executive chairman to executive chairman of the board.

U.S. gold futures posted their steepest losses in a month on Thursday, dragged down by a global flight from risk that raises new questions about bullion's value as a safe haven and the sustainability of its long rally.

Forbes' latest list of billionaires, which was published on Wednesday, has a few surprises on it. The world has now 1,210 billionaires, with a total net worth of $4.5 trillion. The number of billionaires has doubled in China while Moscow surpasses all other cities in the number of billionaires.

The iPhone 5, or iPhone 4S, as it has at times been rumored to be named, is expected to debut sometime in October. If the latest rumor about its release date is to be believed, Oct. 4 will witness the much-awaited product launch of the iPhone 5 this year. Here are the top features that iPhone 5 can't afford to lose.

Hewlett-Packard has announced that Meg Whitman would be the company's new chief executive officer

Arnold Schwarzenegger is writing a memoir about his rise to fame and unlikely transition from Austrian-born champion bodybuilder to Hollywood action star to California governor, his publisher said on Thursday.

A pair of the iconic ruby red slippers from The Wizard of Oz is going up for auction with an estimated price of $2 - $3 million.

Hewlett-Packard has announced that Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay, will be the new Chief Executive Officer of the company. She will be the fourth CEO of HP in six years.

Kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard on Thursday sued the federal government and accused it of failing to monitor the felon who grabbed her off a Northern California street as a child and held her for 18 years.

For the first time, a map of the salinity of the ocean surface, which is a key component of the earth's surface, has been produced by NASA's new Aquarius instrument. This has provided an early glimpse of the mission's anticipated discoveries.

Pat Hughes left the bar he owns in New York City, flew across the country and showed up at 4:45 a.m. Wednesday morning to stand in line.

Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped and held captive for 18 years, has sued the federal government for failing to supervise her captor, Phillip Garrido, who was on federal parole at the time of her kidnapping.

Fourteen states have people infected from listeria-tainted cantaloupes.

Hewlett-Packard will be firing CEO Leo Apotheker and replacing him with Meg Whitman, the company announced Thursday afternoon.

It has been barely a year since HP's last CEO shakeup and already the company is moving in a new direction, dismissing Léo Apotheker and bringing Meg Whitman on board as full time CEO.

Leo Apotheker won’t remain CEO of Hewlett-Packard into a second year. Directors of the world’s biggest computer maker ousted him in favor of the former head of eBay, Meg Whitman, who lacks computer experience.

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, say they have made a breakthrough in brain imaging that may one day enable victims of coma, strokes and other neurodegenerative disease to communicate what's in their mind.

Meg Whitman will replace Leo Apotheker as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, sources have reported.

CDC report blames bad use of insecticide on death of 65-year-old woman.