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Astronomers have announced the discovery of an uncommon planet that is located some 200 light years away from Earth with two suns.

Nearly right after reports surfaced that Apple lost another prototype -- this time the anticipated iPhone 5 -- the company is taking steps to ensure it keeps things safe, moving to create a global security force.

Shortly after reports surfaced that Apple lost another sensitive prototype -- this time the iPhone 5 -- the company is taking steps to ensure it keeps its devices safe.

Rep. Ron Paul won the California straw poll on Saturday, receiving almost half of all the votes.

Searchers looking for Michelle Le found a decomposed body on a dirt trail this weekend and officials at Alameda County coroner's will now determine whether it belongs to the missing nursing student.

Seven states, including California, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and New York, have joined the lawsuit to stop AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile USA, the Justice Department said Friday. Previously, AT&T had proposed a $39 Billion deal to purchase T-Mobile.

The Indian government has reported that at least eight people died in India and Nepal, and at least three people died when a building in Kathmandu collapsed. The quake also created a number of mudslides on the outskirts of Gangtok, India, killing at least one man who was trapped inside his car.

British oil major BP remains committed to reaching its oil production targets at Iraq's huge Rumaila field and is not renegotiating contract terms, the company's chief executive Bob Dudley said on Sunday.

A search team in California looking for missing nursing student, Michelle Le, discovered a badly decomposed body on Saturday near a dirt trail in the Bay Area community of Sunol, east of Hayward, about 50 miles (80km) southeast of San Francisco, said Sgt. J.D. Nelson of the Alameda County Sheriff's Department.

Many California schools are barring students from classes if they haven't received a whooping cough vaccine, in accordance with a state law passed last September. Thousands of students still have not gotten the vaccine.

Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann drew a rousing reception from Republicans at their California convention on Friday, raising hopes the Tea Party favorite might be able to put a faltering campaign back in gear.

Kepler-16b was seen orbiting two stars, about 200 light-years from Earth.Scientists say that the discovery of this Saturn-sized, circumbinary planet shows just how much diversity there are among the planets in our galaxy.

Presidents, most governors and senators have to be as sterile, inoffensive, lackluster and bland as possible.

Toyota: 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid to Get 87 MPG in Electric Mode.

The fact of the matter is that violent crime in the United States has been falling across the board for at least the past five or six years.

Since March, California employers have added only a net 11,000 jobs.

Boone also doesn’t think Obama is a Christian.

Clad in Republican power red, GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann had a sit-down with Jay Leno, one of many comedians whose sport it is to takes jabs at the Minnesota congresswoman.

Seven U.S. states have joined the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) lawsuit to block AT&T's $39 billion proposed merger with T-Mobile.

University of California (UC) regents and other officials engaged in a debate on Thursday over whether they should raise the tuition in the coming years and discussed how to raise funds to support the budget. They proposed a long-term budget plan that included a tuition hike as much as 16 percent every year. Nevertheless, the debate did not reach any conclusion and they will not vote for the budget until November.

Solid evidence is often missing from the practice guidelines used by obstetrician-gynecologists across the U.S., a new study shows.