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Scientists announced on Friday that a satellite orbiting Mars has discovered that a huge crater on the red planet was once a water-filled lake.

A satellite orbiting Mars has found evidence that a huge crater on the Red Planet was once a water-filled lake and striking new images of the surface has been released. The new images were captured by the European Space Agency's Mars Express satellite, which have been orbiting Mars since 2003.

A major fire spanning more than 500 acres along Cajon Pass has led evacuation orders, closed down the Interstate 15, and created long delays for motorists who may want to head to Las Vegas over the Labor Day weekend. Evacuations have been ordered for parts of the nearby community of Oak Hills.

A fast-moving brush fire along Cajon Pass has consumed about 500 acres, damaged one home and closed down Interstate 15, officials said on Friday.

A brush fire broke out in the middle of a major California interstate on Friday and spread to a nearby neighborhood, threatening homes and forcing the highway's closure.

Amazon.com has offered to create 7,000 jobs in the company's California distribution centers if lawmakers agree to put a recently enacted online sales tax law on hold until 2014.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium has placed its sixth ever great white shark on exhibit.

A top California lawmaker unveiled legislation on Friday to help advance a proposal for building a new stadium in downtown Los Angeles to bring the National Football League back to the second-largest U.S. city.

Bipartisan committee will meet same day as Obama's economy speech.

The city of Oakland is set to hold the country's first marijuana street fair this weekend in order to educate the public about the medical uses of the plant.

Don't let the recession get you down: Vintage automobiles that belonged to celebrities are on display.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has cast himself as the true conservative among Republican presidential candidates, but his record on immigration could tell a different tale.

The photo of Juan Osornio Martinez, a 55-year old homeless man who is suspected in a woman’s death has been released.

Jury unable to reach verdict.

UCLA Chris Jeon decided he wanted something a little different for his summer vacation.

Investigators have concluded that the death of Rebecca Zahau, who was found hanging naked at millionaire Jonah Shacknai's mansion in Coronado, Calif., in July was a suicide, the dead woman's sister said on Thursday.

America's nuclear power plants are more vulnerable to earthquakes causing catastrophic disasters than previously thought, according to an analysis of government data.

When the U.S. went to war with al-Qaida almost a decade ago after the terrorist organization launched a deadly attack against the U.S., killing thousands and taking down New York's World Trade Center towers, the contest seemed un-winnable at times. Over the past decade, some pundits and experts even labeled it that -- the un-winnable war. But now that the U.S. has reportedly killed Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda's second-in-command in Pakistan last month, and largely disbanded the organization...

Officials have ruled the death of Rebecca Zahau, the girlfriend of San Diego billionaire Jonah Shacknai, as a suicide, but family members say they believe she was murdered and they have an inkling who did it.

It has been almost a decade since Katik Porter, 38, seen her son, but she came forward and made contacted with child protection services and asked that she be made a part of court proceedings regarding his custody, according to Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom.

The Alaska quake on Friday registered a magnitude-7.1 and sparked a tsunami warning south-east of the remote Aleutian Islands.