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The East Coast was rocked by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake Tuesday, sending vibrations from as far south as North Carolina to as far north as Toronto.

No, you're not imagining it: East Coast earthquakes affect and can be felt by a wider region than West Coast earthquakes -- and there's a good geological reason for that.

Apple Inc will release a cheaper iPhone 4 within weeks, jeopardizing profit margins to win lower-end customers from rivals such as Nokia in China and other emerging markets.

The Virginia earthquake Aug. 23 was unusual for the region, although not unprecedented. Earthquakes, though fairly commonplace along the Pacific Coast, are few and far between on the Atlantic Coast because of its different geological structure.

The Dwarf planet 2007 OR10 was nicknamed Snow White, after astronomers found that half the surface of the planet is covered in ice but the surface of the planet looks like a rosy, red-tinged M&M, which has led to the possibility that the planet will be re-named.

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va., shook much of Washington, D.C., and was felt as far north as Rhode Island and New York City.

A mild earthquake is believed to have impacted the East Coast region in the early afternoon, notching a 5.8 magnitude earthquake between Richmond, Va. and Charlottesville, Va.

BART officials shut down two San Francisco stations on Monday night, while San Francisco police arrested 40 people during another OPBart protest.

It may look fresh and the label may read sustainable, but Chilean sea bass is not always what it appears to be on store shelves, a biologist from Clemson University has found. Some of the fish labeled in shops are not sustainable and some are not Chilean sea bass at all.

Police have arrested a woman who they say threw her baby out of a parking garage.

The Tea Party Patriots have denounced Rep. Maxine Water's telling them to go straight to hell, and are calling on President Obama to do the same.

Kim Kardashian reportedly got a text from her ex-boyfriend Ray J on her wedding day on Saturday reminding her of the 2007 sex tape they created.

BART has placed the two policemen involved in the incident on paid leave, but it hasn't explained why they shot the homeless man.

Kim insists the NYC reception is a welcome to NY party

Hill was the fifth person killed by BART police since 1992.

Another day of interrupted commuting has tension riding high.

Police describe incident as crime, not accident.

Hurricane Irene is heading towards the U.S. East Coast and is forecast to make a possible landfall in mainland U.S. in Florida, Georgia or California by the end of the week.

In posh California style, reality star Kim Kardashian married her beau Kris Humphries on Aug. 20, 2011, at a private estate in Montecito.

Four leading Republican presidential candidates have pulled even with President Barack Obama in a new poll, signaling a close race in 2012.

A convicted murderer who escaped from a California prison camp over three decades ago has been recaptured thanks to a clue gleaned from his dying mother, authorities said on Monday.