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In an 8 minute video news report, former U.S. Prosecutor Richard Fine outlines his strategy to return integrity to the California Court system and the reasons why State Superior Court Judges cannot sit on cases where they have received money from parties who appear before them.

The University of Chicago is all set to launch its first ever school of engineering with a new Institute for Molecular Engineering, set up in collaboration with the Argonne National Laboratory.

NASA finds itself in a sticky situation over the meteorite alien life report from one of its own.

Shares of TomoTherapy Inc. (NASDAQ: TOMO) touched a new 52-week high of $4.70 on Monday after it agreed to be acquired by Accuray Inc. (NASDAQ: ARAY) for $4.80 a share in cash and stock or a total of about $277 million.

At a time law graduates would sell their arms and legs and maybe something more to get into a BigLaw, a Sidley Austin associate has dumped his cushy job to go hiking from Delaware to California with a tent and his dog, Mabel.

The death knell for embattled BigLaw Howrey could ring as early as this week with firm partners reportedly set to vote on winding down its operations.

Western Digital said it agreed to buy Hitachi, Ltd.'s (NYSE:HIT) Global Storage Technologies unit for $4.3 billion in a cash and stock deal.

The new combined company will retain the Western Digital name and location.

Shares of Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) touched a new 52-week high of $45 on Friday. The compay said March 1 that it still predicts first quarter sales to decline 1 percent to 5 percent sequentially.

Shares of EXFO Inc (NASDAQ: EXFO) touched a new 52-week high of $12.86 on Friday. The company said it extends its optical transport network testing capabilities to qualify 100G/40G Ethernet client services.

Google, after removing at least 50 malicious apps from the Android Market, said it will now remove those apps from the devices as well by using remote application removal feature.

The surveillance tape showing troubled actress Lindsay Lohan shopping at a boutique, where she allegedly stole a $2,500 necklace, could soon hit Internet. Kamofie & Co. a boutique jewelry store in Venice, California, has sold the surveillance tape to a company that licensed it to a popular entertainment news show to an undisclosed sum.

Just as other tablets began entering the market, Apple earlier this week unveiled the latest iteration of its iconic iPad, dealing what some experts see a death blow to the prospects of rivals.

The U.S. Air Force's second mysterious robotic mini space vehicle, X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, blasted off from Cape Canaveral, carrying classified payload. Soon after the launch a media blackout shrouded the mission, fuelling speculation about its possible military purposes.

A decade after the release of Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft is making another attempt to rid the world of the browser.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc is being drawn into the criminal trial of one-time hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam, as prosecutors plan to show an insider-trading conspiracy involving a former director at the Wall Street bank.

University of California, Berkeley students ended a potentially dangerous protest atop the fourth story ledge of one of the buildings on campus on Thursday, as they demanded a halt to cuts in the school's budget.

In the wake of the failure of the Glory mission, NASA is setting up a mishap investigation board to find out what happened.

NASA said its Glory mission launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Friday at 5:09:45 a.m. EST failed to reach orbit.

Foreign banks have not gotten the message when it comes to helping American clients avoid paying taxes, a top U.S. tax prosecutor said on Thursday.

The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless aid hit the lowest level in more than 2-1/2 years last week and service sector hiring picked up in February, signs the labor market recovery was quickening. Another report on Thursday confirmed business productivity picked up a bit in the fourth quarter