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A NASA team has identified about 2,100 young star candidates in a region called the North American Nebula. The nebula is named after its resemblance to the North American continent in visible light.

A Federal court in California has denied Sony's motion to pull the personal information of Twitter and YouTube users who might have downloaded code that allows PlayStations to run with alternative operating systems.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported last night that Steve Jobs, the chief executive of Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) who recently vacated his job for a medical leave, was seen on the company’s campus recently and was “looking good.”

Applications for jobless benefits in the U.S. fell more than expected for the week ended Feb. 5, marking a drop for the second consecutive week.

Micro blogging giant Twitter is said to have held low level acquisition talks with Google Inc. and Facebook.

Orexigen Therapeutics Inc said it let go of about 40 percent of its workforce to save cash and focus resources on its experimental weight-loss drug. The drugmaker said it expects to take a charge of about $2.6 million on the job cuts, which comes on the heels of the U.S. health regulator denying approval for the drug, Contrave.

Actress Lindsay Lohan pleaded not guilty Wednesday to stealing a $2,500 necklace from a jewelry store.

Lindsay Lohan's latest shoplifting scandal has put the spotlight on celebrity shoplifters. But the question that boggles many is what drives the rich stars to steal.

The home, which was once owned by Elvis and Priscilla Presley, has been listed on the market in Beverly Hills for lease at $25,000 a month.

California-based entrepreneur Soquel, Calif., has created a new line of soda pot or marijuana soda and plans to roll out in February in Colorado.

Social network giant, Facebook, has confirmed its plans on Tuesday to move its headquarters to Sun Microsystems' former campus in Menlo Park, California.

Musical games no longer viable.

A group of 100 faculty members has written to the Orange County district attorney requesting him to drop the charges against the students, saying that they have already been sufficiently penalized and disciplined by the University administration for their misdemeanor.

UConn backup quarterback Johnny McEntee may not be getting a lot of playing time on the field, but he's getting more than enough as a viral video star.

A Sony employee accidentally re-tweeted a code that allows users to get around the security on a Playstation 3 -- at the same time the company is suing a hacker for publicizing code with a similar function.

In a recent article in Marie Claire magazine, Miley Cyrus admits it was a mistake to smoke salvia out of a bong.

Lindsay Lohan was formally charged with grand theft Wednesday for allegedly stealing a necklace worth $2,500.

By adding a laser and an ion funnel to the mass spectrometer, researchers may be better equipped to finding life on Mars.

As a microcosm of the huge financial crisis enveloping state and municipal governments across the country consider the case of Oakland, California.

Palo Alto, California-based start up Tello has launched a new mobile app that lets you rate the customer service of any employee at any business in just seconds.

Earth will have another brush with the celestial throw of dice today, with an asteroid the size of a car passing close by the planet, but astronomers have ruled out jitters.