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A green power building spree is on the way, and much of it will be brought to you by the same people who built the nuclear and coal-fired power plants that keep the lights on now.

A New York state appeals court on Tuesday dismissed former TV newsman Dan Rather's lawsuit against CBS Corp in which Rather claimed he was made a scapegoat in a scandal over a 2004 report on then-President George W. Bush's military record.

A magnitude 7.9 earthquake shook the Pacific Ocean near American Samoa - an island in the South Pacific archipelago - today generating tsunami waves, U.S. government agencies said.

Michael Jackson's fans are ready to rock with him one last time, as next month's This Is It movie about the late pop star breaks records for advance ticket sales, the studio behind the film said on Monday.

Exelon Corp, the largest nuclear power operator in the United States, on Monday became the latest U.S. power company to say it will leave the Chamber of Commerce over that group's opposition to the climate bill.

New United Motor Manufacturing Inc (NUMMI), a joint venture between Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) and the former General Motors Corp [GM.UL] in California, will shed its entire workforce of about 4,700 by next spring, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday.

California said it had approved the most aggressive energy efficiency plan among U.S. states on Thursday, earmarking $3.1 billion to retrofit homes and other programs that will cut power needs equivalent to three medium-sized power plants.

An estimated 5.7 million U.S. families live in substandard housing, with one in every three houses in U.S. metropolitan areas plagued by health hazards, according to a study released Thursday.

Susan Atkins, one of the leading members of Charles Manson's notorious violent cult who carried out brutal murders at his behest in 1969, died in a California prison, her husband said on Friday. She was 61.

Member of the Manson cult, Susan Atkins, died Thursday night at the Central California Women's facility at 61.

Actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi were arrested on Thursday following a complaint that they had not paid a hotel bill of more than $10,000, according to U.S. authorities.

The hotel operator formerly called Hilton Hotels Corp said on Wednesday that it has changed its name to Hilton Worldwide and unveiled a new logo.

Legal entanglements and well-intentioned home-owner-assistance efforts have slowed the pace of foreclosures, but eventually many of these distressed homes will hit the market anyway.

DigitalGlobe Inc said the launch of its newest satellite has been delayed as the rocket that is set to carry it to orbit has had a delay with an earlier launch, sending its shares down about 5 percent.

Supercomputing, once the province of a select few, is fast becoming a key business tool, a trend Dell Inc (DELL.O) hopes to capitalize on.

Ever since it launched the Pre, smartphone maker Palm Inc has been quite the belle of the ball, if deal chatter is any indication.

Apple Inc and Eminem have failed to settle a lawsuit over whether the rapper's songs can be downloaded on the iTunes music service, paving the way for a federal trial to begin on Thursday.

A slew of state and local home foreclosure mediation programs have enormous potential to help homeowners, but most suffer from lack of industry accountability, according to a study released on Wednesday.

Scientists offered new hope in the fight against a difficult-to-treat skin cancer on Wednesday as an early-stage clinical trial showed an experimental drug dramatically shrank tumors.

California utility company PG&E Corp said it is quitting the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in protest over the business lobby group's extreme position on climate change.

California's attorney-general sued Los Angeles money manager Stanley Chais on Tuesday, accusing the celebrity fund manager of funneling money into Bernard Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme.