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Nadia Lockyer, the former Alameda County supervisor, has added legal troubles to her marital woes after she was arrested on drug and child endangerment charges for allegedly having methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in her home.

Ten months after betting the company on the success of the Kindle Fire, Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos plans to redouble his effort Thursday when he displays its successor as well as new members of the Kindle e-reader line in California.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's speech to the Democratic National Convention.

Four U.S. Marines were arrested in Long Beach, Calif. after allegedly beating a man outside of a gay bar over Labor Day weekend. The Marines allegedly made anti-gay slurs before attacking the man.

The Democratic Party's quadrennial nominating party is underway, and the days preceding President Obama's climactic acceptance speech are crammed with party luminaries and promising up-and-comers. After First Lady Michelle brought down the house on Tuesday night, here's a list of what lies ahead:

Of the 10,000 people thought to be at risk of contracting hantavirus pulmonary syndrome from their stays in Yosemite between June and August, some 2,500 live outside the United States.

Facebook's (FB) stock continued to witness swinging fortunes as its prices hit an all-time low of $17.55 Tuesday before closing at $17.72, almost 1.82 percent lower than the previous close. Amidst the fluctuating fortunes, CEO Mark Zuckerberg declared that he would not sell any shares at least for another one year.

Gorgeous supermodel Marisa Miller is expecting a baby boy, and she hasn’t been afraid to show off her baby bump. The model and actress recently tweeted a photo of her growing baby bump on her birthday, in an underwater photo. “Thanks so much for all the sweet birthday wishes!” Miller wrote to fans. “Love you all! I had the best day and spent most of it underwater…”

California Highway Patrol Officers have located the vehicle believed to be connected to the shooting of a CHP officer on Interstate 680 in Alamo Tuesday. Reports indicate that one of the two suspects is still at-large.

The two assassins had approached the Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco on motorcycles as she exited a butcher shop in Medellin, where they delivered two fatal bullets into her skull and left the 69-year-old's body lying in the street.

Labor Day 2012 is finally here, marking the end of summer and bringing in the autumn season. The national holiday is a time for a lazy break from work, a final summer barbeque and major retail sales.

Samsung Electronics (005930) appears to be taking stock of things after the California jury ordered the South Korean giant to pay $1.05 billion in damages to Apple (AAPL) for violating patents pertaining to iPhone and iPad.

Thousands of visitors to the Angeles National Forest in California were evacuated when a wildfire broke out in the East Fork San Gabriel Canyon off State Route 39 Sunday.

With just 10 days to go for the Apple September 12 event, a new video on Vietnamese portal Tinhte.vn showcases redesigned earphones that is likely to accompany the next-generation iPhone.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (KRX: 005930) on Saturday accused Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) of resorting to litigation in an attempt to limit consumer choice after the iPhone maker said it was seeking to halt U.S. sales of Galaxy S3 smartphones.