Foster children who statistically face a greater risk of identity theft than adults or other children may be protected from having their identities stolen or exploited, under a new law, proposed by a Rhode Island congressman.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 09, 2011
A recording of Michael Jackson's slurred and incoherent speech was played in court on Wednesday, Oct. 5, as the involuntary manslaughter trial of Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray entered the seventh day.
Wendy Li
Oct 09, 2011
A recording of Michael Jackson's slurred and incoherent speech was played in court on Wednesday, Oct. 5, as the involuntary manslaughter trial of Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray entered the seventh day.
Wendy Li
Oct 09, 2011
Representatives of the two ex-lovers--Blake Lively and Leonardo DiCaprio confirmed to Us Weekly on Oct. 4 that the ex-lovers’ five-month dating had ended, but the couple will “remain friends.”
Wendy Li
Oct 09, 2011
Authorities say they have notified the family of a missing Everett man after a body was found in a black Jeep recovered late Friday off a logging road in a remote area of Linn County, Ore. Police say they are waiting to confirm if the body belongs to a man whose wife was slain in the couple's Washington home on Sept. 28.
Laura Matthews
Oct 09, 2011
California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday vetoed legislation that would have allowed California universities to consider race and gender in student admissions, even though Brown said he agreed with its goal.
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Oct 09, 2011
Astronomers have detected pulsed gamma rays from the neutron star at the heart of the Crab Nebula with energies far higher than their theoretical pulsar models can explain.
Bhaskar Prasad
Oct 09, 2011
Roger Williams, known as the Pianist to the Presidents, died on Saturday at the age of 87 in his California home after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer, his former publicist said.
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Oct 09, 2011
Steve Jobs may have passed away, but his legacy will continue as the gadget wizard left behind plans and concepts for four years of new products, including iPhones, iPads, iPods, and MacBooks.
Kukil Bora
Oct 09, 2011
Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday signed the second half of the two-part California Dream Act, which makes illegal immigrant students eligible for state-funded scholarships and aid at state universities.
salil jose
Oct 08, 2011
Arnold Schwarzenegger, former body-builder, action hero, and ex-governor notable for his role as The Terminator, returned to his two-story childhood home in Thal, Austria for a formal inauguration of a museum dedicated to his life.
Julia Greenberg
Oct 08, 2011
Gov. Jerry Brown signed the second half of the two-part California Dream Act on Saturday, which will make undocumented immigrant students in California eligible for state-funded financial aid for college.
Nadine DeNinno
Oct 08, 2011
Police are investigating two new leads Saturday in the story of missing baby Lisa Irwin while her parents, Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Iwrin, announced they are organizing a monetary reward hoping it will lead to more information.
Julia Greenberg
Oct 08, 2011
California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a bill giving illegal immigrant college students access to state-funded financial aid, the second half of two-part legislation known as the Dream Act.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 08, 2011
Oakland Raiders owner and Pro Football Hall of Famer Al Davis died at his home in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday at the age of 82. National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell called Davis a true legend of the game.
Laura Matthews
Oct 08, 2011
The world will never be the same following the death of the 56-year-old tech visionary Steve Jobs, who has often been hailed as one of the greatest of American innovators.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 08, 2011
California's burgeoning olive oil producers are counting on a newly enacted state labeling law to persuade more consumers that American brands are more virginal than their imported rivals.
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Oct 08, 2011
Hailed as one of the world's greatest visionaries and innovators,the death of Apple co-founder and long-time CEO this week moved much of the world in rememberance and appreciation of the innovator and consumer technology pioneer. Jobs, who died on Wednesday at the age of 56 after a long battle with illness, was reportedly memorialized in a private funeral ceremony.
David Magee
Oct 08, 2011
Apple Inc.'s Steve Jobs may not have invented personal computers, mobile phones, or portable music players, but he surely did revolutionize the way the world lived with them, from the 1970s onward.
Aditi Mathur
Oct 08, 2011
The pilot of a small plane was forced to land in the Pacific Ocean after running out of fuel while flying from California to Hawaii on Friday afternoon.
salil jose
Oct 08, 2011
Shark fin soup will disappear from the Golden State's menu in January 2013 under legislation signed into law on Friday by California Governor Jerry Brown.
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Oct 07, 2011
Federal prosecutors announced a crackdown on Friday on what they call California's massive commercial marijuana trade, including medical pot dispensaries they say are often fronts for illegal for-profit drug distribution.
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Oct 07, 2011
