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The iPhone5 is an upgrade, not a completely new type of product. So why all the excitement?

Global Equities Research has reduced its profit and estimate of Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), saying the internet firm is still losing advertising dollars on display and search properties to Google and other sites.

Supermodel and wife of English musician, Seal, Heidi Klum was an image of elegance, poise and glamour as she launched her new fragrance Shine at the Mondrian Hotel in California.

Prehypertension, which is blood pressure at the higher end of the normal range, appears to be associated with a greater risk of stroke, according to a meta-analysis.

Internet bargain hunters from Southern California who bought discounted round-trip bus tickets through Groupon and Voice Daily Deals to visit Las Vegas on the cheap were left stranded when the buses never showed up, broke down or were hours late, according to media reports.

A decade-long study of 135,000 men found that those who did not have children had a higher risk of dying from heart disease than those who did, raising new questions over the links between fertility and overall health, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

Bank of America (BAC.N) Merrill Lynch has recruited three former Wells Fargo advisers and one former Morgan Stanley Smith Barney adviser to join its California, Connecticut and Wyoming offices, the firm said late on Monday.

Student Republicans holding a bake sale at UC Berkeley to mock diversity efforts by state legislators were met on Tuesday by about 200 silent, black-clad protesters but little in the way of acrimony.

Student Republicans at the University of California at Berkeley have stirred up the famously left-wing campus with plans for a sale of baked goods priced according to the race and gender of buyers.

Former professional basketball player Javaris Crittenton, accused of killing a young mother of four in a drive-by shooting in Georgia, was released from jail on a $230,000 bond early on Wednesday, authorities said.

Debris from a defunct six-tonne NASA science satellite that crashed to Earth on Saturday fell harmlessly in a remote area of the South Pacific Ocean, NASA said on Tuesday.

The U.S. Energy Department finalized loan guarantees for two major solar projects on Wednesday, as the deadline loomed for the government's renewable-energy incentive program.

Newer antipsychotic drugs are often prescribed for conditions they aren't approved to treat, with questionable benefits, according to a study.

A new research review confirms that people with diabetes have a somewhat increased risk of colon cancer -- but the reasons for the connection, and what should be done about it, remain unclear.

Gasoline gained 3.5 cents on Wednesday in the Los Angeles market after the U.S. government reported that West Coast stockpiles fell last week, traders said.

Scientists might be able to predict climate change with more accuracy after discovering that plants consume carbon dioxide 25 percent faster than previously thought.

President Barack Obama urged students on Wednesday to pursue learning after high school to brighten the United States' future and restore its preeminence in education.

Fitch Ratings affirms the 'AA+' ratings on the following Santa Margarita/Dana Point Authority, CA (the authority) general obligation (GO) and GO refunding bonds:

FThe man credited with creating Doritos will be buried along with some of his beloved snack chips, his family told Reuters on Tuesday.

The Obama administration will push back the release of the most ambitious proposal ever for automakers to improve fuel efficiency of their passenger cars, sport utility vehicles and pickups.

A listeria outbreak linked to cantaloupe has sickened 72 people and killed between 13 and 16, making it the deadliest food-borne outbreak in the United States in more than a decade -- and the toll is expected to rise in October.