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Two toddlers were killed Friday in a trailer fire in California that was accidentally started by two older children playing with matches.

A U.S. sailor who died on Sunday of medical complications was the 3,000th life lost in the war in Afghanistan. Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan J. Wilson, 26, of Shasta, California, died May 20 in Manama, Bahrain, the Defense Department said on Friday.

Memorial Day weekend will began with windy conditions and a warning from the National Weather Service of potentially dangerous surf Saturday morning. Swells of up to 12 feet and rip currents are predicted Saturday morning, officials said. A low pressure system from the Pacific Northwest is bringing unseasonably cool weather to the Southland through Saturday morning. "It will move across South...

El ex gobernador de Baja California Sur, acusado de peculado, sólo accedió a brindar sus datos generales; dijo ser profesionista y ganar 100 mil pesos al mes

(Reuters) - The email did not mince words. It came from an officer at a California teachers union, and he was irate.

gollum123 writes with this excerpt from the NY Times: "For more than a decade, almost all processed foods in the United States — cereals, snack foods, salad dressings — have contained ingredients from plants whose DNA was manipulated in a laboratory. Regulators and many scientists say these pose no danger. But as Americans ask more pointed questions about what they are eating, popular suspicion...

Brian Banks was on "Cloud 10" Friday, his first full day of exoneration for a crime he did not commit.

All Van Jacobson wanted to do was upload a few documents to internet. The problem is that it was 1985. The internet wasn't yet called the internet. It was called the ARPAnet, and it had only recently been upgraded to the TCP/IP protocol that still underpins internet today. Jacobson was teaching a computer science course at the University of California at Berkeley, and all we wanted to to was up...

Mañana domingo, con EL PAÍS, por 1,95 euros, a la venta la comedia ‘Los chicos están bien’, protagonizada por Annette Bening y Julianne Moore

A California activist faces up to three years and eight months behind bars for spraying an irritant at a pop singer from Vietnam to protest communism.

(AP Photos) The top quotes in politics ... "There have been bad ones before, but this is by far the worst so far." — Journalist Dan Rather on the 2012 presidential campaign. “It’s nauseating to the American public." — Newark Mayor Cory Booker criticizing the Obama campaign for attacking Mitt Romney's work at Bain Capital. "That no more qualifies you to be president than being a plumber." —  Vi...

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) didn't do the best job of endearing himself to a California restaurant this week, where he and his cadre reportedly left a less-than-generous tip for the wait staff.It's not like Boehner and his entourage didn't get VIP treatment at Sam’s Chowder House in Half Moon Bay. After Secret Service agents checked out the establishment, owner Paul Shenkman told...

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. made history Friday by attaching the first private spacecraft to the international space station, a move that ultimately could change the economics and politics of U.S. space exploration.

We were encouraged, if not surprised, that the mayor has stepped across the country to California to let Big Tobacco know we will fight them everywhere. It is literally a matter of life and death.

You no doubt are familiar with the Xetum brand, based out of California.  If not, just have a look over at to the side of the page. In the past, we've reviewed their Tyndall model; today, we'll be taking a look at the Stinson. The Stinson presents as a very minimalistic three-hander, and it does it with style.  I say that for two reasons - first, it's an extremely clean dial.  Second, the lugl...

(Phys.org) -- When scientists think about the replication of information in chemistry, they usually have in mind something akin to what happens in living organisms when DNA gets copied: a double-stranded molecule that contains sequence information makes two new copies of the molecule. But researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have now shown that a different mechanism c...

RUSSELL Brand stops for pictures with two fans in hotpants after having lunch in sunny LA

The 80-year-old desperately tried to cling onto the door after apparently deciding she no longer wanted to do the jump in California - and then her harness nearly fell off.

It is often forgotten, in today's information-driven business climate, that many of the world's most prominent "Silicon Valleys" - Hsin-chu, Taiwan; Ang Mo Kio, Singapore; "Silicon Saxony", Germany; and even the original American Silicon Valley in California - were built largely or entirely on the semiconductor, or microelectronics, industry

Seattle completes a hectic month with a trip down to California to face the Goats, who recently won their first home game of 2012.

The trainer of Triple Crown contender I'll Have Another faces a 45-day suspension after a horse tested for elevated carbon dioxide levels. Preparation for the Belmont will not be affected.The bizarre and complicated world of thoroughbred blood testing and sanctions reached the mainstream Thursday, when the California Horse Racing Board penalized the trainer who has won the first two legs of the...

A political campaign in California aims to increase the price of cigarettes by one dollar and use the proceeds to fund cancer research. They’ve…

The population of endangered California condors ( Gymnogyps californianus ) hit an important milestone last month, reaching a high of 405 birds quite an achievement for a species that was down to its last 22 individuals just 25 years ago.California condors North America’s largest birds, with a wingspan of up to 1.4 meters were almost wiped out by poaching, DDT and lead poisoning before all o...

Jessica Sanchez finished in second place on season 11 of American Idol and she's okay with that A day after losing out to fellow hopeful Phillips Phillips the 16-year old powerhouse singer from Chula Vista California talked to reporters on a conference call about her experience on the show and...

Anonymous seller instead decides to donate vial containing dried blood residue to Reagan's charitable foundationA British auction house has cancelled the planned online sale of a vial containing dried blood residue said to be from Ronald Reagan after complaints from the former US president's family and foundation.The PFC Auction house said in a statement that the seller had withdrawn the item, ...

Results of a new US Geological Survey study conclude that faults west of Lake Tahoe, Calif., referred to as the Tahoe-Sierra frontal fault zone, pose a substantial increase in the seismic hazard assessment for the Lake Tahoe region of California and Nevada, and could potentially generate earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 6.3 to 6.9.

Ted Kaczynski updated his own entry in the Harvard alumni directory, just in time for his class's 50th reunion: While many of his classmates sent in lengthy updates on their lives for the 2 ½-inch-thick “red book,” the entry for “Theodore John Kaczynski” only contains nine lines. The listing says his occupation is “Prisoner,” and [...]

Good morning from The Oval, on a day when President Obama wraps up a cross-country trip devoted largely to campaigning.

Google’s Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp’s patents, a California jury has decided.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp's patents, a California jury decided, putting an indefinite hold on Oracle's quest for damages in a fight between the two Silicon Valley giants over smartphone technology.

Even as growers in California are increasing strawberry production, they are scrambling for an alternative to methyl bromide, a pesticide used for decades to protect strawberry crops that federal regulators ordered phased out by 2015.

The trainer of I'll Have Another could be facing a six-month suspension after the California Horse Racing Board decides on a case from 2010.

Dave Feldman, the longtime sports director and anchor at WTTG Fox 5, is leaving the station to return to his home market in Northern California. His last day will be next Wednesday. Multiple sources told me that Feldman’s next stop will be at CSN Bay Area, where he’ll be reunited in some manner with 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, his one-time basketball teammate at Palo Alto High. Read full article ...

Crawling with tube worms and crabs, the hydrothermal vents are the first found in the Gulf of California, scientists report.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An appeal filed in the California Supreme Court contends that two state appellate court justices owned stock in Boeing Co. while they were involved in deciding whether to reverse a multimillion-dollar award against the firm....

Internet giant Google did not infringe patents belonging to software developer Oracle, a court in California has ruled.

A California jury has ruled that Google is cleared of infringement on any patents owned by Oracle in the company’s trial to determine whether or not the search giant improperly used Java APIs while developing Android. Read full article >>

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Health officials say a person with an active case of tuberculosis who visited two Northern California neonatal intensive care units had a valid reason to be there and had not been diagnosed at the time....

The singer-songwriter’s new album makes it clear: he really digs the styles they wear

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) A great road playoff run has the Los Angeles Kings in a place they haven't been since the Great One was skating in Southern California.

Sunnyvale, California (ots/PRNewswire) -- Die jüngste Zusammenarbeit mit führenden Forschungseinrichtungen setzt die Partnerschaft in der Entwicklung neuer Technologien fort SUNNYVALE, California, 23. Mai, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated [http://www.accuray.com/] , das …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A mountain lion ventured into the center of a crowded Southern California city on Tuesday, and was shot and killed when authorities had trouble corralling the animal in the courtyard of a building, police said.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two men accused of fatally shooting a pair of Chinese graduate students at the University of Southern California were charged on Tuesday with capital murder, making them eligible to face the death penalty if convicted, prosecutors said.

Two men accused of fatally shooting a pair of Chinese graduate students at the University of Southern California were charged yesterday with capital murder, making them eligible to face the death penalty if convicted, prosecutors said.

Sierra LaMar, 15, of Northern California was kidnapped and killed at random, police say

Weird, right?? Brooke Mueller is 100% free from going to jail in her cocaine case now… as long as she doesn't drink a drop of alcohol!!! As we're sure you remember, Charlie Sheen's ex-wife plead guilty to possessing the powder poison in Aspen. But since she did it as a plea deal, prosecutors agreed [...]

California Senate Bill 1298 passed in a unanimous, bipartisan vote of 37-0 in the State Senate

SpaceX - or Space Exploration Technologies Corp. - is based in Southern California and was founded 10 years ago by Elon Musk, a billionaire co-creator of PayPal.

Forty days after it was taken offline for a bug fix, ICANN has reopened its TLD Application System, giving new gTLD applicants a week to finish off their applications. TAS will now close May 30 at 2359 UTC, which is 1559 in California next Wednesday afternoon. But applicants are being warned that waiting until the [...] Related posts:It’s worse than you thought: TAS security bug leaked new gT...

US coast guards have recovered more than four tonnes of marijuana -- 160 bales -- floating off the coast of California, in a mystery incident.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc's chief financial officer is asking the residents of Cupertino, California, to support the company's new 2.8 million square foot spaceship-like campus, which critics say would increase traffic and pressure city services.

Amir Khan is seeking an opponent after announcing he will fight in Anaheim, California, on July 7 following the cancellation of his rematch against drug cheat Lamont Peterson.

Tiger Woods is shedding some real estate on the coast.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Associated Press) -- From a park near Albuquerque, to the top of Japan's Mount Fuji, to the California coast the effect was dramatic: The moon nearly blotting out the sun creating a blazing "ring of fire" eclipse. from CBS News

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The first phases of a reimagined Fantasyland at Florida's Walt Disney World, a Disneyland attraction in California based on the "Cars" movies, and Universal Studios Hollywood's new Transformers ride top the list of new attractions at theme parks across the country in 2012....

Can life get any better than a burger ice cream under the California sun? No, not it can't. Well, maybe if it had some crispy real bacon inside. Reader Chris Rundgren found this in his local Carl's Jr. in Orange County, California. [Thanks Chris!] More »

Utl.: Shiraz California Dreamin' wurde am Abend zum schönsten Hund der Welt gekürt = Salzburg (OTS) - Die Welthundeausstellung in Salzburg wurde heute mit der Wahl zum "schönsten Hund der Welt" abgeschlossen. Drei Tage lang galt Salzburg als Welthauptstadt der Hunde. Auch heute …

Erich von Stroheim’s mutilated masterwork, “Greed,” from 1924—its hundred and forty minutes hacked by M-G-M producers from the ten-hour director’s cut—magnifies one California couple’s striving rise and craven fall into an inferno of American madness . . . (Subscription required.)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Getting married was a smart business move as well as a personal milestone for Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, with the timing of the wedding, the day after the company's initial public offering, potentially proving particularly advantageous, California divorce lawyers said on Sunday.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg tied the knot with his long time girlfriend 27-year-old Priscilla Chan in a private ceremony at his California home.

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan tie the knot at a small ceremony in Palo Alto, California, capping a busy week.

Two young men were arrested on Friday in the fatal shooting of two University of Southern California graduate students near the campus last month.

A funny thing happened when one formerly soccer-loathing MarketWatch reporter moved from California to London. He became a Chelsea fan. But don’t tell anybody.

Los Angeles police say two suspects have been arrested in the killings of two Chinese graduate students who were shot to death near the University of Southern California campus.

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Officials have lifted quarantines on two Central California dairies linked to a case of mad cow disease, after investigators found the illness didn't come from cattle feed....

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Apparently, California Gov. Jerry Brown forgot to rent "The Social Network."...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - High school kids in California, a state that limits the junk food sold in vending machines, eat fewer calories in school than kids in states without such regulations, according to a new study.

File sharing company files IP lawsuit over trademarks. BitTorrent (and especially its users) are familiar with intellectual property lawsuits. But usually they’re on the receiving end. Now the tables are turned. BitTorrent, Inc. has filed a federal lawsuit in California against BitTorrent Marketing GMBH for trademark infringement and cybersquatting. According to BitTorrent, Inc. founder Bram [...]

San Diego rockers Delta Spirit turned up on Jimmy Kimmel Live to play a few numbers from their third full-length album Delta Spirit In this clip the band rip into their new single "California"

It’s never easy to re-enter the dating pool after years away — probably especially so if you’re one of the most famous men in the world. But things seem to have worked out for Al Gore. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former VP has a serious girlfriend, we’ve learned. Read full article >>

WILD GEESE:An attraction to ‘this internet thing’ landed Lorraine Twohill a job at Google’s offices in California – and she hasn’t looked back since

If stock market floats were like video game releases, eager investors would have been camping outside Facebook’s headquarters in Palo Alto, California, for weeks.

Wunderlich Securities’s Matthew Robison today reiterates a Buy rating on chip technology designer Ceva (CEVA), writing that the Mountain View, California designer of “digital signal processors” could benefit as Nokia (NOK) switches processor makers for its “Asha” line of low-cost smartphones, which have been one of the brighter spots in Nokia’s portfolio. Robison, in fact, [...]

California governor Jerry Brown takes axe to services for elderly, poor, disabled and unemployed to close the state’s projected $15.7bn deficit

The artist draws things he saw in North Carolina, New York and California.

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Raul Castro's daughter is scheduled to visit California next week to speak at a conference of experts on Latin America during a rare U.S. trip by a member of Cuba's ruling family.

A particular section of the fault near the Semidi Islands (pictured) has not ruptured since at least 1788, and measurements on this area reveal the pressure is accumulating rapidly.

LIVERMORE, California, May 15 - Peter Sagan extended his overall lead in the Tour of California when he won Tuesday's third stage in a sprint finish, completing a rare hat-trick of stage wins in North America's most prestigious cycling event.

Facebook's employees and investors aren't the only ones who will get a windfall from the company's IPO this week.

Early behavioral intervention has shown some promise as a way to help children with autism. But it’s difficult to see the hallmarks of autism before two years of age with today’s diagnostic criteria. Could we find other methods? Seeking to answer that question is Jed Elison at the California Institute of Technology, who is working [...]

Hilary Swank is ready to touch gloves and come out fightin' -- she's filed a lawsuit against a company in Southern California for allegedly using pics of her from "Million Dollar Baby" in their ads ... without her permission.According to a lawsuit…

The mayor has gotten smoking banned in New York City bars and parks and now he is taking aim at curbing the habit in the Golden State.

University of California police this morning arrested protesters from the "Occupy the Farm" movement.

A new book by a California psychologist examines obsessions with smartphones and other devices — and suggests ways to overcome the neediness.

The rise in California’s projected budget deficit, from $9.2 billion in January, is forcing state officials to propose a new series of midyear cuts in already battered programs.

El cantante mexicano ofrece emotivo concierto en Ontario, California; el público le pide que no se vaya

Facebook executives met with potential investors in California, while the Nasdaq conducted a test of its IPO auction systems ahead of the social network's landmark debut next week.

The pastor who officiated Junior Seau's funeral service on Friday acknowledged the pain caused by the former NFL star's death.

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology are working to manufacture a smart phone attachment that works when used in conjunction with what they call sensory vapour technology.

The actor will take to the stage to host the MTV movie awards from California.

Welcome to China's version of the Hotel California. Getting into its stock market is getting easier for foreign investors. Getting out is still tricky.

Blueseed, a bizarre scheme to allow startups to dodge visa requirements, is envisioned as a stylized ocean platform criss-crossed with parks, pools and walking trails — all within 19 kilometres of the California shoreline

California pop-rock band No Doubt will be making their long-anticipated return to music with a new album on September 25, the band said on their website.  

Las imagenes grabadas por una cámara de seguridad muestran cómo Kelly Thomas, un vagabundo del condado de Orange, en California, es golpeado una y otra vez por dos policías. Los agentes usan los puños, las porras y, finalmente, emplean una pistola de descargas eléctricas.

May 8 (Reuters) - PacWest Bancorp said on Tuesday that First California Financial Group Inc (FCAL) has decided not to proceed with talks on its proposal to buy FCAL in an all-stock deal.

Two years ago Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast was just a chill 23-year-old California girl with a cat named Snacks and a record collection full of teenage kicks from the Shangri-Las to Blink-182 But after the LA duo released Crazy for You a massively catchy set of modern beach pop...

The Twins have a new shortstop, San Diego's system has produced not one, but two newly-minted potential Southern California closers, and up the coast the Giants are trying to replace the Kung Fu Panda, all in this week's Who's He?

Bwin.party digital entertainment has moved a step closer to the potentially lucrative online gambling market in the US after agreeing a partnership with a native American tribe.

Entrepreneurs and small aerospace companies based at an air and space port in California are among those thought to be leading the next phase of space exploration.

The 23-year-old actress was spotted looking extremely loved up with Austin Butler when the pair took a trip to the Huntington Library Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California.

Uncle Sam and California take big bites out of Apple; the company rightly resists

One sunny spring afternoon last year an old friend and fellow movie buff drove me to an inconspicuous two-story warehouse in Van Nuys California The building was headquarters for Industrial Light and Magic an organization of young technicians charged with the responsibility-of creating special visual effects for 'Star Wars' writer/director...

Calstrs, the California teachers’ retirement fund, has filed a lawsuit against current and former Walmart board members and executives

MILTON KEYNES athlete improves after studying form of Olympic legend Carl Lewis

by Andrea Hricko, MPH Rick Brown, PhD, a sociologist by training, was a world renowned champion of public health. Thousands of occupational health, children's health, and community health advocates who knew him are mourning his loss. Rick passed away two weeks ago of a stroke while lecturing in Kentucky. His work on health care issues (especially the lack of health insura...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic challengers raised more money than Republican incumbents in 20 competitive House races from California to Virginia during the first three months of the year. President Barack Obama's partyalso has the upper-hand in eight other districts where congressmen are retiring....

Arnold Schwarzenegger hasn't lost any of his action star mojo. The 64-year-old former governor of California proved he's still got it while making the upcoming The Last...

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A moderate earthquake off the coast of Baja California swayed buildings in Mexico City Tuesday. Mexico City's mayor says there were no immediate reports of damage in the capital....

A California mother of octuplets filed for bankruptcy yesterday after previously admitting she was on public assistance to support herself and her 14 children.

A $200,000 Lamborghini convertible owned by celebrity chef Guy Fieri that was stolen more than a year ago from a San Francisco dealership has been found in a teenage boy's storage unit in Northern California, police said Monday. 

EventsOnline.ca Signs 4 Million Dollar Investment Deal With Industry Visionary And The Co-Founder Of It's Biggest US Competitor Via California Based La Jolla Holding Co. - - Ottawa, ON Apr 30, 2012 – www.EventsOnline.ca , Canada's leading on-li...

A new survey by law professors at the University of California at Berkeley suggests that most Americans are uneasy with the idea that their phones could divulge behavioral and personal information to merchants.

The Green Berets—the U.S. Army's foreign military trainers—have remained at five stations to help African troops operate in an area the size of California, as they hunt for rebel leader Joseph Kony.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Reuters) - A dolphin who took a wrong turn from the Pacific Ocean into a Southern California wetlands became an unwitting star on Friday when scores of motorists on a nearby busy highway stopped to watch it swim in circles.

According to Bundle.com's new study, the residents of Irvine, California spend the most amount of money on their trendy threads than anywhere else in the States.

AN African elephant is still welcome at a California sanctuary even after it killed a zookeeper who was preparing to move the animal from New Zealand, the sanctuary owner said today.

One of three survivors from a California yacht wreck in which two Irish men went missing, said the moments he spent overboard felt like he was in "a washing machine filled with boulders."

One of three survivors from a California yacht wreck in which two Irish men went missing, said the moments he spent overboard felt like he was in "a washing machine filled with boulders."

Omar Ismael Zambada Apodaca y Sergio Rodolfo Cázares Zambada fueron aprehendidos en Baja California; son trasladados a las instalaciones de la SIEDO en la Ciudad de México

Un estudio de la Universidad de California divulgó que escribir mensajes de texto al conducir en carreteras causa cuatro veces más accidentes vehiculares que manejar alcoholizado

Politicians, business leaders, educators, artists and parents are making a big push to restore the arts to California public schools..

Astronomers say a loud explosion heard across a large swath of Nevada and California on Sunday morning was likely caused by a meteor.

SINGER is enjoying life in LA with her new boyfriend, dubstep producer Skrillex, and could stay there permanently

In Seth Greenland’s comic novel “The Angry Buddhist” a parade of colorful characters surrounds a congressional election in the California desert.

British discus record-holder Lawrence Okoye triumphs at the Mount Sac Relays in Walnut, California, with a third-round effort of 66.67m.

Three-night stay at Glorietta Bay Inn from $499 includes breakfast, parking and a bottle of wine

El proyecto portuario Punta Colonet en el estado mexicano de Baja California podría materializarse durante la siguiente administración, de acuerdo con el presidente de la Cámara Mexicana de la Industr...

The Punta Colonet port project in Mexico's Baja California state is possible within the next administration, according to the president of national construction chamber CMIC, Luis Zárate. "The proj...

El otro día escuche, con extrañeza, a través de la radio, la afirmación del ministro de Educación de la existencia de 80 Universidades en España, mientras que en California —con una población similar a la nuestra— tenía 10. Como he vivido 10 años en California me asombró tanto el dato que al día siguiente me metí en Internet y conté: salen 340. Solo caben tres posibilidades para este error: o e...

Military news from The New York Times, from Afghanistan to California.

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said Monday that he regretted that his frequent flights home to California on a military jet have cost taxpayers more than $800,000 since July. He gave no indication, however, that he would end the weekend commutes. Read full article >>

Santos flew to California on Wednesday to be with his wife for the birth of their second son

While the Los Angeles fashion industry is known for pulling trends from high-end runways and making them ready-to-wear, this season saw the reverse effect

Sie zielten mitten ins Gesicht: Die Pfefferspray-Attacke von Polizisten auf dem Campus der University of California löste heftige Proteste aus. Jetzt kritisiert eine Untersuchungskommission den "exzessiven Einsatz von Gewalt gegen friedliche Studenten".

American International Group (AIG) sold off much of its onetime $24 billion portfolio of real estate holdings in the wake of the financial crisis that crippled the company, but it’s now returning to the U.S. property market. As the Wall Street Journal reports, AIG is looking to branch out from its current holdings, restricted to [...]

George Lucas' film production company on Tuesday abandoned plans to build a sprawling studio in a rustic valley north of San Francisco.

Transmitted by bloodsucking kissing bugs, tropical Chagas disease--which afflicts millions in Central and South America--may affect more people in the U.S. than previously thought. Although doctors officially have recorded only seven cases of new human infections in North America, a new study found that five of 13 kissing bugs collected from California and Arizona had bitten a human host--and m...

Seit Katy Perry sich von Russell Brand getrennt hat, nimmt sich das California Gurl viel Zeit für seine Promi-Freunde. Da eine ihrer engsten Freundinnen Rihanna zurzeit mit der...

An ex-student, suspected of opening fire at a Christian college in the US, was targeting a school administrator who he felt had treated him unfairly.

A 19-year-old Indian-American student sustained bullet injuries after one of her classmates forced students to stand against a wall and opened indiscriminate fire, killing seven at a religious college in California.

A gunman opened fire at a Christian college in California today, killing at least seven people and wounding three after telling former classmates: "Get in line and I'm going to kill you all."

Suspect taken into custody after allegedly carrying out shooting spree at private Christian college in Oakland.

Police chief says the suspect was 'upset with the administration of the school' and that the suspect had been 'mistreated' and 'disrespected' by students

OAKLAND, California  - Several people were shot and a number of them killed Monday at a religious school outside San Francisco, local media reported, while police said a suspected gunman had been arrested. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that four bodies were covered with tarps outside the Oikos University in East Oakland, while the Contra Costa Times reported a number of possible ...

OAKLAND, California  - Several people were shot and a number of them killed Monday at a religious school outside San Francisco, local media reported, while police said a suspected gunman had been arrested. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that four bodies were covered with tarps outside the Oikos University in East Oakland, while the Contra Costa Times reported a number of possible ...

Shaima Alawadi was found bludgeoned to death in her California home last week, with a threatening note left beside her.

Spinnerei von Technikern und Designern? Von wegen, der vollelektrische Twizy steht ab April beim Renault-Händler. Knapp 8000 Euro kostet der halboffene Kabinenroller. Erst mal. Denn die Batterie muss extra gemietet werden.Mehr zum ThemaKurztest Nissan Murano Cabrio - California Dreamin in XXLProbefahrt Subaru BRZ - Pures FahrvergnügenProbefahrt Mercedes E 300 BlueTec Hybrid - Weniger als fünf L...

Takedown One fine night in November 2011 I got an opportunity to get my hands dirty, working on a project for the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). They were planning to seize a bunch of computing assets in New York City that were being used as part of a criminal empire that we called "DNS Changer" since that was the name of the software this gang used to i...

LITTLE Dachsund mix pooch from California is the size of an iPhone and fits into a spoon

World No 1 Yani Tseng stormed to her second straight LPGA Tour title with a commanding six-shot victory at the Kia Classic in California.

Stewart started ninth and gradually marched his way through the field during the longest green-flag run in Auto Club history.

If NBC has its way, “The Office,” currently in its eighth season and its first Steve Carell-less one, will be back for a ninth year. But it looks like that will only happen in extremely altered circumstances.Yesterday, showrunner Paul Lieberstein, who also plays the phlegmatic Tobey Flenderson, announced he would be stepping down to focus on a possible “Office” spin-off called “The Farm,” set a...

New statistics by a California professor show that the gains of the 1% ultrarich in America are even more gargantuan in comparison with the middle class

High school marching bands of Southern California are tuba-less these days, and their music directors think they know why.

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Tweet Widget Facebook Like Approximately 300 youth offenders have been sentenced to die in California’s prisons for crimes committed when they were teenagers, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The United States is the only country in the world where people who were under age 18 at the time of their crime serve sentences of life without pa...

Edel-Tuner machen auch vor Ferrari nicht halt. Ein 458 Italia, ein California oder ein Enzo mit 1000 PS! Wir haben die krassesten Exemplare zusammengestellt.Foto: AUTO BILD

Eric Thames is a California boy who reads Beowulf. Travis Snider loves the great northwest, his deluxe barbecue and an occasional feast of fried Oreos

You may not be truly shocked by any single statistic in Tracie McMillan's new book, "The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table" -- but by the time you finish reading, you'll definitely feel the impact of her cumulative case.McMillan spent months exploring the American food system from three different angles: picking produce in California fie...

Scientists tag Humboldt squid as they dive through very low-oxygen waters off the coast of California.

Golf:Bill Haas holed a monster 45-foot birdie putt to win a three-man play-off for the Northern Trust Open in California. The 29-year-old carded a final-round two-under 69 to earn a share of the overall lead with Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley - but it was on the second play-off hole that he produced the magic which earned him the win.

American is well poised to record back-to-back titles after maintaining his lead at the Northern Trust Open in California.

Eine Studie der University of California sieht das Ende der Entwicklung bei SSD bereits 2024. Die Forscher ziehen als Fazit, dass man entweder Geschwindigkeit oder Kapazität bei den eingesetzten NAND-Flash-Speichern haben könne.

BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - Facing a future where many movies will be seen in homes, Oscar organizers on Monday unveiled this year's awards show theme at an annual luncheon honoring nominees by asking fans to relish memories of why they love movies and going to theaters.

Fanfare, musique, défilé délirant de 90 modèles historiques dans les...

Tim Bajarin market analyst at Creative Strategies Inc in California gives the reaction from Silicon Valley as Facebook launches its plan to sell shares in the company for the first time.

LOS ANGELES - California police have arrested two men suspected of stealing a vintage Mercedes belonging to US actor John Travolta and recovered the car — but it was in pieces, a spokesman said Wednesday. The 1970 Mercedes-Benz 280SL was stolen last September after the “Grease” and “Pulp Fiction” star left it for only a few minutes on a Santa Monica street, while he ...

A sombre painting by a Dutch master that used to hang over a fireplace in the California home of the late film star Elizabeth Taylor sold Wednesday for $2.01 million, Christie's said.

Robin Mamlet, a former dean of admissions at Stanford University in California, and Christine VanDeVelde, a journalist, explain the alphabet of tests standing between applicants and their entry to American colleges.

Darrell Armstrong was arrested in Los Angeles and booked Tuesday on an outstanding warrant from Las Vegas.

IF Facebook goes public this year it could provide a much-needed windfall for the state of California, which faces a $8.9 billion deficit.

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Est-ce que notre "California Gurl" est sur le point de devenir célibataire ? Selon les rumeurs qui vont bon train, tout ne se passerait pas aussi bien qu'on le penserait...

The University of California public higher-education system, rocked by budget cuts, is enrolling record numbers of out-of-state and international students, who pay almost twice as much as in-state residents.

California company Makani Power is developing a flying wind turbine designed to generate cheap renewable power.

Technology Review visits Leyden Energy's pilot production line in Fremont, California to see how batteries are made.

1 EMA Past Life Martyred SaintsAlternate title She Found Hate in a Hopeful Place We all get as miserable as Erika M Andersen sometimes but we rarely approach her musical-ideas-per-miserable-minute ratio Despite her one-woman-band punk-folk approach she makes every song different If the attention-grabbing single "California" is too pushy

Federal health officials have issued warning letters to eight surgical centers and a marketing firm in California for misleading advertisements ...

OAKLAND, California (AFP) - US “occupy” protesters formed picket lines here early Tuesday after a day-long blockade of ports along the West Coast shut down a major trade cargo hub and threatened further disruption.Activists, opening a new front on the anti-capitalist campaign, had claimed victory Monday after one port was fully closed down, while freight traffic was disrupted at several others ...

“What we tend to focus on are projects that really can help people get physically better, or see the world in a different way.” I'm talking to Bob Hone of Red Hill Studios about a series of games his company has developed in collaboration with Glenna Dowling and Marsha Melnick of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), with the aid of an NIH grant.

Tiger Woods surged three shots clear at the halfway stage of the Chevron World Challenge in California after a second round of 67.

Harry Potter and cohorts will be touching down in California at Universal Studios Hollywood in a few years, according to news reports.

His dad never gave him money to buy comics. So once when he received Rs 100 from his visiting grandmother, Rajeev Madhavan used that to buy comics and then started a comics rental scheme on his bus to school that paid for more comics. It was 1980, he was in class 9 in Rajagiri High School in Cochin. The bus from home to school would take a long time to cover the distance, long enough for childr...

The DOMAINfest Global conference has set the dates for their 2012 show in Santa Monica, California. The conference, staged by DomainSponsor, will return to its popular oceanfront venue at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel but the closing night party, after 3 straight years at the Playboy Mansion, will move to a new location.

A conservation group filed a petition Wednesday to add a bumblebee from Southern Oregon and Northern California to the endangered species list.

A study deals a blow to the idea of energy from hot rock deep in the earth, as a similar project in California faces review.