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A pregnant woman in Iowa has suffered a miscarriage after contracting a listeria infection from infected cantaloupe melon, according to state health officials.

Shareef Allman, the dead Cupertino gunman suspected of workplace shootings, had a violent temper his ex-wife has said.

Police shot dead on Thursday a man suspected of killing three people and wounding six others during a shooting spree at a Northern California cement plant and quarry, authorities said.

Steve Jobs, almost single-handedly, turned personal technology into personal technology. Which is a truly astonishing legacy to leave.

News of the death of Apple's iconic leader, Steve Jobs, made it to the International Space Station, where a trio of astronauts are living, working -- and listening to music on iPods.

When I was growing up in Palo Alto in the 1960s, it was a town of engineers and Stanford professors. Today, it's the capital of Silicon Valley, the home of venture capitalists, titans of industry and $1 million teardowns.

While the world mourned the death of Apple founder Steve Jobs in California, many Syrians were quick to claim the computer genius as one of their own on Thursday through a little-known connection to his biological father.

When Apple announced the death of its co-founder and Chairman Steve Jobs Wednesday afternoon, friends, rivals, colleagues and even the President all responded swiftly to pay tribute and express sadness.

Amanda Knox has been offered a job in pornography by Vivid Entertainment

Amanda Knox is receiving countless offers for interviews and book deals as she struggles to reclaim a normal life in Seattle, Washington.

Steve Jobs died at his home on Wednesday night, and the sad event eclipsed most other news stories, including Sarah Palin's official decision not to run for president.

I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.

Apple fans from New York to Australia gathered to mourn the death of Steve Jobs, leaving Apple products, bouquets and heartfelt messages in tribute to the man who transformed the computing, music and phone industries.

Outpourings of public grief and appreciation swept the globe on Thursday after the death of Apple (AAPL.O) co-founder Steve Jobs.

The growing anti-Wall Street protests in New York and across the country are an understandable reaction to persistently high unemployment, a top U.S. Federal Reserve official said on Thursday.

The doctor who performed Michael Jackson's autopsy and ruled his death a homicide, Dr. Christopher Rogers, is among the potential witnesses in the eighth day of the Conrad Murray involuntary manslaughter trial today.

Monday is Columbus Day 2011 and many banks, state and local offices as well as U.S. post offices will be closed. Among the biggest celebrations is in New York, where the Columbus Day Parade will begin at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time, lasting until about 3 p.m.

Nobel Peace Prize 2011 Winner Might Want to Send Honor Back To Oslo

The search for Lisa Irwin, the missing 10-month old infant from Kansas City, Mo., has got no leads to follow and has no suspects so far, while her parents desperately pleaded whoever has their daughter to return her.

The recently freed Amanda Knox will be reunited with her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, in Seattle, after the two were cleared in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

October is here, and Halloween is near. Pumpkins are about, a chill is in the air, and the colors of black and orange mingle on store shelves with piles of assorted, small candies -- meaning it's time for Halloween Costumes 2011.

Winter is coming, and already the Rockies in Utah and Colorado are experiencing the first significant snowfall of the late fall season at elevations above 8,000 feet. Some areas will get between six and 16 inches of high mountain snow before it's over. But that's business as usual for the Rockies. It's areas like Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia where eyes are cast upon the winter forecast.

The complicated love affairs of Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's personal doctor, became public at the high-profile involuntary manslaughter trial of the doctor when, on Tuesday, Oct. 4, the doctor's three mistresses took the witness stand.

Prince Harry spending two months in U.S. for military training.

Lisa Irwin is 10-month-old and was last seen on her crib when her mother had checked on her. She was reported missing 5 hours later when her father came home after he got back home after a late night shift at work. Around 300 officers are trying their best, looking out for the baby using helicopters, searching all terrain vehicles and door to door interviews to find the little girl from Missouri who went missing on lare Monday night.

Steve Jobs did not leave behind an autobiography as he embraced death, which he termed as the change agent in life. Many biographies have been written about him, some of them taking a cynical point of view about the man who revolutionized the modern electronics world.

A couple suspected in the brutal stabbing death of an elderly woman in Washington state were arrested in California on Wednesday driving the car of a man found slain in Oregon, police said.

Thousands of people, including labor unionists, swelled the ranks of Occupy Wall Street protesters to march across Lower Manhattan Wednesday.

A couple suspected in the brutal stabbing death of an elderly woman in Washington state were arrested in California on Wednesday driving the car of a man found slain in Oregon, police said.