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During a test drive on Sunday, a Lamborghini Aventador worth $400,000 went up in flames in San Joaquin Hills in a spontaneous episode caught on video.

Columbia University on Monday announced the 2012 Pulitzer Prize winners and there was no winner in the fiction category this year.

Fans have been waiting a long time for Blizzard’s upcoming “Diablo 3” release, and now they might be able to gain some insight as to why the process has taken so long. The company has released its latest Developer Diary video, featuring Game Director Jay Wilson, Art Director Christian Lichtner and Lead Software Engineer Jason Regier.

There has been a lot of hype about the upcoming DLC pack set to hit “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.” Developer Bethesda hasn’t given an official release date for the additional content, the company may have released the first screenshot of what’s to come.

On Sunday, thousands of people commemorated the 100-year anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. In order to memorialize the fallen victims of the ship, relatives, enthusiasts and well wishers attended ceremonies across the globe.

The 2012 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced on Monday.

Jeffrey Neely, who is at the center of a congressional probe into the spending scandal at the General Services Administration, or GSA, has asserted his right to remain silent while former administrator Martha Johnson apologized for spending $823,000 at a Las Vegas conference in 2010.

Patriot's Day 2012 is not just about the Boston Marathon, a Red Sox day game and time off from work.

An engineering contest asking students to use simple materials to create a novel product may have led to a new fix for the scourge of drivers everywhere -- potholes.

George Zimmerman's bond hearing is set for Friday. What can you expect to happen during the court appearance?

Darlene Mayes, 73, was arrested on Monday, April 9, after police raided her picturesque farmhouse and found several pounds of marijuana, two guns, and about $277,000 in cash.

Samsung has confirmed that a Windows 8 phone will be launched around October 2012, according to Taiwanese reports. The handset devices, codenamed “Apollo,” are said to add support for a quad-core processor and higher display resolutions.

An autopsy report released last week showed a 5-year-old Colorado girl died from overdosing on two different cold medicine drugs.

Not one person was reported murdered in El Salvador on Saturday, which is revered as the first murder-free day in almost here years for the country that is being hijacked by violent drug gangs.

Armed inmates held three wardens and approximately 100 civilians hostage at a prison in Brazil after hundreds of rioting prisoners took over the facility on Sunday afternoon, demanding better conditions.

A man who was critically injured on Sunday, when a tornado swept through Woodward, Okla., has died, bringing the death toll from the Midwest tornadoes to six. Reports are that the seriously injured man died in hospital overnight.

Apple’s new iPad has been available in the United States and Europe for over a month now, but the device has yet to expand globally. The Cupertino-based company is looking to change that, announcing that the next generation tablet will make its debut in 21 additional countries starting on April 20th.

The suspects in the Tulsa, Okla., shooting spree were arraigned on Monday, and pleas of not guilty were entered for both defendants Jake England and Alvin Watts.

The search and rescue for four yacht crew members who were racing around the Farallon Islands off Northern California during the Full Crew Farallones Race, has been suspended indefinitely by the Coast Guard.

The General Services Administration, or GSA, will undergo a series of hearings this week that will take a deeper look into its culture of wasteful spending. The two House and two Senate committees are expected to probe beyond the more than $800,000 spent at the Las Vegas conference.

Fans of the epic RPG adventure game “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” have been patiently awaiting new downloadable content. Developer Bethesda Softworks assured fans that the DLC on its way, but console fans may be receiving the additional content packs before PC players.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday, commented for the first time on the scandal surrounding the Secret Service saying that he will wait for the full investigation before passing final judgment.

The New York Fed reported on Monday slowing growth within the manufacturing sector in March, with overall sentiments remained positive and employment improved despite difficulty finding highly-skilled labor.

Children were drawn into the labor force throughout most of American history. However, it was not up until the early decades of the 20 century during the Industrial revolution that child labor peaked drastically.

An investigation has been launched in Argentina to find the person responsible for mistakenly pronouncing a new-born baby, dead.

BioWare recently released the Resurgence downloadable content pack to accompany Mass Effect 3, which was one of the company's responses to fans unsatisfied with the game's ending. The additional content is free for players to download, but it wasn't originally intended to be that way.

A tornado sweeping through southern Wichita, Kan., on Saturday left in its wake significant damage, but no major injuries. City and county officials have told the media that a preliminary estimate of the overall loss in the Wichita area is about $283?million.

A tornado that ripped through the northwest Oklahoma city of Woodward on Sunday, has left five people dead, 29 injured and dozens of homes destroyed. Three young girls are among the dead. Thirteen business have been destroyed and some 8,000 people were without power, according to reports.

It may be fun to watch the pictures of an overcrowded train with thousands of passengers trying to fit in the space by hanging or clinging the rods and the edges or a farmer trying to control an overloaded cart with his horse lifted in the air due to weight.