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Transgender hoops player Gabrielle Ludwig almost quit the women’s basketball team at Mission College before the season ever started. Now, she plays to cheers.

President Barack Obama says there are "bigger fish to fry" than recreational pot users.

The victim didn't have scars, so Judge Derek Johnson says treating her rape case like others is an "insult to victims of rape."

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Thursday were Solazyme Inc, Adobe Systems Inc, NIC Inc, Star Scientific Inc and NuVasive Inc. The top after-market NASDAQ losers Thursday were Cytori Therapeutics Inc, TranS1 Inc, NII Holdings and Lattice Semiconductor Corporation.

Emblem 3 was sent home on "The X Factor," but their fans don't believe that's the last you'll see of them.

Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta was denied the Medal of Honor for the second time even as witnesses claimed he dove on a grenade, sacrificing his life for the rest of the unit.

Marissa Mayer, the new CEO of Yahoo Inc., added an e-commerce specialist to the board while ousting two others.

Adrienne Maloof responds to allegedly defamatory comments leveled at her by Branid Glanville.

A suicide bomber killed one American service member and wounded three other U.S. troops outside a base in southern Afghanistan on Thursday shortly after a visit there by U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, officials said.

BlackBerry developer Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) lacks a new smartphone for holiday buying but its target markets are getting a multi-faceted marketing blitz.

U.S. and international authorities arrested 10 cyberhackers allegedly involved in piracy of 11 million PCs and theft of $850 million.

Gigya, a web infrastructure company, has introduced a unique solution to the mounting concern of protecting user privacy and social data: listing industry standard best practices, and approving different companies with a social privacy certification and seal.

U.S. intelligence failed to predict the North Korean rocket launch, CBS News reports. And the satellite’s orbit seemed to be unstable.

Startup Panorama9 raised $900,000 in new capital from investors who'd previously backed Zendesk, the IT cloud management platform.

Brandon Lincoln Woodard was gunned down in cold blood on Tuesday in Midtown Manhattan, leaving police puzzled as to why the Los Angeles man was shot.

Factors aside from a person's genes could explain how homosexuality is inherited and persists in humans, a new study claims.

Students and alumni of the University of California have not taken well to its new logo that is now being made more visible.

Steve Nash’s return from injury won’t solve all of the Los Angeles Lakers problems.

Adams will be honored at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in January.

There is ninth Harry Potter movie being filmed, but it will only be shown at Universal Studios.

Most experts will tell you that monkeys are not the best choice for a pet, but if you're dead set on getting a primate companion, know if your state has laws against keeping one.