An unidentified man might have coined the phrase of the summer on Friday when he shouted This is my beach...before driving his car into the ocean.
Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, may introduce a smaller version of the iPad to compete with products from Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), the No. 1 search engine, and Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), the No. 1 e-retailer and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), reports said.
Battles with drugs and alcohol have long plagued Melanie Griffith, but the actress, who returned to the stage Sunday for a week-long stint in No Way Around But Through in Burbank, Calif., said it was her two daughters who helped her overcome her struggles.
Residents in San Diego were disappointed on the 4th of July when the Big Bay Boom 2012 Independence Day show lasted for just about 15 seconds after a technical glitch resulted in all of the city's fireworks ignited at once in an incident caught on video.
Two of real estate's biggest landlords are gearing up for more acquisitions in moves that could help stabilize local housing markets.
Who stole the pot-laced cookies from the cookie jar? A three-year-old Southern California boy was rushed to the hospital when his family realized he had gotten into a family member's secret stash of chocolate-chip pot-laced cookies a day earlier.
If you're on fertility treatments, you may want to nix that triple-latte.
The government says it's taking shark fin off the state menu, but the rest of the country still hasn't lost its taste for the delicacy.
California, the state with the second most foreclosures by volume, has passed one of the strongest laws in the country seeking to protect homeowners from improperly losing their homes.
In bat species that tend to hibernate alone, population declines from white-nose syndrome in small colonies were much less severe, according to new research.
The wait is finally over for people in the U.S. who were looking forward to Samsung's latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S3. Sprint made the handset available for in-store purchases from July 1, while AT&T announced that it would be selling the phone in its stores from July 6. But if a recent note by one industry analyst is to be believed, it won't be an easy road for this successor of the S2.
US women's soccer team midfielder Megan Rapinoe has publicly announced that she is a lesbian for the first time on Monday, less than a month before the London Games.
The leaders of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., voted Monday to approve a bankruptcy filing for the ski resort town, just days after Stockton, Calif., became the most populous U.S. city to turn to bankruptcy court for protection from its creditors.
Katie Holmes, who filed for divorce from Tom Cruise last week, and their daughter Suri reportedly are being watched by a creepy crew from the Church of Scientology
Apple will pay a $60 million settlement to secure the iPad trademark in China, opening up sales to the Chinese market, Apple's most profitable after the United States.
The Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes break up looks like it will be the divorce of the century. With rumors swirling that Tom's career and Scientology were the root of their problems, something more serious might be at work -- unlucky number 33.
Dell (Nasdaq: DELL), the No. 3 PC maker, said it would acquire Quest Software (Nasdaq: QSFT) for $2.4 billion, topping a bid by private equity firms working with its CEO.
Apple's two-year-long trademark battle with Proview Technology over the use of the name iPad has finally come to a close. The Cupertino, Calif.-based computer giant has reportedly agreed to pay the Chinese electronics maker $60 million to settle the dispute of ownership, which will removes any further obstacles to selling its popular line of tablets in China.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released in its World Drug Report 2012 this week data underlying a list of the top 12 cannabis-smoking countries in the world compiled by Business Insider. The good old U.S. of A. landed at No. 7.
Mexicans voted in presidential, congressional and state elections Sunday, with the party that ruled for most of the past century poised for comeback after 12 years out power.
Dwight Howard has reportedly renewed his demand for a trade to the Nets. But he could be moved to Houston as well.
Now that we?ve passed through the first half of 2012, it?s time to reflect on some technology events and anticipate what might be ahead. Maybe we can make a few predictions.