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The Mexican drug cartels are notorious for the decapitated bodies they leave along the dusty highways south of the border, but they'd rather keep a low profile about another activity of theirs on U.S. soil -- horse racing.

Dozens of prison inmates at Virginia?s Red Onion super-max prison resorted to hunger striking in order to call attention to inhumane confinement conditions.

A dispute over the will of deceased painter Thomas Kinkade entered the court system on Tuesday, June 12. Kinkade's widow and girlfriend are feuding over the estate belonging to the famous painter who is known for the mass marketing of his realistic work as printed reproductions.

Those e-mails weren?t accidents, nor were the accompanying solicitations for funds and support, a new report by ProPublica found. The process is growing and there?s little place to hide.

Sales of the Chevrolet Volt Hybrid-Electric Vehicle (HEV) have experienced a resurgence in California following tweaks that now allow the car from General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) to qualify for High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane access.

Catherine Greig, the girlfriend of reputed mob boss James Whitey Bulger, has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison. Greig was sentenced on Tuesday, June 12, after being charged with identity fraud and and helping the reputed mob boss avoid capture for 16 years.

Hackers gathered in Tel Aviv last week to discuss the state of cybersecurity, amid suspicions that Israel is behind attacks on Iranian computers.

Now that Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, has opened its Worldwide Developers Conference with the usual product splash, what happened to Apple TV?

U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson has taken a leave of absence after being involved in two bizarre, back-to-back traffic accidents in California over the weekend.

Country singer and American Idol alum Carrie Underwood is a happily married 29-year-old who could not imagine not being able to wed the one she loves most. In a recent interview, Underwood came out in support of gay marriage saying, We should all have the right to love.

Elinor Ostrom, the first woman to win Nobel Prize in economics, died on Tuesday, June 12, after battling cancer. She was 78 years old. The distinguished Indiana University professor received the 2009 Nobel Prize in economic sciences for her groundbreaking research on the ways that people organize themselves to manage resources. She was the first and, to date, only woman to win the prize in this category.

Green Acres presented an entirely new paradign for sitcoms ? it created a world (Hooterville) that seemed to exist outside of the laws of logic and reality.

The Beach Boys were one of the big acts to close out Bonnaroo on Sunday.

Commerce Secretary John Bryson is being investigated for his role in two car crashes - including a hit-and-run accident - near his Los Angeles-area home over the weekend that department officials linked to a seizure that left him unconscious behind the wheel.

Here's a window into how low the bad guys will stoop to steal retail inventory: Last week in California, 1,600 pounds of premium dog food, a $10,000 cargo on its way to feed animals at a local pet rescue facility, was stolen.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson, 68, was hospitalized late Saturday near Los Angeles after allegedly being involved in two hit-and-run accidents, the San Gabriel Police and Los Angeles County Sheriff?s Departments said.

Miami police are investigating a possible link that Luka Rocco Magnotta, dubbed the Canadian Psycho, who killed his gay love, before being captured in Germany, could have committed an unsolved murder in 2009.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson is suspected of being responsible for several nonlethal car accidents over the weekend.

Drew Barrymore had the wedding, and the wedding dress, of her dreams when she married beau and the father of her baby, Will Kopelman. Here are all the details on the dress, designed by Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld.

Are book lovers in Latin America just as thrilled with Jane Austen's works as so many readers are in other parts of the world? That's what professor and Austen enthusiast Amy Elizabeth Smith wanted to find out. Which Jane Austen novel is your favorite?

Thousands of software and application engineers have already sold out next week?s developers conference mounted by Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company. Here are four key highlights.