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Pot school founder Richard Lee on Friday said he will quit Oaksterdam University, a Northern California medical marijuana training school, after a federal raid left him bankrupt.

Jordan Powers, the California teen who made national headlines because she gave up school and her family to live with her teacher boyfriend, Christopher James Hooker, 41, dumped him after he was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting another teen.

American artist Thomas Kinkade passed away on Friday at the age of 54. A statement from his family reveals that he died in his Los Gatos home from what appears to be natural causes. Take a look at five things you may not have known about the late artist.

At the beginning of the year Christopher James Hooker made headlines when the 41-year-old high school teacher left his job and family to move in with 18-year-old Jordan Powers, a former student. The teacher who formally taught business and IT at Enochs High School in Modesto, California was arrested for Friday for sexual abuse of another teen dating back to 1998. Hooker was arrested for investigation of oral copulation with a minor, reported the Associated Press.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources Inland Fisheries (DNR) is offering $200 gift cards for dead snakehead fish, but before you grab your fishing gear there are a couple things you should know about the fish from hell.

California artist Thomas Kinkade, one of the most popular in America, died at home on Friday from what appeared to be natural causes. A family spokesman confirmed the death with the media.

Thomas Kinkade, the Painter of Light and one of the most popular artists in America, died Friday at his California home. He was 54.

The top U.S. nuclear official said on Friday his agency has not set any timetable for restarting the troubled San Onofre nuclear station in Southern California and that it would only do so if safety was assured.

George Soros and John Paulson may have to make room for the late Tony Marohn, who possibly pulled off one of the greatest financial trades ever -- at an estate sale.

Richard Lee, the founder of a Northern California medical marijuana training school, Oaksterdam University, said he was giving up the business after a federal raid bankrupted his organization.

From the Golden State to the Sunshine State take a tour of America's flowery springtime drives.

All-you-can-fly airline Surf Air is set to take off in California this summer, but will the new model work?

Researchers at the University of Southern California have built a stable quantum computer system within a diamond, signaling a breakthrough in the scaling down of computer size with an increase in speed and performance.

Connor Penhall, the 21-year-old son of retired American motorcycle speedway racer Bruce Penhall, was killed after being struck by a car in Baldwin Park, Calif. on Wednesday.

Yahoo Inc's head of products is leaving the company, ahead of a major reorganization aimed to return the struggling Web company to growth.

Maryland's highest court will hear arguments involving two women who married in California and are seeking a divorce in Maryland, a state that does not allow same-sex marriages. The lesbian divorce case is the first of its kind and may set judicial precedents for gay marriage in the state.

Samsung Electronics (KS: 5930), Asia’s biggest technology company, pre-announced record first-quarter earnings Friday that could be an early indicator for its U.S. rivals.

Those lyrics are from the most patriotic American anthem of the last half-century, Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA.” Ronald Reagan played the song the year it came out, at the 1984 Republican convention, and it gained iconic status after the 9/11 atrocities.

U.S. courts have authority to decide whether President Barack Obama's healthcare law is valid under the Constitution, his attorney general told a federal court on Thursday in a further bid to defuse a controversy Obama ignited earlier this week.

An Iraqi woman, who was thought to be a victim of a hate crime that occurred in southern California, might have been killed by her own family members.

Nadya Suleman, also known as Octomom, has announced that she has sought public welfare again in order to feed her 14 children.