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Facebook (NYSE: FB), the No. 1 social network that wants to complete its initial public offering, is spending more on lawyers these days.

According to recently released U.S. Census Bureau statistics on urban density, 80.7 percent of Americans live in urban areas.

The Mega Millions lottery has hit yet another high ahead of Tuesday night's drawing, reaching a $363-million jackpot after the past two weeks failed to produce a winner.

Cancer often evades the human immune system by fooling white blood cells into not destroying it. Researchers may have found a way to overcome this defense by masking a protein flag that tumors wave as a don't eat me signal.

Shares of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) rose slightly Monday after the No. 1 computer company announced a 10 percent dividend hike.

A Japanese man has asked Google to suspend its autocomplete feature on the basis that the function is an invasion of his privacy and cost him his job.

The 2012 World Figure Skating Championship kicked off in Nice, France, this week and American Jeremy Abbott, 26, is seeking to win his first world medal at this week's event.

'Respect' singer Aretha Franklin announced on her 70th birthday party Saturday that she's teaming up with her music mentor Clive Davis for a brand new album.

At 71, former Vice President Dick Cheney was older than average for a heart transplant and had to wait longer than the typical patient as well -- 20 months compared with a year or less.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Friday were: Cornerstone OnDemand, TASER International, MAP Pharmaceuticals, Affymax, Avis Budget Group and Steel Dynamics. The top after-market NASDAQ losers were: Pacific Biosciences of California, Targacept, Ancestry.com, Theravance, Vocus and Commercial Vehicle Group.

From an Apple fan's point of view, one could trust the Cupertino tech giant in terms of the wide range of products it offers to the customers. Parting with hundreds of dollars each year for laying hands on Apple gadgets does tell that story. But would you ever trust Apple with all your money? Would you trust Apple with your savings and consider banking with an iBank?

Early on the morning of March 16, Wong Tat joined a line of about 100 people waiting for the launch of the new iPad in a chilly rain outside an Apple store on the outskirts of San Francisco.

With political pressures mounting, talk about the release of the strategic oil reserves has come back. Will the President decide to release the country's reserves in a last gasp effort to stem the gas price spike? And if he does, what kind of impact will it have on prices?

Shaima Alawadi, an Iraqi woman, died Saturday of injuries from a severe beating in her El Cajon home in San Diego, California, where a hateful note warning the family to go back to your country was left next to her.

In conducting an investigation of possible fraud in relation to Wells Fargo & Co.'s sale of almost $60 billion in residential mortgage-backed securities, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday requested that a federal court order the country's largest mortgage lender to comply with its subpoenas.

In a recent development, Microsoft together with West Coast Customs swanked one of its most exceptional creations - the most hi-tech car - 2012 Ford Mustang. Microsoft unveiled the 2012 out-of-the-box car officially with the codename Project Detroit.

Rockstar North is all set to bring out its latest project, the highly anticipated Grand Theft 5 (GTA 5) which will be the first major title in the GTA series since the release of GTA 4 in 2008.

Golden Globe winner Kate Hudson looked stunning and gorgeous for her second installment of fashion campaign for luxury American brand, Ann Taylor.

Whitney Houston's cause of death was released yesterday, and it revealed that Houston had used cocaine before her death. The report also said Houston had 60 percent hardening of the arteries of the heart, heart disease, that could have caused the singer to have a heart attack resulting in accidental drowning.

Scott Kluth has a love-hate relationship with his new Fisker Karma luxury electric sedan.

Facebook and lawmakers have warned employers against requesting Facebook passwords while screening job applicants, a controversial practice that underscores the blurring distinction between personal and professional lives the era of social media.