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The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival line-up and tour dates were released Wednesday. The fifth annual Mayhem Festival 2012 will feature Slipknot, Slayer and another major special guest. The festival is the world's largest heavy metal tour.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has been a leading critic of a deal with the nation's largest mortgage servicers over improper foreclosure practices.

Starbucks, the world's largest coffee-shop chain, is projected to report stronger fiscal first-quarter profit as sales of new offerings have offset higher costs for coffee beans.

The bubble may have burst in the Bordeaux market, but new Asian collectors are seeking diversity and in some cases even choosing second growth Bordeaux for value.

Dan Akerson, the chairman and CEO of General Motors, began efforts to rebuild the image of the Chevrolet Volt in testimony delivered to a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in Washington.

Garth Brooks, one of the most popular stars in country music history, will be receiving $1 million from an Oklahoma hospital that failed to build a women's health center in honor of the country star's deceased mother. The amount is roughly half of the revenue generated from one of Brooks' shows at the Encore at Wynn Las Vegas, which charges $225 per ticket before tax.

President Barack Obama is on record as proposing a high-speed rail system that will, within 25 years, serve 80 percent of Americans. And Washington's 2012 budget shows the the president is putting his money -- or at least taxpayer money -- where his mouth is. Here is 5 things to know about the project.

Jennifer Aniston is officially the Hollywood queen of real estate.

Is fried food a danger to your health? A new study does not seem to think so. A recent study published in the British Medical Journal has found that the connection between fried foods and cardiovascular health is a mistake, so long as the oil used is sunflower or olive oil. In order to keep the fried food you eat from increasing your risk of heart disease, be sure to follow these tips.

A lawsuit was filed in California against comedian Jay Leno, over a Mitt Romney joke, which showed a picture of the religion's holy Golden Temple of Amritsar as the presidential candidate summer home. The plaintiff, Indian-American Randeep Dhillon, called it a racist slur against Sikhs.

The surge in shares of Apple Wednesday restored its status as the world’s most valuable company.

Now that Apple, the world’s most valuable company, has reported blowout first-quarter results for its best-ever period, it’s also disclosed holding $97.6 billion in cash and investments.

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords officially resigned from the House of Representatives on Wednesday in an emotional goodbye for the three term congresswoman serving Arizona's 8th congressional district. She returned to the House floor one last time as her colleagues unanimously approved her bipartisan border security legislation as she stepped down from office.

A video posted online shows a police man in Southern California shot and killed a man who was using a metal bar to break windows at a fast food restaurant in Monterey Park Monday.

Chipmaker Nvidia Corp cut its outlook for current-quarter sales, saying it has been hit by a shortage of hard drives, sending its shares lower.

Jennifer Aniston has purchased a mansion in Bel Air, Calif. for $21 million.

Apple, the most valuable technology company, reported its most profitable-ever first quarter Tuesday. Buoyed by the new iPhone 4S, consumers rushed to the company’s 361 stores, as well as wireless carriers for the new phones.

Yahoo, now under new management, reported mediocre fourth-quarter results Tuesday, with flat earnings of $24 cents a share, with about a 13 percent revenue dip to $1.32 billion.

The White House released the State of the Union 2012 official special guest list Tuesday afternoon, and the people who have been invited represent different visions of the American Dream.

Virgin America, the only Silicon Valley-based airliner owned by billionaire Richard Branson, has named its newest jet after a famous quote from Apple's iconic founder, Steve Jobs. The plane, Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish, represents Apple's vision and Branson's admiration for Jobs.

While shares of Apple, the most valuable technology company, fell about 1 percent to $422.37 Tuesday ahead of its first-quarter earnings announcement, TechnoBuffalo editor Jon Rettinger warned the company is swimming in uncharted waters.