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A serial killer may be responsible for the slayings of three homeless men in Southern California who were each found stabbed multiple times, police said on Thursday.

Heather Donahue is best known for 1999 horror film The Blair Witch Project that showed her hyperventilating and weeping in the forest as she and her friends were terrorized by unseen evil.

Soul singer Etta James, who is terminally ill and suffering from leukemia, was released from a California hospital on Thursday and is at home resting, her business manager said.

James Franco is in early talks for a starring role in The Game, the MGM movie based on Neil Strauss' New York Times bestseller about picking up women, TheWrap has confirmed.

One winner in 2012's political races already has been decided: local television stations.

Warner Bros. totally flipped the script on the Writers Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences -- but it was all an innocent mistake.

Christina Aguilera addressed critics of her weight gain at a recent press tour saying, I love my body.

The Obama administration on Friday opted against closing a loan of up to $730 million for steelmaker Severstal North America, whose financing bid to expand a plant for auto steel production drew the attention of congressional investigators looking at Energy Department loan programs.

Josh Lucas of Sweet Home Alabama fame is engaged to a mystery woman.

Virginia is the Old Dominion and the Mother of Presidents - a state known for its historic battlefields, rolling hills, and politically-minded Washington commuters. But in the last two decades, the state has grown a reputation for something altogether different: fine wine.

Economic growth has led to an explosion in diabetes cases in India. The public health problem presents an opportunity for both the established multinationals, as well as some smaller American start-ups making their presence felt in the market.

Shares of imaging pioneer Eastman Kodak plunged more than 40 percent this week on reports the company might seek to file for bankruptcy soon.

For those of you who have never heard of a Bark Mitzvah for dogs, word on the street is that it's not the latest trend, but a quite a long-existing tradition to celebrate the coming of age of a dog. The fad has gained steam again after The Associated Press released new footage of a New Jersey dog named Nicky, photographed wearing a kippah for a ceremony attended by his owner and friends.

At the end of 2011, Robert Pattinson and girlfriend Kristen Stewart were rumored to be heading towards a split. However, all the hearsay has been crushed after the couple reunited in LA looking happier than ever.

A Navy SEAL is on life support after accidentally shot himself in the head in Thursday morning at his Pacific Beach home. San Diego Police said the 22-year-old brought back a woman from a bar and wanted to prove to her that the gun was unloaded by pointing it to his head and pulling the trigger.

Though, Apple's legal team is working hard to stop the sale of the action figure, the dolls are still up for sale on different online shopping Web sites.

The determining factors for the best-governed cities include access to jobs, crime rate, poverty rate and the percentage of high school graduate population.

Southern California authorities have warned homeless people in Orange County to be careful if they sleep alone on the streets, following reports that a serial killer targeting homeless people has already killed three men.

Michael Phelps has reportedly split with his longtime girlfriend Nicole Johnson. According to reports the couple split a few weeks ago right before the holiday season.

For the third straight year, McDonald's is making America look big (in every sense of the word) with the release of four new Big America burgers in Japan.

For the first time in beauty pageant history, not one but two openly gay women are competing for the title of Miss California 2012.