CALIFORNIA

The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: MoSys, Pacific Biosciences of California, Career Education, Thoratec, and Royal Gold. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Primo Water, DexCom, SIGA Technologies, Xyratex, and Northern Technologies International.

The actress, who played Hermione Granger to Daniel Radcliffe’s Harry Potter, has earned herself the status of a style icon.

When you rent a car, there's a chance the vehicle has been recalled and, if it has been, that it hasn't yet been repaired. That's at the heart of a battle over whether the rental car industry should be required to fix cars before sending them out with customers.

The actress who played tomboy Elly May Clampett on 1960s television show The Beverly Hillbillies has settled her lawsuit against Mattel over a Barbie doll based on her character.

In a major victory for California Governor Jerry Brown, the state supreme court on Thursday upheld a law that would eliminate 400 local redevelopment agencies and could divert billions of dollars to schools and other local services.

Shots are being fired in the world of the digital camera.

Shots are being fired in the world of the digital camera.

In a new study of middle-aged New Jersey men, taking cholesterol-lowering drugs was linked to a lower chance of dying from prostate cancer.

The Palm Springs International Film Festival has now stocked its annual Awards Gala with 14 honorees, adding actress Jessica Chastain and composer Howard Shore to its previously announced lineup.

Have you ever wondered why the birds attacked the people in 'Master of Suspense' Alfred Hitchcock's movie 'The Birds'? Hitchcock, a pioneer and master of psychological thriller, left cinema-goers terrified by his movie The Birds, in which the life of a couple in love in a small Northern California town turns upside-down as birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people there in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness.

An appeals court ruled that a letter linked to Mark Hurd's abrupt departure from his post as chief of Hewlett-Packard Co should be unsealed, potentially revealing new details about his dramatic exit from the technology giant.

An appeals court ruled that a letter linked to Mark Hurd's abrupt departure from his post as chief of Hewlett-Packard Co should be unsealed, potentially revealing new details about his dramatic exit from the technology giant.

The surviving relatives of four family members killed when a Marine fighter jet crashed into their San Diego home in 2008 were awarded $17.8 million by a federal judge on Wednesday.

Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill and his wife, Victoria's Secret model Lily Aldridge, said on Thursday they are expecting their first child, ending a rollercoaster year for the rock band.

Paul Christoforo and his Ocean Marketing firm were dumped by N-Control Wednesday after a rude exchange with a customer went public. In an exclusive interview with the IBTimes, Christoforo discusses the incident, hate mail, and his future.

State and Federal lawmakers constantly proposed measures to restrict women's reproductive rights in 2011.

Technology companies appear likely to resume battle in 2012 on three major fronts of the patent wars: smartphone designs, operating systems and semiconductor chip sets. Despite passage of copyright reform under the America Invents Act in September, technology lawsuits persist and experienced lawyers worry that little will change.

The Oregon Ducks' new Nike uniforms that they will don against the Wisconsin Badgers for the Rose Bowl this Monday will be creating plenty of buzz before, during and after the game

The lead singer is having his first child with model wife Lily Aldridge.

An appeals court ruled that a letter linked to Mark Hurd's abrupt departure from his post as chief of Hewlett-Packard Co should be unsealed, potentially revealing new details about his dramatic exit from the technology giant.

Steve Jobs famously left Apple for nearly a decade in the 90s, but when he returned, he not only helped revive the company he founded, he also donated a trove of Apple documents and photos to Stanford University's Silicon Valley Archives. In 1997, Stanford took charge of what was to become an Apple museum, and turned two truckloads of books, software, videotapes and more into Stanford's Apple Collection.