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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is enlisting some Hollywood heavy hitters to help raise money for the proposed Academy Museum.

Baseball home run king Barry Bonds should receive no jail time for his conviction on a single criminal count related to an investigation of steroids in sports, his attorneys argued in a court filing on Tuesday.

Washington Wealth Management, a start-up that is expanding nationwide by poaching Wall Street brokers and managers, on Wednesday said it hired three Morgan Stanley Smith Barney producers and opened offices near Las Vegas and San Diego.

A cannonball shot during an experiment gone awry on the television show MythBusters crashed into a home in Northern California, but no one was injured, the company behind the program said on Wednesday.

Pacific Sunwear of California Inc said it received a $60 million loan from private equity firm Golden Gate Capital in return for two board seats and the right to buy a 20 percent stake in the teen retailer.

San Jose, California's city council has approved a measure for next June's ballot that would overhaul pensions for city workers to rein in their rising costs, a growing concern for local and state governments across the nation.

At least nine prisoners suffered stab and gunshot wounds during a riot of about 50 inmates at a California prison on Wednesday that was eventually quelled, authorities said.

Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Beastie Boys were among this year's inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the hall announced on Wednesday.

There's a surprising new trend in the underground wine world: Orange wine!

Following the MythBusters cannonball accident that sent a cast iron cannon sailing through the air and destroying homes, residents in Dublin, Calif. worry about the safety of their neighborhood and repairs needed following the incident.

Apple lost its iPad trademark battle in China on Wednesday, but the owner of the trademark, Proview Technology, may ask Apple to pay for a trademark transfer.

Singer Dobie Gray, who had huge success with his timeless hit Drift Away, is dead, his Web site confirmed. The Web site didn't say how the singer died, but it noted that he passed away on Tuesday.

The updated plans of the Apple Campus 2 Project were posted to the City of Cupertino website. The new plans include jogging paths, changes to the fitness center and a new roof made from dark-grey material.

Occupy Wall Street's reverberations have finally crossed into the political realm, as prominent Democrats at all levels of government -- from the president to Congress to state houses -- have begun echoing the movement's lambasting of the under-representation of the poor and the unemployed and capitalism's ills.

Morgan, best known for playing Colonel Sherman T. Potter on long-running TV classic M*A*S*H, died Wednesday at age 96, possibly from pneumonia. Look back on the prolific character actor's five-decade career, and watch Morgan's interview with the Television Academy Foundation in 2004 and classic M*A*S*H moments with his Col. Potter.

Demonstrators from across the nation descended on Capitol Hill on Monday as part of a four-day effort to meet with congressional leaders to highlight the plight of U.S. unemployment.

An elusive bumblebee that was last seen in the United States in 1956 was recently rediscovered in New Mexico. Scientists announced Monday that the bee, known as the Cockerell's bumblebee, was rediscovered in the White Mountains of south-central New Mexico by a team of scientists from the University of California, Riverside

After being arrested on charges of cocaine possession and assault following a night of partying in Aspen, Brooke Mueller may circumvent serving jail time, aside from the few hours spent in the slammer on Saturday. Is rehab next for the troubled starlet?

Apple’s expected unveiling of iTV a year from now, coupled with continued huge sales of iPads and iPhones should create “a halo effect” to propel shares to around $500, Jefferies analyst Peter Misek told International Business Times.

Nina Simone's daughter is suing her father for $155 million, claiming that he improperly obtained and transferred ownership of numerous items belonging to the singing icon, including master recordings, personal writings, diaries, letters, photos and other personal possessions.

Authorities on Tuesday identified the body of a young woman who plunged to her death over a 317-foot waterfall in Yosemite National Park with two friends in July.