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Kradjian Importing Co is recalling 231 cases of Canadian cheese because they could be contaminated with listeria, the Glendale, California, company said.

Rumors of a potential spilt between Twilight stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson have been crushed, after US Weekly revealed the actress bought her on-screen boyfriend two vintage guitars worth $12,000 for Christmas.

Victoria's Secret supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio is pregnant again with her second child. She is reportedly four months along, which means she was pregnant while working the Victoria's Secret runway last month.

Shriver is reportedly having difficulty with the idea of breaking her marriage vows.

Avenger Controller has decided to dump Ocean Marketing, the company's PR firm, after an inappropriate dispute with a customer went viral after it was posted in on Penny Arcade.

Samsung Electronics Co, Sharp Corp and five other makers of liquid crystal displays agreed to pay more than $553 million to settle consumer and state regulatory claims that they conspired to fix prices for LCD panels in televisions, notebook computers and monitors.

Paul Christoforo, a rep for Ocean Marketing, got into an inappropriate dispute with a customer, which was posted in full on Penny Arcade. The PR disaster has since gone viral, and Christoforo has asked Penny Arcade to Please make it stop.

Google+, Google’s challenge to Facebook, is adding 625,000 daily users and already may have as many as 62 million signed up, unofficial statistician Paul Allen claimed.

Netflix declined more than any from one year to the next, in part due to lingering effect from the company's price-hike debacle earlier this year that upset and ran off many customers.

Sportswear and equipment supplier Nike has unveiled Oregon Duck’s new uniforms for the Rose Bowl.

Van Halen, the American hard rock band from Pasadena, Calif., recently announced that it will embark on a major tour in 2012 with original frontman, David Lee Roth. Rumors are that the album will hit stores early next year.

The Carlyle Group has started fundraising for a new global financial services buyout fund that is seeking to top its previous $1.1 billion fund, which is now almost fully invested, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

A ballot initiative requiring Los Angeles porn actors to wear condoms has qualified for the June election, organizers said on Tuesday.

Is Maria Shriver ready to continue the long tradition of Kennedy women who've forgiven their husbands' extracurricular activities?

In a bid to boost its digital revenue, the Los Angeles Times has struck a deal with Arkadium, a major online game developer, to add more than two dozen games to that section of its Web site.

Paul Christoforo, a PR rep from Ocean Marketing, is under fire after an incendiary e-mail exchange between he and a customer was posted on Penny Arcade and subsequently went viral.

Samsung Electronics Co, Sharp Corp and five other makers of liquid crystal displays agreed to pay $553 million to settle consumer and state regulatory claims that they conspired to fix prices for LCD panels in televisions, notebook computers and monitors.

Companies working to develop a pure hydrocodone drugs have abuse experts and drug control advocates warning that the product will be highly addictive. Drugs like Zohydro, which opponents are already calling the next OxyContin, will be 10 times as strong as Vicodin, and the first time pure hydrocodone will be sold legally in the U.S.

The markets rewarded Apple and Google Tuesday after reports that activations of new iOS and Android devices surged over the weekend that included Christmas.

Samsung Electronics Co, Sharp Corp and five other makers of liquid crystal displays agreed to pay $539 million to settle claims they conspired to fix prices and stifle competition for LCD panels in televisions, notebook computers and monitors, according to a court filing.

Dealers in gold and silver coins expect higher prices next year, according to a poll released Tuesday by the Professional Numismatists Guild.