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The Obama administration's ongoing headache over Solyndra promises to continue, as a House panel voted to subpoena documents related to the company Thursday, according to Politico. Meanwhile, details emerged that the White House considered bailing out the defunct solar company days before it declared bankruptcy.

More than two years after finding Michael Jackson lifeless in bed, the singer's personal doctor Conrad Murray awaits the verdict of a Los Angeles jury on a charge of involuntary manslaughter against him.

Lady Gaga on Wednesday launched the Born This Way Foundation to support programs dealing with youth empowerment and help people facing bullying and abandonment.

Mariah Yeater, the 20-year-old woman from California who alleged that teenage music sensation Justin Bieber fathered her child, said the singer, during a sexual encounter in a bathroom, told her that he was a virgin.

Justin Bieber's alleged baby mama Mariah Yeater claims to have credible evidence to prove that Tristyn Anthony Markhouse Yeater is Bieber's baby.

Asteroid 2005 YU55 is scheduled to skirt Earth on Nov. 8, giving astronomers an unparalleled opportunity to make observations about the space rock. Over four hundred yards across, the asteroid is large enough to cause damage on a regional scale if it were to make contact. Luckily, it will just miss Earth, whizzing past at the decidedly cozy distance of 201,700 miles - closer than our own Moon.

A statement filled with criticisms, which was released by the Oakland Police Officers' Association, is accusing the mayor of Oakland about her confusing stance on the Occupy Oakland encampment.

Occupy Wall Street began with a simple act of civil disobedience, but Occupy Oakland's success in disrupting commerce on such a large scale represents an escalation of that tactic and offers a glimpse of the movement's capacity for more-confrontational, direct action.

UBS has updated its Tech 10 portfolio by adding semi-packaging/assembly equipment provider ASM Technologies as a least preferred stock.

American Mariah Yeater recently filed a lawsuit against Canadian singer Justin Bieber, claiming the teen pop sensation was the father of three-month-old baby, Tristyn Yeater.

Research into the eternal human aspiration to stay forever young continues to bring forth new meanings for and sources of the elusive fountain of youth. In yet another attempt, scientists have taken a cue from the ubiquitous Fruit Fly to satiate our hunger for evergreen youth.

Finally, disappointed users of Apple's newly-released iPhone 4S have been given some respite, after the company broke its self-imposed silence regarding the growing complaints about the smartphone's poor battery life.

Protesters shut down operations at Oakland's port and blocked traffic Wednesday in demonstrations against economic inequality and police brutality that were marred by scattered vandalism.

Whether or not you are a 'Belieber' you sure would have heard about the paternity suit bombshell against the teen sensation Justin Bieber. A 20-year-old California woman, Mariah Yeater, has come up with a quite colorfully articulated story that Bieber is the father of her 3-month-old baby.

Silicon wafer maker MEMC Electronic Materials Inc on Wednesday reported a quarterly net loss and lowered its earnings outlook for the year due to a dramatic drop in prices on solar products and soft semiconductor demand.

Flash memory provider Spansion Inc said it would cut about a fifth of its workforce and expects to take a related charge of about $30-$56 million, sending its shares down 2.5 percent after the bell.

Workers were evacuated from a unit at the San Onofre nuclear power plant in California on Tuesday after an ammonia leak, but the incident posed no threat to the public, officials said.

Photos, video footage, and spoilers from Nolan's third Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises. Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt just an ordinary cop? Who is the mysterious Nixon, played by Matthew Modine? Will the Batwing/Batcopter fly? And what is that strange metal sphere spotted in LA and NYC as filming wrapped?

Beginning at 9am, Occupy protestors gathered at the Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland on Wednesday. Around downtown and City Hall, traffic was blocked and ATMs were defaced in anger as the crowd marched through the branches of major banks.

The latest business plan for California's proposed bullet-train system puts its cost estimate at nearly $100 billion, more than twice a previous estimate and a stunning amount of money for lawmakers who must decide whether to move forward with the project.

RockStar Entertainment released the trailer for the new 'Grand Theft Auto V.' Though it is pretty it still doesn't tell us much about the game's story or gameplay it seems to be set in Los Santos from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.