A former Miss Iceland who met Boston crime boss James Whitey Bulger and his girl friend in California was paid a $2 million reward for the tip that led to Bulger's arrest in June, the Boston Globe said on Sunday.
Only in the bitter partisanship of our moment could Texas Governor Rick Perry be denounced because he expressed compassion. In the most recent Republican presidential debate, Perry was hammered for supporting a Texas law that allows illegal immigrants to receive in-state tuition discounts at public universities. Now he has apologized for saying those who oppose helping illegals attend college “have no heart.”
California's revenue for September missed the state's budget projection by $301.6 million, raising the prospect that spending cuts could be triggered early next year, the state controller said on Monday.
Anna Bjornsdottir, a former Miss Iceland 1974, has been publicly named as the tipster who led to arrest of fugitive James Whitey Bulger. She has received a $2 million reward for turning in the notorious gangster.
Less than two months into his marriage with reality-TV star Kim Kardashian, New Jersey Nets forward Kris Humphries is already nervous about all the paparazzi attention he will be getting as a result of being with his popular celebrity wife.
People who want the new $200 Apple iPhone 4S may have to get in line on Friday because U.S. wireless phone carriers appear to have sold out.
Apple co-founder and long-time CEO Steve Jobs died of a pancreatic tumor and respiratory arrest, according to his death certificate.
Steve Jobs died of a pancreatic tumor and respiratory arrest, according to his death certificate.
Shares of Netflix fell nearly 5 percent Monday after the company abandoned plans for its Qwikster DVD service even before launch, marking yet another zigzag in its complex and unpopular strategy.
Hurricane Jova is set to hit the Mexican resort town of Barra de Navidad by Tuesday morning.
The Tiger Woods Hot Dog Incident has already become a thing, and on Monday, video of the incident emerged.
Smokers tend to suffer heart attacks years earlier than non-smokers, suggests a new study from Michigan.
More than a hundred people from 24 states have been confirmed as infected with the deadly Listeria monocytogenes bacteria linked to Colorado-grown cantaloupes, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
Trainer Kim Lyons already had a decade of fitness experience behind her but she says the lessons she learned while working on a reality TV show shaped her professional philosophy.
For all that he achieved in his life in terms of his public image, Steve Jobs was famously not a public philanthropist, unlike his equally titanic tech rival, Microsoft’s former head Bill Gates.
Two Americans, Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims, both 68, have won the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy, the prize committee said on Monday.
When it came time for Cassidy Rumble to choose a college, she had a range of options thanks to great SAT scores, a solid grade point average and a stellar volunteer resume.
California will continue offering filmmakers a 25 percent tax credit under a program Gov. Jerry Brown extended on Sunday.
Minors in the state of California will no longer be allowed to use tanning beds after Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill on Sunday prohibiting anyone under the age of 18 from using ultraviolet tanning devices.
The ongoing crisis at Yahoo may now have tempted some new parties including Singapore’s Temasek as well as Bain Capital, joining other parties said to include Facebook, Microsoft, Providence Equity Partners and Alibaba Group.
In the final weeks of his life, Michael Jackson slept with a toy doll on his bed, was so heavily drugged that he sometimes slurred his speech and his big comeback tour was plagued with problems.
California teens are no longer allowed to use tanning beds after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill on Sunday prohibiting anyone under the age of 18 from using ultraviolet tanning devices.
