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NASA’s Kepler telescope discovered an uncommon planet that is located some 200 light years away from Earth with two suns.

Melvin Dwork lived with the a military discharge of undesirable for nearly 70 years for being a homosexual, before the Pentagon took a step - for the first time since the repeal of don't ask, don't tell - to award him an honorable discharge.

Southern California unions and supermarket operators will negotiate through the weekend in a last-ditch bid to end an escalating Southern California supermarket labor dispute that could usher in the r1vegion's first grocery strike since 2003.

Hollywood did a bit better than the rest of California last month. The state's unemployment rate ticked up from 12 percent to 12.1 percent, with about 8,400 jobs lost during August, according to new U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics.

Facebook is a technology business, but during an interview Friday at the Paley Center, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg made it sound like a digital utopia.

A soon-to-be-auctioned Beatles contract for a 1965 California concert reveals that the Fab Four took a firm stand in support of the era's civil rights movement, refusing to play before a segregated audience.

Hollywood did a bit better than the rest of California last month.

Former professional basketball player Javaris Crittenton waived his right on Friday to appear before a magistrate judge in Georgia on a murder charge in the drive-by shooting death of a young mother of four.

Some students who have not been vaccinated for whooping cough were sent away from school until they got the shot.

Seven states said they would join the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust suit to bar the $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA by AT&T.

Thousands of bees swarm and attack animals, farmers.

Ted Sarandos, Netflix's chief content officer, had the unenviable task of fielding questions at the Paley Center for Media conference on Thursday as shares of the company plummeted on news that subscriber growth was shrinking.

The galaxies are about 10 billion light-years away. This gives astronomers a view of galaxies as they appeared when the universe was less than a quarter of its current age.

Yahoo shares rose more than 2 percent Friday amid speculation that it has been approached by private equity buyers that like tech investments -- including Silver Lake Partners and Providence Equity Partners.

Four people were hospitalized and a city block closed off in Santa Ana after a swarm of aggressive bees attacked a man in a wheelchair.

Medical device maker Natus Medical Inc said it bought privately-held Embla Systems LLC for about $16.1 million in cash to expand its sleep diagnostics portfolio.

Molycorp Inc (MCP.N) said on Friday it has broken off talks with Japan's Sumitomo Corp with regard to a financing deal, as the investment is no longer necessary for the implementation of its business plan.

The cost to install solar power in the United States fell by 17 percent in 2010 and is on pace to drop even faster this year, according to a new report issued by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

California voters give Senator Dianne Feinstein the lowest approval rating of the powerful Democrat's nearly 20-year career in Washington, according to a poll released on Friday.

The idea is out there: Republicans on Capitol Hill considering a ceiling for defense cuts mandated by the deficit-reduction super committee. If it becomes a reality, however, it would not exceed $150 billion over 10 years.

Astronomers have announced discovery of the first circumbinary planet, a rare planet that orbits two stars, as portrayed in the sci-fi movie Star Wars more than 30 years ago.