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Obama will speak to Congress about jobs, economy on Sept. 7.

15 Muslims were arrested in Rye, New York after Playland Park officials refused to allow women to wear traditional religious headscarf on certain rides.

Democratic State Representative Andre Carson of Indiana made the comments during an appearance in Miami on August 22

Unemployment in the U.S. has been stubbornly high and presents the largest single obstacle to the re-election hopes of Barack Obama. But joblessness among Americans who cannot yet vote – teenagers – are at levels that are both staggering and unprecedented. One labor economist tells IBTimes, “We have never experienced this amount of joblessness among teens.”

California man denies child abuse, girlfriend defends him.

The Obama administration is considering unveiling new plans next week to revive the ailing housing market and reduce foreclosures, including an effort to help troubled borrowers refinance their mortgages.

Serena Williams was on her best behavior and ominously close to her top form when she made her long-awaited appearance at the U.S. Open Tuesday.

Irene's damages to the U.S. mainland probably reached $3.4 billion but only 60% of it was covered.

The Obama administration is considering unveiling new plans next week to revive the ailing housing market and reduce foreclosures, including an effort to help troubled borrowers refinance their mortgages.

Creating a simulation, which approximates the formation of the Milky Way using a powerful supercomputer, was no cakewalk for the researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Zurich. After nine months of effort, at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre in Manno, Switzerland, the first simulation of the formation of the spiral galaxy Milky Way was created by the researchers, who claim it would have taken 570 years to build the simulation o...

Hewlett-Packard is bringing the canceled Touchpad back for one last time and another round of its fire sale.

Researchers at the University of California (UCLA) have built an on the go compact, light-weight, dual-mode microscope that is not only portable but also efficient. The prototype dual-mode microscope uses holograms instead of lenses as in the case of a traditional microscope. Published in the Optical Society's (OSA) open-access journal, Biomedical Optics Express, the UCLA researchers explain that the prototype not only weighs the same as a medium-sized banana but also fits within the ...

U.S. authorities are investigating whether business software maker Oracle Corp.'s deals in Africa violated federal anti-bribery laws, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.

A Southern California man arrested for throwing his 7-year-old son overboard during a sightseeing cruise says he and his child were horse playing.

Hewlett-Packard is reviving the TouchPad for one last time before its final burial.

Astronomers have revealed startling facts about how widely separated solar reactions are linked, with one eruption somehow triggering the other.

Now HP says it may restore the tablet to life as it mulls over a spinoff of its personal computer arm, said the head of its PC division.

The Free Speech Coalition announced Sunday night that an adult actor has contracted HIV, prompting Los Angeles' adult film industry to shut down. The industry uses a database that lists STD statuses of all performers.

A Southern California man has been arrested for child endangerment and resisting arrest after he struck his son and threw him overboard because the child witnessed an argument between him and his girlfriend on a cruise in Newport Harbor, authorities said.

The porn industry in Los Angeles, CA. came to a screeching halt Saturday, after an adult entertainer tested positive for HIV. LA officials ordered an immediate shutdown of the multi-billion-dollar adult entertainment industry by Monday, forcing a number porn sets across the San Fernando Valley to close losing a substantial amount of revenue.

Widely touted as the iPhone 5 killer, Samsung's Galaxy S2 smartphone has made it to the United States, quelling anticipation, and pre-empting its U.S. rival by at least two months.