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The Cabo Pulmo National Park in Mexico's Gulf of California imposed a ban on fishing and other extractive activities 15 years ago, and since then, the total mass of its residents has increased five times the amount, a new study revealed.

The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) of San Francisco shut down underground cell phone communications for a few hours at various stations on Thursday night.

Investors focused on slower-than-expected growth in chipmaker Nvidia Corp's (NVDA.O) mobile business following strong quarterly earnings and sent its stock lower.

A California institute plans to reboot its listening post for intelligent life in space, with private donations to replace government cutbacks.

Surely wearing his boots emblazoned with the words "liberty" and "freedom," Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced he is making a run for the U.S. presidency in 2012. And if the recent polls prove to be a trend, he and his boots have already walked over many of his competitors.

Rick Perry will make it known on Saturday during a speech in South Carolina that he is joining the presidential race.

The governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, is not only a rising star in the GOP, but an absolutely ideal Vice-President nominee.

Japanese manufacturers concerned about China's restrictive export quotas on essential rare earths may have found a way to resolve their supply concerns -- relocate production to China.

For the second time in a row, the Falcon HTV-2, the unmanned hypersonic glider developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for U.S. defense failed its test flight and got lost over the Pacific Ocean on Thursday.

A California man, who pleaded guilty in May to threatening U.S. Representative Jim McDermott, was sentenced Friday to eight months in federal prison.

A California man who pleaded guilty to threatening to kill U.S. Representative Jim McDermott of Washington state was sentenced to eight months in prison on Friday by a federal judge.

If you are angry that someone spoiled the plot of a movie or revealed the ending of a book, don't be.

A spree of bad news -- market gyrations, fears of a double-dip recession, stubborn unemployment and fallout from a debt deal -- has shaken confidence in President Barack Obama's leadership and could cloud his chances for winning re-election.

The fish population in an undersea wildlife park near Mexico's southern tip rebounded by more than 460 percent over 10 years since being designated as a marine wildlife reserve, researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, said.

The same week he announces his plans to be mayor of Manhattan, he rids of his Manhattan digs. Politically ambitious Alec Baldwin has put his multi-million dollar New York City apartment on the market, according to Curbed.

Which party creates more jobs per year, on average -- Democratic presidents or Republican presidents? The answer may surprise you.

Smartphone and tablet makers have charged patent infringement. But it could all end in a truce, analysts say.

Single mothers, acquitted murder defendants and reality stars ranked at the top of the list.

The United State military's hypersonic glider Falcon HTV-2 was lost over the Pacific Ocean during a test flight of the fastest plane on earth. What does this mean for potential hypersonic air crafts and the future of Mach-20 travel?

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., rounded out the super committee by announcing her three House Democratic members for the special bipartisan board. Now the tough work begins: reducing the deficit by at least another $1.5 trillion over 10 years, and as far as the financial markets are concerned, the sooner the reduction is announced, the better.

Bratton was credited with reducing crime in Los Angeles following the devastating riots of April 1992.