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On "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," Roseanne Barr said Thursday she plans to run for president in the 2012 election -- under her own party ticket, of course -- called "America's Green Tea Party."

Nearly 15 percent of the U.S. population relied on food stamps in May, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.

Honda Motor Co Ltd will recall 2.49 million cars, small SUVs and minivans worldwide, including its popular Accord sedan, to repair a software problem that could damage the automatic transmission.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) continues to investigate the outbreak of Salmonella poisoning that spread across 26 states linked to ground turkey, as meat manufacturer Cargill pulls 36 million pounds of meat in the second-biggest recall in U.S. history.

A stock market decline won't hurt tech companies but could stall IPOs because tech is vital to the economy.

Despite having not yet announced his candidacy, many are seemingly already considering Texas Gov. Rick Perry as the man with the best chance to defeat President Barack Obama in 2012.

Annette Charles, best known for Cha Cha DiGregorio in the 1978 movie musical, passed away on Wednesday night in her home. She was suffering from cancer.

A new theory published in scientific journal Nature states that the primary collision of two moons that once orbited Earth is the reason why one side of our present moon is a bit lopsided and its far side (which is not visible from earth) is much rockier.

Scientists have found new evidence of possible salt water flows on Mars, which could lead to traces of life being found on the red planet.

In one of the world's biggest lawsuits, Apple Inc has sued Samsung Electronics for slavishly copying the 'look and feel' and 'design' of its products iPad tablet and iPhone smartphone. Both Samsung and Apple entered into a legal battle over patent infringement in the month of April 2011. Samsung counter sued Apple in 4 countries in 3 different continents.

Vampire bats' ability to sink their teeth into prey's body without missing the vein and feed on rich blood has provided fodder for a number of myths. Scientists say it is the bats' highly evolved noses that guided them in the dark. But how the nose helped in spotting blood remained a mystery.

Former Baltimore Orioles third baseman Doug DeCinces agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle insider trading charges filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday.

LinkedIn Corp (LNKD.N) projected faster-than-expected 2011 revenue growth after chalking up a surprise second-quarter profit, as the professional networking site sets off to prove it can fulfill the promise of its monster IPO and rich valuation.

After the terrible rout in markets on Thursday investors spoke of holding fast and even poking around for buying opportunities, but that's hard when the market is likely facing another weak U.S. jobs report on Friday.

China's top official newspaper on Friday dismissed as irresponsible suggestions Beijing was the state actor behind massive Internet hacking of governments and companies that security company McAfee this week said it had discovered.

Humanity has come to terms with being alone in the wilderness of the universe with every single speculation on spotting intelligent extra terrestrial life yielding no result. Aliens thus exist only in our imagination fueled by colorful fictitious characters.

China's top official newspaper on Friday dismissed as irresponsible suggestions that Beijing was the state actor that security company McAfee said this week was likely behind massive Internet hacking of government and companies.

Hayward Police said that the suspect or suspects in the 26-year-old missing nursing student Michelle Le are being narrowed down and are confident that an arrest will take place in the near future.

NASA spacecraft will launch a five-year journey on Friday to conduct a deep examination of the interior of the largest planet in the solar system to see if there is actually a hidden core below the thick atmosphere.

Scientists have found the heat-sensing mechanism that vampire bats used to detect and hunt their next meal. These bloodsuckers have specially evolved nerves located near the nose, which they use to identify the highest concentration of blood close to the skin of their prey. Researchers knew that the pits on vampire bats' noses enable them to find blood, but they weren't sure how it happened.

Cleetus Friedman is convinced consumers will continue to pay a premium for healthier, locally sourced food, despite the sluggish economy that has many watching their wallets.